PGT: Leafs beat 'Canes 3 - 2 (Kessel assists on Game Winner)

[Poggemon Destiny]

Originally Posted by h3yn0w

Good thing we got rid of Kubina to free up the cash to get this bum.

uhm noooo, that was for komisarek...I bet you were calling Komi a bum too at the beginning of the season?

[I Am Canadian]

Kulemin - Grabovski - Kessel

Kulemin- Gets of the boards a lot, forechecks a lot, Does the dirty work for goals, Tap ins jam ins.

Grabovski- The Passer, Creats open space after his dekes. Creates odd man rushes with the ability to pass it to Kessel for the snipe.

Kessel- The Pure sniper, Pass it to him on 2-1's, 3-1's, 3-2's and Crash the damn net.

I need to see this lineup, they complete each other IMO.

[TheProspector]

Originally Posted by zeke

Mitchell was our best defensive forward in this game, and the top line was the only line that wasn't screwing up defensively all night.

I didn't see anything which indicated this at all. I did, however, see him struggle to get the puck out of the zone.

Mitchell's the best at puck pursuit, forechecking, and forcing turnovers of the three - and most definitely was the best at that this game.

I'd say he's the worst. There's a reason he was -16 least year, and -4 already this year.

Do you honestly believe that *as a line* Blake - Mitchell - Kessel performed better than Blake - Stajan - Kessel?

The Leafs -- running a full garrison -- barely beat the league's worst team who were missing their two key offensive weapons: Ray Whitney and Eric Staal. They only managed to do it because of an all-star performance from Monster.

[JonasFrogren]

Originally Posted by Poggemon Destiny

uhm noooo, that was for komisarek...I bet you were calling Komi a bum too at the beginning of the season?

I'm calling him a bum now.

[zeke]

Originally Posted by TheProspector

I didn't see anything which indicated this at all. I did, however, see him struggle to get the puck out of the zone.

watch closer.

I'd say he's the worst. There's a reason he was -16 least year, and -4 already this year.

yeah, goaltending.

Do you honestly believe that *as a line* Blake - Mitchell - Kessel performed better than Blake - Stajan - Kessel?

The Leafs -- running a full garrison -- barely beat the league's worst team who were missing their two key offensive weapons: Ray Whitney and Eric Staal. They only managed to do it because of an all-star performance from Monster.

Like I said, the only thing good in this game was the top line, the top defense pair, and the goalie.

The rest of the team was horrendous, other than a few flashes from the 2nd line.

[Spasmic Dan]

I think Kessel is just frustrated because he really wants to make an impression on the Leafs organization and fans, which he has, but he wants to score goals. I think it was more frustration with himself than it is with Blake....though I could be wrong.

Jason Blake has slowly grown on me but I really don't think he is a good match on a line with Kessel.

And, may I say, I absolutely LOVE Gustavsson. We need to lock this guy up ASAP.