2016 Summer Housekeeping Thread
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Coco-puffs
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Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
My vote goes to Ruby Rhod.
maplesyrup
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Frost was good. Morris was spectacular. I want a Morris setting for my GPS and smart phone!...Anyway, I'm sure whomever they choose next will be fine too. Maybe it's time a woman gets one of these gigs.
herman
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Off Season moves so far, categorized by my reaction/assessment. Yours may differ.
Aces:
- Rielly and Kadri contracts
- Matthews > Laine
Good stuff:
- Laying off the Free Agent Frenzy first hour buyouts in waiting
- qualifying C. Carrick, Marincin
Wait and see, low risk gambles:
- Andersen deal
- Woll, Korshkov, Grundstrom, Greenway, Walker, Chebykin picks
- Martin deal
I don't get it:
- Polak deal
- The Toughening
Pitchfork and torches time:
- nothing quite there yet
Aces:
- Rielly and Kadri contracts
- Matthews > Laine
Good stuff:
- Laying off the Free Agent Frenzy first hour buyouts in waiting
- qualifying C. Carrick, Marincin
Wait and see, low risk gambles:
- Andersen deal
- Woll, Korshkov, Grundstrom, Greenway, Walker, Chebykin picks
- Martin deal
I don't get it:
- Polak deal
- The Toughening
Pitchfork and torches time:
- nothing quite there yet
The Marlies signed Colin Smith to an AHL contract. He was acquired from Colorado in the Matthias trade but wasn't given a qualifying offer. Had 22 points in 23 regular season games with the Marlies.
Nice to see him in the fold, the Marlies can use his offence.
Nice to see him in the fold, the Marlies can use his offence.
herman said:
Cliche played parts of 5 seasons with Clune and Andrew Campbell too with LA's AHL affiliate. On a related note, Clune's a guy I'd like to see brought back for the Marlies.
Thanks Kyle, now do Brennan.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Nik the Trik said:
Exactly, some of the hyperbole being thrown around is quite frankly embarrassing.
I've actually barely paid attention to Leafs news the past few days because I'm sick of reading the same baseless alarmist posts.
When did it become cool to act like a pessimistic dick?
Kin
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WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
I think I joined the board in 2002? So somewhere around then.
Anyways, I don't think thats what Herman was doing. I just think that the Leafs are in a bit of a weird transitional place right now. I think a lot of people thought that with the Leafs largely out of the tear down phase what you'd see was a focus only giving PT to either prospects or more established long term pieces and fewer of the one year deadline flip deals we saw last year(especially because the strategy didn't work out great last year).
My hope is that in addition to getting picks for the Babcock/LL compensation, the Leafs keep stockpiling picks so that, potentially, they could make some offers to move up if needed. Realistically Greening, Laich and Michalek were longshots for that so this makes sense.
Corrado's ok and everything but I'm not sweating his being superfluous.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Bullfrog said:
As Nik displayed, some of those opinions are largely ridiculous.
They smack of people parroting a bunch of shut-in bloggers who have convinced themselves the Leafs are going to implode because they have deviated even slightly from the path they deemed best.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Nik the Trik said:
Yeah, that's sort of how I see it too. It just seems like the default here and elsewhere is now to be negative about this off-season and the moves that have been made.
Elsewhere there has been a lot of chat about a split or divide in the front office and absolutely none of it is based in fact. It's all people adding two and two and getting five and reporting five as the Gospel.
My post wasn't directed only at herman btw he has not been alone in his continued negativity since the draft either.
What is especially bothersome is that if any poster here is as optimistic in their projections of the Leafs prospects as some have been negative, they are borderline mocked by some.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Where exactly has anyone who doesn't like these signings acted like a dick? I'd actually like to know. Because with all due respect (and I genuinely like you as a poster) I can only find a few examples of that from a certain poster on the other side of the argument.
Some people like these signings, some people don't. It's actually seemed like a 50/50 split to me. But nobody is acting with any hostility or saying that the sky is falling or calling for Lou's head because of them. So I really don't see where you think the hyperbole is coming from.