And as such we would be asking for nothing in return for him in that scenario.
The 50 contract limit has never stopped a team from making a move when they needed to
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The 50 contract limit has never stopped a team from making a move when they needed to
This season is playing out like a repeat of last season for Toronto.
A) A goalie gets injured
B) Leaves 1 decent goalie and minor leaguers.
C) Piss poor coach will overplay the decent goalie who isn’t used to it.
D) Decent goalie will burn out after 6-8 weeks and become trash.
E) Fans/Mgmt. will blame him. Demand a new goalie next year.
Rinse and repeat
A) A goalie gets injured
B) Leaves 1 decent goalie and minor leaguers.
C) Piss poor coach will overplay the decent goalie who isn’t used to it.
D) Decent goalie will burn out after 6-8 weeks and become trash.
E) Fans/Mgmt. will blame him. Demand a new goalie next year.
Rinse and repeat
It’s the Leafs fan delusion switcheroo.
Just like now the plan was always that Samsonov would start more games than Murray, and Murray was just a high risk trial, not plan A.
NyQuil
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I know a solid competitive goalie in his teens who is not selected for the higher leagues because he’s not very big.
It’s funny that the selection pressure for size for position players has gone down but for goalies it has gone up.
Arthur Morgan
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keep in mind the info of the cap going up came long after Free Agency, and even still Campbell is like a 1a/1b type guy is that really worth 5x5?
Edmonton seems happy with him and thats all that matters. I could give 2 shits if he stayed or not.
with our luck we will miss the playoffs but win Bedard
makbeer
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Please don't let Dubas be here to handle the trade deadline and make our goaltending even worse somehow.
Namikaze Minato
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I think thats why we will see a lot more goalies that are Saros' size come from Europe than Canada these days. The dwindling numbers still Dwarf most Euro nations in registration so the smaller but insanely skilled goalies have more of a chance to show what they have in higher leagues than here, where being 6'0 at 15 is gonna be a massive boom to your opportunities.
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Dubas is lucky Washington let Samsonov walk. Otherwise Kallgren would be playing for 4 weeks.
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Jokes aside, I think Murray needs to start considering retirement.
These constant injuries can't be good for his long term health. He's already won 2 cups and made millions.
These constant injuries can't be good for his long term health. He's already won 2 cups and made millions.
Based on these criteria, he's also more successful than you.
Weird take from you on you.
Namikaze Minato
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No shit. It shows the reality of "Hes not very good" vs "He's so dumb".
He is smarter than most people on these boards at his profession than they are at theirs. He's smarter at his profession than everybody on these boards that wasnt at the same level in that profession. It's not a difficult line to follow, f***in guys successful as f*** even in his failures and people like you and I will never touch that level of success.
Whats our expected future, habs fan? Whats yours?
The Leafs will finish as one of the 11 worst teams?
You will be stoned by your fellow fans...
colchar
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If they have one decent goalie how is it the coach's fault for overplaying him? It ain't like he has other options does he?
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You have made that claim in vain several times. You have never been right.
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Arthur Morgan
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dont think many of my fellow leafs fans would take what I said too seriously lol
colchar
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That claim is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. First, you have no idea how good people here are at their profession so you cannot make such a moronic claim. Second, I guarantee there are people here better at their profession than he is at his.
This is too dumb for words.
Um, you know JFJ was an NHL GM too right?
No apparently you do. If they only have one, the coach has no choice but to play him. If they have more than one then yeah, he can rest the guy.
didimentionlarseller
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well that was fast - feel bad for toronto fans on this one it wasn't hard to predict this wouldn't work out
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Made easy work of the Sens tonight. Almost as if Dubas actually through the whole "what if he gets injured" scenario
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It's not like I said the guy is the next Ken Dryden or the guy to take us to the promise land but I'm not panicking in week 1 of the season. He was good enough tonight to beat your team, so I'm happy.
Again, I'm not saying he's the answer but he's not a terrible back up plan for if Murray can't deliver. Would I want a better goalie? Sure, but I'm not in control of that
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