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JaysCyYoung said:
It was utterly shocking that Carlyle didn't call a single time-out. He absolutely should have once Boston began to turn the momentum around with their second goal and they were pressing hard in the final few minutes.

At 4-3 though there was absolutely no excuse not to call one.
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The only possible reason is if you think that your players are less tired than theirs. Which obviously wasn't the case.
 
UWHabs said:
The only possible reason is if you think that your players are less tired than theirs. Which obviously wasn't the case.
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Undoubtedly.

However, it bears noting that generally-speaking when the other team is winning all of the board battles and having almost uninterrupted puck possession that you're probably the tired group.

Just saying. :p
 
It will also help having guys like Bolland and Clarkson to throw in up front a long with Kuly. People throw it all on Phaneuf for some reason, but he isn't the only reason the puck was in the Leafs end for the last 3 minutes.

Those guys are puck hounds.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
Well, last year clearly was an exception by the numbers, even if it didn't seem like he fared any differently.

But I think the previous three or four years he was missing the net a lot, as he did two seasons ago based on what we see above.

So if you're hanging your hat on one season, that seems very unlike you, as someone who bows to stats as much as you do.
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again, you are wrong.

and if your eyes have told you that missing the net is a weakness of Phaneufs, then your eyes aren't good at watching hockey, and your opinion on phaneuf's other "weaknesses" are entirely suspect.


Phaneuf

2012-13: 9gls (T-5th), 88sht (23rd), 41msS (25th)
2011-12: 12gls (T-6th), 202sht (T-8th), 91msS (9th)
 
LeafOfFaith said:
It's negative if you're on the PP and the main guy shooting from the point keeps firing wide.

I feel like we see that a lot with him.
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and your feelings are wrong.

as I've said.

I can now only assume that your "feelings" about the frequency of his other "mistakes" are equally as wrong.
 
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Okay dickhead, you have time on your hands, as we know, so go ahead and dispute the stats that were provided in the article I provided a link to.

Phaneuf shoots more, and misses more. If that's not true, tell me why the article is wrong.
 
The best dmen in the league miss the net a lot and they give up the puck a lot. And it's because they shoot a lot and they have the puck a lot.

It's a good thing.
 
It's a good thing in the sense that you have a dman who has the ability to take a lot of shots and hold onto the puck a lot. That requires a certain skillset.

Giveaways and shot missed stats are misleading and useless anyways.
 
I think the original point was that he misses a lot at inopportune times, like the PP.

Are you guys all telling me that none of you were part of the mob on the board here making all that noise earlier in the year when he could not hit the net on the PP?

He can have the least misses in the league every year, but miss the net on the PP 75% of the time, and still "miss a lot."
 
Why is everybody extending their best players while we sit on our hands with ours?

What was it that Nonis said the other day, that Kessel and Phaneuf weren't even on the radar yet or something?

**** man, at least lock up Kessel pronto by giving him an elite contract.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
I think the original point was that he misses a lot at inopportune times, like the PP.

Are you guys all telling me that none of you were part of the mob on the board here making all that noise earlier in the year when he could not hit the net on the PP?

He can have the least misses in the league every year, but miss the net on the PP 75% of the time, and still "miss a lot."
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Phaneuf was the most efficient dmen the Leafs had on the PP this year. The Leafs scored a team high 9.12 goals per 60 minutes when he was on the ice.
 
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