SoVi3t
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still playing .500 hockey? Theyre 3-7 in the last 10
and they're 9-9-2 in their last 20
still playing .500 hockey? Theyre 3-7 in the last 10
It is absurd to even think about trading him. Yes. There are probably other qualities I can say to describe how absurd it is but I'll leave it at that.
and they're 9-9-2 in their last 20
Well I am not surprised to see a fan who grows emotionally attached to their top players to not want to trade their top players unless said players are underachieving, which he is not. (not including current small sample size)
How is it being emotionally attached to a player? I like my team to have good players and he's a great player. This isn't an emotional opinion. They are facts.
I'm sorry for wanting my team to keep good players? Maybe we should try having bad players instead?
i got this far.
The big problem is we've once again overrated our players abilities. None of them are "superstar" types, not even Tavares and yet he's paid like one
The Leafs are still in a rebuild. They are expected to make the playoffs and maybe win a round if they get the right match up. I wouldn’t say they are complete garbage.
But, for a little perspective, take Washington and Nashville for example, both of those teams have lost games in the past 2 weeks to lesser teams that cause you shake your head. Nashville got beat by Florida on home ice the other night and looked like never played together before and have had some dreadful outings, lately.
All this to say, it happens.
My advice; adhere to that old adage “they’re not as good as you think they are when they’re hot, not as bad as you think they are when they’re cold”.
overall, true true
but as far as still being in a rebuild? how can a team picking late and without pieces to trade and lacking on d be in a rebuild still? dubas seems pretty content with his core and not open to trading anybody in the core, including nylander. i wouldn't say this is a rebuilding team at all
Dubas hasn't even been here for a year.
Arguably our 2 best stars aren't even out of their ELCs.
We finished in last place less than 3 years ago.
Everyone .... WE GOTTA KEEP OUR COMPOSURE!
Yet if we talk about a player’s last 20 games it’s just a small sample size.Very strange to go back 20 games to refer to 'currently', if its progressively getting worse for sometime and their most recent has now dropped well below .500, i wouldn't say theyre CURRENTLY playing .500 hockey.
A huge mistake management made was grabbing Andersen at the time they did when they should have rode a few more years in the basement playing the likes of Johnny Bernier and the grinders, collecting assets and slowly developing their top prospects. Instead they've rushed things and have to dole out giant inflated contracts, creating massively unrealistic expectations for these players to uphold within the Toronto pressure-cooker. The fan-base would have been fine waiting another few years in the basement, but no, apparently we had to jump to win-now mode because we got the shiny #1 pick and a few players managed 60 points. This is a rushed rebuild all over again with a bit of bad luck to make things worse.
winning a lotto and having a hometown top center in the league sign with you for free helps. doesn't take away from the flaws
overall, true true
but as far as still being in a rebuild? how can a team picking late and without pieces to trade and lacking on d be in a rebuild still? dubas seems pretty content with his core and not open to trading anybody in the core, including nylander. i wouldn't say this is a rebuilding team at all. and the guys outside the core do not hold alot of value. besides gardiner but thats taking from the already lacking d group
That's what frustrates me so much about Matthews. He has all the tools AND the toolbox but just has no god damn snare to his game, no second gear and for some reason he's like physiological clone of glassman Joffrey Lupul. It's like he was raised on his mothers tit until he was 14 or something. Get pissed off once in a while dude, you're the biggest guy on the team and the most talented! That's what's so mind-numbing and he's gunna want 10+mil ffs? Righhhhttt...
He just oozes potential but I'm not sure we're ever going to see what he could have been. He needs to join a Toronto fight club or something and stop playing like a balerina. I take that back, he probably knows if he throws one punch his arm will fly off and he'll be out for the next 3 years...
What? All I asked was what was the great points you brought up. I read the whole thing and the only I got of it was pure emotional hot takes without any substance. I'm supposed to guess what is hypothetical statements and was is not I guess?
Sounds good to me.
You don't trade players like Matthews. You build around them. To answer your question. You draft well like TB has. As far as trades, Dubas has to determine which forwards can be sacrificed for a dman but I see that happening in the summer unless he wants to move Kadri before the TD. For now, look for cheap alternatives and hold on for the ride.
thats what you hear in media and hear repeated often because thats what happens, why? not because it's always the best move you can make but because for multiple other reasons. firstly a gm is not trading a top player for a top player, no matter what, unless theyre underachieving. you hold onto all your good players. fans become emotionally invested into them and fans pay for everything. you also chance losing a trade in most scenarios, as you do of winning a trade. but any chance at all, you dont do it.
but this doesn't change the fact that if you are unhappy with the core and if you dont see it being the one good enough to win it all, that its absurd for a fan to want a gm to make the move. fans care about cups. gms care about their resume, career longevity, etc - alot would be very happy to be apart of a successful team for a while, and only then when the pressure is REALLY on to take it to the next level, would they start looking at that. because again, the owners put the pressure on them and now their job becomes at risk again
all I see here are a bunch of idiots with childish, temper tantrum like, reactions to a bunch of loses.
Grow up.
So what we need is our players to take up joining a fight club or ... farming?You can work out at the air conditioned gym for 16 hours. It never translates to a 14 hour long day at the farm with some punishing nature elements.
So what we need is our players to take up joining a fight club or ... farming?
What in the world is going on