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Bonsixx said:The amount of people suggesting Nonis "should have" fired the coach that just helped break the team's near decade-long playoff drought is hilarious.
TML fan said:Bonsixx said:The amount of people suggesting Nonis "should have" fired the coach that just helped break the team's near decade-long playoff drought is hilarious.
Everybody say it with me: GOALIES!!!!!
princedpw said:azzurri63 said:From what I see from Kessel is a streaky player which frustrates the hell out of me.
Kessel is no more or less streaky than any other scorer that scores about a point per game.
Nonis basically has his hands tied. No cap room and no one to fill the void down the middle.
The phrasing here is wrong. Nonis tied his own hands. He could have resigned MacCarthur (3g, 9a, +12) for much cheaper than Clarkson. He could have kept an extra center like Colborne instead of hoarding wingers. He could have kept Grabbo (6g, 11a) and bought out Liles.
He could have fired Carlyle a while ago as he has failed to implement an effective system 5-on-5 for the last year+.
princedpw said:azzurri63 said:From what I see from Kessel is a streaky player which frustrates the hell out of me.
Kessel is no more or less streaky than any other scorer that scores about a point per game.
Nonis basically has his hands tied. No cap room and no one to fill the void down the middle.
The phrasing here is wrong. Nonis tied his own hands. He could have resigned MacCarthur (3g, 9a, +12) for much cheaper than Clarkson. He could have kept an extra center like Colborne instead of hoarding wingers. He could have kept Grabbo (6g, 11a) and bought out Liles.
He could have fired Carlyle a while ago as he has failed to implement an effective system 5-on-5 for the last year+.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:I watched Buffalo play the Sharks recently, they seemed far better than their record suggested, this could be a long night.
mr grieves said:princedpw said:azzurri63 said:From what I see from Kessel is a streaky player which frustrates the hell out of me.
Kessel is no more or less streaky than any other scorer that scores about a point per game.
Nonis basically has his hands tied. No cap room and no one to fill the void down the middle.
The phrasing here is wrong. Nonis tied his own hands. He could have resigned MacCarthur (3g, 9a, +12) for much cheaper than Clarkson. He could have kept an extra center like Colborne instead of hoarding wingers. He could have kept Grabbo (6g, 11a) and bought out Liles.
He could have fired Carlyle a while ago as he has failed to implement an effective system 5-on-5 for the last year+.
Hey man, just let it go. Let's live in the (horrible, small) world management's got us living in. Smith or Smithson on the third line line -- what say you?
TML fan said:mr grieves said:princedpw said:azzurri63 said:From what I see from Kessel is a streaky player which frustrates the hell out of me.
Kessel is no more or less streaky than any other scorer that scores about a point per game.
Nonis basically has his hands tied. No cap room and no one to fill the void down the middle.
The phrasing here is wrong. Nonis tied his own hands. He could have resigned MacCarthur (3g, 9a, +12) for much cheaper than Clarkson. He could have kept an extra center like Colborne instead of hoarding wingers. He could have kept Grabbo (6g, 11a) and bought out Liles.
He could have fired Carlyle a while ago as he has failed to implement an effective system 5-on-5 for the last year+.
Hey man, just let it go. Let's live in the (horrible, small) world management's got us living in. Smith or Smithson on the third line line -- what say you?
Yeah, we should all just whine incessantly. That's a much better option.
mr grieves said:TML fan said:mr grieves said:princedpw said:azzurri63 said:From what I see from Kessel is a streaky player which frustrates the hell out of me.
Kessel is no more or less streaky than any other scorer that scores about a point per game.
Nonis basically has his hands tied. No cap room and no one to fill the void down the middle.
The phrasing here is wrong. Nonis tied his own hands. He could have resigned MacCarthur (3g, 9a, +12) for much cheaper than Clarkson. He could have kept an extra center like Colborne instead of hoarding wingers. He could have kept Grabbo (6g, 11a) and bought out Liles.
He could have fired Carlyle a while ago as he has failed to implement an effective system 5-on-5 for the last year+.
Hey man, just let it go. Let's live in the (horrible, small) world management's got us living in. Smith or Smithson on the third line line -- what say you?
Yeah, we should all just whine incessantly. That's a much better option.
we lost in there house, but pay backs are a coming when we host them. the bottom line is that they should always be pumped and yet they come in flat, or during the game they go flat. This is a big fault of Carlyle that needs to be addressed asap. But with the goaltending we have we can afford to make that extra pass to have a better chance to score. while other teams need to shoot shoot shoot. this shot on net thing is just being played to hard by the press. I think for our injury plagued season we have had so far, we are doing great. It will be a good time to evaluate our centers we have in the system.
Better?
princedpw said:azzurri63 said:From what I see from Kessel is a streaky player which frustrates the hell out of me.
Kessel is no more or less streaky than any other scorer that scores about a point per game.
Nonis basically has his hands tied. No cap room and no one to fill the void down the middle.
The phrasing here is wrong. Nonis tied his own hands. He could have resigned MacCarthur (3g, 9a, +12) for much cheaper than Clarkson. He could have kept an extra center like Colborne instead of hoarding wingers. He could have kept Grabbo (6g, 11a) and bought out Liles.
He could have fired Carlyle a while ago as he has failed to implement an effective system 5-on-5 for the last year+.
lamajama said:As for Nonis, he's f'd up the Cap to the point we have no ability to help this situation. I don't even know what to say about having no frigging centres available. He should be embarrassed.
Bullfrog said:lamajama said:As for Nonis, he's f'd up the Cap to the point we have no ability to help this situation. I don't even know what to say about having no frigging centres available. He should be embarrassed.
I'm totally fine with any criticism of the team, the cap management, and the coaching. But seriously, name any team that could lose it's top three centres and not be affected. How is that the GM's fault?
Bullfrog said:lamajama said:As for Nonis, he's f'd up the Cap to the point we have no ability to help this situation. I don't even know what to say about having no frigging centres available. He should be embarrassed.
I'm totally fine with any criticism of the team, the cap management, and the coaching. But seriously, name any team that could lose it's top three centres and not be affected. How is that the GM's fault?
Bullfrog said:lamajama said:As for Nonis, he's f'd up the Cap to the point we have no ability to help this situation. I don't even know what to say about having no frigging centres available. He should be embarrassed.
I'm totally fine with any criticism of the team, the cap management, and the coaching. But seriously, name any team that could lose it's top three centres and not be affected. How is that the GM's fault?
hockeyfan1 said:Carlyle:
'It seems like we?re trying to pick the top corners or trying to pick spots,? he said. ?We should be just concentrating on a quicker release, getting pucks directed at the net, having that second and third opportunity.''
?I think we?d be rewarded."
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/top-players-need-to-step-up-for-depleted-leafs/
... and...
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/carlyle-leafs-need-to-simplify/
princedpw said:So this seems to be the direct opposite of what he had been claiming about the Leafs for the last year: The leafs are team that you can't judge by their shot totals because they hang on to pucks and choose just the right time to take their shots to maximize their opportunities.