[blueandwhite]

If we can't win tonight....
We need it, for points, for morale, for Pete's sake.
List of injuries gets longer - Kubina broke a finger in the Islanders game and is gone for 2-4 weeks. I thought players could play through a broken finger. Esposito would have. The Rocket would have.
Kubina's not a favourite of mine.
He joins Peca, Tucker, Wellwood, and Devereaux who seems to be taking longer than expected with his hurt wrist.
And stats on the SO look bleak. Sundin is 5 for 9 this year, which works out to 55.6% - and the worst is Pony - he's 0 for 7.
Eek.
Pohl is 1 for 2, Stajan is 1 for 2 and Kaberle is 1 for 3.
Not much else to write home about. Maybe we should put a wig on Sundin and make him go twice.
Out for the Flyers tonight? knuble, Rathje and Eager. They are 1-3-
1 after the loss of Forsberg. Gagne has 8 goals in his last 9 games.

[ThePundit]

You're right, Blue. You have to take 2 pts from the Flyers. Got to just muddle through the injuries. Look at the Islanders. They lost their most consistent defenseman, Martinek (+24) and the $90 million dollar man, Yashin, and keep winning.

It's also allowed guys like Jeff Tambellini and Franz Nielsen to come up from the minors and contribute.

[blueandwhite]

5-2, Leafs win over Philly.
Leafs were on their heels every now and then, but overall, i felt bad for a beleagured Philly. Announcer bob Cole kept saying,
Philadelphia is in the very last spot,
and
Philly has no way of getting into the post season
enough that i started thinking, Gee i feel so bad for them, maybe we should let them win...
But we didn't.
Gagne and kapanen got the Philly goals, the only two who seem to give a damn. Goalie Leighton tried hard, but the team's not there.
Steen, O'Neill (the Steen-O'Neill-Stajan line is hot), Sundin, Kilger and Pohl scored for the Leafs.
We're in tenth. Montreal tomorrow, Buffalo on Tuesday. MUST WIN.

[ThePundit]

Blue: This is professional sports. There's no feeling bad....Here's the trick about beating the Canadiens. Stay out of the box. They're 2 different teams: They're great on power play and shorthanded sits but on 5 on 5, they're soft.

[blueandwhite]

Thanks for the skinny.
Quite often, our problem is staying out of the box.
Maybe it's cause I'm a chick or something, but no matter who it is - except for the Senators - I always feel bad for the opponent when they lose, even just a little. I want the leafs to win all the time, yet - I feel bad for the losers. it's the compassion in my soul.
Oh and congrats on the win last night and the slide into 8th.

[ThePundit]

I'm curious, did you feel bad for the Islanders in that series 5 years ago?

[blueandwhite]

you know who I usually feel sorry for? - the goalies.
I never much liked Jonsson (either does Sundin), so that wasn't a big problem.