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Idk if I was even referring to you.
Just in general. Every time I come in here you guys are taking about Marner. Unless you’re talking about how many 1st’s Matthews is worth in your rebuild fantasies.
Oh come on, the Tavares has got to go stance always makes me smile, don’t forget about that one.
You guys are obsessed with Marner.
He’s that hot girlfriend who dumped you and is now dating a more successful dude.
lol
Me: he’s playing good hockey on the 2nd line
You: well aren’t you an obsessive jealous man!!!
Me: ok… ok then
Sooooooo, McCabe basically murdered a guy on live TV, why is nobody talking about that beauty right hand?!?
That was sweet, a bit of a “wake the fuck up team!” kind of fight. I liked it 👍❤️
The connotation of “2nd line” is that he is not a 1st choice player. His total situational ice time proves otherwise.
Nylander was on the “2nd” line but he is still the first choice RW.
lol he’s on the 2nd line. The top six is a good place to be, primary offence, therefore being on the 2nd line isn’t an insult. He’s still on the top PP for instance.
Anyone who says otherwise is just being silly or deliberately trying to annoy someone.
Marner is 2nd only to Eichel in ice time among forwards on Vegas.
15 min 5v5, 4 min PP, 1:20 min on PK per game average.
The idea that he’s on the “2nd line” is like saying Draisaitl is on the 2nd line when he’s not playing with McDavid. It’s designed to punish other teams with match-ups.
lol UG the definition of the second line isn’t based on ice time. I’m not saying he’s playing bad but yes, he is on the second line.
He’s one of the few guys whose effort I can’t fault on a night to night basis. He’s pretty steady, was maybe overpaid on his last contract, but is underpaid now.
A lot of people seem to forget he got caught in the overpaid years most long term contracts have due to the cap lock down due to Covid. If that didn’t happen by the end of his contract the cap would have been significantly higher and he wouldn’t have seemed as overpaid at all, I mean come on, he’s still a PPG guy ffs.
So is he a leaf? Yup. He gave them a big time discount because of what happened with his last contract. Sure he has a minor NTC of 5 teams on the last two years but I’m willing to bet that’s not for him to go to a competitor but if he sees that he’s a burden and the leafs need the cap space. He’ll just choose some quiet little place where he won’t get marketed.
I think the whole idea behind letting Marner walk was to change the makeup of the team and hopefully add more of the elements you describe.
Unfortunately, so far it looks like the only effect is to reduce the talent level significantly, with no real positive changes to how they play. The injuries don’t help, but the past decade or so they haven’t worked hard enough or been consistent enough even with everyone healthy. The frustrating part is that none of their problems are new.Actually I disagree, the leafs are bigger and slower with the hope of being far more direct and physical. Hasn’t happened.
The idea is far more north south than before including a hard drive to the net.
Well, it’s supposed to anyways.
Agreed about the injuries tho, hard to get a newer style into place when you just can’t get the roster into place.
Yup. They clearly are not buying in.
Well, let’s hope the d men get back soon, line 3 doesn’t get touched, Nylander isn’t too hurt, and the rest of the team realizes that if they want to win under Berube they ALL need to play like line 3 did.
Stop trying to look pretty and talented, do a hard forecheck, a hard backcheck, and shoot the puck on net lots. If they’re doing their jobs correctly there should always be someone there to bang home rebounds.
It’s pretty basic, perform playoff hockey all season long, and as much as I hate to say it but if they’re unwilling to do it that just tells me they won’t be anything special in the post season. Do they have the talent? Yes. The willingness? Too early in the season to know for sure.
Well, that’s gotta sting. #Sabres
Never really paid much attention to the Leafs, but since the Marner trade I’m now interested to see how it plays out with Toronto, and with Vegas.
Ugly game, but losing both Rielly and Tanev, their two best D men, in the same game while the coach was rebuilding the lines I wasn’t overly surprised to see that only one thing truly looked decent and that was line 3.
At least those 3 buy into Berube’s game.
