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its concerning, but it wasnt the shots against that made them lose, it was the fact that they relied on their 1st line for all of their scoring. 4 lines are scoring, so if one line goes cold, you still have 3 lines that put the puck in the net. The leafs are clearly not strong defensively, but are playing to their strengths. They officially have the best offense in the entire league...and they play a game which uses it. Jeez for the leafs to fall to ottawa's level its gonna take a while.

too much money and too much fame... "Cocaine is gods way of telling you that you have too much money" - Robin Williams

http://www.sportsgrid.com/nhl/tyler-seguin-trade-dallas-stars-boston-bruins-party-too-much-drink-club/

dont forget the Blue and White syndrome. Kessel is a proven performer in Toronto, an absolute rarity. So much extremely high level talent has come through this city and time and time again they have proven to be a complete dud. There is something to be said for a guy to actually perform at the top of his game while playing in Toronto. Its a known fact that Seguin has a coke *cough* partying problem. You think Boston actually wanted to get rid of him for peanuts? They had to. Hence they shipped him off to a place where he no longer has any friends, and no one gives a damn about who he is and sure enough his game comes around. You actually think that he wouldnt have the same problems he did in Boston playing in Toronto? Ha! and if you actually think that Dougie hamilton and Seguin would make this team better than it currently is you are clowning yourself. Kudos to Kessel to silencing the disbelievers and haters and literally not giving 1 single F going about his business putting up close to 40 a season every season without fail. I'll also throw in that Taylor Hall likes to "party" as well...my best friend was a bartender through college and taylor hall numerous times guest bartended with my friend...the spotlights are a bit too bright in Toronto.

Its what hipsters in Toronto use to try explain why the leafs have sucked so bad the past 10 years. Corsi: the most popular advanced stat in the hockey blogosphere, Corsi is a possession metric developed by former Buffalo Sabres goaltending coach Jim Corsi. At its most basic level, Corsi is the plus/minus amount of shots directed at a net while at even strength-blocked shots, shots high and wide, shots that hit, shots that get tipped, etc. A player who has a positive Corsi has more shots directed towards the opponents net while he is on the ice at even strength then shots directed towards his own net under the same criteria. All 10 players on the ice are used when calculating this metric. For example, if Mark Giordano is +7 in Corsi over the course of the game, that means he & Flames players he was on the ice with at even strength directed 7 more shots towards the opponents net then were directed by the opponents towards the Flames' net. Most of the time we'll stop there, as any score effect bias generally evens out over the course of a season (unless a team really sucks or is really good, but there's that context thing). Basically, score effect means that a team will play differently depending on how far ahead/behind they are in a game-if a team is 3 goals up, they'll sit back and take more shots against then they would if they were 3 goals down. So, to combat score effect, we can break down Corsi into 4 categories: Corsi Ahead (Corsi while the subject's team is leading the game), Corsi Even (Corsi while a game is tied), Corsi Close (Corsi while a game is within 1 goal either way relative to a subject) and Corsi Behind (Corsi while the subject's team is losing the game). With these tools, we can eliminate most scoring bias within the stat. All of the breakdowns have their purpose, but when trying to evaluate a player, the most important breakdown is Corsi Even-a team won't be taking risks and won't be sitting back when a game is tied, they'll be playing as "normal" as possible. Fenwick: Named for Battle of Alberta writer Matt Fenwick, Fenwick is almost the exact same as Corsi, but it doesn't count blocked shots-the reason for this is that it is entirely possible that blocking shots is a skill, and not just a series of random events. It has some merit, the top ranked corsi teams since they have started keeping stats are rightfully, LA and Chicago...but at the same time on an individual level its a great stat to look at, but I can tell you right now Crosby isnt #1 and concensus in the NHL is that crosby is the best player in the NHL. I am trying to find his actual rank, but i guarantee its not #1

GF grew up in a family with two high end chefs...so lets just say im not losing weight.

seeing a few guys talking about ling...are they really that hard to catch, i caught a pretty decent sized one this fall outta GB approaching 10lbs. I guess yes, it was my first Ontario Ling, but in Manitoba they were a nuisance fish so I didnt think much of it.

got in a big argument with a bunch of guys last night about it...then the most pushy guy starts going on about ES + stats and im like, ding ding here comes the advanced stats brigade. Common sense wins over statistics every friggin time. Dont get me wrong stats are a great thing to follow, but I Guarantee crosby doesnt have the best Corsi Fenwick in the league. friggin morons

twitter is fired up about the leafs should trade kessel for Hall... I personally think you are absolutely insane to ever think thats a good deal. Kessel on pace for 40 goals, plays 82 games a season Hall, 27 goal scorer gets hurt every year, is a bit younger and cheaper...second assists dont win hockey games.

Maybe more embarressing for my friend but still hilarious. This spring on Upper Buckhorn im with a buddy on the early morning bass, sure enough were far from home and the fishing is good, Daves gotta drop an aqua dump. I personally had never used a foot pedal trolling motor control before, but dave tells me to take the helm and keep the ladder on the back end away from our neighboring fishing boat. There goes dave off the back of the boat. Theres me at the controls not knowing what the hell I am doing. A gust of wind comes up and starts to push the boat around, i try to correct to keep daves bare turd butt concealed, but i over correct and the thing somehow locks into drive and immediately the boat spins a complete 180 with dave yelling at me to stop the boat. I think his racket gave him up more than hanging out with his bare butt ever did ahaha. I also have a total knack for somehow forgetting how to tie my line. Just this summer, I took a brand new spoon, tossed it out to watch it go flying out into the middle of the lake, walk back to my tackle box, take a new lure out retie and somehow throw that brand new lure into the depths as well. Dont ask me how it happens it just does. I will say that in general I am just a total clutz, so getting myself snagged on hooks and tripping and falling in the boat etc etc are all common place. I am lucky that i dont manage to wreck gear or drop rods in the lake though. My dad is the pro at that.

wow...those are huge for such a small pond.

I think Eakins kinda got dealt a crappy hand. I personally think he is better than edmonton showed. But that org is in trouble. Nothing Connor Mcdavid wont fix though.

How do you think the main areas in Pointe Au Baril would be looking? hoping to get some walk out action over the christmas break. I know we are supposed to get some more cold weather once this warm spell passes, but do you think we would have 6 inches by mid next week?

I am saying yes...and not even because of the danger factor but because of the economies of it. I live in Toronto and witnessed the complete sh- show that 20cm caused in the city due to people with crappy tires on their cars. Complete gridlock, that kind of stuff costs the economy a lot.

keep on rollin.... wheres nottawa? ahahaha

lmao Ottawa fires the best coach in the teams history all because Bobby Ryan is a whiny crap overpaid POS

ive only ever purchased off kijiji but never had a problem. Only great deals have been made off of purchasing off the internet. Perhaps my best story was that I was looking to buy winter tires and rims for my protege a few years back. Found a good set at a great price on kijiji so a buddy of mine and I hopped in the car and drove into the middle of the suburbs in Brampton. We show up, 2 young clean cut guys cash in hand...The guy turned out to be a car enthusiast himself, we loaded up the wheels in the car and then hung out in the guys garage for 3 hours while he brought out the beers. He then proceeded to give my buddy and I a set of brand new mechanic's gloves as well because "they were the best for working on cars" Now that was a transaction!

ive only caught a 20 inch musky. I am just waiting for the day that i cross paths with a big georgian bay resident. Ive seen people luck out and run into one. I am hoping that in my lifetime ill hit the lottery one day and one will latch onto one of my pike lures. Even a 20lb+ pike would be that fish as well. Caught a few 15+ but never 20+ And as sad as this is, ive been fishing a while but i still havent caught a nickle bass (hopefully smallie). Been close, but its already my goal for next year and im pretty confident I will be able to easily do it.

would it be against the rules for a member (myself) to design and get stickers made and then sell them? I did this back in the day with my old car club, also made shirts as well.

they call them poor mans lobster. Ive never eaten them but im not much of a fish eater. I do recall during my time living in Flin Flon during the annual Burbot Derby (ling cod) The absolutely massive free fish fry that was held for everyone to enjoy. My brother to this day says that deep fried Burbot is bloody delicious. So if you are a seafood fan at all, id say go for it.

literally 3 of my personal best fish were caught first cast. Seems that when you find a fish, it will hit every time. Ive even made a trip out, caught a personal best pike first cast...and then headed in because the weather was so terrible that I had accomplished what I had set out to do.

I wish...

anyone here tried out the frabil Performance Task Gloves? Any experience with their fitment? Are they anything close to a work glove? http://www.sail.ca/en/catalogue/ice-fishing/clothing/4736/performance-task-gloves/

anyone have any idea where you could shop those skeena gloves..i have a whole bunch of gloves similar to that, but none of them actually fully waterproof. They all either leak on teh back side of the hand, or my "ice fishing" neoprenes have holes cut in the finger tips for line tying...kind of stupid because the minute you catch a fish your gloves drain water straight into them rendering them useless. It would be tough to purchase online as they would need to fit pretty perfectly. Have I just discovered the so called golden egg idea...a concept that no one has ever solved? Maybe I should make the perfect pair of gloves and sell them to everyone ahaha.

Could I get a photo of this? I still dont understand why no one has made tight fitting gortex gloves? Literally just made a thin pair of gloves out of a waterproof material? For reference, the amount of dexterity I am looking for would be in the ballpark of Motocross/Biking gloves or those Mechanix canadian tire gloves. The problem is that everywhere I look they seem to be insulated. I just want form fitting full dexterity gloves for fishing. Perhaps my biggest pet peeve is that when attempting to cast etc, the extra length on your fingers on insulated gloves constantly catches your line, hooks etc etc etc