leafs

[gOOCH]

i think the optimal summer has produced some really nice looking leafs this fall

[Mike-KT]

I really think that despite what is likely to be a long winter, the leafs likely won't even fall

[McPwned]

I think the foliage has been quite excellent this year, indeed.

[Derfel]

Leafs look pretty and colourful in early autumn, but by the dead of winter they are frozen and/or rotting.

[Sweetlou]

waiting another 27ish games to pass judgment

[WiseGuy]

waiting another 27ish games to pass judgment
what are you talking about?

[Derfel]

waiting another 27ish games to pass judgment

What games? What are you on about here?

[Xzinum]

waiting another 27ish games to pass judgment

i :lol:'ed, but i agree with you. Too early to tell

[monty slick]

This year's crop seems to be vindicating the new gardeners.

[Sweetlou]

we are talking about hockey here right.. cause if not wow i was wayyy off this time

[monty slick]

What is this "hockey" you speak of?

[JiPi]

Gotta love Leafs fans. I suggest keeping expectations at a low level.

[monty slick]

Gotta love Leafs fans.

Yes, exactly, because they're sooo different from other fans. Personally, I'm a big fan of ceilings.

[DevilShootsDevil]

Personally, I'm a huge fan of trees.

[WiseGuy]

im more of a flower guy

[Derfel]

im more of a flower guy

"The canker galls the infants of the spring / Too oft before their buttons be disclosed..."

[MoeB]

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/2/27224/1414143-rvl_kirbysey_01char01_e3_super.jpg

[cujo]

Great yarn, bro

[MoeB]

Epic, I'd say.

[Krythos]

I hope the leafs have some interesting shit this year.

and if your talking about actual leaves off the Tree, learn to spell

[Mike-KT]

I worry about how these excited arbourists will deal with the debate between their favourite deciduous trees, and the far more reliable evergreen trees that will eventually crowd them out as the winter comes as happens every year.

[MoeB]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/16/tyrannosaurus.cannibalism/index.html?hpt=Sbin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOjQiJR1Xmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0VSUJNI0e0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MF_ZYB25bM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW71cZ1q-ac

[McPwned]

and if your talking about actual leaves off the Tree, learn to spell

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/cjross/317.jpg

Also, MoeB, that music is so freaking happy - but, I wouldn't expect anything else from a Kirby game.

[Wapples]

I don't get how the Leafs are doing better than the Flames :(
(even though i feel like we gave way too many players to you guys)

[Krythos]

the leafs ARE better then the flames, is why, they just get over confident and start slacking like idiots.

[BrAy]

Not Going to the lie the leafs are fun to watch, but i don't expect them to last but who knows, they have 2 solid goalies in my opinion.

[monty slick]

It won't last, it never does. Just enjoy it while you can.

[gOOCH]

I don't get how the Leafs are doing better than the Flames :(
(even though i feel like we gave way too many players to you guys)

flames have something like 5 injuries in their starting lineup
leafs won the trade cause keith aulie will likely be a good nhl dman

leafs 2 ,3 4th lines are forechecking machines with mostly really good speed except for orr, too bad their defense is still pretty shaky at times

[monty slick]

Is that Dale Hunter seated behind the bench tonight?


Edit, nah, nevermind.

[rk-]

Leaves*

[WiseGuy]

stolen :(

[JiPi]

;).

[WiseGuy]

lawl - i guess i wasnt the only person to watch last nights game

[Mike-KT]

I watched it, Sens got robbed on their fourth goal

[Sweetlou]

Its to bad about Phaneuf, i would like to know how deep that cut was.

[gOOCH]

i love how the leafs tend to get shut by defensive goaltending teams like bufalo and nyr, but compete with the caps

[monty slick]

Its to bad about Phaneuf, i would like to know how deep that cut was.

Deep enough that they had to throw a couple of stitches in his MCL. Really lucky there.

[Sweetlou]

Deep enough that they had to throw a couple of stitches in his MCL. Really lucky there.

the fall didnt look like much at all too =/

[0ptik]

You dont really see the cut in the picture when he's carried out. Anyways, Toronto suck on defense once again. The last few games, opposing goalies makes them lose, which is good for the other team. Toronto just cant get it in. Islanders, Rangers and Boston game, holy shit they had their chances, but wouldnt go in.

[gOOCH]

just cant get it in

[WiseGuy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DZ5hkPnhR8

[Mike-KT]

so lol.

Discuss

[McPwned]

so lol.

Discuss

Yeah, nearly every tree is bare now. Was a decent fall for colours. Winter cometh!

[WiseGuy]

time to get the leaf blower out and clean up :(

[0ptik]

anybody else see the sign after the toronto goal?
TSN : True leaf fan Supports No matter what

[gOOCH]

after every time i go rake my backyard, the leafs just keep falling
what do?

[Xzinum]

get better rake

[Derfel]

get better trees

[Sweetlou]

buy a blower

[Mike-KT]

I'm sure all you need to do is pay someone a lot of money, and take their old trees from their yard.

If you want an evergreen, you should go around the block after christmas when people put coniferous trees in front of their house for you to just grab!

[monty slick]

I wonder if someone has an old Kovalchuk tree they want to get rid of.

[gOOCH]

lol atleast the leafs arent as fucked as the devil, parise wants out after this season

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6NuT41Wu7A

[monty slick]

Leafs seem to be collecting themselves pretty well these last couple of days. Good, less raking in the spring.

[0ptik]

Too bad they have to win in shootout after being down for the past couple of games.

[WiseGuy]

i lol'd at the shootout goal pretty good - dam you Blake.

[ugly]

A stat I heard today:

Crosby is on a 17-game point streak. He's put up 35 points.
In the last 17 games, the Leafs have only scored 36 goals.

[WiseGuy]

goals and points are pretty different.

[0ptik]

The point is! leafs are bad. But we stick by them.

[gOOCH]

better than the sens who are in a different stage then the leafs

[Derfel]

Go Canucks!

[Sweetlou]

GO Wings !@#$

[gOOCH]

Go Canucks!

go samuelson, he was the only clutch player for them in the playoffs, too bad hes a huge sissy and cant hit like most of their team last year
http://watch.tsn.ca/nhl/clip384982#clip384982
skips to 1 min in this video, refs called it perfectly too

with malholtra and torres they are pretty solid, but i dont see them winning the cup with luongo unless he gets carried hard

[Derfel]

Dude - the twins rock the house. Like double trouble. Lou is meh, but Schneider is the shiz. Plus I hope Burrows gets suspended again - I have him in my pool, but I love it when he mouths off to the refs.

[ugly]

goals and points are pretty different.
The point is that Crosby has either assisted or scored on 35 goals in that span. That is, he's been involved in the scoring of 35 goals in the last 17 games. While the Leafs, as a team, have only been involved in the scoring of 36 goals in that same span.

[0ptik]

Why do you make me cry :(

[gOOCH]

fuck i lold when the guy almost got kessel with the waffles

[0ptik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR90G4u5rdw&feature=related

[ugly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47knIsGbWu8

[0ptik]

Its just stupid now. Someone that wants praise from everyone.

[Blarg]

I dun geddit. What's with the waffles?

[gOOCH]

waffles are a cheap quick meal, burke and his ego went for a fast build

[ugly]

Did you just make that up? Because it's pretty good.

But the waffle thing is pretty stupid if they keep doing it. Especially during the play.

[WiseGuy]

"and it is shot in wide of the goal aaaaaand...."
"WAFFLES"

[Derfel]

"and it is shot in wide of the goal aaaaaand...."
"WAFFLES"

I laughed pretty hard at that - the pause between "aaaaaand" and "Waffles" was comic gold.

[monty slick]

Monster shmonster.

[0ptik]

GO REIMER!

[ungst]

go Tim Brent.

[monty slick]

He's a MONSTER.

See what I did there?

[monty slick]

How ironical, we were just talking last night about trading Kessel.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG8wgCuQlT0

[Mike-KT]

I hope the leafs do better so that the Bruins don't get another sweet pick. I'm hoping for the Sens to get Nugent-Hopkins

[SniperGimp]

Sorry to say I did see this coming. He has not performed like anyone had hoped. I know there is lots of pressure, but when the young new guys do more than him... Well something is wrong.

[WiseGuy]

speaking of dry-spells ... remember sundin?

[SniperGimp]

Sun-who?

[Xzinum]

Sun-who?

Din! Fries are done.

[0ptik]

Kessel denies the comment, says its out of context. He said tonight he wants to finish his career in Toronto and Burke says he wont trade him.

[SniperGimp]

we shall see...

but we won last night =)

[BrAy]

It's probably Ron Wilson. but who knows the media blows it up wayy to much to figure out the truth now a days...

[Derfel]

Oooohh... so close.

[0ptik]

It was hell of a push. Went to see them on saturday against ottawa. Good try. Reimer was a beast. And hopefully they dont suck during the whole middle season again next year.

[SharpShooter]

Oooohh... so close.

lol it never was really close.

[Derfel]

lol it never was really close.

I don't know - one game difference is close in my mind... to 8th place, I guess.

[0ptik]

pfft, you are talking to a sens fan Derfel, dont even try

[Crayola]

I don't know - one game difference is close in my mind... to 8th place, I guess.

you mean with 8th place losing all their games, leafs winning all theirs and 9th place getting <3 points

leafs suck

[monty slick]

I'm proud to be a Leafs fan again. IMO these guys have gelled better than any Leafs team in recent memory. I don't expect to be saying GOlf LEAFS GOlf this early next year.

[Derfel]

pfft, you are talking to a sens fan Derfel, dont even try

I've already talked with one hard-headed person tonight, I guess I don't need a second conversation like that.




I don't expect to be saying GOlf LEAFS GOlf this early next year.

Why - does the season end later next year? :lol:

[monty slick]

It does, actually. Early June.

[0ptik]

I'm proud to be a Leafs fan again. IMO these guys have gelled better than any Leafs team in recent memory. I don't expect to be saying GOlf LEAFS GOlf this early next year.

i'm actually a huge fan of the leafs pre-lockout with roberts, thomas, tucker, sundin, corson and others.

[Derfel]

To be honest, I was hoping they would pull it off.

It looks like Calgary is all but finished too.

Go Canucks!

[grum]

pfft, you are talking to a sens fan Derfel, dont even try

Man, do I feel sorry for Kanata Senators fans.

To support a team that regularly gets abused like a red-headed step child in the playoffs by the Leafs, and then to suck WORSE than the Leafs this year as well?

And to have no hope of rebuilding any time soon?

Ouch.

I can understand why they'd be bitter and lash out at Leafs fans.

[0ptik]

Oh at the game, it was brutal how senator fans were obnoxious and hateful. Leaf fans were cheering for the leafs, sens fans were cheering against the leafs, you dont really hear go sens go even if the game was tied. One angry man in particular was a huge douche all alone yelling at the players from the last row.

Anyways, senators got a goalie they can rely on, so thats one step ahead.

[Mike-KT]

Send have a very good farm to rebuild from and an actual #1 center. Sadly they didn't get nearly as much value for their trayes as the leafs did, so I can see the leafs turning things around sooner.

I'll still go to sens games regardless.

And i'm still cheering for the oilers

[JiPi]

Moral Victory! :))

I hate the Leafs but I also think that they will make the playoff next year. That young core of players was impressing in the second part of the season.

[Xzinum]

To support a team that regularly gets abused like a red-headed step child in the playoffs by the Leafs, and then to suck WORSE than the Leafs this year as well?

Ha, only a leafs fan hangs on to insignificant wins from 2004.

[grum]

Ha, only a leafs fan hangs on to insignificant wins from 2004.

Oh, I'm sorry that bothered you.

What exactly are the Kanata Senators fans hanging on?
Getting pounded by the team from Disney in the Stanley Cup finals?
I especially liked the part where the Stanley Cup winning goal for the Ducks was an own-goal by the Senators (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJkBKuBKYM#t=1m47s).

Or is it getting stomped on in the first round (if they make the playoffs) every other year since then?

[Derfel]

Oh, I'm sorry that bothered you.

What exactly are the Kanata Senators fans hanging on?
Getting pounded by the team from Disney in the Stanley Cup finals?
I especially liked the part where the Stanley Cup winning goal for the Ducks was an own-goal by the Senators (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJkBKuBKYM#t=1m47s).

Or is it getting stomped on in the first round (if they make the playoffs) every other year since then?

http://www.retailtag.com/leafs/leafs1967.jpg

[grum]

http://www.retailtag.com/leafs/leafs1967.jpg

Oh, I know the Leafs haven't won in a long time, but it's still better than this:

http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/trophies/winners/STC1927.jpg

Followed by a lot of nights like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfuBxEfFWvM&f#t=25s).

I mean, there is no possible way that a Kanata Senators fan can feel superior to a Leafs fan.

[Mike-KT]

We're talking about something where you can literally change your mind and be on the winning side whenever you want. I have contributed absolutely nothing to either team's success or failure. During the playoffs when I can actually see their games on TV I'm a wings fan. Does this impact their performance? This is like having a dick waving competition, but instead of real dicks, we're just looking at dicks on the internet and deciding which one is better. What I'm trying to say is that I don't get to see enough dicks irl

Wait...

Also Kanata is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, it is legally Ottawa. For some reason that part raged me the most.

[McPwned]

Grum, take a chill pill. Sports rivalries are completely childish.


Also Kanata is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, it is legally Ottawa.

Mike's right. Calling them the "Kanata Senators" doesn't make any sense.

[grum]

Also Kanata is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, it is legally Ottawa. For some reason that part raged me the most.

Red Wings - Joe Louis Arena - 600 Civic Center Dr, Michigan 48226 - Google map address listing: Detroit
Maple Leafs - Air Canada Centre - 40 Bay Street, Ontario M5J 2X2 - Google map address listing: Toronto
Canucks - Rogers Arena - 800 Griffiths Way, BC V6B 6G1 - Google map address listing: Vancouver
Flames - Scotiabank Saddledome - 555 Saddledome Rise SE, Alberta T2G 2W1 - Google map address listing: Calgary
Oilers - Rexall Place - 7424 118 Avenue, Alberta T5B 4M9 - Google map address listing: Edmonton
Canadiens - Bell Centre - 1909 avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Quebec H3B 5E8 - Google map address listing: Montreal

Senators - Scotiabank Place - 1000 Palladium Drive, Ontario K2V 1A5 - Google map address listing: Kanata

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Grum, take a chill pill. Sports rivalries are completely childish.

Haha. Chill pill.
Don't need one. I'm not the Senators fan.




Mike's right. Calling them the "Kanata Senators" doesn't make any sense.

When the current version of the "Senators" started playing in their current arena, it was in the city of Kanata, not Ottawa.
Look. It. Up.

[McPwned]

Senators - Scotiabank Place - 1000 Palladium Drive, Ontario K2V 1A5 - Google map address listing: Kanata

This is asinine. You have to be trolling.

[Mike-KT]

Kanata was amalgamated into Ottawa for a reason, you're better than this I thought

[Derfel]

Red Wings - Joe Louis Arena - 600 Civic Center Dr, Michigan 48226 - Google map address listing: Detroit
Maple Leafs - Air Canada Centre - 40 Bay Street, Ontario M5J 2X2 - Google map address listing: Toronto
Canucks - Rogers Arena - 800 Griffiths Way, BC V6B 6G1 - Google map address listing: Vancouver
Flames - Scotiabank Saddledome - 555 Saddledome Rise SE, Alberta T2G 2W1 - Google map address listing: Calgary
Oilers - Rexall Place - 7424 118 Avenue, Alberta T5B 4M9 - Google map address listing: Edmonton
Canadiens - Bell Centre - 1909 avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Quebec H3B 5E8 - Google map address listing: Montreal

Senators - Scotiabank Place - 1000 Palladium Drive, Ontario K2V 1A5 - Google map address listing: Kanata

When the current version of the "Senators" started playing in their current arena, it was in the city of Kanata, not Ottawa.
Look. It. Up.

If all you have is questioning the location name of a franchise... oh, how low you have fallen.

You might as well cheer for the Newark Devils.

Oh, and I'm aware I'm talking from a location that doesn't have an NHL team anymore... or yet.

So I'll just put up what I'll be wearing on the first day of the playoffs instead:

http://www.cupstuff.com/nhl/vancouver/images/lge/vcjcgrts_l.jpg

Fun fact - did you know that the "Vancouver Millionaires" won the cup in 1914?

[gOOCH]

other than mtl, fuck the city or the logo, the only thing i care about are the players, how they play and the level of douche they show
yes the core of young players played some solid and exciting hockey down the stretch but thats been said so many times in the past few years
the leafs will definitely need some very solid goal tending next season to compete in their division and have any hope of making the playoffs

[grum]

Kanata was amalgamated into Ottawa for a reason, you're better than this I thought

I'm sorry, but what part of my statement is incorrect?

[Crayola]

i think we can all agree both the sens and the leafs arent very good

[grum]

If all you have is questioning the location name of a franchise... oh, how low you have fallen.

You might as well cheer for the Newark Devils.

You do realize that "New Jersey" refers to the state, not a city, right?

Sort of like the "Florida Panthers" or "New York Rangers" or "New York Islanders" or "Colorado Avalanche" or "Minnesota Wild".

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i think we can all agree both the sens and the leafs arent very good

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1150504/thumbs_up.jpg

[Derfel]

You do realize that "New Jersey" refers to the state, not a city, right?

Sort of like the "Florida Panthers" or "New York Rangers" or "New York Islanders" or "Colorado Avalanche" or "Minnesota Wild".

Hey - if you are going to start pulling "Kanata" out, my Newark Devils are certainly not all that ridiculous sounding.

Someone just needs to go golfing to calm down and feel at ease, I think. That's what the Leafs do every time around this time of year to unwind, right?

[ugly]

What about the Phoenix Coyotes being in Glendale?

[Derfel]

What about the Phoenix Coyotes being in Glendale?

Not for long!

[0ptik]

How did this get into a rage thread?

i loled hard at the Kanata Senators, cause being at the game on saturday, a lot of sens fans were complaining that the arena is so far from downtown. Takes a little over an hour from downtown to get to the game. And they were saying the same thing grum was saying. Being a person outside of ottawa though, i was surprised he pulled it out.

Also, this is a leaf discussion thread, you can bash them or support them (both sides with good points at least, dont be douches for the sake of being douches) Grum, you can talk about how you enjoy watching the leafs.

[Xzinum]

When the current version of the "Senators" started playing in their current arena, it was in the city of Kanata, not Ottawa.
Look. It. Up.

When the Senators as we know it started playing, they were playing at the Civic Center, which is in Ottawa. They moved to a real arena purpose built for them in the now defunct city of Kanata. And now that i think of it, i should change my work shipping address from ottawa to kanata if i want to receive my packages, maybe that's why i have not been getting my packages in the last 10 years. :rolleyes:

Silly Londoner.

Once again, a leafs fan hanging on to an out-dated concept. :lol:

[grum]

i loled hard at the Kanata Senators, cause being at the game on saturday, a lot of sens fans were complaining that the arena is so far from downtown. Takes a little over an hour from downtown to get to the game. And they were saying the same thing grum was saying. Being a person outside of ottawa though, i was surprised he pulled it out.

Hahaha! I said it as a trolling line, and it's true?!

/wins argument, walks off into the sunset

[Mike-KT]

That being said, I'm sure there's hardly anyone outside of Kanata or Stittsville who wouldn't want the team moved to Lebreton flats. That was the original desire of the team, but the national capital commission, who ownes the land, wanted it saved for condos or something. Also Kanata was really booming back in the day, and since it was so close to Nortel and all the other high tech companies, it was close to the companies that could actually buy boxes. Since the region's largest employer, the federal government, can't buy suites/boxes, the arena was located nearby those who would.

[Derfel]

That being said, I'm sure there's hardly anyone outside of Kanata or Stittsville who wouldn't want the team moved to Lebreton flats. That was the original desire of the team, but the national capital commission, who ownes the land, wanted it saved for condos or something. Also Kanata was really booming back in the day, and since it was so close to Nortel and all the other high tech companies, it was close to the companies that could actually buy boxes. Since the region's largest employer, the federal government, can't buy suites/boxes, the arena was located nearby those who would.

You are trying too hard, Mike. Logic will not work here.

[McPwned]

Hahaha! I said it as a trolling line, and it's true?!

/wins argument, walks off into the sunset

http://i.imgur.com/f6Yi0.jpg

[SniperGimp]

Otown is a long way from a rebuild if that is the plan they want to take.

It would have been a miracle if our boys in blue pulled that off. That being said, I was hopeful right to the end that it could be done. I know I have high hopes, but they showed heart and got some good support behind the pipes. I hope that they can keep this momentum next season.

[SharpShooter]

That being said, I'm sure there's hardly anyone outside of Kanata or Stittsville who wouldn't want the team moved to Lebreton flats. That was the original desire of the team, but the national capital commission, who ownes the land, wanted it saved for condos or something.

The actual reason why the Arena was not built on the Lebreton flats was because the Senators wanted to own everything and the National Capital Commission was not willing to sell the land but instead wanted to lease it to them. So then they went with their second choice "Kanata" because they were able to buy the land.

[Mike-KT]

Too bad when they built in Kanata they decided to use the land they owned around it only for parking lots. Why they wouldn't have wanted to have a strip of restaurants and bars outside the entrance is a mystery to me, and good fortune to smart centres or whoever owns restaurants in the big box centre across the 417 on Terry Fox. Those places are 100% packed for games

[JiPi]

Senators may suck, but Leafs fans should be the last to make fun of any team.

[Crayola]

Too bad when they built in Kanata they decided to use the land they owned around it only for parking lots. Why they wouldn't have wanted to have a strip of restaurants and bars outside the entrance is a mystery to me, and good fortune to smart centres or whoever owns restaurants in the big box centre across the 417 on Terry Fox. Those places are 100% packed for games

because theyd rather have the profits themselves

[Mike-KT]

What I was trying to get at is that they would own the restaurants and therefore the profits

[monty slick]

So seeing that this is the LEAFS thread, I'm going to talk Leafs.

That was a goal, it was completely across the line and even Price mouthed "It's probably a goal"... and don't pretend you don't know what a goalie saying that means.

Anyway, not even close so who cares. Cu next season. Again.

[gOOCH]

oh no
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2011/04/11/wilson_contending/

[Crayola]

all they need is another kessel!

[monty slick]

Lose Gustavsson.