Dave Nonis To Address Media RE: Today's Free Agency/Trade Transactions
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ShaneFalco
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Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 19s
Poulin "Holland can come in and start off and fill one of those 4th line roles"
4 minutes with Orr again. Great plan
Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 27m
Jonas Siegel on the Leafs Report podcast saying that a Leaf player who has played for Randy the past couple of years...
Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 25m
...said Carlyle's constant answer to everything was for them to compete harder. It was always: compete, compete, compete
Other than that he has no answers
Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 7h
Loiselle said you can't pencil in guys that aren't legitimate NHLers to your lineup & excused Orr & McLaren for last season due to injuries
Poulin "Holland can come in and start off and fill one of those 4th line roles"
4 minutes with Orr again. Great plan
Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 27m
Jonas Siegel on the Leafs Report podcast saying that a Leaf player who has played for Randy the past couple of years...
Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 25m
...said Carlyle's constant answer to everything was for them to compete harder. It was always: compete, compete, compete
Other than that he has no answers
Hope_Smoke @Hope_Smoke · 7h
Loiselle said you can't pencil in guys that aren't legitimate NHLers to your lineup & excused Orr & McLaren for last season due to injuries
Nonis said the 3rd and 4th lines will be play 12-13 minutes a night. Says all the good teams do it and so will we.
We won't be seeing Orr/McLaren again. The said Holland/Frattin can fill holes on the 4th line.
Komarov - ?????? - Clarkson
Ashton - Holland - Frattin
That is likely our bottom 6 to start the year. They will find a quality 3C through trading Franson, and I wouldn't be shocked to see Nylander on the team in a top 6 role.
We won't be seeing Orr/McLaren again. The said Holland/Frattin can fill holes on the 4th line.
Komarov - ?????? - Clarkson
Ashton - Holland - Frattin
That is likely our bottom 6 to start the year. They will find a quality 3C through trading Franson, and I wouldn't be shocked to see Nylander on the team in a top 6 role.
leafs in five
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What? Nonis wants the 4th line to be playing 12/13 mins a night, and Poulin said they see Holland and Frattin as guys they can fill a role on the 4th line.
Orr may be on the roster as a 13th forward, and play a game here or there, but he won't be a regular. They already sent McLaren to the AHL last year during the season.
They said they are going to change things, Orr/McLaren aren't in their plans.
Heck, Nonis said they still believe toughness is apart of the game, but you need those guys to be able to do more as well, and said Devane and Broll can do that and we will be ready soon.
To me, they realize Orr/McLaren aren't needed.
leafs in five
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make the assistants fill out the lineup cardThe common thread for Polak, Frattin, and Komarov is energy. As for Robidas, if he stays healthy he can help school the young D men, and if he doesn't stay healthy the cap hit can be offset partly by playing long term injured reserve tricks.
Deuce22
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Ducks fan here chuckling. Glad Carlyle is your problem now. Someone needs to tell Nonis that his coach is Randy Carlyle. Therefore the 4th line isn't going to play. After watching Getzlaf and Perry play the last 10 minutes gassed in game after game under Randy, I feel your pain. Until your management and coach are on the same page, things probably won't get any better. Any of you think the drafting of Nylander was kind of an FU to Carlyle?
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I don't think you throw a second round pic for Holland to bury him on the fourth line regardless of what they are saying right now. Holland will be your third line centre.
If anything changes it will be on the second line, they need a bigger body there. My guess is that Kadri is moved to the left side and someone like Lupul is packaged with Franson to bring in someone that is legitimate in the middle.
Orr/McLaren will still be a part of this team. You can't play that sandpaper game unless you have guys that can back it up. Guarantee, on most nights, you will see one of them on the 4th line taking care of business.
If anything changes it will be on the second line, they need a bigger body there. My guess is that Kadri is moved to the left side and someone like Lupul is packaged with Franson to bring in someone that is legitimate in the middle.
Orr/McLaren will still be a part of this team. You can't play that sandpaper game unless you have guys that can back it up. Guarantee, on most nights, you will see one of them on the 4th line taking care of business.
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ah who cares 2nd round picks don't turn into anything anyway, and the Leafs continue to kick ass year after year
This idea of Nylander or Gauthier or both being in the lineup is pie in the sky thinking. You can have one rookie on a team, two and you are in trouble. This team already has Ashton and Leivo and a few D that need a look first. Gauthier needs time in the minors and Nylander another year developing. I doubt he mans the middle right away. If they drafted Ritchie then they could have moved Lupul right away and moved him into the second line and went younger and cheaper. I just think physically, Nylander can't handle it right now like Kadri couldn't.
Don't make the mistake of assuming Polak is a 'Euro' player. He plays big, mean and can chop in the offense from time to time. Good skater, reads the play well and won't get beat cleanly often.
'He was known in St. Louis as a fierce, physical competitor willing to play through injury. The 28-year-old, led the Blues defense in hits and finished second in blocked shots'. That sounds like the type of guy the Leafs really need.
'He was known in St. Louis as a fierce, physical competitor willing to play through injury. The 28-year-old, led the Blues defense in hits and finished second in blocked shots'. That sounds like the type of guy the Leafs really need.
Good job Nonis for signing Santorelli, he definitely is deserving. Was one of the only bright spots for Nucks last season.
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Sounds like Franson, and playing through injury is something every member of the Leafs apparently did
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The deal of Gunnarson, a 4th rd pick (who just turned out to be CSB's #1 rated European Goalie this draft Ville Husso, and 200K x 2 years of retained salary for Roman Polak speaks volumes of how Nonis is doing as a GM this summer.
Brutal. Or very generous if you are opposing GM's.
Brutal. Or very generous if you are opposing GM's.
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