General Leafs Talk

[cw]

NHL.com reviews the Leafs for 2011-12
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=587307
If Reimer proves to be the real deal and Burke's free-agent signings don't disappoint, there could be playoff hockey in Toronto for the first time in a long time.

 

[Fletch]

However, it's not numerology I'm professin' -- numerology is the belief that numbers have some special power or other difference-making property.  I don't believe that; I just like some numbers in some contexts much more than others.

Ok, then we agree. It doesn't matter. The difference between wearing a number that lots of other good players have worn before and one that people haven't is that Kadri will be, hopefully, the first guy to carve out an identity wearing #43. Just like Gilmour did with #93, if Kadri has success then the next guy who wears it will do so without a lot of questions.

With all due respect to Alexander Godynyuk

 

[Tigger]

As a bit of a bizarre coincidental aside I looked up some video of Tammet to refresh my memory, in an interview with David Letterman he references the number 43 while describing how he sees numbers and then tells Dave he looks like the number 117...

around the 5 min mark...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXG-1YLGAS0

It is just a coincidence ( I hadn't seen it before ) and really doesn't mean anything but it sure seemed odd when I first heard it.

 

[Erndog]

So Matthew Lombardi was on the radio today, and from what I read (I didn't hear the interview myself, just read some recaps) it sounds promising that we will likely see him sooner rather then later.

The recap from a dude at HF:


- Still in Montreal but coming to Toronto next week
- Feeling pretty good, come a long way last 6 weeks
- Doing some workouts, is on the ice, getting in better shape
- Progressing ?real well?
- No timeline when he?ll be ready but heading in right direction
- ?haven?t been this excited to play in as long as i can remember?
- Excited about the leaf team and the future here
- Will get examined by leaf doctors next week but is hopefull to be ready soon (didn?t explitly say he?ll be ready for training camp but didn?t shoot it down)

 

[cw]

Here's a link to the Lombardi interview on FAN590:
http://www.fan590.com/media.jsp?content=20110829_110024_12368

 

[Tigger]

Lombardi sounded pretty upbeat in that interview, good to hear and thanks for posting.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Lombardi sounded pretty upbeat in that interview, good to hear and thanks for posting.

Good news, indeed!

 

[princedpw]

So Matthew Lombardi was on the radio today, and from what I read (I didn't hear the interview myself, just read some recaps) it sounds promising that we will likely see him sooner rather then later.

The recap from a dude at HF:


- Still in Montreal but coming to Toronto next week
- Feeling pretty good, come a long way last 6 weeks
- Doing some workouts, is on the ice, getting in better shape
- Progressing ?real well?
- No timeline when he?ll be ready but heading in right direction
- ?haven?t been this excited to play in as long as i can remember?
- Excited about the leaf team and the future here
- Will get examined by leaf doctors next week but is hopefull to be ready soon (didn?t explitly say he?ll be ready for training camp but didn?t shoot it down)

From reading a few Crosby articles, it seems like a lot of guys get to the 90% exertion threshold and then find their symptoms return.  Lombardi must be way below that.  Hence, I'm happy to hear he is feeling good and making progress but until he gets past that 90% threshold, I'm not holding my breath.  If he returns as early as Christmas, that will be unexpectedly good news.

 

[princedpw]

I just listened to the Lombardi interview.  It certainly doesn't sound like he is considering retirement at all.  He just can't wait to get back to playing.  Sounds like his first 6-7 weeks after the concussion all he could do was sit in a dark room doing nothing.  The next time is going to be worse and you can't help but think there will be a next time.  It's really very scary stuff. 

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

This was posted at PPP, just thought I would share, for all that don't frequent there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjjDVj2qc6U&feature=player_embedded

 

[Kaberle15]

I wounder if the Luke Schenn situation (yet to sign) means that Burke is exploring a trade (that not includes Luke) to see how much cap is left ?

 

[Bender]

Watching the video of the Leafs hanging with the Jays was cool. Kessel looks more trim this year. Hed also be one of the better Jays seeing how almost homered a few times

 

[Erndog]

Watching the video of the Leafs hanging with the Jays was cool. Kessel looks more trim this year. Hed also be one of the better Jays seeing how almost homered a few times

I thought Kessel was the only Leaf to get any good hacks in.  Bozak and Caputi were pretty bad.

 

[Bender]

Watching the video of the Leafs hanging with the Jays was cool. Kessel looks more trim this year. Hed also be one of the better Jays seeing how almost homered a few times

I thought Kessel was the only Leaf to get any good hacks in.  Bozak and Caputi were pretty bad.

Yeah, I didn't see Bozak hit many. Kessel's got a pretty good swing eh? He said he played organized baseball until he was 16 so he has an idea of what he's doing.

 

[Erndog]

Lombardi declared symptom free

Well that's some more good news. 

 

[Kaberle15]

I wounder if the Luke Schenn situation (yet to sign) means that Burke is exploring a trade (that not includes Luke) to see how much cap is left ?

Lombardi declared symptom free

Well that's some more good news. 

Great news about Lombardi! Now, the leafs don't need to rush him, he has to get in game shape, and be inserted in the lineup when he is symptom free and can play a full NHL game.

 

[Damian]

great news indeed

 

[Britishbulldog]

Watching the video of the Leafs hanging with the Jays was cool. Kessel looks more trim this year. Hed also be one of the better Jays seeing how almost homered a few times

Video??

 

[Bender]

Watching the video of the Leafs hanging with the Jays was cool. Kessel looks more trim this year. Hed also be one of the better Jays seeing how almost homered a few times

Video??

It's on the Leafs site somewhere.

 

[Britishbulldog]

Watching the video of the Leafs hanging with the Jays was cool. Kessel looks more trim this year. Hed also be one of the better Jays seeing how almost homered a few times

Video??

It's on the Leafs site somewhere.

Thanks.  I tried google and couldn't find it.