5 Minutes and 21 Seconds...

Wowwie Wowwie... Leafs are turning out to be quite the force these days. Who would have thought that after putting up 5 goals against a future hall of famer, Martin Brodeur, they could have it in them again. Down 2-0 for most of the game against the Rangers, in five minutes and twenty one seconds, the Leafs storm back in the third with 5 unanswered goals to take the win. But not too many people saw that one coming.

Kudos to Mitchell on his debut in the NHL to get two goals and an assist. Definitely a night to remember for him. Leafs started shooting again too with 17 shots in the third period alone totalling 35. I guess Ron Wilson is finally getting through to the guys... It's like the youngsters are sponges and you gotta make them accept the system and suck it all in. Only two penalties on the night too, leading to success.

Not too much time to celebrate though as the Leafs have their next game in under 24 hours in Carolina for a 5pm start. Let's see if the momentum continues through. Watch it on Leafs TV.
I love the feel you get from Torontonians, I thought the Leafs would do better than expectations, mind you, the expectations were really really low. Four wins in the last five games with the loss against the Lightning as the one I thought we'd pull through with.

Little statistics for you:

Leafs first 6 games - 11 GF vs. 20 GA
Leafs last 5 games - 21 GF vs. 14 GA

Leafs first 5 games - 78 Penalty Minutes
Leafs last 6 games - 47 Penalty Minutes

Correlation?

Leafs Get A Win, Now What To Do For Ottawa Saturday?

Kudos to the Leafs for pulling out what normally happens to them, a come from behind victory. As I stated before, the Bruins are hurting and demoralized just as much as the Leafs, but the victory wasn't how I anticipated it. Down 2-0 after the first, the Leafs saw some devastating hits against them like Van Ryn going through the glass or Stajan cutting across the blue line and getting decked by Wideman. Impressive grit and determination, they scored four unanswered to take the victory 4-2. Big key is not to get to OT or a shootout as we have serious issues there.

I would not say so much that the shootout gods weren't on our side, but more leaning towards... hit the damn net. You got no defense or backcheckers on you, you miss the net means you can't score.

So here's a question... Does Wilson continue to make Blake a healthy scratch because they won now? I say why not, you pulled off a victory, he's chatting it up with the bigwigs in the press box, and we got a sloppy Senators team who's 1-3 in their last four with a game against the Ducks tomorrow, why not keep the skates moving and hammer'em home. Maybe Blake should do some play by play with Bowen, and get Stajan's wife to sing the National Anthem.

Some news on Sundin... but do you care? He likes the young look and might want to come back to the Leafs for his 14th season. Sounds like a bandwagoner waiting to see how they'd turn out. He's going to Los Angeles for a two week 'conditioning' camp. I appreciate all Sundin's done for the Leafs, but why is he playing with indecision. Since he doesn't want to jump ship and hit a Cup contender, we need your support to send him the Leaf ring because unless he's willing to stick it out and pull a Chelios, it might be awhile.