Pre-Game Talk: Leafs @ Kings

[rocketman588]

Are they going to try and hide in black tonight?

At least Matthews will play well probably. He cares about creating a brand significantly more then he cares about winning games for the leafs

 

[PromisedLand]

This is concerning on so many levels.

1. The fact the management feel his good play in the bubble was the norm rather than an abberation.
2. The fact management feel there is more they can get out of him consistently.
3. 1 & 2

The Toronto Maple Leafs is like a high end Ferrari that is driven by noob who doesn't know what to do on the racetracks

 

[Darcy Tucker]

The Toronto Maple Leafs is like a high end Ferrari that is driven by noob who doesn't know what to do on the racetracks

Hard disagree.

 

[PromisedLand]

This mainboard thread is just right on time for the Kings eh? what are the chances leafs visiting them at the same time may actually .... well....

The LA Kings are here to burn down their own village

Is there a team with more self-inflicted pain than the Kings this year? 2nd in the league in goals for, but last in the league in goals against by a significant margin...have given up 6 goals 3 times, a goal on the very first shot 4 times. Game 1 was the last minute Durzi turnover/backbreaker...

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[Altair]

Our effort was not good enough vs the sharks.
Gotta love that feisty dirty third line.... That a hard one for surely. Robertson and Simmonds finna gel together nicely. Expecting a lot of talking going on too., wich is key. We might actually win a game again because of simmonds being in.

We finna goin to thug it out on those Kings. We're hard in those corners, ya we beat those suckas hard sire

 

[TheDoldrums]

Crazy how they wont split up Matthews and Marner. This team preached 4 lines of offense and now we have been reduced to two lines of offense. Tavares/Nylander struggle together at 5v5 and still are stuck together. We have no pressure and no sustained 60mins of consistency and you can tell why by looking at the lines. The bottom 6 look medicore and have no hope of scoring in the playoffs. Try something other than rearranging the non significant pieces.

When was that? Because we opened the season with a line of ZAR/Kampf/NAK. That was their ideal 4th line. There is no offense on that line.

 

[TheBigFour]

leafs deserve the criticism given how they played so far this season but the funny thing is that if they win their next two games, they will be 6-3-1 after their first 10 games, which is 107 point pace.

But thats a big if though lol

 

[notDatsyuk]

This mainboard thread is just right on time for the Kings eh? what are the chances leafs visiting them at the same time may actually .... well....

The LA Kings are here to burn down their own village

Is there a team with more self-inflicted pain than the Kings this year? 2nd in the league in goals for, but last in the league in goals against by a significant margin...have given up 6 goals 3 times, a goal on the very first shot 4 times. Game 1 was the last minute Durzi turnover/backbreaker...

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"Is there a team with more self-inflicted pain than the Kings this year?"

They obviously haven't been watching the Leafs if they have to ask.

 

[Pebble live]

Kings have allowed a substantial about of goals against so far this season. So in Leafs fashion I expect a kings shutout with the game winner being scored by a former leaf who Dubas traded away.

 

[DarkKnight]

leafs deserve the criticism given how they played so far this season but the funny thing is that if they win their next two games, they will be 6-3-1 after their first 10 games, which is 107 point pace.

But thats a big if though lol

With the caveat we’ve had an extremely easy schedule so far.

 

[Leafs87]

Whatever combination they whip together our bottom six just sucks honestly. Not a bottom six of a team with Stanley cup aspirations at all. Too soft and too many low impact fillers.

 

[PromisedLand]

I actually wonder perhaps someone can help me out. When on the road who pays is it the team or players out of their own pocket? for:

1) hotel accommodations
2) Food/Drinks
3) city travel (ex: going to movies so calling a cab/uber)

I suppose Leafs brass probably get best of the best treatment since Leafs are loaded if the club is paying for it instead of the players. Is there an assigned budget? has anybody cried about it for competitive cap etc reason?

also the hockey gear:
sticks, skates etc... is it coming out of players' own pocket or is that sponsored?

 

[TheBigFour]

With the caveat we’ve had an extremely easy schedule so far.

yeh but leafs play down to their opponents, so going to 6-3-1, wouldn't be too bad in that case....

just being positive here

 

[ULF_55]

Dangit, I'm in LA for the weekend and didn't even bother checking the king's schedule. Would have loved to visit the venue formerly known as the Staples Center for this tilt

You don't have an extra $55 for a ticket?

 

[definedMF]

We finna goin to thug it out on those Kings. We're hard in those corners, ya we beat those suckas hard sire

where did senor martinez go anyway?

 

[ULF_55]

With the caveat we’ve had an extremely easy schedule so far.

I'm guessing they lost to some bottom feeders last year as well.

Probably some stats showing point percentage against non-playoffs versus playoffs teams somewhere.

As a Leafs fan does anyone ever feel comfortable going to play Sabres, Senators or Canadiens?

 

[Stephen]

As a Leafs fan does anyone ever feel comfortable going to play Sabres, Senators or Canadiens?

Add Coyotes, Sharks, Canucks.

 

[Burnie97]

 

[notbias]

You underestimate the arrogance of our gm kind sir

Yep, he has been known to hold onto players that haven't worked out.

 

[Jojalu]

I actually wonder perhaps someone can help me out. When on the road who pays is it the team or players out of their own pocket? for:

1) hotel accommodations
2) Food/Drinks
3) city travel (ex: going to movies so calling a cab/uber)

I suppose Leafs brass probably get best of the best treatment since Leafs are loaded if the club is paying for it instead of the players. Is there an assigned budget? has anybody cried about it for competitive cap etc reason?

also the hockey gear:
sticks, skates etc... is it coming out of players' own pocket or is that sponsored?

They get a per diem like any worker who travels for work. Probably a lot higher than mine when I am on the road.

Their equipment is all covered in the team budget.

If they golf or do anything then they pay out of pocket

 

[Burnie97]

Good mindset for his first game.

 

[rocketman588]

Yep, he has been known to hold onto players that haven't worked out.

You mean players like Holl, kerfoot, Jimbo Joe, Hutchinson, Clifford, Simmons?

Trading back for Malgin?

Picking up Murray?

 

[leafsfan5]

We're trying everything except splitting Matthews/Marner, great stuff

 

[rocketman588]

I actually wonder perhaps someone can help me out. When on the road who pays is it the team or players out of their own pocket? for:

1) hotel accommodations
2) Food/Drinks
3) city travel (ex: going to movies so calling a cab/uber)

I suppose Leafs brass probably get best of the best treatment since Leafs are loaded if the club is paying for it instead of the players. Is there an assigned budget? has anybody cried about it for competitive cap etc reason?

also the hockey gear:
sticks, skates etc... is it coming out of players' own pocket or is that sponsored?

If travel going to like the bars etc is covered by the player I assume.

Everything else the team

Per diem is 110 a day

 

[Tarmore]

Do you ever stop going on about this trade?

The Leafs wouldn't have had Marchment anyways. They were not paying him 4.5

Leafswere going to have to expose Marchment to wavers. They weren't going to keep him. Better to have gotten something for him than loose him on wavers.