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According to the coach, goalie Vesa Toskala played well, despite being yanked and booed off the ice after allowing his seventh goal midway through the second period.
"He didn't have a chance on any of those goals," Wilson said to a stunned media at his post-game briefing. "I don't think it was fair that the fans got on him if that was their intention. Shot, rebound, shot, rebound and then someone puts it in the empty net. It certainly wasn't Vesa's fault, at all."
Hmm. Wilson reiterated his feelings that the schedule-makers pretty much set the stage for his squad's horrible contra-performance last night, as if nobody else had ever played back-to-back games within the same time zone in the history of the league. And yes, the goaltender had been sent home from Atlanta on Sunday to nurse his slightly pulled groin back to health – and rest up.
"It was more fatigue than anything," Wilson argued. "We didn't have our legs. We didn't have our minds. Unfortunately it got ugly. It's already behind me."
Which also can describe seven of the 27 pucks directed at Toskala in his 31 minutes and 35 seconds of work. For the first five, the boos rained down on Toskala. Then after the sixth, chants of Coo-jo, Coo-jo could be heard in the expensive seats.
Finally, after the seventh Stars marker, Curtis Joseph began to stir, located his helmet and mask, pushed himself gingerly over the boards and headed past a probably grateful Toskala to take up his position between the Leafs pipes.
"I guess we were a little bit tired after the road and there wasn't much gas left in the tank," Toskala said, paraphrasing the captain of the Exxon Valdez. "Anyhow, we weren't very good tonight. The fans, they're paying good money to come watch us and we didn't play very well. We can't control the fans, but we have to play better."
That's a huge understatement by Toskala, who was removed from a work in progress for the second time in four games, over six days. So, yeah, they gotta play better.
"It is the coach's decision when they make moves," Toskala shrugged. "As long as I stay in (the game), I just try to do my best. I can't really control the fans."
Nor many of the juicy rebounds on this frightful night that dropped the Leafs back to.500 and may once again cause fans of Leaf Nation to wonder whether there should indeed be a three-way goalie controversy in the New Year.
So if not Toskala, then who? Joseph is not the answer, at least clearly not in Wilson's mind. Last night was just the 41-year-old veteran's second appearance since Nov. 25, both in relief. It shows how little trust the coach has in Joseph that even in Cujo's last game, Dec. 18 in Boston, after the Leafs pulled to within 6-5 after two, Toskala was re-inserted for the third period and an 8-5 loss.
The fact is the future played on Monday in Atlanta. With their struggling starter ready for a night off, the Leafs called up the Marlies' 22-year-old Justin Pogge. Where does that leave Joseph? It has been 263 days since Joseph won, but he hangs on. His next win will be the 450th of his career. He wants it, but the question is will the classy veteran get his milestone before the Leafs bring Pogge up for good? And once Pogge is up, he will play. What then of Toskala? The debate is downplayed by the Leafs, but it won't stop fans from speculating.
As Vesa says, "They pay good money."I can’t believe it’s already time to talk through my June favorites, which means we’re half way through 2021! I fell in love with a ton of new products this month, but as usual, I only feature products in my favorites that are true favorites that I’ve been using consistently for longer than one month. So if you don’t see something you were expecting based on how much I raved about it, you’ll likely see it in a July or August post.
I think I’ve found my new HG lip liners – the Soft Blur Velvet Lip Liners from Em Cosmetics. The formula blends so easily so you can get a soft, blurred, and diffused look. I find that creates a much more natural look that still defines my lips and helps prevent any feathering of the lipstick I use on top. Even with how soft and lightweight they are, they are very long lasting. I have the shades Kitten, a neutral rose, and Mink, a cool brown, which both work really well with my lip color and the with my favorite lipsticks and glosses. I was heavily influenced by Jaime Paige who loves these, and she definitely was right that these are amazing.
My lips are incredibly dry right now, and Finding Ferdinand Lip Balm has been so helpful. The formula is really moisturizing, lasts a long time, and is a great base underneath lipsticks. I keep one of these in my purse, and the packaging is very secure so I don’t have to worry about balm getting all over everything. I also have one with their summer flavor Orange Popsicle added to it, and I love this flavor so much. It actually tastes and smells like an orange popsicle and always makes me feel a little bit happier applying it.
I’m so glad I got the Salt New York Lilac and Tangerine Crème Tint Pro, which is a limited edition duo they launched for spring. At the time of writing this, these are still in stock and on sale. I love using Lilac to cool a look down and Tangerine to warm a look up. These are super useful to bring a look together if something looks just not quite right. I brought them with me on my trip in May so that I could easily through together a monochromatic orange or purple look or adjust my blush to match my eyeshadow or lip color better. These are super versatile, and as with all Salt New York products, the formula is beautiful – buildable, dewy without shimmer, and super easy to blend.
It’s been super hot and dry in our Seattle apartment, and my skin has really been feeling it. The Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber Gel Mask Extreme Detoxifying Hydrator has been such a skin saver for me (and my husband, who also loves this mask!). It’s so hydrating and leaves my skin super soft and moisturized. If my face feels irritated from the heat, it helps my skin feel better immediately because it’s incredibly cooling even thought I don’t keep it in the fridge. It’s pricey but a little goes a long way, and my small jar that both my husband and I use is still going strong.
I don’t talk about nail polish here often, but I discovered a new favorite top coat and I needed to share it with all of you. The KBshimmer Clearly on Top Quick Dry top coat is incredible and only $6. It dries so fast, doesn’t cause shrinkage, and is super shiny. I can do a full manicure in less than 30 minutes and go about my day, including going the gym, with no issues. I also have way fewer chips than normal, and my nails last way longer than with other top coats. With how affordable this is, I’m so impressed and can’t imagine going back to more expensive top coats when this works even better than they do.From a quantum perspective you can look at electrons as a field and each individual electron as an excitation in that field. I have a theory that life is a field and each individual life is an excitation. The stronger the excitation the more sentient that life. For instance an amoeba or a tree might be a very slight excitation; where as humans, apes, dolphins, elephants might be very large excitations. Then when a life ends the excitation collapses back into the field, but energy can neither be created nor destroyed,  the localized excitation that was that life might be gone, but that energy from that life can be a part of the field and be used in other life's excitations.Route 589 is pictured in a file photo near its intersection with Route 50.
SNOW HILL– Local officials stressed the need for improvements to Route 589 during an annual meeting with Maryland Department of Transportation representatives.
On Tuesday, officials from the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) shared an annual update with the Worcester County Commissioners. The commissioners used the opportunity to advocate for long-needed Route 589 improvements.
“We’ve been waiting 20 years,” Commissioner Chip Bertino said.
Jim Ports, secretary of MDOT, thanked the commissioners for the opportunity for the agency to provide an overview of its latest Consolidated Transportation Plan (CTP). He outlined major road improvements, including the work to Route 113, that had occurred in recent years and said that the latest CTP included the largest transportation budget ever at $19.9 billion.
Tim Smith, MDOT’s State Highway Administration administrator, said the agency was focusing on asset management, accessibility and mobility. He said SHA had worked hard to finish the improvements at Route 376 and Route 113—the highway’s Assateague Road intersection—this