Apparently Mikael Tellqvist played a great game last night in the pre-season win against Ottawa. This enhances his chances (say that five times quickly) of winning the back-up job behind Raycroft. I feel bad for Tellqvist because I think it's unfair that he's been labeled as the guy who can't win in big situations.
Let's revisit the two games that gave him this moniker. He played poorly against the Canadiens when the Leafs were battling for a playoof spot last year. He didn't win them the games and therefore he choked when the pressure was on. Are we forgetting that the entire Leaf team was rancid for those two games? The team, behind Belfour, was on a losing streak and playing poorly. To lay the blame on Tellqvist was an easy out for the coaching staff and management. The reporters are the ones who have stigmatized Tellqvist, in my opinion unfairly, from just two bad games. I understand that he's not the second coming of Jacques Plante, but he's not as bad as the press makes him to be.
Let's see how he does this year and then you can judge the man. Just remember that this team isn't a whole lot better than last year's squad. I don't think they'll make the playoffs but that might be 39 years of frustration talking!
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Does anyone really care whether Tellqvist or Aubin is the backup? Does it really matter? They will struggle to make the playoffs either way.
And who are the 8000+ losers that showed up for the blue & white scrimmage last week? Come on people, give your heads a shake. Stop supporting this perennial underperformer, at least for the damn practices.
And just when we thought we were done with Me Idiot (aka Tie Domi), he will now become a "broadcaster". Ha, that's rich. Here's a nugget from his self-indulgent press conference: "I kiss my lucky charms I got to play here..." I think he meant 'thank my lucky stars', but who knows. With all of the kockey analysts TSN has, especially since they recently added Darren Dregger, I can't imagine why they decided to add this meathead. Looks like TSN is as stupid as Leafs management.
And so another Leafs season begins!
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