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Nik said:Dappleganger said:Joe S. said:Honestly it doesn?t matter who they face. No team in the east is going to be an easy opponent. Any one of 1-8 are all legit cup contenders. The only one I think is a bit of a meh are the rangers.
So Tampa, Boston, Florida, it doesn?t matter. They have to be able to beat any one of them. It?s just crazy that one of those 4 will be out in the first round.
Completely agree on the Rangers.
And even then would you definitely bet against them if Shesterkin is playing well?
herman said:Oh yes. Liljegren slapper time
Deebo said:CarltonTheBear said:The Andersen move is a tricky one to look back at in retrospect because even if we want to say Lou absolutely nailed the scouting/identifiying of Andersen I think it's still fair to wonder if paying the pretty hefty price (a 1st rounder and a 2nd rounder) was worth it for a team that maybe wasn't quite ready to jump out of the rebuilding stage as early as that move forced us to.
Yup, there was no rush to get a goalie and he gave up 2 top 50 picks to get it done.
That probably led to dealing more picks for 4th line rentals and keeping our "own rentals" add in the 1st that had be dealt to get out of Marleau and thats a 6-8 high picks that went out the door in the early stage of a rebuild.
Nik said:If this version of the Leafs doesn't achieve anything significantly I think two main things should be on the tombstone. The decision to go from dead last to immediately pushing for contention and getting basically nothing from the 2015-2017 drafts outside of the first round.
Deebo said:Nik said:If this version of the Leafs doesn't achieve anything significantly I think two main things should be on the tombstone. The decision to go from dead last to immediately pushing for contention and getting basically nothing from the 2015-2017 drafts outside of the first round.
I thought it was all because Marner makes 2M too much.
Nik said:Dappleganger said:Joe S. said:Honestly it doesn?t matter who they face. No team in the east is going to be an easy opponent. Any one of 1-8 are all legit cup contenders. The only one I think is a bit of a meh are the rangers.
So Tampa, Boston, Florida, it doesn?t matter. They have to be able to beat any one of them. It?s just crazy that one of those 4 will be out in the first round.
Completely agree on the Rangers.
And even then would you definitely bet against them if Shesterkin is playing well?
Nik said:Deebo said:Nik said:If this version of the Leafs doesn't achieve anything significantly I think two main things should be on the tombstone. The decision to go from dead last to immediately pushing for contention and getting basically nothing from the 2015-2017 drafts outside of the first round.
I thought it was all because Marner makes 2M too much.
Oh yeah. And they don't hit guys enough.
Britishbulldog said:Talk about hitting... there is a LW player in Arizona that in the last 12 games has 6 goals, 38 hits and is plus 2.
No not Crouse silly...N Ritchie. Why not in Toronto? Coaching? Line-mates (which I guess is related to coaching as well)? So disappointing to me that the Leafs couldn't make it work...at all.
Britishbulldog said:Talk about hitting... there is a LW player in Arizona that in the last 12 games has 6 goals, 38 hits and is plus 2.
No not Crouse silly...N Ritchie. Why not in Toronto? Coaching? Line-mates (which I guess is related to coaching as well)? So disappointing to me that the Leafs couldn't make it work...at all.
Britishbulldog said:Nik said:Deebo said:Nik said:If this version of the Leafs doesn't achieve anything significantly I think two main things should be on the tombstone. The decision to go from dead last to immediately pushing for contention and getting basically nothing from the 2015-2017 drafts outside of the first round.
I thought it was all because Marner makes 2M too much.
Oh yeah. And they don't hit guys enough.
Talk about hitting... there is a LW player in Arizona that in the last 12 games has 6 goals, 38 hits and is plus 2.
No not Crouse silly...N Ritchie. Why not in Toronto? Coaching? Line-mates (which I guess is related to coaching as well)? So disappointing to me that the Leafs couldn't make it work...at all.
Joe S. said:Honestly it doesn?t matter who they face. No team in the east is going to be an easy opponent. Any one of 1-8 are all legit cup contenders. The only one I think is a bit of a meh are the rangers.
So Tampa, Boston, Florida, it doesn?t matter. They have to be able to beat any one of them. It?s just crazy that one of those 4 will be out in the first round.
RedLeaf said:Joe S. said:Honestly it doesn?t matter who they face. No team in the east is going to be an easy opponent. Any one of 1-8 are all legit cup contenders. The only one I think is a bit of a meh are the rangers.
So Tampa, Boston, Florida, it doesn?t matter. They have to be able to beat any one of them. It?s just crazy that one of those 4 will be out in the first round.
Did this get published before or after our exact same convo? ?
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/would-the-maple-leafs-have-a-better-chance-against-boston-or-tampa/
Britishbulldog said:Talk about hitting... there is a LW player in Arizona that in the last 12 games has 6 goals, 38 hits and is plus 2.
No not Crouse silly...N Ritchie. Why not in Toronto? Coaching? Line-mates (which I guess is related to coaching as well)? So disappointing to me that the Leafs couldn't make it work...at all.
CarltonTheBear said:Was playing on the top line of the Toronto Maple Leafs for almost a month really not a good enough opportunity for him? We're really going to blame his struggles here on linemates?
A Weekend at Bernier's said:Definitely the linemates. Ritchie started the year with a bunch of plugs and it went downhill from there.
Britishbulldog said:Couldn't slip that linemates comment past you huh? I just find it unreal that he is playing like Dubas and Leaf fans were hoping now that he is on one of the worst teams in the NHL.
Dappleganger said:Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Kerfoot-Nylander-Kase
Blackwell-Tavares-Spezza
Mikheyev-Kampf-Engvall
This is the forward lineup I'd like going into the playoffs. I would have Kerfoot and Blackwell take the center defensive duties in the d-zone. Nylander-Tavares doesn't work.
bustaheims said:Britishbulldog said:Couldn't slip that linemates comment past you huh? I just find it unreal that he is playing like Dubas and Leaf fans were hoping now that he is on one of the worst teams in the NHL.
Just another player on the long list of guys that perform much better on bad teams.