Cherry praises Leafs goalies in Twitter rant

Ron Mclean and Don Cherry discuss the great run by the Winnipeg Jets, Corey Perry’s injury, and remember Jean Beliveau.

Luke Fox December 12, 2014, 12:50 PM

Quarterbacks might take issue with Don Cherry’s latest Twitter rant.

The Coach’s Corner star fired off an eight-tweet mini-essay Friday, explaining why goaltenders play the most important position in all of sports.

Cherry used Thursday night’s results to build his case, then slammed his point home by revealing the Toronto Maple Leafs’ game plan.

The Jhonas Enroth metaphor is a beauty. Thumbs up:

1) Goaltending is the most important position in any sport. Think not? Take a look at last night’s games.

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) December 12, 2014

2) Chicago wings 3-2 over Boston but outshot 34-21 including 10-02 in 3rd period. Scott Darling in net with a 5-1 record.

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) December 12, 2014

3) Blue Jackets beat Washington in overtime 3-2 but were outshot 41-23. Bobrovsky stood on his head. Looks like the Bobrovsky of last year

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) December 12, 2014

4) before the injury. Flames outshot Buffalo 45-19 and Sabres win 4-3.

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) December 12, 2014

5) Enroth is seeing, as the old saying goes, more rubber than a dead skunk on the Trans Canada highway.

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) December 12, 2014

6) We won’t even mention the Leafs. It’s a given they will be outshot every game. They usually have over 35 shots a game against them.

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) December 12, 2014

7) The Leafs game plan is to let the other team fire shots at their goalie til the opposition is exhausted then they score and win.

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) December 12, 2014

8) Goaltending is the most important position in any sport guaranteed!

— Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerDC) December 12, 2014

To be fair, it should be noted that the Maple Leafs give up an average of 33.6 shots per game, but Cherry’s right — they do get outshot by an average of 3.6 pucks per night.