Agreed. Adding or targeting Marner would be bananas. They'd have two of the top three winger AAVs and have...no particular advantage when it counts.I’d much rather target Nylander over Marner. Lower cap hit, had instant chemistry with Backstrom and has solid playoff numbers.
Poor Jumbo Joe. Dudes never gonna win a cup as a player.
I’d much rather target Nylander over Marner. Lower cap hit, had instant chemistry with Backstrom and has solid playoff numbers.
What does Anthony Mantha have to do with the two young guys we let go that I keep hearing was a mistake? Nice strawmanAnd last year he had 17 points in 15 playoff games. You also may want to look at the boxcar stats or a certain Anthony Mantha this post-season. It’s almost as if 5-10 game samples of point totals against 1-2 teams are highly noisy and don’t really speak to the quality of play...
Fair enough. Guess it depends which version of Dubas you get that day lol.I don’t think Toronto is going to part with Nylander is the problem. Nylander has been a Playoff Performer.
I know exactly what you are talking about. I watched every minute of that series. Halak didn't really stand on his head. We took a ton of shots on him. Most erect long range low percentage shots with no traffic in front of the net. Halak didn't single handedly defeat us. We beat ourselves.We are talking about the 2009-2010 Caps/Habs playoff series that went to 7 games, in which Halak played for the Habs and was absolutely ridiculous and arguably singlehandedly defeated the Caps (hence, the Caps got "Halak'd"), correct?
Ooookaaaay dude.I know exactly what you are talking about. I watched every minute of that series. Halak didn't really stand on his head. We took a ton of shots on him. Most erect long range low percentage shots with no traffic in front of the net. Halak didn't single handedly defeat us. We beat ourselves.
Both things are true. Low percentage isn't no percentage. The Caps absolutely dominated that series. And Halak absolutely made some huge saves that got into the Caps' heads and that's when they started just throwing useless pucks at him. But they didn't start out playing that way.I know exactly what you are talking about. I watched every minute of that series. Halak didn't really stand on his head. We took a ton of shots on him. Most erect long range low percentage shots with no traffic in front of the net. Halak didn't single handedly defeat us. We beat ourselves.
All of this. But Nylander? All in.Agreed. Adding or targeting Marner would be bananas. They'd have two of the top three winger AAVs and have...no particular advantage when it counts.
The Caps made it too easy for Halak to see the puck in that series. Any decent goalie would have had the same success.Both things are true. Low percentage isn't no percentage. The Caps absolutely dominated that series. And Halak absolutely made some huge saves that got into the Caps' heads and that's when they started just throwing useless pucks at him. But they didn't start out playing that way.
Dude, you're straight-up being weird. Stop being weird. Or don't. I don't care. That's what the ignore list is for.Try watching the series again.
I remember having a talk with Leafs fans after they pushed the Caps in 2016 and they were filled with optimism and hope. I tried explaining that the transition from youthful bliss and excitement to choking dogs and a very real sense of impending doom and “will they ever get over the hump” happens quickly and they didn’t buy it. Welp.