April 3 2008
Well the leafs were just plain bad tonight in their home finally of the season. I guess that is what happens when you
only play 20 minutes of hockey and the game is 60 minutes long. Everyone from Vesa Toskala out was off their game
tonight as the leafs lost 8-2 to the Ottawa Senators.
They played ok in the first period, but in the second the wheels fell off and Ottawa scored 5 or was it 6 straight
goals. The penalty killing was brutal as usual and the power play was nonexistent. Of course the game had much more
meaning for Qttawa which is also running the risk of not making the playoffs. Anyway the leafs close out the season in
Montreal on Saturday night.
Sincerely Walt Webb
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Toronto Rattles Sabres playoff hopes
Andrew Raycroft started his first game in about 6 weeks against the Buffalo Sabres tonight and played pretty well
considering he had been on the bench for about the last 30 games. The leafs had a 2-0 lead after the first period and it
was all thanks to Raycroft who was solid in the net. Buffalo out shot Toronto 11-5 in that period but could not beat Raycroft.
Buffalo scored one in the second and then got a gimme from the ref in the third to tie it up. The ref had to be related
to superman to count this goal because he would have needed X-ray vision to see the puck in the net before it was
dislodged. Toronto went up 3-2 with about 6 minutes left in the game on a nice passing play that was finished off by
Alex Steen. But like so many games for the leafs this year, they just could not finish off Buffalo and allowed they to
tie it up. Overtime solved nothing and then Buffalo won it in a shoot out.
Brian McCabe was pretty brutal again and just re-confirms that he may be a 2-2.5 million dollar defenseman, but he sure
is not a 5 million dollar one which John Ferguson assumed he was. The leafs will likely trade him or buy him out this
off season.
Anyway Andrew Raycroft deserved a win tonight but his teammates could not deliver one for him.
Sincerely Walt Webb
considering he had been on the bench for about the last 30 games. The leafs had a 2-0 lead after the first period and it
was all thanks to Raycroft who was solid in the net. Buffalo out shot Toronto 11-5 in that period but could not beat Raycroft.
Buffalo scored one in the second and then got a gimme from the ref in the third to tie it up. The ref had to be related
to superman to count this goal because he would have needed X-ray vision to see the puck in the net before it was
dislodged. Toronto went up 3-2 with about 6 minutes left in the game on a nice passing play that was finished off by
Alex Steen. But like so many games for the leafs this year, they just could not finish off Buffalo and allowed they to
tie it up. Overtime solved nothing and then Buffalo won it in a shoot out.
Brian McCabe was pretty brutal again and just re-confirms that he may be a 2-2.5 million dollar defenseman, but he sure
is not a 5 million dollar one which John Ferguson assumed he was. The leafs will likely trade him or buy him out this
off season.
Anyway Andrew Raycroft deserved a win tonight but his teammates could not deliver one for him.
Sincerely Walt Webb
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