Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Thoughts From the Leaf Game (43)

1. Looks like the New Years Resolution breaking has begun. Leafs down 1-0 in the first for the 879th time this season.

2. McCabe is getting soundly booed everytime he touches the puck. I understand that perhaps we overestimated his skill and value and perhaps the pressure finally got to him when he played here, but really there is no real reason to boo him other than the fact that Leafs fans are upset that they are Leaf fans. He still is a pretty good player.

3. As I write that McCabe gives the Panthers a 2-0 lead. He has played very well in the sunshine state.

4. Stempniak gets them to within one and they end the period on a better note than they started...

5. That being said, after McCabe's two markers the Panthers have lost their legs and settled into a rut. 2 goals in the second from the Leafs give them the lead going into the third.

6. A win, and the first of the new year! Alexei Ponikarovsky, welcome back to the land of the living. Nice to see you show up every now and then, Gistavsson, you won the game for us in the third. Great Goaltending.

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