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LEafs now 0 for 6 on the PP vs. FLA
Can’t win if they don’t get contributions from the man advantage
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Woll needs to settle down now and get zoned in. They can win this and they are definitely not afraid of Florida.
I’m seeing no quit in this team even when they get a bad call or a bad goal against.
It’s a nice change from in the past.
~Cush29think if the Leafs could take a two goal lead while he gave them the saves to do so that would give him the confidence to do so? You’d know that in net mindset.
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Score nine goals in the regular season all you want, if you show up when it counts. Call it a reverse Marner
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Like Mike said, if Domi is money in the playoffs, he gets a pass for an underwhelming regular season.
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Best get ready for the push. They’ll be coming hard in the 3rd. Play some rope-a-dope and wait for them to make a mistake, then pounce. For all of the hate that was heaped on Scott Laughton, he’s showing what we get from Philly. This guy’s a warrior and the Leafs wouldn’t have as much of a chance, if it wasn’t for his play in critical situations.
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Not sure how anyone could not like Mitchell Marner – AA
love him (no homo, not that there’s anything wrong with that).
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My paranoid Karma thing is working like a charm. During the later part of the Ottawa series, I changed rooms to where I watch the games. I have a nice Next Gen TV that I like watching the games on, but once they lost a couple of games to Ottawa, I changed rooms and started watching in my media room. I watched game 1 of this series in that same media room. Tonight, I started watching the game on the Next Gen TV and they were down in the first. I decided to walk up the hall and back to the media room. They win this gut wrencher. I guess I’d better just camp in here for another month.
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Great job leafs
No complaints
~FakepartofmeLoving that Domi, Pacioretty, and Rielly were the ones with 2P games tonight. Yes the core guys still got a point or dominated faceoffs but still.
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I can barely think from the blood loss to my brain. This has been unexpected and exceptional.
I feel like somehow uh . . .Dubas and Keefe . . .like . . .maybe weren’t good?
Keep up the good work, Leafs. Very impressive.
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Yup, you need depth scoring to win you playoff games…..along with the core peeps
~Fakepartofmeoh yeah, for the most yes, it’s fair to expect the core to be the primary guys but it’s also fair to expect games like this to happen when the core can be the secondary guys and still hammer out the winner ????
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For the all of the angst against Matthews, he’s cancelling out the Barkov line. Barkov is a great defensive and offensive player. His wingers are also top notch. Cancel that, you can win this series. The Leafs second line can break the games, due to no checking line against them. Our bottom 6 are solid. Patches is found money. Just have to stay the course. Probably will lose at least 1 in Florida, but if you can win 1 of 2, you have 3 chances to beat the Cup Champs. Not taking anything away from the Metro Division 2nd round, do you really think that either Washington or Carolina can match up to that? Just win. Take down Florida and you can make it to the finals.
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I went to work today wearing Marner t-shirt. I truly believe that was the trick.
~Alex.TMLWell, hurry up and wash that bad boy, you gotta wear it to work again Friday!
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I have 3 more options as well: Mathews, Reilly and Lupul
~Alex.TMLnah, got to stick with the winning goal scorer of you were wearing it
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I can barely think from the blood loss to my brain. This has been unexpected and exceptional.
I feel like somehow uh . . .Dubas and Keefe . . .like . . .maybe weren’t good?
Keep up the good work, Leafs. Very impressive. – The MonkeyMan
I am obviously a Dubas “fan” because his fingerprints are still on this team. He just fell into the trap of a newer GM/every GM issue which is he fell in love with some of his owns players and he wasn’t willing to make the moves until it was too late. I mean he was the one who drafted Knies and Woll, traded for McCabe, I think he brought in Jarnkork but that could have been Tree. He also vehemently stuck to the core 4, especially Styles. Tree deserves a lot of credit here though too, tanev and Carlo are excellent moves and he as well stuck to the core 4.
I think Berube has done excellent and the issue for both Dubas and Tree were believing in Keefe longer than they should have however Tree likely made the pro GM move of keeping him around as an easy “pass” last year.
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I am obviously a Dubas “fan” because his fingerprints are still on this team. He just fell into the trap of a newer GM/every GM issue which is he fell in love with some of his owns players and he wasn’t willing to make the moves until it was too late. I mean he was the one who drafted Knies and Woll, traded for McCabe, I think he brought in Jarnkork but that could have been Tree. He also vehemently stuck to the core 4, especially Styles. Tree deserves a lot of credit here though too, tanev and Carlo are excellent moves and he as well stuck to the core 4.
I think Berube has done excellent and the issue for both Dubas and Tree were believing in Keefe longer than they should have however Tree likely made the pro GM move of keeping him around as an easy “pass” last year.
~ AaronI don’t know. And I mean that literally – not as a passive comment. I just don’t. Keefe’s system was excellent for puck possession but terrible for the risk management associated. Berube’s system is far less risky but also more boring in some ways – and yet in the playoffs Berube’s system scores more, allows less and still looks questionable all too often!
Dubas definitely influenced this lineup, but Rielly was a Burke pick, Nylander was a Nonis pick, Marner and Matthews were Lamiorello picks.
Dubas did bring in, or draft, Holmberg, Robertson, Knies, McMann, Jarnkrok, Kampf, Domi, McCabe, Benoit and Woll.
Treliving in one year has brought in Stolarz, Pacioretty, Carlo, OEL, Tanev, Lorentz and Laughton.
Berube has brought in a bit more of a “get it done” attitude, I think.
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I don’t know. And I mean that literally – not as a passive comment. I just don’t. Keefe’s system was excellent for puck possession but terrible for the risk management associated. Berube’s system is far less risky but also more boring in some ways – and yet in the playoffs Berube’s system scores more, allows less and still looks questionable all too often!
Dubas definitely influenced this lineup, but Rielly was a Burke pick, Nylander was a Nonis pick, Marner and Matthews were Lamiorello picks.
Dubas did bring in, or draft, Holmberg, Robertson, Knies, McMann, Jarnkrok, Kampf, Domi, McCabe, Benoit and Woll.
Treliving in one year has brought in Stolarz, Pacioretty, Carlo, OEL, Tanev, Lorentz and Laughton.
Berube has brought in a bit more of a “get it done” attitude, I think.- The Punkiest Monkey”
We both agree on what Keefe brought but honestly? It always felt he got out coached in the playoffs. Played around with line ups too much. I guarantee after the game 5 loss in the first round he’d have swapped some guys out whereas Berube knew Patches was the guy. Has been against Florida too! Definitely makes me realize Berube has say in who Tree brought in (like Patches and maybe others)
Dubas simply has his fingerprints on the team as it is. I find a lot of teams that have success in the playoffs after firing their GM usually has the previous GMs fingerprints all over it. They just couldn’t figure out how to get over the hump. Not saying the leafs have done that quite yet but they certainly look different.
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We both agree on what Keefe brought but honestly? It always felt he got out coached in the playoffs. Played around with line ups too much. I guarantee after the game 5 loss in the first round he’d have swapped some guys out whereas Berube knew Patches was the guy. Has been against Florida too! Definitely makes me realize Berube has say in who Tree brought in (like Patches and maybe others)
Dubas simply has his fingerprints on the team as it is. I find a lot of teams that have success in the playoffs after firing their GM usually has the previous GMs fingerprints all over it. They just couldn’t figure out how to get over the hump. Not saying the leafs have done that quite yet but they certainly look different.
-AaronThe goaltending, the D group, and the bottom six forward group were all largely hot trash during Dubas’ tenure. All of those components are vitally important to winning playoff hockey. He simply was not able to effectively round out his roster. Tree has been able to address these areas.
Keefe is an X’s and O’s coach obsessive with details but whose lack of composure in difficult moments was palpable which bled into the team. Berube’s coaching style is simple and direct and he is clearly had a positive impact on the keeping the team more composed and focused.
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The goaltending, the D group, and the bottom six forward group were all largely hot trash during Dubas’ tenure. All of those components are vitally important to winning playoff hockey. He simply was not able to effectively round out his roster. Tree has been able to address these areas.
Keefe is an X’s and O’s coach obsessive with details but whose lack of composure in difficult moments was palpable which bled into the team. Berube’s coaching style is simple and direct and he is clearly had a positive impact on the keeping the team more composed and focused.
FiftyThis.
Also, I like Berube’s patience with the lines and players. Keefe would have been mixing up the lines non stop and I dont think we would have seen patches back in just yet.
Now, dont want to get ahead of ourselves….leafs still have a ways to go to close out the series.
Hope it keeps going. Lets go Leafs!!!(But the changes are night and day for the most part)
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I can’t remember the last time I woke up in the morning with the Leafs leading a second round series two games to zip.
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From the Athletic:
“…this is the first time the Leafs are up 2-0 in a series that isn’t in the first round since 1987!”
~ Atomic WedgieI’ve mentioned that I’ve been watching the playoffs with a few friends, but one is an Oilers fan and the other is a Jets fan – the last time all three of our teams were in the 2nd round together? Also 1987. I was 17, the Jets fan was 20 and the Oilers fan was 10.
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I’ve mentioned that I’ve been watching the playoffs with a few friends, but one is an Oilers fan and the other is a Jets fan – the last time all three of our teams were in the 2nd round together? Also 1987. I was 17, the Jets fan was 20 and the Oilers fan was 10.
– PunkerI had to do some googling to jog my memory.
Aaaaah, back when we were in the Norris Divison, and the Norris Division was putrid.
We finished with 70 points that year – tied with the Minnesota North Stars for last place in the division, but we had more wins.
We faced the St. Louis Blues in the first round. They won the division with 79 points!
Wregget was our starter. I had forgotten that Salming was still on the team (holy poop – from 1973-74 to 1988-89!). It was Vaive’s last year on the team.
I was looking at the standings and wondering why teams have such low point totals – until I remembered there were no loser points.
Edmonton won the President’s Trophy that year with 106 points. The only other team to hit 100 was the Flyers.
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I had to do some googling to jog my memory.
Aaaaah, back when we were in the Norris Divison, and the Norris Division was putrid.
We finished with 70 points that year – tied with the Minnesota North Stars for last place in the division, but we had more wins.
We faced the St. Louis Blues in the first round. They won the division with 79 points!
Wregget was our starter. I had forgotten that Salming was still on the team (holy poop – from 1973-74 to 1988-89!). It was Vaive’s last year on the team.
I was looking at the standings and wondering why teams have such low point totals – until I remembered there were no loser points.
Edmonton won the President’s Trophy that year with 106 points. The only other team to hit 100 was the Flyers.
~ WedgieSo we were talking about it and I was using Hockey-Reference just to click through the years – knowing that we’ve made the 2nd round a tad infrequently since Y2K – and I was positive it couldn’t have been in the 80s because we were so terrible. But . . . there it was.
I mean they made the 2nd round of the playoffs and drafted 7th (Luke Richardson, for inquiring minds). The year before that 70 point season they had 57 (25-48-7 !) points – and made the playoffs and even won the first round, 3-0, in the last of the NHL’s best-of-5 opening rounds.
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So we were talking about it and I was using Hockey-Reference just to click through the years – knowing that we’ve made the 2nd round a tad infrequently since Y2K – and I was positive it couldn’t have been in the 80s because we were so terrible. But . . . there it was.
My buddies and I used to go down to the Gardens on weeknights. You could get greys from scalpers for $7. And I had access to free parking a block away, so it was really easy. Too bad we had to watch the Leafs.
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I am obviously a Dubas “fan” because his fingerprints are still on this team. He just fell into the trap of a newer GM/every GM issue which is he fell in love with some of his owns players and he wasn’t willing to make the moves until it was too late. I mean he was the one who drafted Knies and Woll, traded for McCabe, I think he brought in Jarnkork but that could have been Tree. He also vehemently stuck to the core 4, especially Styles. Tree deserves a lot of credit here though too, tanev and Carlo are excellent moves and he as well stuck to the core 4.
I think Berube has done excellent and the issue for both Dubas and Tree were believing in Keefe longer than they should have however Tree likely made the pro GM move of keeping him around as an easy “pass” last year.
AaronAll over? The D core, starting goalie, attitude and bottom 6 have pretty much all changed. Leafs werent going anywhere with him and his boy Keefe. In fact, I believe Dubas would have most likely traded willy for E Karlsson had he been allowed to stick around (that was the rumour). I liked Dubas, he made some good trades, but this years leafs success has nothing to do with him.
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I will not be travelling to Florida for obvious reasons (unprovoked alligator attacks), but just for fun I fooled around on Travelocity:
$690 gets you a flight to Sunrise, and a hotel at the DoubleTree by Hilton Sunrise – Sawgrass Mills (based upon double occupancy). You can walk to the arena.
So far, cheapest tickets are $149 US each – but looks like there are tons still available.
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I will not be travelling to Florida for obvious reasons (unprovoked alligator attacks), but just for fun I fooled around on Travelocity:
$690 gets you a flight to Sunrise, and a hotel at the DoubleTree by Hilton Sunrise – Sawgrass Mills (based upon double occupancy). You can walk to the arena.
So far, cheapest tickets are $149 US each – but looks like there are tons still available. – Wedgie
You forgot the methamphetamine surcharge of $564.23 USD.
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Stay safe, Stonesie.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-killed-alligator-couple-canoe-trip-husband-save/story?id=121552147 – Wedgie
Something about this doesn’t smell right. Without going too deep into alligator behavior, big gators avoid shallow water and will usually avoid people. They don’t panic and start thrashing around if you paddle over them. I’ve paddled right over a ton of gators and some big ones, and sometimes close enough you could reach out and touch one with your paddle. I’ve never had one freak out or get aggressive. In the vast majority of alligator attacks, the person was doing something unwise or something to provoke the animal.
Or, the husband SAID that’s how it happened…
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magine the Leafs trade Marner for Rantanen…imagine – Sensie
Because Marner’s 2 goals and 8 assists in 8 games has been terrible?
I mean, he’s only 8th overall in scoring in the playoffs! – Atomic Weginald
2 goals and 8 assists in 8 games is nice but it’s less than 8 goals and 8 assists in 8 games!
Both are fantastic players though.
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Two huge factors this year are Knies and Pacioretty. They are both big strong bodies going to the net, creating room, causing havoc, taking the body, and generally drawing attention to the net front which is actually creating some space for our skill players. We’ve never had it at this level before. We no longer look like a total perimeter team.
Secondly, we had a 6-3 advantage last night in rush chances. The long pass has worked as an option. The Florida d, while very big, is not the most mobile or effective puck moving group. I actually don’t think it’s as good as last year. I’d personally take Brandon Montour over Seth Jones, and OEL is a better puck mover than what’s on their bottom pair.
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Two huge factors this year are Knies and Pacioretty. They are both big strong bodies going to the net, creating room, causing havoc, taking the body, and generally drawing attention to the net front which is actually creating some space for our skill players. We’ve never had it at this level before. We no longer look like a total perimeter team.
Secondly, we had a 6-3 advantage last night in rush chances. The long pass has worked as an option. The Florida d, while very big, is not the most mobile or effective puck moving group. I actually don’t think it’s as good as last year. I’d take Montour over Seth Jones, and OEL is a better puck mover than what’s on their bottom pair.
~ fifty mission capKnies coming into his own has been a revelation. He’s carrying a lot of the work for that top line while Matthews struggles. I couldn’t agree more about Pacioretty coming in and providing that moxy/grit that is letting Nylander move around. Again . . . you get a big body who wins battles on your line and your skill guys can work off of that. Hyman used to provide it and he wasn’t as skilled nor as big as Knies – but he was good and he brought the effort. You add in Laughton and Lorentz on that 4th line and there’s a lot of good things happening through the lineup. I’d like to see a bit more jam from McMann’s board game because the Domi line needs that.
The only thing I’d say is that probably our worst goals against this playoff have happened while OEL and Benoit run around in their own zone and get lost on net front coverage. There’s always that downside that comes with an affordable but good skating puck mover.
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Q is back coaching in the nhl
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Good pick for a young, rebuilding team. He can shield them from knowledge of any bad things that might be happening – even if it’s happening to them!
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Q is back coaching in the nhl
~FakepartofmeScrew Q, and screw Anaheim for giving him a second shot. I hope they never see success until well after Q is gone.
What is the the old boys club in the NHL?!? Are there really no new, up and coming coaches that can coach at that level? Why bring in a guy with a f@ck ton of baggage. Who’s going to give Babcock another chance?!?!
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Looking at that draft year and the results of drafted players so far. Knies shaping up to be quite the steal. If a redraft were held today fair to say he’d be top 10 pick.
ZezelisciousHonestly looking at that draft, I think in a redraft, Knies goes in the top 3 easily.
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Honestly looking at that draft, I think in a redraft, Knies goes in the top 3 easily.
~fakepartofme
I was thinking that initially as well, but it’s a decent crop of guys in the mix – like Johnston, Hughes, Guenther, Johnson, Eklund, Stankoven, Clarke, Power, Moser . . .but yeah, maybe. I sort of lump Knies in with Guenther in terms of my expectations, and I’d probably have said Johnston, Hughes, Guenther were at the top, where Knies/Guenther is a pick’em? Especially if Knies keep progressing the way he has been.
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iv rewatched that embellishment penalty about 50 times now..with benefit of slowmo…I see how he did make it look worse..100% over did it to get a call.
so im good with it.. carry on
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iv rewatched that embellishment penalty about 50 times now..with benefit of slowmo…I see how he did make it look worse..100% over did it to get a call.
so im good with it.. carry on
~sensReally? I haven’t really watched with any great scrutiny – but I heard people say Rodrigues peeked and saw him coming, but I never saw that in the few replays I had seen. I think any team and fanbase has the objective right to feel a tad bent over by that call. In that instance he deserved the boarding call and it was borderline to a 5 minute. The fact that Florida didn’t get the man advantage there is probably what spiralled the game because the refs just decided to let them get away with attempted murder on Holmberg 2-3 times after that.
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iv rewatched that embellishment penalty about 50 times now..with benefit of slowmo…I see how he did make it look worse..100% over did it to get a call.
so im good with it.. carry on – senstrolltwo
I thought he put his hands up in front of him used them to cushion the knock into the glass and I’m not sure he didn’t make sure he hit the glass himself. The hit itself wasn’t all that hard – IMO not hard enough to force him to actually hit the glass like he did. So I kinda’ agree.
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iv never said a bad thing about sweet Max P. lovely #67
~senstrolltwoI did. I think my exact words were “what has he done to be promoted to the second line?!?” Yikes, big ol swing and a miss on that one, lol.
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Really? I haven’t really watched with any great scrutiny – but I heard people say Rodrigues peeked and saw him coming, but I never saw that in the few replays I had seen. I think any team and fanbase has the objective right to feel a tad bent over by that call. In that instance he deserved the boarding call and it was borderline to a 5 minute. The fact that Florida didn’t get the man advantage there is probably what spiralled the game because the refs just decided to let them get away with attempted murder on Holmberg 2-3 times after that.
he did a shoulder check twice actually. was able to get his hand up to protect and did a flop after to try and sell it…i cant see that he was at all hurt
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$89 USD gets you into tonight’s Hurricanes @ Capitals game.
$110 USD if you want to watch tonight’s game in Vegas.
The Vegas one surprises me – I had thought that was a very expensive place to watch a hockey game.
— Wedgies, Atmomic
what kind of seats are those
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That was funny when Domi scored last night and they cut to Tie in the crowd and he’s sitting expressionless surrounded by fans on their feet.
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That was funny when Domi scored last night and they cut to Tie in the crowd and he’s sitting expressionless surrounded by fans on their feet. – Zezel
Tie is like a Mongol warlord. Stoic and world weary.
Question : Tie, what is best in life?
Tie : Crush the enemies, see them eliminated before you, and hear the lamentations of their fans.
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Check it out, I wrote a postmodern sonnet.
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The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs are up 2-0 in their second round series against the Florida Panthers.
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Cheapest seats (when we are talking Maple Leafs, I don’t give prices for standing room tix).
There were some cheaper options for Vegas, but I didn’t know what they were – seemed like similar to Blue Jays’ Flight Deck.
-wedgieexcept Vegas did it because they can, while the Jays offered that ticket option in lieu of winning baseball
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John Schneider must have pictures of the Rogers family with the crew of Epstein Island. How does he keep his job? He’s always taking out pitchers, one pitch too late, after they’ve torpedoed another victory.
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John Schneider must have pictures of the Rogers family with the crew of Epstein Island. How does he keep his job? He’s always taking out pitchers, one pitch too late, after they’ve torpedoed another victory. Prince
I would guess he does whatever Shatkins wants them to do so until they no longer need their puppet he can stay there. He will take a fall when Shatkins need to keep their job by the end of the month.
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The goaltending, the D group, and the bottom six forward group were all largely hot trash during Dubas’ tenure. All of those components are vitally important to winning playoff hockey. He simply was not able to effectively round out his roster. Tree has been able to address these areas.
Keefe is an X’s and O’s coach obsessive with details but whose lack of composure in difficult moments was palpable which bled into the team. Berube’s coaching style is simple and direct and he is clearly had a positive impact on the keeping the team more composed and focused. – Fifty
All over? The D core, starting goalie, attitude and bottom 6 have pretty much all changed. Leafs werent going anywhere with him and his boy Keefe. In fact, I believe Dubas would have most likely traded willy for E Karlsson had he been allowed to stick around (that was the rumour). I liked Dubas, he made some good trades, but this years leafs success has nothing to do with him.
Now the leafs could still choke it away, but they look like a much different team – FakeI’ll address both of you in a single post.
1. Funny how Tree keeps getting praise for filling out the roster but he didn’t need to trade one of the ‘core 4’ as both of you claimed he would HAVE to do to fix the defense. Funny how a Dubas trade and a free agent signing by Tree really helped solidify arguably the leagues best shut down pair.
2. What do you mean Tree did all the work? Tree didn’t draft a single player on the team and the youngest two guys contributing consistently are Knies (on the top line) and Woll who was excellent during the season and Stoly was only really anointed the starting goalie in the last couple weeks. Let’s not act like Tree made some brilliant move here.
3. Fairly certain Nylander was traded by Fifty like a 100 times in the past couple off seasons as “the core 4 would never work!” or so I was told. Also Marner but both Dubas and Tree have stuck to the “core 4” and are seeing results.
4. We all agree on Keefe though. He needs some more seasoning in the NHL as a coach if he wants to see real success.
5. Dubas doesn’t go without his warts but let’s not act like he didn’t do anything to the current line up. If it was upto you two the core 4 wouldn’t be here and neither would Carlo or Laughton because if I recall it was said “don’t trade any firsts until they prove they deserve it” or was it “JT takes up too much cap this year to do anything ‘major’ so just run out the season and REALLY go for it next year.”
6. Leafs still have to get past the Panthers but they’ve shown they are certainly different and a large part of that is on Berube and his D core. OEL/Carlo/Tanev are all excellent grabs by Tree.
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I’ll address both of you in a single post.
1. Funny how Tree keeps getting praise for filling out the roster but he didn’t need to trade one of the ‘core 4’ as both of you claimed he would HAVE to do to fix the defense. Funny how a Dubas trade and a free agent signing by Tree really helped solidify arguably the leagues best shut down pair.
2. What do you mean Tree did all the work? Tree didn’t draft a single player on the team and the youngest two guys contributing consistently are Knies (on the top line) and Woll who was excellent during the season and Stoly was only really anointed the starting goalie in the last couple weeks. Let’s not act like Tree made some brilliant move here.
3. Fairly certain Nylander was traded by Fifty like a 100 times in the past couple off seasons as “the core 4 would never work!” or so I was told. Also Marner but both Dubas and Tree have stuck to the “core 4” and are seeing results.
4. We all agree on Keefe though. He needs some more seasoning in the NHL as a coach if he wants to see real success.
5. Dubas doesn’t go without his warts but let’s not act like he didn’t do anything to the current line up. If it was upto you two the core 4 wouldn’t be here and neither would Carlo or Laughton because if I recall it was said “don’t trade any firsts until they prove they deserve it” or was it “JT takes up too much cap this year to do anything ‘major’ so just run out the season and REALLY go for it next year.”
6. Leafs still have to get past the Panthers but they’ve shown they are certainly different and a large part of that is on Berube and his D core. OEL/Carlo/Tanev are all excellent grabs by Tree.
~AaronOne of the things I will give Dubas credit for was that was evolving certain attitudes as he went – his TDL acquisitions of guys like O’Reilly, Schenn, Lyubushkin, Acciari – even Foligno – showed that he was realizing that he needed his team to be tougher. The criticism he has to receive is that he not only failed to build these teams in the offseason where his team could grow into a style together but he also never addressed real stability in the net.
“Defense wins championships,” isn’t just a slogan. Occasionally a team with superior firepower overwhelms the opposition and defense be damned, but for the most part you have a team that just has a strong defensive approach supported by strong defensive players and they can often go far with some offensive punch thrown in.
I wasn’t really a fan of the Treliving hire – he seemed to have a fair bit of up and down in Calgary and it was hard to get a read on him – but if you look at the changes made under him, I see the following:
– Replace Keefe with Berube
– Not resign Bunting, Kerfoot, Giordano, Brodie, Aston-Reese, Lafferty, O’Reilly, Acciari, Gustafsson, Simmonds, Edmundson, Bertuzzi, Klingberg, Samsonov and Jones
– Sign Lorentz, Ekman-Larsson, Pacioretty and Stolarz
– Trade away Liljegren, Timmins, Dewar and Lafferty
– Acquire Tanev, Carlo, LaughtonHis missteps, in my opinion were signing Klingberg and probably Reaves; given that Reaves is a $200k cap hit, I’m not sure that’s a major misstep.
So as much as I certainly will say that I misjudged him from his work in Calgary, I don’t think there’s much to complain about.
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I have updated my profile pic to the full resolution glory that it demands. No longer limited by the tiny file size limitations of HB, I can use a bigger avatar.
So, let’s take a brief moment to bask in the full-size glory of this Wendel Clark photo.
Notice how GIANT the man’s head is in proportion to his body. His young newly-drafted body had yet to catch up to his massive man-sized noggin which sits perched atop a mountain of no-neck. Skalapy would be proud.
And see those big fucking mitts? Look at that hand. That hand could score goals or punch a hole through your skull.
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According to Terry Koshan, in the 2:55 that Florida had the goalie pulled last night, they did not register a single shot on net.
Go Leafs Go, motherbozakers.
‐‐Wedgie
The long stretches of being able prevent shots is something new to see from the Leafs. The blocks are very good. Tanev is like a Cenobite from Hellraiser. He likes it.
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I come in peace.
Would like to escape the barrage of beligerent bickering broadcasting over at the ‘Buzz.
GLG!
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I’ll trade a $100 USD store credit in my shop, plus pay for shipping in exchange for a Leafs jersey. $200 credit if it is a Clark, Gilmour, Potvin, or Tucker jersey.
–PDO
How much for a Phaneuf?
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Guys, I was under the impression Berubabes hated Willy, and it was only a matter of time before he’s shipped out of town. I’m so confused!!!
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I actually just assumed a good condition jersey in my size that is not a Chinese knockoff would run about $100 on the used market.
Of course, I triple(ish) my money on stuff in my store, so $100 credit is only costing me about $30 out of pocket.
I need to check eBay I guess. Drexel was a geologist, so he might have bit on this trade idea, but I think he left us.
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OK, I am putting together an elite team for one last big job.
The mission : infiltrate HockeyBuzz and extract Skalapy and Frenchie.
We need to recruit team members for the assault squad, logistics company, and transport.
We get dropped off in the forums, make our way to the Leafs board, toss in a couple of flash bangs, grab Skalapy and Frenchie during the chaos, and GTFO before Ek’s House Guard realizes we are there.
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OK, I am putting together an elite team for one last big job.
The mission : infiltrate HockeyBuzz and extract Skalapy and Frenchie.
We need to recruit team members for the assault squad, logistics company, and transport.
We get dropped off in the forums, make our way to the Leafs board, toss in a couple of flash bangs, grab Skalapy and Frenchie during the chaos, and GTFO before Ek’s House Guard realizes we are there. _PDO Speedwagon
Can we leave the small minority who cause 99% of the issues over at HB please?
How refreshing is it that we have not had to filter through a single stupid “Willy is horrible and Mitch is a golden god / why are you always picking on me” driven debate here and am quite enjoying seeing the conversations from adults who can appreciate both players and are happy both are Leafs right now.
Also quite enjoying not having to see someone spouting opinion as fact, moving goal posts when proven wrong with actual facts and just being a douche about it in general.
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The mission : infiltrate HockeyBuzz and extract Skalapy and Frenchie.
~PDF SpeedwagonPeople pretending Mike was a good writer 😆
Sorry that I don’t just copy/paste an eliteprospects.com summary or rejig the NHL.com summary of a game and present it as my own writing. I like him on his podcast, but as a writer, he’s not worth the time.
~Adam FrenchSeems like French isn’t the biggest MIB fan, he’ll come around though…
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Can we leave the small minority who cause 99% of the issues over at HB please?
How refreshing is it that we have not had to filter through a single stupid “Willy is horrible and Mitch is a golden god / why are you always picking on me” driven debate here and am quite enjoying seeing the conversations from adults who can appreciate both players and are happy both are Leafs right now.
Also quite enjoying not having to see someone spouting opinion as fact, moving goal posts when proven wrong with actual facts and just being a douche about it in general. – Cush
You’re not wrong there.
However, I would add this : it is my sincere hope that Mike and Bill and whoever else has mod/admin power here will keep things more civil and on-topic than HB was. If the same clowns come over here and try to start personal flamewars or political ranting, I would hope they get banned pronto. Iron fist and nip that shit in the bud before it becomes part of the culture. The cow was long out of the barn at HB, but it’s not too late here to set a standard and maintain it.
If those clowns come here, and then against all odds they actually behave and contribute positively to hockey discussion, then good for them. If they act the fool, send them packing back to HB.
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