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    Quote Originally Posted by argofan87 View Post
    What about Bester and Wregget. I think those two suffered more from the horrible teams in front of them than anything.

    For actual good goaltender duos, that Sawchuk-Bower tandem was pretty good.
    I loved Wregget. I think he was a very good goalie. Never liked Bester and got very upset whenever he started. Apparently, they didn't like each other.
    Still irked about when Sergio Momesso scored from outside the blue line in OT to knock the Leafs out of the playoffs in game 6 in '90 or '91. Seconds later you see a program coming from the crowd in Bester's direction. Classic!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by AngeloV View Post
    I loved Wregget. I think he was a very good goalie. Never liked Bester and got very upset whenever he started. Apparently, they didn't like each other.
    Still irked about when Sergio Momesso scored from outside the blue line in OT to knock the Leafs out of the playoffs in game 6 in '90 or '91. Seconds later you see a program coming from the crowd in Bester's direction. Classic!!!
    That's funny as I was more of a Bester fan myself. That Momesso goal happened in 1990 and actually happened in Game 3 after the Leafs had staged a furious comeback in the final two minutes of the third period to tie the game from a two goal deficit. That game all but ended Bester's career with the Leafs and pretty much ended that season for Toronto as they fell behind in that series 3-0 and would eventually lose the series 4-1.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ArgoRavi View Post
    That's funny as I was more of a Bester fan myself. That Momesso goal happened in 1990 and actually happened in Game 3 after the Leafs had staged a furious comeback in the final two minutes of the third period to tie the game from a two goal deficit. That game all but ended Bester's career with the Leafs and pretty much ended that season for Toronto as they fell behind in that series 3-0 and would eventually lose the series 4-1.
    Great memory Ravi. I remember the Leafs using 3 goalies that season including Jeff Reese and Mark Laforest. Laforest owned the Blues that year (I believe the Leafs won the season series something like 6-2), but he was injured and not available. I think Reese won game 4 and then was injured in game 5 bringing back Bester. Always hated a sign near Ballard's old Bunker in the golds back then that read "BESTER IS BEST".
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    Quote Originally Posted by AngeloV View Post
    Great memory Ravi. I remember the Leafs using 3 goalies that season including Jeff Reese and Mark Laforest. Laforest owned the Blues that year (I believe the Leafs won the season series something like 6-2), but he was injured and not available. I think Reese won game 4 and then was injured in game 5 bringing back Bester. Always hated a sign near Ballard's old Bunker in the golds back then that read "BESTER IS BEST".
    You are absolutely right about that season and the playoffs, AV. Also, Ballard died between Games 4 and 5 of that series as I recall. He wasn't around much, if at all, that season though as I recall him being in a hospital in the Bahamas (?) for quite some time. I believe that he even lost control of the team before he died as Don Giffin was running things. The Leafs were one of the highest scoring teams in the league that season but they also gave up a lot of goals which caught up to them late in the season and in the playoffs.
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    That was the Doug Carpenter team in 1989-1990 that finished 38-38-4. That .500 record actually was the best the Leafs had achieved since Sittler and McDonald were around in the late 1970's. The team was, as Ravi says, a high-scoring team led by Gary Leeman who scored 51-goals as well as Vincent Damphousse, Ed Olczyk and Daniel Marois who all scored more than thirty goals. They also got contribution from Wendel Clark (when healthy), Al Iafrate, Tom Kurvers, Mark Osborne, Tom Fergus and Lou Franceschetti. But, that team as Ravi points out couldn't play defense and Bester, Reese, LaForrest and poor Peter Ing were hung out to dry most nights. That team also had some real enforcers with Clark, John Kordic and Brian Curran. I think Curran finished with a whopping 300 PIM on defense. There's one famous brawl from December 1989 where Leeman takes about five minutes to begin a fight with Denis Savard of the Blackhawks. All of a sudden from nowhere comes Dave Manson who hits Leeman from behind and starts pounding him. CBC pans to the Leafs bench and there's Clark wanting to go over the boards, but is stopped by Kordic!

    That team fell apart in 1990-1991 with the ownership mess and Leeman sleeping with Iafrate's wife.
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    They looked pretty bad in the first two periods, but came alive in the third to beat the Devils 4-2. Kadri had a goal and an assist tonight.

    Two tough games against Ottawa and Boston coming up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by argofan87 View Post
    They looked pretty bad in the first two periods, but came alive in the third to beat the Devils 4-2. Kadri had a goal and an assist tonight.

    Two tough games against Ottawa and Boston coming up.
    Dare I say it but this team might just make the playoffs for the first time in nine years.
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    Ugly win today.

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    Still a win. Can't believe we have four teams in our division making the playoffs as it stands.
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    Important game tonight against the Jets. The Leafs have lost their last two (albeit getting a point against Pittsburgh)
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    Quote Originally Posted by argofan87 View Post
    Important game tonight against the Jets. The Leafs have lost their last two (albeit getting a point against Pittsburgh)
    Not looking good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 294life View Post
    Not looking good.
    With only 21 games left in this short season, a playoff spot is still the Leafs' spot to lose but Winnipeg's win certainly has tightened up the standings a little.
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    Jets can leap over the Leafs in the standings on Saturday. That being said, they played an overall solid game againsts the Penguins.

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    A solid game perhaps, but in a 48-game season that means nothing.

    It's frustrating, and not to take anything away from a team like Montreal, but they were last in the East a season ago and have rebounded well. The Maple Leafs seem to be falling into the same pattern as last year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by argofan87 View Post
    A solid game perhaps, but in a 48-game season that means nothing.

    It's frustrating, and not to take anything away from a team like Montreal, but they were last in the East a season ago and have rebounded well. The Maple Leafs seem to be falling into the same pattern as last year.
    and every year before that for about 10 years.
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    Hopefully Lupul's return can spark them.

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    Thankfully the rangers are sucking
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    The Leafs lost tonight and yet managed to move up in the standings. Go figure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ArgoRavi View Post
    The Leafs lost tonight and yet managed to move up in the standings. Go figure.
    I forgot that could happen as I was only concerned with dropping below Winnipeg. Loser points and shootouts need to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DanTheFan View Post
    I forgot that could happen as I was only concerned with dropping below Winnipeg. Loser points and shootouts need to go.
    Absolutely
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