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  1. disgraceful. they know a push is gonna come at 2-0 - so they intervened. that's was so weak it was blatant.
  2. Joannette is such a predictable game wrecker. Someone older and wiser than me said there's no way the zebras will allow the Habs to hang around in this series - 100% bang on.
  3. that's as pathetic a call as you're going to see in the "playoffs" Don't touch McMatthews. disgusting attempt to neuter Montreal.
  4. the combination of that creepy would-be stash, and the way he wears his helmet (all 'up high') - not a good look.
  5. Montreal needs to remember the gameplan they brought into game 1. Skate and hit. Don't bend to game management. Cut the cautious hockey out - you lose your ability to dictate.
  6. I imagine a world where I never had to listen to a word of 'mass'/preaching/priests.
  7. my gameplan on the powerplay would be to let it rip literally every single time Marner is defending the point. he likes to be aggressive, counterpunch - well back him up. let him eat some of those booming one timers from Weber, Petry. some day the Leafs are going to pay for using him that way.
  8. I'd love an app that allows me to mute out a particular colour guy - only. That would be worth it's weight.
  9. that's Leafs hockey for you your 4th line center - aint down low battling - he's cherry picking at center ice...haha gotta make them pay for cheating the game like that.
  10. I'm certainly not going to underplay or argue against drafting and/or developing your own bottom 6 - I'm simply pointing out that the perception than anyone making over 2 or 3 million in the bottom 6 is 'overpaid' - that perception is near-sighted and believes in a certain kind of #proper build - that doesn't necessarily correlate to success - at all. There's more than one way. And to underline that point: Shore Khaira Chiasson Ennis Haas Yamamoto Shore - 700k Khaira 1.2 million Chiasson 2.15 Ennis 1.0 Haas 915k Yamamoto 895k their other option - like Archibald (1.5), Kahun (975), Nygard (875)... that's a lot of "cheap" bottom six. No 'overpaid' bottom six guys there. But - that's the team that just got spanked four straight - by a team with a considerably more expensive 'bottom six'.
  11. Winnipeg also has a good balance of mobility and grit on their blueline - and are veteran down the middle - Scheifele, Stastny (who's also a 55% faceoff guy), Lowry, Copp and Thompson - (as well as some other 'natural' centers in the mix on wing...)...unlike the Habs, they don't have a pair of 20 and 21 year olds as two of their top 3 centers....
  12. meh. I think the whole 'overpaid bottom six' thing is a weak/bad take in general - that fails to look at how successful teams are actually built. Lots of contenders commit real money to their bottom six - don't simply fill it out with league minimum bargain basement assets (or homecoming charity discounts). Look at Stanley Cup champions like St Louis - or Tampa - they aren't filled out with 'cheap' bottom 6. Winnipeg has guys like: 1) Perrault - making 4.125 million - in their 'bottom six'. 2) Lowry is a 3 million cap hit. 3) Cop is 2.3 million. 4) Stastny - at 6.5 million - plays fewer minutes than Copp, Lowry and Scheifele....call him a 2C - but it's not a clear line - he's probably more accurately called a 'middle six' than top 6....
  13. yes - they've drafted well for sure - and Chevy has made some very good deals along the way, as well, imo (rarely 'loses' trades). DeMelo was a UFA signing from San Jose, but yeah - Lowry (3rd round) , Copp (4th) were good picks - as were Hellebuyck (5th round), Poolman (5th), Appleton (6th), Niku (7th) - and a few others they've dealt/moved on from or are still potentially emerging.... 2013, 14, 15 are draft years they've had 15 players play NHL games... Somewhat typical Jets luck - to build a really great team - and then lose Byfuglien, Myers, and have to deal Trouba - all at the same time - and yet, they rebounded so well (loved the Pionk acquisition from the day they got him - he was quietly excellent in NY and a great target who has panned out extremely well). I think Chevy is probably one of the league's best GMs - I'd put him on a shortlist for sure.
  14. I still really don't care for Austin Matthews - he still carries himself like a entitled frat boy. But credit where it's due - to Manny Malhotra. Beyond Matthews' unlikeability - he was equally annoying because of his wasted talent. The guy has the toolbox to be truly dominant - and has been a late-season, playoff passenger repeatedly - vacant - borderline inexcusably bad. But his progress - at least on the ice - has been evident this year as he finally applies himself - is finally being the kind of defensive presence you need at center if you want to win Championships. Credit - or blame - Manny Malhotra (depending on how you see it) - there was a real opportunity for him there, to take a few idling players and 'elevate' their game - and Matthews is the most evident product of what Malhotra brings. Obviously Manny's class hasn't quite sunk in yet - that smarm that Matthews displays - ie in scrums - is embarrassing - not what you want to see from a 'franchise player'. But at least he's playing the game "the right way". In fact the Leafs as a whole are notably improved. What you're not seeing are them leaning on Gardiners, Dermotts - after having failed to fill out their roster. Instead they've added guys like Bogosian, Foligno - and have gotten some help from homecoming discount takers, just as they desperately needed the cap gifts. I still think they've overlooked a principal need - that might come back to bite them - if they get past the Habs. The Habs are a very well built team imo - but they are very young down the middle. The Leafs have spent repeat playoffs getting sent home early, imo in large part not simply due to porous parts of their blueline, but also because they've had to lean too heavily on players like Tavares to log too many hard minutes. I think they 'should have' added a true hard minutes, shutdown depth center to their mix. I understand the reasoning of a secondary scoring 4th line - when you get homecomers taking 700k to play on your 4th line, that's hard to turn down - but still, when push comes to shove do you want to depend on Spezza to shutdown the league's best centers? That's what remains in the Leafs path. I'm not going to write them off - unconventional builds have won Cups before (ie Pittsburgh) - however I'm not sure I'd bet on it. But at least they're a team that finally, generally 'plays the right way'. I'm just not sure they're good enough to handle teams like Boston, Tampa, Colorado - or even the Habs....It's gonna be entertaining finding out.
  15. I've been around long enough to see a half dozen Jets losses to the Coil in the playoffs - through mainly the 1980s and early 90s. Five of those times the Coil went on to win Stanley Cups after having knocked off the Jets. Winnipeg was my team throughout that time - I became a Canuck (homer) when the league screwed Winnipeg and sent their team to a hapless desert - just as they were in the process of building something special. I had a Dale Hawerchuk jersey - had worn it proudly as the Jets set NHL record losing streaks. I had great training for transitioning to a Canucks fan lol. If people in this market believe they've been 'hard-done-by' - they have no idea what it was like to be a Winnipeg Jet. Now I'm a dual homer, post Jets return - and that sweep is a thing of beauty - a whole lot of payback for a franchise that had it coming. The difference between the 1980s Oilers and the present teams? Those teams weren't simply lottery champions. The similarities? In spite of Tippett's best efforts, the Coil still regress back to 1980s pond hockey at critical times, the lingering hangover of a ruined 'culture'. Many Oilers fans of the present never tasted any of that distant success. So I do feel for them - their expectations getting fed constantly by the promises of lottery victories....their obnoxious media chalking up the Stanley Cups on draft floors year after year - mocking their interprovincial rivals who never knew how to #properly-rebuild lol. To be repeatedly faced with the futility of half-built teams, teams that fail miserably when the game elevates to the levels it takes to be successful in the postseason.... I feel for their coach - who lived through years of Coyote futility - and then took on the challenge of changing Edmonton - great coach, who's going to take more blame than he deserves. I feel for a player like Draisaitl - one of the greatest players I've ever watched - probably the best WHLer I've ever witnessed. And I feel for a guy like Kassian, who committed hard and met a playoff standard of performance imo - one of the few bright spots in this Coiler sweep. Anyhow - it's the long game that really matters - and needless to say, the Coil still have work ahead of them... But in the longer term view - looking back and forward - suck it Edmonton. You had it coming.
  16. Leaf fluffers #identifying after a couple wins lol. yesterdays win came after getting peppered for the final 10 minutes, looking a lot like their history of playoff collapses.... Probably a few of the clumsiest troll jobs these boards have ever seen in this thread. oldnewsflash - your team has yet to win a single playoff series in the Benning era/tenure. you'd think that after all the #inevitable-dynasty claims, the years of "Canada's team" claims, the premature e. that Toronto has hyped repeatedly on route to utter playoff failures....might inform the prematures not to get ahead of themselves. anyhow - carry on - the Leaf fluffers here probably bring more flavour and satisfaction to these boards than any other market. I will hand this to the Leafs though - at least they learned a few lessons - aren't depending on the likes of Gardiner, Dermott, etc with hopes and prayers that they don't get exposed. And more importantly - they realized their desperate need to add some Canucks foundation to their coaching staff. Easily the biggest improvement in that organization - is a direct result of adding Manny Malhotra. Where Matthews has been a notoriously vacant disappointment, he's finally learning his potential if he plays a grown up, two way game. You're welcome Toronto. Still though - they need the affirmative action of homecoming league minimum discounts to squeeze a roster under the cap lol (which the fluffers believe is "genius" lol). Fun stuff. Fairweather chirping. Let's see how vocal this group is if their team lives up to more realistic 'expectations' lol. If they make it out of the North - there are still Bostons, Colorados, Tampas in the way....might want to hold off on assuming a Cup is inevitable lol.
  17. Ken Holland has done a weak job in Deadmonton - very weak. He should be the guy to fall on his sword, not Dave Tippett.
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