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2018-2019 Toronto Marlies Thread: Hail to the Champions...and Onwards!

Guilt Trip said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Bracco?s skillset is closer to Marner?s in all honesty, I?d love to see him reunited with Matthews.

They had a special connection with the USNTDP.
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I was going to say this. Bracco would probably be more suited for Matthews as he is a playmaking winger.
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Kadri and Marner looked great together 2 seasons ago. Giving him a playmaking winger like Bracco might be just what he needs to get his goals total back into the 20s. But penciling him into a role with Matthews seems pretty premature to me at this point.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Guilt Trip said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Bracco?s skillset is closer to Marner?s in all honesty, I?d love to see him reunited with Matthews.

They had a special connection with the USNTDP.
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I was going to say this. Bracco would probably be more suited for Matthews as he is a playmaking winger.
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Kadri and Marner looked great together 2 seasons ago. Giving him a playmaking winger like Bracco might be just what he needs to get his goals total back into the 20s. But penciling him into a role with Matthews seems pretty premature to me at this point.
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I don't know if he even makes the big club but he's the type of winger that would do well with Matthews. Who knows what the plan is even with Kadri at this point. Leafs def have some options.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Guilt Trip said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Bracco?s skillset is closer to Marner?s in all honesty, I?d love to see him reunited with Matthews.

They had a special connection with the USNTDP.
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I was going to say this. Bracco would probably be more suited for Matthews as he is a playmaking winger.
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Kadri and Marner looked great together 2 seasons ago. Giving him a playmaking winger like Bracco might be just what he needs to get his goals total back into the 20s. But penciling him into a role with Matthews seems pretty premature to me at this point.
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Yeah Bracco is Marner-lite: smaller, not as high a top speed (but oh boy the edgework), slightly weaker defensively.

He'd be a good foil for a shooting centre, but I am inclined to use him as trade bait considering the depth he is behind. Nylander and Marner (barring a ridiculously negotiation FUBAR) are't going anywhere anytime soon. He was a good failsafe option if Marner didn't work out but now, Kadri might appreciate it if Bracco could be flipped for someone like a Josh Anderson, whom it was rumoured Dubas was after earlier (slot shooter + PK capabilities and can also muck it up with Kadri).
 
You really got to hand it to the Leafs for all their recent draft choices . They seem to be hitting on a ton of them. I recall years past when we would have more losers than winners come form the draft.

Thank god the team we have running the draft are good at their jobs ! With the salary cap about to smother the ability to sign or trade for established high end talent , we will be relying more and more on those picks coming through.
 
RedLeaf said:
You really got to hand it to the Leafs for all their recent draft choices . They seem to be hitting on a ton of them. I recall years past when we would have more losers than winners come form the draft.

Thank god the team we have running the draft are good at their jobs ! With the salary cap about to smother the ability to sign or trade for established high end talent , we will be relying more and more on those picks coming through.
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Its a great point, and the Leafs seem to have unlimited funds for team building, scouting, facilities, specialized training, heck Soshnikov said the other day, that he didn't understand how great the Leaf organization was until he went to St.Louis, still a fine organization but not up to Leaf standards.  Why wouldn't a player want to be involved with our org?  Oh Babcock!!!!
 
https://theathletic.com/957960/2019/05/04/the-future-of-the-leafs-defence-is-on-display-with-the-marlies-and-its-as-small-as-it-is-talented/

Rielly + these guys in the next year or two
 
The Marlies have been good at times but mostly lucky and have been winning thanks to a red hot PP and Kasimir Kaskisuo playing bananas.
 
herman said:
The Marlies have been good at times but mostly lucky and have been winning thanks to a red hot PP and Kasimir Kaskisuo playing bananas.
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Wish the Leafs could be that lucky...lol. Whatever the formula, it's working.
 
I'd love to see the Leafs sweep even one series let alone consecutive ones. Last Leafs sweep was against Ottawa a thousand years ago
 
Without a salary cap and teams generally not being much more than a pantry for prospects or cast offs, the Marlies stand head and shoulders above most of the AHL field. Most teams are good because of the vets (AAAA or demoted NHL vets); the Marlies are predominantly led by their young prospects, reinforced with the creme de la creme of AHL veterans (Mueller, LoVerde).

There would have been more hype for the Marlies this year if Kaskisuo was even remotely average during the regular season, or if Pickard/McElhinney were available to us. KK is getting a sharp SV% regression this month but it?s going to come back down eventually. Marlies need to tighten up a bit going forward.
 
herman said:
Without a salary cap and teams generally not being much more than a pantry for prospects or cast offs, the Marlies stand head and shoulders above most of the AHL field. Most teams are good because of the vets (AAAA or demoted NHL vets); the Marlies are predominantly led by their young prospects, reinforced with the creme de la creme of AHL veterans (Mueller, LoVerde).

There would have been more hype for the Marlies this year if Kaskisuo was even remotely average during the regular season, or if Pickard/McElhinney were available to us. KK is getting a sharp SV% regression this month but it?s going to come back down eventually. Marlies need to tighten up a bit going forward.
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You make a good point. Marlies are what the Leafs could be without a salary cap and an owner that wants to win. 
 
herman said:
The Marlies have been good at times but mostly lucky and have been winning thanks to a red hot PP and Kasimir Kaskisuo playing bananas.
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I can?t agree with that. Luck doesn?t carry a team to almost 2 playoff sweeps. Not to blow the Dubas horn to loudly hear, but I believe we?re seeing this young Marlie team play exactly the way he built them and wants them to play. I think it?s also the way he?s trying to build and get the Leafs to play. They?re fast but not overly large and they all seem to have high hockey IQs.
 
SV% luck absolutely does carry for 2 series or more (see Fleury for Vegas last year). 0.953 is a not a sustainable number and if we keep giving up over 30 shots a game without putting up similar or greater from our side, that regression will be rough.
 
Zee said:
herman said:
Without a salary cap and teams generally not being much more than a pantry for prospects or cast offs, the Marlies stand head and shoulders above most of the AHL field. Most teams are good because of the vets (AAAA or demoted NHL vets); the Marlies are predominantly led by their young prospects, reinforced with the creme de la creme of AHL veterans (Mueller, LoVerde).

There would have been more hype for the Marlies this year if Kaskisuo was even remotely average during the regular season, or if Pickard/McElhinney were available to us. KK is getting a sharp SV% regression this month but it?s going to come back down eventually. Marlies need to tighten up a bit going forward.
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You make a good point. Marlies are what the Leafs could be without a salary cap and an owner that wants to win.
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I think Larry T wants to win as bad as any of us. Leafs couldn't build Rome in a day, they built a great forward core, now the D we will start to see next year will propel us to more than round one success.
And perhaps KK becomes our backup. Babcock is finished with Sparks.
 
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