Weekes Does It Again

If the Toronto Maple Leafs are particularly concerned about their backup goaltending position, perhaps they should consider giving Hurricanes general manager, Jim Rutherford a call to see if they can pry Kevin Weekes out of Carolina. In his past two appearances at Air Canada Centre, Kevin Weeks has been the difference in both games, literally carrying his team to victory in both contests. If the Maple Leafs were to acquire him, judging by his performance in the last two Hurricanes games at ACC, Weekes would be practically unbeatable. This, of course, is said with the tongue planted firmly in the cheek as this sort of a transaction is very unlikely to occur and is probably impractical for both teams; however, it points out that Kevin Weekes is a good goaltender and the Carolina Hurricanes are not as bad as they seem if their opposition underestimates them.

The Maple Leafs played slightly better than they did in their last match up with the Hurricanes at ACC but still struggled to maintain any kind of consistent offensive threat. Compounding this problem was their ineffectiveness against one of the worst penalty killing units in the league as well as their inability to kill penalties themselves against one of the worst power plays in the league. The Leafs went zero for six on the power play and allowed two goals on three power play opportunities.

Mikael Tellqvist played another solid game for the Maple Leafs leaving Coach Pat Quinn with a difficult decision when it comes to deciding whether Tellqvist should be sent back down to the minors or whether he should be kept up with the big team leaving no room for Trevor Kidd.

The Leafs will play back to back games this coming Wednesday and Thursday against Florida and Tampa Bay, respectively. After throwing away points against several weaker teams lately, two wins on this road trip would be extremely helpful.