blaw.

• Wins: 23
• Losses: 33
• Shootout Wins: 4
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 52

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a team? where were they. the only people that were their were the fans, the goalie, and the coach.

• Wins: 23
• Losses: 32
• Shootout Wins: 4
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 52

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the recaps indicate this game rocked. hey US TV, give me my leafs TV, k? except you won’t ever do that, how sad.

• Wins: 23
• Losses: 31
• Shootout Wins: 4
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 51

related: welcome to clearing 50 points, now, the play offs? I still can’t find them.

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Ok, not dead, yet.

• Wins: 22
• Losses: 31
• Shootout Wins: 4
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 49

related: welcome to kissing 50 points.

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ouch.
hurts.
runs the other way.

• Wins: 21
• Losses: 31
• Shootout Wins: 4
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 47

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Oh, we actually understand the word defense and can still pull out a shutout? I’d never have realized.

• Wins: 21
• Losses: 30
• Shootout Wins: 4
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 47

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did we even attend this one?
jesus criminy

• Wins: 19
• Losses: 29
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 43

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Another one?
I’m not surprised.
I want a knew team.

• Wins: 19
• Losses: 28
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 43

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Time to start catching up on these.
We’ll start by blogging this loss thing.

• Wins: 19
• Losses: 27
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 43

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ohmygod. welcome to being flattened, like a pancake.
Jesus christ.
That just… hurts. really bad.

• Wins: 18
• Losses: 26
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 41

related: once again I say, ouch.

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Not really much to say here except ok, shootout loss, I can deal with, it’s still a point, IMO.

• Wins: 18
• Losses: 25
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 3
• Points: 41

related: at least our shootout win/loss ratio’s a fuck of a lot better than our actual win/loss ratio. welcome to 3 and 3.

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except this time, we lose, well we tried for 5 in a row and got squashed.

• Wins: 18
• Losses: 25
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 40

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Fuck, we can win 4 in a row?
Amazing!
This was fun to watch.
have this.

• Wins: 18
• Losses: 24
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 40

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Welll hell.
we can win 3 in a row.
who knew.
It’s been what, the beginning of the season since we’ve done it?
you’ll have this.

• Wins: 17
• Losses: 24
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 38

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I actually watched this one.
I thought we
squished
the Senators, but this time, we turned the thrashers into pancakes.
Anyone know where the maple syrup is?
If we actually continue to play like this, we might, key word might, have a hope in hell of making the 1st round of the playoffs.
I’m not holding my breath though, but I’ll enjoy it while it lasts, K? any questions? well, if you do, just have this.

• Wins: 16
• Losses: 24
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 36

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Missed this one. bleh. you’ll have this.

• Wins: 15
• Losses: 24
• Shootout Wins: 3
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 34

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After the
serious ass kicking.
that was saturday’s game, where we beat the shit
out of Ottawa, we decided that going right back to losing monday would be fun.
Except, a note to the team, if you keep this up you aint makin’ the playoffs, k?
Stop this, right now.
for lack of anything else, have, this.

• Wins: 14
• Losses: 24
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 32

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Holy shit, welcome to squished, anyone?
the recaps show this one as one fuck of a game, with us actually playing, and playing to win, and holy shit, did we ever play to win.
More like stomp the Ottawa Senators right the fuck into the ground.
Where the fuck was this drive to win…. what…. a month ago?
Now, can we keep it up?

• Wins: 14
• Losses: 23
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 32

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The hell was this?
It certainly wasn’t a game.
you’ll have this.

• Wins: 13
• Losses: 23
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 30

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I’m blaming the snow for this loss.
I think the team got left in new jersey.
Even if we played, something, got left in new jersey… you pick what.

• Wins: 13
• Losses: 22
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 30

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Since james is at the parents housesitting, I used AM640 to follow this game, as for some reason I still haven’t mastered the shaw direct remote.
I need to actually have james or someone sighted sit down with me and walk me through the remote.
We put the smack down on right up until the 3rd period, then I really thought we were fucked.
We started giving up the puck, getting really shitty penalties, and gave up a goal, that me, being blind, could have stopped.
Hi, welcome to overconfidence.
We did answer it with a 4th goal, so we wun, for what it’s worth.
But next time, let’s play the entire game instead of slacking off in the 3rd, ok?
Oh, and another note, if we want a hope in hell of getting anywhere by finals time, let’s actually win a few more strung together games, k?
nuff said, have this.

• Wins: 13
• Losses: 21
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 30

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Ugh.
Another game lost, another game I slept through.
We sucked in the 1st period, continued sucking through the 2nd, rallied, for what it was worth, in the 3rd, and still lost.
I haven’t even had the inkling to put on the replay, the recaps via rss feeds hurt enough to read.
you’ll have this.

• Wins: 12
• Losses: 21
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 28

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welcome to sleep, that’s about the extent of this one.

• Wins: 12
• Losses: 20
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 28

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so I slept through the entirety of the actual game, then woke up for the replay. I wish I’d slept through that, to.
Good christ.
I’m selling my membership for a cup of coffee.
Wait, is the team really worth that much? Probably not.

• Wins: 12
• Losses: 19
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 28

related: I posted before
James
did this time. he’s over their sawing logs.

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Awesome, we win.
It’s like chocolate, it rocks.

• Wins: 12
• Losses: 18
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 28

related: mathematical failures suck.

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Shit, we won, again? miracles do happen. sometimes.
why do all the nifty wicked cool games happen the nights I sleep through them?
Let’s see if we can win the game currently in progress, yeah?

• Wins: 11
• Losses: 17
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 26

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Good lord, we continue losing, chriost.
You’ll have this.

• Wins: 10
• Losses: 18
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 24

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holy shit!
their must have still been a
return policy
in effect as we pulled off, yet another win!
It may have been a shootout win, but hey, it’s a win, right?
Ok, now, can we keep it up?

• Wins: 9
• Losses: 16
• Shootout Wins: 2
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 24

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By some miracle of hockey gods, we figured out how to play to win, even if it took going to a shoot out to do it!
Can we do it again?
keep reading to find out~!

• Wins: 8
• Losses: 16
• Shootout Wins: 1
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 22

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The bus left, but their was one problem.
Their was nobody, but the driver on it.
That’s about the size of thursday night’s game.
Can we redeem ourselves tonight?
My pizza money’s on a hell no!
But hey, we can dream, right?

• Wins: 8
• Losses: 16
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 20

Related: for christ sakes facebook readers, kindly shut up about my stats, or stop fuckin’ reading. thanks.

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I don’t feel like writing so have this…

• Wins: 8
• Losses: 15
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 20

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I’m calling defective product.
Is their still a return policy here?
I want a replacement!
Now!
I’ve never seen this much suckiness since I still lived at home.
Guh!

• Wins: 8
• Losses: 14
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 19

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again. we lose.
I turned it off after the crappy first period.
I’m glad I did, from what I read this morning welcome to usual fail.
bleh!

• Wins: 8
• Losses: 13
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 19

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Welcome to getting ahead and running like someone stuck a firecracker up our asses.
That’s how this is supposed to go.
and according to what I’m reading we’re not that far out of the playoff again, let’s see if we can actually get their this year, shall we?
related: the next person that bitches about my stats is gonna get beat with a clue by 9.
my points state 19, so does NHL’s, so stop your fuckin’ wining!

• Wins: 8
• Losses: 12
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 19

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we played the hell outta this one, one problem, we can’t seem to figure out how to put the puck into the net.
Once we realize how this is done, we should, *should*, being the key thing here, start winning, again. maybe?
Now, montreal, kill some of your players, ok?

• Wins: 7
• Losses: 12
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 17

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to stressed to think straight to type anything worthy, we won, again, so have this.
let’s continue to even it out, yes?

• Wins: 7
• Losses: 11
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 17

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Ok, so I’ll admit, I didn’t watch this one, why?? because technology decided to pick last night to explode, and cause 3 different types of headaches, more on that in another entry.
From the reviews and recaps I read this morning, we were getting our asses handed to us, (not surprised), by the end of the first then we figured out, wait, we wanna win, so handed out 4 unanswered goals to a nice, but small, win against the predditors.
We took another injury, again, we win, we lose a player, seems the norm of late.
Myopinion, if we can keep this up, let’s even out that win/loss ratio, yeah?
I’m not holding my breath, but let’s hope, maybe?

• Wins: 6
• Losses: 11
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 15

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We play like we wanna win, until the 2nd, then decide fuck playing we’re just gonna suck to the highist order.
This toronto thing really isn’t fun, ok?
let’s figure out how to even out these abizmal stats, or, maybe not?

• Wins: 5
• Losses: 11
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 13

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one goals the extent of that failure.

• Wins: 5
• Losses: 10
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 13

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their aren’t words.
so,have this.

• Wins: 5Losses: 9
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 2
• Points: 13

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because I don’t have access to TV, and the
fitchburg state university.
network admins block the port that AM 640 streams on, I’m using rss feeds to keep up with games while I’m in fitchburg with krista.
but, according to reports we played the hell out of this game, and according to after action reports, this was a game that we actually lost after trying really fucking hard.
Taking it to overtime, then to a shootout, that’s how we should be losing games, now, make that the way we win games to, ok?
I’d like to thank
james
in
this post
for being one of the many sources I used to keep up with games thanks to port blocking instituted by the
fitchburg state university.
making it impossible for me to stream AM640 to listen to the games myself.

• Wins: 5
• Losses: 8
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 1
• Points: 12

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well I don’t like our prospects now.
I can’t stream hockey down here as this net’s infrustructure just sucks a fat one.
But from what I heard the game was made of fail, even if we figured out the scoring thing, sorta. But we still lost. per usual.

LI>Wins: 5
• Losses: 6
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 0
• Points: 11

Guys, this scoring thing, and the winning thing? Kindly figure it out, OK?

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we played a hell of a game. put some serious ass kickin’ to the shot clock, but um, one problem, we didn’t score!
The bright side, we didn’t suck as hard this game, we just need the goalie to GTFO of the way so we can score next time, yeah?
oh, and a note to the people that like to bitch.
Mine and
james
stats match the NHL stats, we personally don’t like to count overtime wins/losses, but our points still match the NHL point standings, don’t like it? go stuff yourself full of dirt and kindly suffocate. in other words, GTFO yourselves or die. Pick one.

• Wins: 5
• losses: 5
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 0
• Points: 11

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Forgot to post this Thursday night. We played boston and lost 2 nothing. I’m not lliking the prospects for this season now.

• Wins: 5
• Losses: 4
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 0
• Points: 11

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It’s a miracle, we were actually able to win a game.
and yes, we actually *did* play.
Unlike saturday’s game, we understood the meaning of playing, and how to in fact, put the puck into the net.

• Wins: 5
• Losses: 3
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 0
• Points: 11

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This game goes beyond the pale.
That game I watched from start to finish, and my head was bleeding by the time it was done.
Their aren’t words.
Except to say, is it time for me to threaten to change teams, again?

• Wins: 4
• Losses: 3
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 0
• Points: 8

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So not being home last night, and without net access means I missed a hell of a game, according to
here
he wants to kick some official ass.
According to news sources the game should have been ours, but the officials were stupid fuckin’ twats and disallowed two goals, that IMO, with what I read, should *have* been ours.
With that said, let’s keep the ratio right where it is, and win more, yeah?
Thought so.
Here’s where we stand, after that really shitty game, no thanks to the officials that need to be shot.

• Wins: 4
• Losses: 1
• Shootout Wins: 0
• Shootout Losses: 0
• Points: 9

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so, again, we find
this
while bouncing through the RSS feeds.
For your reading pleasure I shove the article in it’s entirety at your faces, see below the article for my comments.

Don’t look now, but the Toronto Maple Leafs are first in the Eastern Conference and are enjoying the view from atop the overall league standings.

Yes, the team that finished 29th in the NHL last season are off to a start nobody believed could happen.

Toronto has stormed out of the gate with three straight victories, erasing memories of last season’s horrendous start. Let’s not forget, it took the Leafs 15 games before they notched win number three last year.

To add fire to the early-season hopes, the last time the Leafs started the season 3-0 in 1999-2000, they ended up winning the Northeast Division title.

And a win on Friday night in New York against the Rangers would certainly give Leaf fans pause to think back to the good old days of the 1993-94 season, when the Maple Leafs went unbeaten in their first four games en route to 10 consecutive victories.

So what gives?

A lot of things have had to come together for this surprise start, including luck, which anyone will tell you is a big part of the game.

First is goaltending.

By this time last year, Vesa Toskala had earned the right to steal former Canadiens goalie Andre Racicot’s dubious nickname, “Red Light Racicot.” Last season, Toskala was certainly deserving of the “red light” moniker as opposing players lit the lamp behind him with ease.

In contrast, veteran J.S. Giguere has solidified Toronto’s goaltending. And just as important, he has taken the pressure off back-up Jonas Gustavsson, which is allowing the young goaltender to learn the ropes at his own pace.

Next on the list is scoring.

In the 4-3 triumph over Pittsburgh on Wednesday, 10 different Leafs found their way onto the score sheet. A year ago, that would have never happened. Back then, scoring by committee was more theory than reality.

The Maple Leafs are getting goals from summer pick-ups like Kris Versteeg and Clarke MacArthur. MacArthur in particular has been a revelation on the second line. He, along with Nikolai Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski, gives the Leafs solid secondary scoring, something the team was sorely lacking last season.

Special teams are also doing what they’re supposed to do — put the puck in and keep the puck out.

Toronto’s penalty killers, among the worst in the NHL last season, are grouped in with the best at this early point of the season. Through their 3-0 start, the penalty killing success rate currently sits at an impressive 90 per cent.

Last and by no means least is what you don’t see on the scoreboard or in black and white in the standings.

When it became apparent that something was horribly wrong with his team, general manager Brian Burke dealt with the so-called “Blue and White disease” — the lackadaisical approach to winning that infected previous Leaf teams.

You won’t find this malady in the Mayo Clinic’s list of deadly illnesses but what Burke has done is chase away the players who cared more about playing for themselves than they did about doing what it takes to win.

Having guys who care about winning is perhaps the most important dynamic that’s changed in the Maple Leafs dressing room from this time last year. It has certainly shown in the added hustle, shot-blocking, and determination that’s been injected by muckers like Tim Brent and Mike Brown. And the attitude change has given the paying public reason to believe that Ron Wilson hasn’t lost it as an NHL head coach who can motivate his troops.

As for the future, Burke made a move that bodes well for Toronto as he plots how to make the playoffs. By sending defenceman Jeff Finger to the minors, Burke cleared about $4.73 million in much-needed cap space. The GM is now in a better position to acquire a scorer than he was when his team began the season.

So will the Leafs’ success last?

No, but it doesn’t matter.

The fact the Leafs are 3-0 is a welcomed surprise, and gives long-suffering Leaf fans some much needed hope.

“Everyone keeps bringing up last year,” defenceman Dion Phaneuf said after beating Pittsburgh. “Well, it doesn’t really matter right now. We’re focused on this group and this year.”

Enjoy the ride, while it lasts.

Frankly, reading that, yes, their is some hope, but as said
here
it’s early in the season and things can, and will, change.
Their has been a lot of better plays happening, better penalty killing, just overall *better* teamwork, then last year, will this bring them to the top and into the stanly cup finals? who knows. For now we’re on top, but can we stay in the right spot to make the finals.
We’ll most deffinitly find out as the season progresses.
that’s it, for now.

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