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What I ordered : McJesus and DrySaddle
What I got : Matthews and Marner
Seriously though, the Leafs have never been able to roll four lines during the Core Four era. This roster is still very top heavy. If you shut down the Leafs top two lines, then they have nothing to answer with. Look at recent Cup winners: Tampa, Florida, Colorado, Vegas. None of them were nearly as top heavy as the Leafs. I mean, Marchand is on the third line in Florida.
And this lack of depth was true even with Marner in the lineup.
Subtract Marner and add two or three scrubs and the problem remains.
I hope Tree has a few tricks to pull out of his hat.
I left my horse out in the rain, but thankfully I remembered to store all of the tack in the barn.
You might say I have a DRY SADDLE.
It’s simply amazing those guys were able to pass the WWE’s strict drug tests.
Edit: what happened to the Hulkster vs. Ultimate Warrior image? – Wedgie
I don’t know. Glitch. It vanished after I edited it.
It’s either get excited about the Oilers, or watch the Blue Jays.
Go Oilers Go – Wedgie
I have an opinion about who I don’t want to win. But I’m not saying it out loud. LOL.
My heart isn’t set on it, but he’s a good example of how you start to change the dynamic of the core. I’m not sold that he’s coming here obviously, but I’m not sold that he’s not. Most reporters say that he wants to stay in Florida but if that’s not possible, he’d like to go to Toronto. Seravalli is reporting that he’s likely to get around $7.5m x 7; Dreger is reporting that he’ll have his pick of the litter and will likely not pick Toronto as a result.
I don’t think any of them really know. I do recall that when he was being shopped from Calgary, he had Toronto as a hopeful destination, but it didn’t work out. You could circle that one as another huge miss by Dubas.
Bennett is definitely going to be pursued, and that realistic dollar figure of $7.5m is probably $9m when teams look at the escalating cap and get greedy. That being said, Bennett is going to be 29, so a 7 year deal until he’s 36 may not be the boat anchor of a contract that it _feels_ like. I don’t know. You’re looking 20 goals / 45 points – maybe that’s 55 points with Nylander – as a 2C? $9m is too high, but it may be what they’d have to pay. – MonkeyPunk
I agree with all of that and I think Bennett is exactly the kind of player the Leafs need, dirty rotten POS that he is.
I just think the cost would be sky-high in terms of caphit and term, and he’d spend his entire Leafs tenure suspended or in the box.
The more I think about the roster next year, the more I start to sober up to the idea that this team is going to take a step back next year if they lose Marner for peanuts or nothing.
I’ll keep an open mind though. Maybe Tree has a big trade or two up his sleeve.
Marner finished 5th in the league in scoring, and 7th in Selke voting.
I get that we all need to come up with ways to cope with his impending departure, but FFS, this team will be weaker next year without him. – Wedgie
So, in essence, what you are saying is – Replace Marner with Poon Jenner and Tanev and we’re golden?
Briebois loves gaming the LTIR system. I can guarantee the last year or two (or three) of that contract will be spent on Kucherov Island.
Still though, that’s a very fair caphit for what Gourde brings. I’m OK with it.
Gourde
6yrs/14m – SirsieI’m actually OK with this, despite the batshit term. The caphit is only $2.3m, which is very fair for a quality bottom six center.
Having said that, it’s all but certain that the last couple years of that contract will be on Robidas Island. The Lightning are very good at gaming at the LTIR system, as we all know.
Leafs need a bottom six center like Gourde and he’s off the board now.
We’re just gonna have to learn to live with Rielly, warts and all. He has all the control if he refuses to waive. Given that, I’d change his deployment and make him an overpaid 2nd pairing or 3rd pairing guy. I know this will sound counter-intuitive, but maybe try him at killing penalties in camp/preseason. If he’s a “puck mover” who isn’t adding value to the power play, then maybe see if he can move the puck out of the zone on the PK where he’s not expected to join a rush or carry the puck.
Whatever the case, the Rielly situation needs to change and it’s a pipe dream to hope he gets traded. He won’t waive. Nobody wants him. You’d have to retain and practically give him away even if he agreed to waive. It would basically be a salary dump. Not gonna happen, so change his deployment.
Totally off subject. Just got done doing a fresh install of a new linux operating system (distro). Went smoother than I expected. Switched over from Ubuntu to BunsenLabs. The speed is stunning after years of using heavier OS’es like Windows and Ubuntu. Start up and shut down is instant. No lag for anything. Applications open and close instantly.
No forced updates. No AI or other cloud shit forced on me. No telemetry, tracking, or spying. It’s bliss.
Unless your work forces you to, or you are a l33t-gamer, there’s no reason to stay on Windoze.
This has been a public service FOSS testimonial, we now return you to Leafs hockey talk.
Fuck the Panthers.
