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Thursday 11 December 2014

Toronto Maple Leafs for real?

The Toronto Maple Leafs are on a roll coming off beating 3 top teams Vancouver, Calgary, Detroit. With major help from both of their goalies Jonathan Bernier and James Reimer, the leafs are climbing the standings. The Leafs are 5 points away from being in first place and with the way that they have been playing the leafs will be in a good position going into the all-start break come January. Who is to blame for the Leafs winning streak the coach?, the players?, or the combo of the goaltenders?. It is easy to think that the coaches are the reason for their winning because of the lines that they put together but they cant make the players play the way they are. Toronto has done this before they have been on a really hot streak and doing incredible things in the standing`s but than they start to lose game after game after game. Then next thing that you know the Leafs are back in the bottom missing the playoffs by 6-9 points and than the fans start to rip on the players and the players wives and coaches. and when the team does good the fans are loyal. the leafs play the Detroit Red Wings again on Saturday and than they play back to back on Sunday they play the LA-Kings and than the Ducks on Tuesday They don't have a easy schedule coming up. Who will start for the Leafs will it be the surprising  Jonathan Bernier or will it be Optimus-Reim I don't think that it matters who starts because they are both worth to be a starting goalie Reimer proved this in 2013 when he led them to the playoffs to only lose to the Boston Bruins. and Jonathan Bernier won the cup with LA but he was a back up to the elite goalie Jonathan Quick, but that doesn't matter he would have seen and learned from Quick. Bernier has to prove him self still after having a disappointing season last year with the Leafs, with the ways he has been playing even if they don't make the playoffs he sure did prove that he can be a starting goalie. But as long as Reimer is there I don't think that there will be a number one goalie. Reimer was drafted by the Leafs and played all of his career with the Toronto system he played with the Marlies and I would be really surprised and disappointed if they got rid of Reimer.


Yes I think that the Maple Leafs are for real this season but there is still a lot of games left to be played and with the All-Star break players will have time of from playing games and that could affect a lot of teams but the Leafs shouldn't be fazed by the break and they should just keep playing the game that they are playing right now and then they should be fine before and after the All-Star break.

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