Canorth Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Any inappropriate emotional outbursts from Buffalo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wow....here I thought it was going to be the Sabres.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 If true, then Babcock will have to deal with Phil Kessel. Good luck. Vancouver wins 5 Cups before the Leafs win another. If true, then Babcock will have to deal with Phil Kessel. Good luck. Vancouver wins 5 Cups before the Leafs win another. I bet the Leafs win a Cup in the next five years while the Canucks come close but never do because of its depressed media and argumentative fans... I'm a Canuck. But damn are the Leafs making it hard to hate them right now. And ANY true fan of the game will agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wow....here I thought it was going to be the Sabres.... If you're a Stanley Cup and Olympic gold winning coach, you don't bring your family to live in Buffalo; of all places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 More interesting, does this mean Leafs don't trade Phaneuf and Kessel and give the can another kick or do they move forward and continue the rebuild? I'm not sure it was ever much of an option for this season... the rebuild will be a retool. The Leafs can't just pack it in for a couple of years. I can see that Babcock will be a defacto GM though with regards to player personnel decisions, and they might even give him the title anyway, and he will try to make the playoffs over everything else regardless. It's not his M.O. to accept mediocrity so he'll be spending next season evaluating who he wants to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Vanderhoek Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I agree this will be a significant challenge and perhaps Babcock having such success wants to challenge himself further. My concern is the organization above him and the stability or lack there of. You can have an amazing coach who has been successful throughout his career, but unless he is given the tools and freedom to do what is needed said coach can faulter like any other. Concerns about how Kessel was above the coaching the past couple of seasons with Carlyle, who is going to straighten this up and let the coach drop the hammer while making his players accountable ? If it's the same song and dance only now having Babcock behind the bench what is going to change ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wow....here I thought it was going to be the Sabres.... Buffalo got double whammy'd. First McDavid and now Babcock. Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabychStache Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 TO is a cool fit. I like it. Toronto being relevant and competing is good for the game. I hope they move Kessel but keep Phaneuf. Babcock will make Phaneuf good again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wonder if this will resemble Scotty Bowman's mediocre stint(mid~later '80s) in Buffalo?Phil Kessel is Housley; just need to draft a Barraso from HS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 - Sens extends Hammond - Bennett will be in the Flames roster - Oilers get McDavid, McLellan, and Chiarelli - Leafs sign Babcock Canadian teams making a push I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 PREDICTION:Should TBay win the Cup, Stevie Y will send a nice youth package to TO for perhaps JVR(maybe a 3 for 1). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donky Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 It'll be another 3 seasons before the Leafs make the playoffs....unless they are able to unload at least Kessel and Phaneuf. That should be their #1 priority, at all costs. Build up from the bottom if they must but first cut out the cancers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Knew they would have to give out an insane amount of money and power to get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Panda Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 8 year 50 million dollar contract for Babcock holy smokes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 The league NEEDS revenue from this huge market to balance out some plummeting regions.Hogtown will rebuild more quickly than Edm, Flo, Car & even Buff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 PREDICTION: Should TBay win the Cup, Stevie Y will send a nice youth package to TO for perhaps JVR(maybe a 3 for 1). They're set on the left wing for the next 15 years. Kucherov Drouin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Wow... i thought this signing was fake but Babcock is a good coach but i no coach should be getting 50 million... wtf are the leafs that desperate? We will see how good Babcock is, i've never really felt he was that great because he's had HOF's play for him. Toronto doesnt have a Lidstrom or /Neidermayer/Pronger on the backend, they dont have dynamic duos like Zetterberg/Datsyuk , Getzlaf/Perry. the Team Canada squads he has coached were stacked so you can put a monkey to coach team Canada and we'd still win gold. I honestly dont see what so great about Babcock to earn him 50 million I think he just signed his retirement contract though so good on him. and he has won ONE Cup..... Quenville and Brent Sutter are probably thinking wtf lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsedin33 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 So I just gotta say, TO just told the fans that they were doing a long term rebuild, building from the ground up and trading away all their players, so they bring in a coach to help them do what exactly? Have they abandoned their rebuild already? This makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Buffalo got double whammy'd. First McDavid and now Babcock. Ouch! Tripple whammy actually, as they missed out on Ekblad last year, which was an incredible miss. Ekblad will be a better d-man than McD will be as a forward, and you can quote me on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 So I just gotta say, TO just told the fans that they were doing a long term rebuild, building from the ground up and trading away all their players, so they bring in a coach to help them do what exactly? Have they abandoned their rebuild already? This makes no sense. They want the best coach in the NHL, so they can say be patient, we're fixing the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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