OldTimeHockey
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Highlander said:
1 game and you're annointing him a middle pairing dman? He was #8 on our terrible blue line.
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1 game and you're annointing him a middle pairing dman? He was #8 on our terrible blue line.
https://twitter.com/andystrickland/status/1052253593326288896
I legit forgot this guy existed. He's reaching Carlo Colaiacovo levels of injury-proneness... out because he got hit in the ear with a puck over the summer.
I legit forgot this guy existed. He's reaching Carlo Colaiacovo levels of injury-proneness... out because he got hit in the ear with a puck over the summer.
Kin
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Cujo has a book out. In this excerpt he talks about growing up in a psychiatric facility his parents were running. It's pretty bizarre:
https://deadspin.com/why-an-nhl-legend-grew-up-in-a-group-home-for-the-menta-1830665478
https://deadspin.com/why-an-nhl-legend-grew-up-in-a-group-home-for-the-menta-1830665478
herman said:
Pretty bizarre Leipsic stat that I just read: in almost 38 minutes of powerplay time he's been on the ice for 2 goals for... and 3 goals against.
He's just one of 4 players with a sub-50% GF on the PP (with over 35 minutes played). Provorov, Marcus Johansson, and Leipsic's former teammate Loui Eriksson are the others.
dappleganger
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Zee said:
These type of players usually are. I'm just happy when they find a regular spot on a team. They rarely end up being difference makers.
I think of guys like Jay Harrison who weren't quite good enough to stick with the Leafs but caught on with another club and put together a couple good years.
Kin
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Zee said:
What you remember is that there were a number of Leafs fans who thought the Leafs should probably protect him instead of, say, Matt Martin or Josh Leivo. Nobody thought he was going to be a star, just that it was a bad decision to lose him instead of guys who the Leafs subsequently gave away.
And honestly despite him being on waivers, I still think that's true. Even now I'd rather see what he could do as a 4th line LW than Ennis.
edit to add: He had 14 points in 31 games with the Canucks, which is a 37 point pace. For his career he's got 31 points in 81 games in 4th line minutes. He's basically 150% of Seth Griffith.
Kin
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Nah, you know what? I am still mad about that. Leipsic and Johnsson are about the same age, same size but Leipsic was a better AHL scorer and has, so far, been a better NHL scorer. The idea that Johnsson is some terrific prospect we should be afraid to lose because of a cap crunch while Leipsic is bouncing around strikes me as the kind of thinking that defers way too much to NHL authority.
Highlander
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At the end of the day will Stajan think of himself as a Leaf or a Flame? Didn't even know he wasn't still in Calgary.
Guilt Trip
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A Flame...Stajan made the playoffs only 3 times in 15 years....wow, some horrible Leafs and Flames teams.Highlander said: