Belfour vs. Theo

norskipaul · Senior Member

Belfour vs. Theo

barry33 · Guru

Theo is the highest paid player on that team and needs to start earning it. During contract negotiations Theo's agent kept referring to him as an "Elite Goaltender". Elite goaltenders do not let in shots like he did last night. The McCabe goal he was not screened on and it goes in from the blueline. The O'Neil goal he is on his knees before O'neill got th epuck and because EVERY PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE NOW knows that is Theo's weakness, Jeffy puts it top shelf. The tying goal, Theo fails to play the puck behind the net..AGAIN.

I have stood up for this guy when he has done well. But the time for excuses is done. If you are to be an elite goalie in this league you best show some consistency is your play Theo.

davidb · Guru

My sediments exactly Barry, He was down before Oneil lets the shot go. I hace said it before and I will say it again. Theo and in fact not just Theo Goalies are on their knees too early

norskipaul · Senior Member

Barry, don't get me wrong . I totally agree with your assesment of the Leafs goals. What I'm saying is that I don't think the difference was goal tending because the Leafs goalie wasn't that great. The Leafs should have been dead and buried long before the lucky bounce...This is the first game I've seen in this season and I was trying to take in everything. I do see what a lot of the guys are saying about Ribeiro. He does seem a little light weight. I'm thinking about what Ryder could do paired with a "real" second line centre. I also see that we could use reinforcements on defence. Markov and Rivet looked confident, apart from them we were pretty shaky. What I really wish we had, though, was a genuine goal scorer who could bury some of those chances we seem to be always creating...

TheoSUCKS · Newbie

Eddie blew Theo out of the water, litterally, Theo looks more like a fish infront of the nets anyway. Bet Theo must wear out 10 pairs of goalie pads a season, hell just cross the blue line and he's on his knees leaving 80% of the net open........

Nil d · Guru

davidb wrote:

My sediments exactly Barry, .............

Grammarman would have jumped all over that one if he were still with us.............

ray · Senior Member

did you guys see Theo's record vrs the buds, 4-11 Belfour always plays great against us. I makes me so mad losing to the buds. The habs are number one, and my second favourite team is anyone playing the leafs. Man i'm sick to my stomach, this one is going to hurt for awhile.

norskipaul · Senior Member

Nil d wrote:

davidb wrote: My sediments exactly Barry, ............. Grammarman would have jumped all over that one if he were still with us.............

I think davidb caught a cold while on a stake-out

Nil d · Guru

norskipaul wrote:

Nil d wrote: davidb wrote: My sediments exactly Barry, ............. Grammarman would have jumped all over that one if he were still with us............. I think davidb caught a cold while on a stake-out

I wonder what davidb's sediments are? Discarded beer bottles, maybe? Sorry, dave, I couldn't resist!

davidb · Guru

I have not caught a cold, I was just expressing my opinion. We can all agree to disagree. I watched the whole game last night. I originally posted (after 2nd period) that I felt we would lose because the Leafs seem to have more depth. Theo cause the goal last night. He should have stayed in the damn net and let the D man takle the puck. He goes behind the net fans on a good clear rushes back into the net. I feel he cause the goal. The d man would have cleared the puck, hence there would have been no deflection over his shoulder down his back or what ever you want to call it. Thats ok Nild I think as the season goes on, we will have better days. This team almost remionds me of the 93 version. Get gulis back, and I still say if there is a very big offgensive minded dman to be found BG, JC, Jarvis, Green will find him.

-- Edited by davidb at 14:25, 2005-11-13

norskipaul · Senior Member

I meant no disrespect to you or your opinions. I just found your placing of the letter d rather interesting. I think one thing we all have in common here is the sense of utter dread we all get whenever Theo leaves the net, Saturday night was no exception. Having said that I still think the resulting goal was sheer luck, that puck could have landed anywhere. May merciless retribution land on Toronto on the 16th! (another televised game over here)