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Thanks Burkie
I think Boston proved this guy had some merit
Thanks Burkie
Hyman was indeed very good for us in the playoffs. Kadri is another player who brings an edge. Matthews needs to play more assertive but all the tools are there.
Management knows that we need players who are harder to play against whether it's throwing a big hit, being aggressive on the forecheck, driving the net with authority or protecting the front of our net. It's the exact reason why Polak, Martin and Komarov were given such long leashes. It's also the exact reason why Bozak & JVR will be allowed to walk this off-season.
Even though they aren't smash em' type players adding Marleau + Hainsey made us a lot tougher to play against last season. I expect the Leafs to target other vets on 1 or 2 years deals this off-season who make this team tougher to play against. Particularly a vet Dman and veteran 4th line center. Upgrading on Polak/Carrick won't take much. Think names like Orpik, Bieksa, Hamhuis who could be brought in on 1-year deals. At forward I expect a quality vet 4th line center to be a priority and in preferably someone with size. Whether it be bringing back Plekanec or someone like Letestu, Beagle, Ryan or Luke Glendening who the Leafs have been rumored to be interested in for a long time.
it's not just based on the 1 season buddy. Any 'testosterone, pugnacity, hitting, toughness' guy is likely to actually have trash results.
Sorry, guess you can't read. But I said who helped MORE, not who helped the team in any way.
But oh not so great one, who do you want us to acquire?
Who. Do. You. Want. Us. To. Acquire.
Instead of listing some dreamlist characteristics so you can blame the team for not getting them, list some available 'tough' players you want us to get.
We have to get tougher! But I don't know/scared to give my opinion on who we should get!
Niiiiice
If you aren't a GM then why are you discussing what the team needs?
There's a far bigger jump from not inputting to inputting that they need tough players, than going from they need tough players to listing potential tough players to acquire
Make HF tougher! Toughness for allAren't you fun to have around....
We will take Boone Jenner, Maroon and De Haan though. Pretty cheap too.We don't need to be tougher. We need this team to have more heart and grit. We need guys who can take a massive hit to make the play. Someone who will lay out in front of a shot to make that game saving block. We don't need knuckle tossers or fake tough guys (ala Lucic) who are absolutely useless at playing hockey. Babs' teams don't work that way.
Backes might be a solid option on the cheaper side of things.We will take Boone Jenner, Maroon and De Haan though. Pretty cheap too.
We might get rid of some of our otha suckas who be tender on that thang.
So when we were tough with terrible players fans complained. Now we are more skilled and not tough fans still complain. Makes sense.
So when we were tough with terrible players fans complained. Now we are more skilled and not tough fans still complain. Makes sense.
You're missing the whole point. The whole point is to acquire good physical players, not plugs like Orr and mclarenSo when we were tough with terrible players fans complained. Now we are more skilled and not tough fans still complain. Makes sense.
It’s all about balanceSo when we were tough with terrible players fans complained. Now we are more skilled and not tough fans still complain. Makes sense.
Yeah not looking for Lucic/Maroon types.Tenacity > Toughness.
Yeah not looking for Lucic/Maroon types.
Looking for defensively sound speedy forwards who can play up and down the lineup and chip in with 10/12 goals. Guys like a Sheary/Rust/etc.
Some players we should look at:
-Aquire Boone Jenner for Prospect/Pick
-Acquire Jacob Trouba for a deal Centered around a Signed Jake Gardiner + Brown ++
-Acquire Bortuzzo to be Polak Replacement for 6th Defenseman. Better and agile than Polak. Also meaner
-Re-Sign JVR for Discount deal (Reports are that he wants to stay a Leaf)
-Sign Antoine Roussel (Better version of Komarov)
Hyman-Mathews-Nylander
Marleau-Kadri-Marner
JVR-Jenner-Kapanen
Roussel-Gauthier-Johnsson
Reilly-Trouba
Hainsey-Zaitsev
Dermott-Bortuzzo
When you think about how to make the Leafs tougher, JVR comes to mind? Really?