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Toronto Maple Leafs assistant general manager Brandon Pridham and the club have mutually agreed to part ways
That’s a huge loss. He was one of the few good people they had in management and he was around for 12 years so he knew pretty much everything and everyone.
Just like Doan leaving (I’m sure Matthews is REALLY happy about that one) everybody in this organization is starting to head for the emergency exits as the ship is sinking.
It is possible that it got to the point where he was walking and there was nothing they could do. The problem is that other teams don’t let that happen. The perfect example is Rantanen himself.
It is possible that a franchise owned by a giant sports media corporation could do better to protect it’s players instead of paint him as the cause of their problems so that the fans turn on him like they seem to do with every other player they have.
At a certain point, when Rielly, Matthews, Nylander and Tavares can fail at every single turn with no real consequence but Marner is the one who bares the brunt of the blame, the organization fucked up. The proof is clear as day to anybody that isn’t a total and complete retard. They ran him out of town, replaced him with pylons, Matthews’ production fell off a cliff and are now they are drafting 1st overall while Marner leads the playoffs in scoring.
Even if they had to overpay to keep him, the odds are strong that they still make the playoffs after a year of being cap strapped and then have plenty of cap space this year to continue to fill the gaps. They’d have even more space if they pushed Rielly out the door instead of allowing him to destroy the team defensively. But nah, better to keep Rielly, blame everybody else and add another year without a Cup to the list.
HAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA. Someone insisted it was not harder to play in Toronto, I believe saying it was BS. Also head so far up Mitchie’s ass he doesn’t realize Mitch had likely decided by the trade deadline he was leaving Toronto, but refused the trade since it likely involved signing an extension. (Rumour was Rantanen was ready to sign and that is why Toronto wanted him). Fair Mitch wanted to test FA and that is his right, but he also likely wanted to stick it to them because he is a baby.
Not a single thing your retarded mind has written has made any sense.
You claim someone insisted something but can’t provide a quote or evidence to back it up. Of course, that makes it easier for your dumbass to create a strawman argument.
Yes, he decided he was leaving before the deadline which is exactly why he didn’t accept a trade. Oh wait, that’s retard logic because he refused the trade.
Yeah, I’m sure Rantanen was going to sign for league minimum in Toronto to make your dumbass happy. Oh wait, he would have demanded 15 AAV because of retarded Canadian taxes. He got 12 in Dallas for a reason dipshit. But I’m sure you would have given Rantanen a sloppy top at 15 AAV like you do over Nylander, right? Rantanen only had 1 playoff goal (none in Game 5 or 6) this year and was eliminated in 6 games. God damn the retarded outrage you would have had if he played for the Leafs. Or do you reserve your delusional derangement syndrome only for Marner?
Yes, Marner wanted to stick it to the Leafs SO BAD he allowed them to trade him to Vegas for Roy. Oh wait, that’s retard logic again. Marner didn’t actually test the FA market because he allowed the Leafs to trade him to recover an asset. Sounds like something a “baby” would do.
Cope harder. The Leafs ran an elite, home town kid out and are now witnessing him lead the playoffs in scoring while Nylander practices matching his +/- on the golf course and the Leafs are on the verge of a total rebuild.
Yup, this is SO TRUE eh UG!!!!??
how can you get rid of the wrong guy when the wrong guy did not want to be here in a Leafs jersey anymore.Wrong. Marner did not want to leave. The Leafs (and the retard fans) forced him out by making him the scapegoat to relieve themselves of blame for another failed season.
If Marner wanted to leave, he would have gone to Carolina. He refused. Then he got Larry Murphy’d. The Leafs were wrong and now they suffer the consequences.
Stenberg at #1.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/scouts-analysis-ranking-the-top-45-prospects-for-the-nhl-draft/
He had a goal disallowed vs. Canada due to high stick but he showed excellent hand eye to get to it.
Still to play a real team this year.
How many real teams did Nylander get to play this year? Oh right, he’s golfing.
there a lot “excuses” going on about a former Leafs player
it was never his fault but always the players he played with.Quite clearly, the players he played with sucked this year and were a lottery team without him while he leads the playoffs in scoring. Clearly, the “problem” wasn’t really the problem.
That’s not to say he’s perfect but clearly, the Leafs fucked up and got rid of the wrong guy. Some retards just can’t admit it.
Could Jay Woodcroft be the next Leafs coach?
I would prefer Manny Malholtra myself.Neither one makes this team a contender. 9th place is what matters.
Absolutely incorrect. Marner is a great player but he’s not a generational talent. That’s McDavid. He did better than anybody else in Toronto, more career playoff points than Matthews, Nylander and Tavares. The media and the franchise ran him out of town but the team failed on the ice because it was constructed poorly. He did not have to leave to have this success. The team and the market simply needed to be constructed properly.
A lot of people, and many pundits, remember the overtime, Game 7 against Boston when he let his check go, that being David Pasternak, and scoring the series clinching goal and watching Boston advance instead of the Leafs. Fast forward a couple of years and his response when he was getting slashed in a close game against Florida, last year. He did nothing, he didn’t slash back or show any push back. It was like he was backing off, instead of standing up for himself. If he’d stood up and slashed back or did a face wash, he would have garnered more respect. Granted, where was his team-mates to come in and push back? It’s what we’ve seen from this team, including him, for more than 2 decades. Blue and White disease. Loving the accolades but not handling the pressure of the most rabid hockey fanbase on the planet. It’s why there’s such disenchantment for the players making max money. The fanbase is sick of the mercenary tactics of the highest paid players on the team.
Those people and pundits are absolute retards. Go and watch the replay. Seriously. Stop whatever you’re doing and go watch the full highlights.
Marner had just jumped onto the ice and Pasta did a loop to reach full speed. It’s physically impossible for Marner to jump off the bench and match Pasta’s stride and speed. Funny how nobody realizes that Rielly was standing flat footed 10 feet behind the blueline and handled the dump in like shit. Or that Samsonov stayed too deep in his net instead of poke it away when it was 2 feet from his crease. Or that the dump in itself hit the boards and bounced to the perfect spot. Nope. Have to blame Marner 100%. Why? Because Marner Derangement Syndrome is strong. It’s the Russiagate of the Leafs OT losing goals. You should know better.
Wrong again. If Marner had slashed back, he takes a penalty and gets blamed again. The dumbest of Leafs fans absolutely always need a scapegoat. It’s the only way their blue and white brains can function. And the media, that owns the team, loves having somebody but themselves to blame to win the PR game. Good thing they blamed the guy, pushed him out of a town and went from 1st to last in the division. Good strategy. Worked great with Larry Murphy too.
It has nothing to do with the pressure and everything to do with the team was built like shit. The “pressure” is what pushed him to leave and succeed somewhere else because he got tired of being incorrectly blamed for bullshit that was somebody else’s fault while guys like Matthews, Nylander and Tavares can fail as hard as they like and nobody seems to give a fuck. If Leafs fans really gave a fuck how much their players make, stop voting for radical Liberals and NDP who make the taxes so insane, the players don’t want to play here unless the team makes up for the tax rape they experience from the government at all levels.
