2020/2021 Around The League Thread | Playoff Edition III

[krutovsdonut]

Honestly, you have to wonder for Toronto about them not keep Lou Lam around til he was able to sign their young kids coming out of elc. Lou is historically known to be a tough negotiator on young players.
Sign Tavares for $11 mill and your kids think that’s the bar to aim for in their contracts.

tavares signing blew up their future.

 

[MS]

2020/2021 Around the League Thread | Part 5

I hope it isn’t competitive at all and Toronto loses in the most embarrassing fashion possible.

This will do.

 

[PG Canuck]

This boards servers are f***ing embarrassing.

Anyways...Campbell was crying. Keefe was crying. Marner was on the verge of crying. Matthews wasn’t so cocky anymore.

Could today get any better?

 

[StreetHawk]

tavares signing blew up their future.

Was a luxury add. Kind of like the Julio Jones rumours out of Seattle when they have Metcalf and Lockett. Don’t need another high end guy at WR. Other areas of the team like OL, CB , DL need the help.
If that $11 mill was spent of Hedman it would have made sense but not for Tavares. But at the same time that’s also on the though that Kadri would t get suspended in the playoffs which he has in 3/4 seasons.

 

[mriswith]

 

[ziploc]

So who we got between the Jets and Habs? I think the Jets take it in 5.

 

[canuckking1]

Makes it all the more sweeter that they don’t even have a first round pick to look forward to in July.

 

[ziploc]

Was a luxury add. Kind of like the Julio Jones rumours out of Seattle when they have Metcalf and Lockett. Don’t need another high end guy at WR. Other areas of the team like OL, CB , DL need the help.
If that $11 mill was spent of Hedman it would have made sense but not for Tavares. But at the same time that’s also on the though that Kadri would t get suspended in the playoffs which he has in 3/4 seasons.

Yeah, those Jones rumours, while sexy, are very worrisome. There is only so much ball to go around and you need to protect your QB so he can actually throw the ball. And while their D looked good down the stretch, it was historically bad early in the season.

 

[Wall of Wonder]

Montreal's defensive system is impressive.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Haha.

Eat shit Toronto.

Ba na na na na...I’m lovin it.

 

[Canuckle1970]

So who we got between the Jets and Habs? I think the Jets take it in 5.

I think it will come down to who's the better goalie - Price or Helly. Toughie.

 

[MS]

On one hand, the Leafs are Tottenham. They are losers who will always lose and losing is part of their culture. f*** them and their shit fans and shit media. Watching SN virtually in tears over this result is hilarious.

On the other hand, lines are razor thin in small sample sizes in the playoffs. Toronto was 3-2-2 in regulation in this series and if they get a single bounce in either OT game they’re through. On one hand it will be hilarious if they blow it up because of this but on the other hand it will be kinda sad for intelligent thought and good management in this sport. Seeing Benning supporters act like this makes their philosophy superior to what Toronto has been doing is just sad.

 

[John Johnson]

LOL embarassing

 

[mriswith]

I am generally not a believer in things like "clutch" or "choke" and think that gets thrown around way too much... but the leafs, like the knights, are a bunch of mental midgets. And I love it.

I hope they make a bunch of reactionary moves like firing Dubas because that's the one way to end their window. Otherwise they're still contenders again next year.

 

[mathonwy]

Montreal's defensive system is impressive.

As is the Leafs tendency to shit the bed when it counts the most.

 

[canuckking1]

On one hand, the Leafs are Tottenham. They are losers who will always lose and losing is part of their culture. f*** them and their shit fans and shit media. Watching SN virtually in tears over this result is hilarious.

On the other hand, lines are razor thin in small sample sizes in the playoffs. Toronto was 3-2-2 in regulation in this series and if they get a single bounce in either OT game they’re through. On one hand it will be hilarious if they blow it up because of this but on the other hand it will be kinda sad for intelligent thought and good management in this sport. Seeing Benning supporters act like this makes their philosophy superior to what Toronto has been doing is just sad.

I really hope the leafs go backwards chasing and overpaying grit like we did post 2011.

 

[Josepho]

On one hand, the Leafs are Tottenham. They are losers who will always lose and losing is part of their culture. f*** them and their shit fans and shit media. Watching SN virtually in tears over this result is hilarious.

On the other hand, lines are razor thin in small sample sizes in the playoffs. Toronto was 3-2-2 in regulation in this series and if they get a single bounce in either OT game they’re through. On one hand it will be hilarious if they blow it up because of this but on the other hand it will be kinda sad for intelligent thought and good management in this sport. Seeing Benning supporters act like this makes their philosophy superior to what Toronto has been doing is just sad.

There's enough other progressive organizations to look at in the league, the Leafs not winning is well worth the trade-off.

Tampa finally winning a cup should do a lot for organizational philosophy in the league.

 

[MS]

I really hope the leafs go backwards chasing and overpaying grit like we did post 2011.

Absolutely. They already started by overpaying for Foligno.

 

[LordBacon]

You see all these people on the hot seat,
and there’s our incompetent boi benning who’s been absolutely shit for the last 7 years and still sits firmly on his seat.

 

[GranvilleIsland]

Obviously having 3 players over 10 million is a problem, if one gets hurt. They're going to have major issues if the cap stays flat for the length of Matthews contract. They probably should of signed Corey Perry instead of Wayne Simmonds. Also probably traded for Hall instead of Foligno.

 

[mathonwy]

There's enough other progressive organizations to look at in the league, the Leafs not winning is well worth the trade-off.

Tampa finally winning a cup should do a lot for organizational philosophy in the league.

Except maybe here where we continue to employ the worst GM in franchise history and allow him to do and stay stuff on behalf of the team.

And Buffalo.

 

[krutovsdonut]

You see all these people on the hot seat,
and there’s our incompetent boi benning who’s been absolutely shit for the last 7 years and still sits firmly on his seat.

he has a better playoff record than dubas.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Absolutely. They already started by overpaying for Foligno.

imagine the vote of confidence the guys felt when they spend a first on foligno instead of hall for leadership

 

[mathonwy]

he has a better playoff record than dubas.

HAHAHAH.

Suck it Laffs.

 

[StreetHawk]

On the other hand, lines are razor thin in small sample sizes in the playoffs. Toronto was 3-2-2 in regulation in this series and if they get a single bounce in either OT game they’re through. On one hand it will be hilarious if they blow it up because of this but on the other hand it will be kinda sad for intelligent thought and good management in this sport. Seeing Benning supporters act like this makes their philosophy superior to what Toronto has been doing is just sad.

They needed better people like Lou Lam at the helm when it came to contract negotiations with their big 3. Lou is historically very tough on RFA players. Hard to say whether he would have or would not have pursued Tavares as a UFA if he was still the Toronto GM in 2018.