Monday, April 12, 2004

wow...laser quest was fun...great to see everyone again...

so anyways, here is my little short thing on the leafs/sens again. yeah, the leafs won 2-0 tonight, and now they're leading 2-1 in the series, but i still worry about their chances further into the playoffs. let's see, where should i start. first, with the age of alot of leafs players, plus the punishment they've been receiving so far in the series against the sens, i worry some of their bodies will start going down later on in the playoffs. second, they have been relying too much on eddie. once again the sens got over 30 shots in one game, outshootiing the leafs, and outchancing the leafs. the leafs defence haven't been solid in front of him, they haven't been clearing the zone against the sens forecheck. they've had trouble winning the battles along the boards, giving sens point shots after point shots on eddie. sooner or later they will find a way to get a puck by him. let see, the faceoffs. ok, i don't know if this will be problem for them this playoff, but it was hard to sit there and watch the leafs centres lose faceoffs in their own end and thus giving the sens clean shots at the net. what else is there...hmm...oh...the leafs have had trouble generating offence on the ottawa defence, they have had trouble sustaining constant pressure on the sens defence by forechecking and keeping the puck deep in the ottawa zone. it seems as though once the puck enters the sens end, it comes right now. i think thats all for the negative, i think i'm gonna at least say some good things about the leafs. its great to see eddie once again standing on his head, stopping everything that the sens are throwing at him. also great to see mats finally scoring a goal. it must've been frustrating stepping on the ice each shift and having a 6-5 guy as your shadow, but he's the superstar, and he will be expected to deliver despite the circumstances that he's facing. and finally...my prediction still remains the same. leafs in 6

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