Last night's loss to the Florida Panthers can only be described as a God damn catastrophe for the upcoming 2010 Stanley Cup Champions. Grrrrrrrrrrr. David Booth, he sucks and I want to rip his head off, scored two goals and some shitty backup goalie named Scott Clemmensen nearly got a shutout. Unfortunately I think this is more than just a minor roadblock in the way of the Maple Leafs' march to the playoffs.
With this loss, the Leafs can now only reach 84 points on the season. So long as all of the terrible teams in front of the Leafs never win more than three games, then the upcoming Stanley Cup Champions will be able to punch their ticket to the big dance. Have you ever danced with the Stanley Cup? It smells great when you hold it up close. Though I wouldn't know from personal experience; well I mean with the real cup, though I do have a replica of it that I keep in my basement.
But I digress, I can't wait to see this team destroy the lowly Thrashers on Thursday. Kuleaid man will do the dangle dangle, Bozak will Bozo the opposing goalies, Kessel will be Philthy, and MONSTER with be monster. I'll you you all back in the FTB on Friday. Until then, GO LEAFS GO!
Links after the jump
Here's a great look at the scoring depth of every NHL team. The Leafs aren't the best in the league, but they also aren't the worst. The moral victories keep on coming! [Bangin Panger]
Ranking the best and the worst faceoff men since 1997. Mikhail Grabovski makes one of the lists and it isn't the good one [Behind the Net]
Last night's game has brought the Leafs back down to Earth [Globe and Mail]
The NHLPA gives us their take on headshots [Down Goes Brown]
The opposition's take on last night's game [Litter Box Cox]
Hope? Did someone just say hope? [The Hockey News]
Since the trades for J.S. Giguere, the Leafs' PK has been operating at 83.3%. Nice [Globe and Mail]
Hey Cox, tell those other teams to keep their hands off our Aasen [The Star]
"You can't make bacon out of a cardinal" - Discuss [Heroes in Rehab]
Two words you've never thought would be used to describe the Toronto Maple Leafs; "red hot" [The Hockey News]
A look at Maple Leafs legend Tie Domi. Everybody loves crazy [TML Legends]
A call for an end to the shootout and 10 questions for the Leafs' youngsters [Vintage Leaf Memories]
Morning Additions
Eyebleaf writes from half way around the world! [Sports and the City]
