Leo Komarov
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BlueWhiteBlood
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Yeah, that's just setting yourself up for disappointment right there. He'll probably be in between Rickard Wallin and Darcy Tucker.
Champ Kind
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Zee said:
Glass half empty
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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Zee said:
Nutman is coming to get you.
Sudafederov
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http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/30/goaltending-on-burkies-to-do-list
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Burke took care of a small bit of business this week when he signed 25-year-old forward Leo Komarov to a one-year contract. Originally the Leafs seventh choice, 108th overall, in the 2006 draft, the 5-foot-11, 198-pound forward spent the past three seasons with Moscow Dynamo in the Kontinental Hockey League.
?He?s a pain in the ass, he?s really hard to play against,? Burke said. ?He?s big and he skates and he makes life miserable for people. My kind of guy.?
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How can you be big at 5'11" 198 lbs?
Huge BUST unless he gets to the de facto standard 6' and 200 lbs.
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Burke took care of a small bit of business this week when he signed 25-year-old forward Leo Komarov to a one-year contract. Originally the Leafs seventh choice, 108th overall, in the 2006 draft, the 5-foot-11, 198-pound forward spent the past three seasons with Moscow Dynamo in the Kontinental Hockey League.
?He?s a pain in the ass, he?s really hard to play against,? Burke said. ?He?s big and he skates and he makes life miserable for people. My kind of guy.?
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How can you be big at 5'11" 198 lbs?
Huge BUST unless he gets to the de facto standard 6' and 200 lbs.
bustaheims
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Sudafederov said:
Big, in hockey terms, is often a representation of how a player plays the game rather than their actual size. Komarov, by all accounts, plays a big game, even if he doesn't have the size.
Also, way to come to a judgement on a player based on your own arbitrary "de facto" standards and on having never seen him play a game in North America.
My sarcasm detector went off a little there considering he's 2 pounds shy of the "standard".
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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CarltonTheBear said:
Couple waffles and some time on the inversion table and he's 6'0 and 200lbs.
LeafsInSeven
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Komarov is "wide" big but I wouldn't characterize him as "big". He's not small. I don't know if this is news to anybody any longer, Burke has been known to talk out of his rear end occasionally ("free wallets replacing 1st round picks").
GhostofPotvin29
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Some quotes on Komarov from Russia:
http://theleafsnation.com/2012/6/13/the-true-face-of-leo-komarov
http://theleafsnation.com/2012/6/13/the-true-face-of-leo-komarov
dappleganger
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So he is 2 lbs off beast territory.
Sid the Kid is 5'11" 200lbs.
Sid the Kid is 5'11" 200lbs.
LeafsInSeven
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Reading between the lines, it's pretty obvious that Komarov expects a permanent spot on the NHL team. I hope he realizes that still involves earning it through his play. Burke has little patience for entitlement. Look how fast Anton Stralman was dumped under Burke. Stralman only finally learned that he had to earn his NHL keep this season in New York.
drummond said:
We'll see, I agree the NHL is a different beast but he was also voted the most hated player three times in the SM Liiga, seems like it's in his dna. We'll see how it translates, the Leafs could use a dose of pest on their side.
Also, I'm not sure we can say Komarov expects a spot, perhaps he expects the most out of himself to earn a spot? I think you'd have to actually talk with him about it to get a better feel, his old GM's words are interesting but they're his.
