Friedman: Leafs, Bertuzzi already thinking about extension?

[The Zetterberg Era]

He can't sign until Jan 1st regardless so we are going to know.

I expect Bertuzzi Matthews Marner to perform very well.

So will Bertuzzi. His ask in Detroit was rumored to be around 7+ x 7. If he is well north of his traditional stat line playing a big role, I expect the contract demands should be pretty high and long. He also very much is a march to his own drum don’t care what anyone else thinks guy, so being bullied into less seems unlikely.

I think he will be a big fit when healthy but I wouldn’t give him term. Really nothing to do with the player, Bert plays the game beyond the limits of his body. He has missed significant chunks of time dating back to junior in 6 years. His biggest fans will continue to tell you he is unlucky, I hope for Bert that is true. However, to me the amount of times tells me I shouldn’t count on it. Term beyond 3-4 years isn’t something I would give Bert.

 

[oceanchild]

I see nothing wrong with that, if that’s how they need it too work this year.

I wasn’t criticizing

 

[al secord]

You're going to be playing AHL trash like Rielly, Liljegren, and Klingberg. That's not only not good, it's simply unacceptable. Enjoy seeing your goalies getting ventilated because of these pylons.

Is showing ignorance the new troll?

 

[Skolman]

Toronto, the place to be in the NHL, biggest market. McDavid is going to look great in his hometown Maple Leafs sweater in 3 seasons.

I think you might be the biggest attention seeker on HF

 

[TheScandal89]

His expectations are to be a better linemate for Matthews than Bunting + Hyman and be a top 6 player.

I think non-Leafs fans have higher expectations for Bertuzzi than Leafs fans do lol

If he's not in and out constantly due to injury he should do better then Bunting. But Hyman, idk he was a pretty solid player for us.

I set the bar somewhere between them and remember Hyman did more for us then his point total indicates

 

[TorontLoL 67]

This is gonna be awesome. Lock him up long term to big $$$, that'll work out great for every other team in the Atlantic division.

 

[horner]

Bert is our Marchant.
We have all the best health equipment and staff to keep him healthy .
Playoffs are the key to keeping him healthy.

 

[Detroit Knights]

Player 1: plays well at centre, takes over 1000 faceoffs at centre, gets traded to team where he can also be utilized at wing because he’s also good at that, so plays wing.

≠

Player 2: plays centre. Not a very good centre but can fill in as needed. Is usually at his best as a winger.

Bad example, bad post. This from someone who isn’t expecting much out of Domi. There’s just only so many minutes to go around.

Interesting. So you are saying that Max Domi is a good center or plays it well?

One of the biggest qualifiers for someone to be called a "good center" is the face offs. I went ahead and highlighted that for you. He is not good at the face off dot.

Domi is a winger. He is not a center. Can he play center if injuries occur or he is on a terrible team (ex. chicago/arizona/montreal), absolutely he can! Almost every single player on the roster can do that in the same scenario. But that doesn't make you a center and that is/should not be his position.

It's like saying datsyuk, zetterberg, helm, AND glendening are injured so we have to put johan franzen playing as the center. Sure, he can play the position because he has to, but he isn't a center.

 

[666]

Is showing ignorance the new troll?

He got you didn't he? That's what trolling is. A post like that is an instant ignore forever, yet you still responded.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Bert is our Marchant.
We have all the best health equipment and staff to keep him healthy .
Playoffs are the key to keeping him healthy.

Marchand?
Way to keep your expectations reasonable!

 

[NextYear67]

Mcdavid is coming home too

 

[The90]

Interesting. So you are saying that Max Domi is a good center or plays it well?

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One of the biggest qualifiers for someone to be called a "good center" is the face offs. I went ahead and highlighted that for you. He is not good at the face off dot.

Domi is a winger. He is not a center. Can he play center if injuries occur or he is on a terrible team (ex. chicago/arizona/montreal), absolutely he can! Almost every single player on the roster can do that in the same scenario. But that doesn't make you a center and that is/should not be his position.

It's like saying datsyuk, zetterberg, helm, AND glendening are injured so we have to put johan franzen playing as the center. Sure, he can play the position because he has to, but he isn't a center.

I didn’t read your novel, I’m just going to assume it’s something along the lines of results. I’d like to see how he does on a team that’s not a dumpster fire that he’s spent the majority of his career on.

 

[dirtydanglez]

this would probably spell the end for nylander/marner

 

[Detroit Knights]

I didn’t read your novel, I’m just going to assume it’s something along the lines of results. I’d like to see how he does on a team that’s not a dumpster fire that he’s spent the majority of his career on.

If that's a novel to you, then the cat and the hat must be equivalent to atlas shrugged.

 

[BayStBullies]

If that's a novel to you, then the cat and the hat must be equivalent to atlas shrugged.

There you go with another novel. Can you just draw it in a picture?

 

[Detroit Knights]

There you go with another novel. Can you just draw it in a picture?

BAM!

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

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BAM!

Too long of a novel still, smh.

 

[Detroit Knights]

Too long of a novel still, smh.

 

[The90]

If that's a novel to you, then the cat and the hat must be equivalent to atlas shrugged.

It was just way too long for something that’s literally just based in opinion.

Being salty and biased on something doesn’t change the fact that he’s had some decent results on shitty teams.

Too long of a novel still, smh.

Feel free to actually participate in the conversation, Tad.

 

[AvroArrow]

It’s cap circumvention, sign lower in year one to stay compliant and resign when the cap increases at a higher rate. It make a lot of sense.

It's not cap circumvention lol it's a 1 year deal, he can walk if he doesn't like how this season plays out. Or maybe he has a down year (doubt it) and doesn't get as much.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

It’s cap circumvention, sign lower in year one to stay compliant and resign when the cap increases at a higher rate. It make a lot of sense.

You don't know what cap circumvention is.

 

[The don godfather]

Bye bye willy.

 

[PainForShane]

Interesting. So you are saying that Max Domi is a good center or plays it well?

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One of the biggest qualifiers for someone to be called a "good center" is the face offs. I went ahead and highlighted that for you. He is not good at the face off dot.

Domi is a winger. He is not a center. Can he play center if injuries occur or he is on a terrible team (ex. chicago/arizona/montreal), absolutely he can! Almost every single player on the roster can do that in the same scenario. But that doesn't make you a center and that is/should not be his position.

It's like saying datsyuk, zetterberg, helm, AND glendening are injured so we have to put johan franzen playing as the center. Sure, he can play the position because he has to, but he isn't a center.

The90 should've read the post because the data included clearly shows the opposite of what Detroit Knights says it does.

Detroit Knights you realize your argument is something around faceoff effectiveness implying someone who is good at center... and the part of the table you highlighted showed Domi took almost 1000 faceoffs last year and won 53.7% of them. But according to you Domi is not good at faceoffs (did you actually understand what you highlighted?) which therefore according to you means Domi is a winger.

Just wanted to make sure you knew the data you highlighted in the table doesn't support your conclusion, at all. Although I did appreciate your comebacks against the guy who willingly chooses not to read, they were funny

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

Read the tea leafs, lol. I'll be suprised if he'll suit up for a game in Canada after the new year.

 

[Leaf Fans]

The Florida Panthers called and asked how that 5 game loss tasted.

But yeah, their defense couldn’t use a legitimate top pairing defenseman.



The same person who said the Leafs don’t need help on defense.

That tells you all you need to know.

They called you? What did you tell them.