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Carter Ashton

Carter Ashton tonight?  Will March 7th, 2012 be the date we circle on the calendar and say "this is when the corner was turned!"
 
Count me among the Mueller backers, although I'm not disappointed that Ashton is getting a look.
 
I'm with the people who think he probably should not be the first call-up.

With that being said, Burke mentioned on more than one occasion when we traded for him that several scouts had been encouraging him to go for Ashton for quite some time, some people who know more than a little are clearly very high on him.  I suspect this might be why he is getting a look a little sooner, just to gauge one how much truth there is to and two, how close he might be.
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
I'm with the people who think he probably should not be the first call-up.

With that being said, Burke mentioned on more than one occasion when we traded for him that several scouts had been encouraging him to go for Ashton for quite some time, some people who know more than a little are clearly very high on him.  I suspect this might be why he is getting a look a little sooner, just to gauge one how much truth there is to and two, how close he might be.
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Does it really matter at this point?  The Marlies players have been together for most of the season and are playing well and heading into a playoff run.  Carter is a late-comer, so why take a key member of the Marlies who's been contributing all year and promote him to the Leafs who are currently going to miss the playoffs?  Let the Marlies have their run down there with the team in tact.
 
Plus, I'm sure he's worked just as hard as the Marlies guys (just for another AHL team), and he hasn't been called up yet, so I don't feel too bad for the other guys.  It's not like he's come from junior and skipped past them all, he's put in his AHL time too.
 
That is probably also a factor Zee, in Ashton's first game and I think subsequent games, it was mentioned that he was shuttled between lines without a natural place on an already established for the most part team.  Although he did find some chemistry with Deschamps(sp?) apparently.  I think it's probably a combination of all these things.

As for 'missing the playoffs', I doubt anyone in the organisation is making decisions on the assumption that we miss out.
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
As for 'missing the playoffs', I doubt anyone in the organisation is making decisions on the assumption that we miss out.
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They can't be that blind.  Realistically the Leafs are 2-3 losses away from being done.  Our max point total right now if we go 16-0 is 99 points.  Lose 3 games and it's 93 points...it's bleak.
 
Zee said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
I'm with the people who think he probably should not be the first call-up.

With that being said, Burke mentioned on more than one occasion when we traded for him that several scouts had been encouraging him to go for Ashton for quite some time, some people who know more than a little are clearly very high on him.  I suspect this might be why he is getting a look a little sooner, just to gauge one how much truth there is to and two, how close he might be.
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Does it really matter at this point?  The Marlies players have been together for most of the season and are playing well and heading into a playoff run.  Carter is a late-comer, so why take a key member of the Marlies who's been contributing all year and promote him to the Leafs who are currently going to miss the playoffs?  Let the Marlies have their run down there with the team in tact.
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Its called rewarding. These guys make "peanuts" for AHL salaries. You give a guy like Mueller 15 games at NHL league minimum pay (or whatever he signed for) and that's a huge boost.
 
Zee said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
I'm with the people who think he probably should not be the first call-up.

With that being said, Burke mentioned on more than one occasion when we traded for him that several scouts had been encouraging him to go for Ashton for quite some time, some people who know more than a little are clearly very high on him.  I suspect this might be why he is getting a look a little sooner, just to gauge one how much truth there is to and two, how close he might be.
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Does it really matter at this point?  The Marlies players have been together for most of the season and are playing well and heading into a playoff run.  Carter is a late-comer, so why take a key member of the Marlies who's been contributing all year and promote him to the Leafs who are currently going to miss the playoffs?  Let the Marlies have their run down there with the team in tact.
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Even if they're toast (and I agree, it's very probable), for next season, I wouldn't mind having a look at a few guys like Ashton to see where they are. The NHL game is different than the AHL game - some guys do better in the NHL, for example. The Marlies time for the playoffs will come soon enough and I'm sure Ashton will be front and center for that effort.
 
Should we say bust yet?  :P

So far he's been meh to me.  Perhaps it's the fact that he's not playing with high end skill to feed him the puck, but he hasn't really touched the puck much and I don't even think he has more than 1 shot on net.  I hope it works out because I would have liked to have kept Aulie instead.  I saw real potential in him.
 
jonlleafs said:
Should we say bust yet?  :P

So far he's been meh to me.  Perhaps it's the fact that he's not playing with high end skill to feed him the puck, but he hasn't really touched the puck much and I don't even think he has more than 1 shot on net.  I hope it works out because I would have liked to have kept Aulie instead.  I saw real potential in him.
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I like a lot of the things he is doing, but I really haven't seen anything from him offensively.  He had that great scoring chance against the Islanders when he drove to the net, but I honestly couldn't say that he is even average when he has the puck on his stick.  Way too early to write him off.  I still think he's a good year or so away from being capable of regular NHL action.
 
L K said:
I like a lot of the things he is doing, but I really haven't seen anything from him offensively.  He had that great scoring chance against the Islanders when he drove to the net, but I honestly couldn't say that he is even average when he has the puck on his stick.  Way too early to write him off.  I still think he's a good year or so away from being capable of regular NHL action.
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He showing he can be physical and play a little D. Hopefully, the rest will come.
 
I don't know about on TV, but at yesterdays game, he looked pretty good. Grabs, Frattin and Ashton meshed pretty well, and seemed to have decent puck possession.

He uses his size well, he looks like he's got a good head on his shoulders, and decent hockey sense.

He's not a proven NHL'er yet, but he fit in with the team yesterday (whether that's good or bad I dont know).
 
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