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I got banned for replying to Ek in his thread – after Ek said that my comment was “a good point.”And I reached out to Ek and Kevin Allan – neither had the courtesy to reply to me.
It looks, feels and smells like it is days away from disappearing.
Ya your ban seems crazy and uncalled for sure, based on the details you’ve provided. And its weird that it occurred to others within the same short timeframe…maybe the site was hacked? Dunno. Cause that never seemed to have occurred in the past…it was mods that were handing out bans…sometimes for personal reasons.
Honestly, I wouldnt expect Ek to reply to anyone based on ban….Im sure he would have alot to reply to.but people have been saying for years that HB is days away from collaspe and it never occurs. Unless they miss their server bills.
So far, neither site is perfect…..and I dont anticipate either will be.Then why do it daily?
Where is Bruce? – Cupsie
Not daily, just when it comes up.
No idea. Hope he’s OK. Probably just out doing life.
I agree he is dramatic at times, but I have no doubt the leafs were gauging interest in MArner and I have no doubt our core 3 arent as driven as other stars around the league.
~Fakepartofme
I think we know what we see with our eyes and how we feel about it. Here’s the thing I’d have to question – Berube is a take-no-shit coach. He will call out a floater, especially if he needs those buttons pushed. Why didn’t he? He actually doubled down on how much he thought they cared and tried.
I think it’s less about their drive and desire and more about needing an instructor to show them the way. Think about who led these guys? Marleau and Thornton were the shepherds to success. Two guys who won absolutely nothing in the NHL; they did win gold medals in the World Championships or the Olympics, but were largely contributors, not leaders (Thornton did lead Canada to the World Championship gold in the lockout year and led Davos to the Spengler cup in the same year) – and when playing against real NHL peers in the toughest of competition, neither were truly prominent.
Even Tavares, on the Island, had a couple of years of broken down Doug Weight as his mentor, but Weight was largely injured and they didn’t make the playoffs in those years either.
You need someone to show you how and lead the way. Have they really had that? Because if we shouldn’t question their desire and effort, then that has to be it, doesn’t it?
I think we know what we see with our eyes and how we feel about it. Here’s the thing I’d have to question – Berube is a take-no-shit coach. He will call out a floater, especially if he needs those buttons pushed. Why didn’t he? He actually doubled down on how much he thought they cared and tried.
I think it’s less about their drive and desire and more about needing an instructor to show them the way. Think about who led these guys? Marleau and Thornton were the shepherds to success. Two guys who won absolutely nothing in the NHL; they did win gold medals in the World Championships or the Olympics, but were largely contributors, not leaders (Thornton did lead Canada to the World Championship gold in the lockout year and led Davos to the Spengler cup in the same year) – and when playing against real NHL peers in the toughest of competition, neither were truly prominent.
Even Tavares, on the Island, had a couple of years of broken down Doug Weight as his mentor, but Weight was largely injured and they didn’t make the playoffs in those years either.
You need someone to show you how and lead the way. Have they really had that? Because if we shouldn’t question their desire and effort, then that has to be it, doesn’t it? – Mokeypuck
You nailed it (IMO) on what is one of the biggest gaps with the Leafs with respect to the ‘vets’ that have been brought in to show the young guys what it takes, how to win. I loved Marleau and Jumbo and love JT but these are 3 guys who never managed to have great TEAM success in the NHL playoffs so should we be surprised the ‘young core of kids’ has now grown into the no longer kids core who can’t?
Making JT captain may have been a mistake but I’m sure it was part of the sales pitch so they had no real reason to not do it if they wanted JT (which nearly everyone did even those slagging him now would have been whining non-stop had the leafs not got him about what a mistake it was to not do so).
Making Matthews captain – I’m not sold on at this point BUT what other options did they have really? Who was a bigger profile player who I would assume many of the team look up to? They probably should have just run with no C for a bit and done the 4 x “A”‘s and given one to Tanev the minute he signed.
I’d be fine with a true blockbuster trade to bring that person into the fold with the Leafs and eventually make them the official captain (while unofficially they are the captain). I’d actually kinda’ like to see it regardless of who is involved (of course I’d judge the trade endlessly for years) but in this day and age you don’t see those often if ever.
It looks, feels and smells like it is days away from disappearing. – wedgie
No chance
I gets youre mad at it but you will be back there and Marner will be a Leaf again. just watchPeople afraid or opposed to moderation are the ones who need to be moderated the most.
Also FYI I got a PM from BIG23Questions on the other board – he said whomever is posting here using his username from HB is an imposter as he tried to register here using it and someone else already had done so.
That’s kinda’ a POS move if true.
No chance
I gets youre mad at it but you will be back there and Marner will be a Leaf again. just watch – FAKEBIG23QUESTIONSSince your not actually BIG23QUESTIONS why don’t you tell us who you really are and why you decided to use that user name here?
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