HNIC – Order Is Restored

Now, THAT was the Leafs team we expected to see this year, am I right? Does this mean our PK is otherworldly (to keep Montreal off the board) or just that Toronto is so bad that they can’t stop anybody’s power play? We’ll find out.

Don Cherry was in mid-season form last night. He called out Ron Wilson for having his young defensemen keep two hands on the stick at all times, and showed a couple of times where skilled players in front of the net could spin off of that and get a point-blank shot. He also mentioned that Steve Bernier got 2, 5 and 10 for trying to protect one of the Sedin twins…what the fuck? I watched part of that game but missed all the extra penalties. Skilled players are getting slew-footed, punched and speared and the league is doing the discipline in the wrong direction. Think about everything the NFL does to try and protect QBs, and compare that with the beatdown Sid the Kid gets every game.

He finished up railing against John Tavares dropping out of the 1 spot for prospects, believing that he is being watched too critically after he got put in that spot. It went off in a tangent about the Leafs ignoring Ontario prospects. I love that Ron MacLean used the point against him, as the last all-North American team won the Cup, against his Bruins.