William Nylander

[Andy007]

Besides the fact that one can find a way better comparison than Stewart vs. Tlusty (The former has 300 points in 600 games, the latter 180 in 450), the point is Cherry was adamantly against Nylander strictly because of size and nationality and for Ritchie solely based on those factors. And if the truth is that the draft is a gamble, it makes no sense for Cherry to immediately bash the Leafs for their choice.

Regardless, there are a plethora of reasons as to why Cherry is completely out of touch and this is merely one minor example.

 

[Kin]

Besides the fact that one can find a way better comparison than Stewart vs. Tlusty (The former has 300 points in 600 games, the latter 180 in 450), the point is Cherry was adamantly against Nylander strictly because of size and nationality and for Ritchie solely based on those factors. And if the truth is that the draft is a gamble, it makes no sense for Cherry to immediately bash the Leafs for their choice.

Regardless, there are a plethora of reasons as to why Cherry is completely out of touch and this is merely one minor example.

In addition to that, the idea that this is hindsight only is pretty patently false. The 2014 draft thread is still around and a lot of us were terrified the Leafs would take Richie(this was only a year after the Leafs signed the Clarkson deal in a similar attempt to inject physicality into the lineup).

The Leafs in 2014 desperately needed high end offensive talent. They didn't need to get bigger/tougher.

 

[L K]

Not to mention that 61 points is probably just a little bit better than 28 points with size.

 

[herman]

If I'm getting free players, a la the draft, I'm going to prioritize characteristics that I know will be a) valuable to winning; b) expensive on the open market (usually the same thing); c) hard to teach and develop.

 

[crazyperfectdevil]

If it's okay for cherry to go back and show videos showing every time he was right with a claim then i think it's also okay for people to point out every time he was wrong.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/TLNdc/status/866412883764183040
www.twitter.com/TLNdc/status/866412883764183040

This is all the fire emojis

 

[disco]

https://twitter.com/ken19765/status/866481545384800256

 

[Bates]

I would love to see Nylander smoke Andersen like that!!!

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/ken19765/status/866481545384800256

I love this photo!

Here it is in action:
https://twitter.com/russianmachine/status/866410946696183808
www.twitter.com/russianmachine/status/866410946696183808
https://twitter.com/TLNdc/status/866411253404753924
www.twitter.com/TLNdc/status/866411253404753924

 

[Zee]

https://twitter.com/ken19765/status/866481545384800256

Happiness is concussion.

 

[Britishbulldog]

I'm not really sure what Chris Stewart vs. Jiri Tlusty proves. Both guys ended up being pretty similarly mediocre.

Chris Stewart      :-\   

 

[herman]

Hail Hydra

 

[rdowdall]

Hail Hydra

"Don't worry, Lundqvist won't be a problem for us next year..."

 

[rdowdall]

Hail Hydra

"Don't worry, Lundqvist won't be a problem for us next year..."

"Always remember, I'm Auston's favorite."

 

[herman]

Hail Hydra

"Don't worry, Lundqvist won't be a problem for us next year..."

"Always remember, I'm Auston's favorite."

I was also considering: Don't tell Auston.

Or maybe: Good job seducing Nate.

 

[Zee]

Hail Hydra

Marner be like "I'm so glad we took you inside of Richtie"

 

[herman]

Marner be like "I'm so glad we took you inside of Richtie"

I'm quoting this before you get a chance to edit.

 

[Zee]

Marner be like "I'm so glad we took you inside of Richtie"

I'm quoting this before you get a chance to edit.

Damn, I didn't even notice the mistake after you pointed it out  ;D ;D So embarrassed, yet now I won't even change it. 

 

[herman]

Marner be like "I'm so glad we took you inside of Richtie"

I'm quoting this before you get a chance to edit.

Damn, I didn't even notice the mistake after you pointed it out  ;D ;D So embarrassed, yet now I won't even change it. 

At first I was just like, oh he misspelled Ritchie. And then it got good.

 

[disco]

Hail Hydra

haha that's great. Because even though Willy has the Tre Kronor on and Mitch has the red maple leaf... the hidden brotherhood is the fricken Toronto Maple Leafs.