Speculation: Leafs next move

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Lots of fan bases have fans that start dumb threads. Like a lot of them here kadri for blank, Nylander offersheet, its dumb. There is a huge anti leaf bias, anytime a a leaf fan says something its argued because apparently we are dumb and have no clue. I've seen it too often..."your a leaf fan, so you're wrong," is the just of what is always said.

For example Rielly isn't yet elite but he is a top pair D no question..yet people say up and down he isn't. The Nylander contract or offersheet garbage. Stupid

Sounds like a regular day on HF.

 

[LeafChief]

Lots of fan bases have fans that start dumb threads. Like a lot of them here kadri for blank, Nylander offersheet, its dumb. There is a huge anti leaf bias, anytime a a leaf fan says something its argued because apparently we are dumb and have no clue. I've seen it too often..."your a leaf fan, so you're wrong," is the just of what is always said.

For example Rielly isn't yet elite but he is a top pair D no question..yet people say up and down he isn't. The Nylander contract or offersheet garbage. Stupid

We are the dumbest.

 

[FerrisRox]

Lots of fan bases have fans that start dumb threads. Like a lot of them here kadri for blank, Nylander offersheet, its dumb. There is a huge anti leaf bias, anytime a a leaf fan says something its argued because apparently we are dumb and have no clue. I've seen it too often..."your a leaf fan, so you're wrong," is the just of what is always said.

This same thing happens to the other large fanbases here. The difference is you don't see Montreal Canadiens or Edmonton Oilers fans pretending they are persecuted if people don't agree with them or criticize their players.

For example Rielly isn't yet elite but he is a top pair D no question..yet people say up and down he isn't. The Nylander contract or offersheet garbage. Stupid

I've seen him as #1 defenseman disputed but I have literally not seen a single person claim he isn't a top pair defender. What are you even talking about?

Oh right, cause nobody ever talks about offer sheets for other good young players who remain unsigned into late August or on team with a cap crunch.

Get over yourself.

 

[FerrisRox]

We are the dumbest.

Don't rule out the Montreal Canadiens fans. The Canadiens subforum is a cesspool of ignorance. The title can't just be handed out quite that easily....

 

[Scott Stevens]

Sounds like a regular day on HF.

Don't rule out the Montreal Canadiens fans. The Canadiens subforum is a cesspool of ignorance. The title can't just be handed out quite that easily....

I like where I hope you’re heading with this. Should this be like a group thing or we nominate the worst of each of our bases to compete?

 

[Sniper99]

In the meantime, next move is trading Nylander because leafs can’t afford to keep him.

This is just silly too. Why cant Leafs afford to keep 3-4 high paid guys but rest of league can afford it no problem. Teams like Pens, Blackhawks, Sharks, Tampa. So tired of hearing this

Theres a tonne of people in here with their Salary Cap masters degree

 

[TheDoldrums]

Theres a tonne of people in here with their Salary Cap masters degree

We've gotta get us one of those.

Wait, I'm being told both our Assistant GM's are CBA and cap specialists. Hmm.

 

[NoName]

Theres a tonne of people in here with their Salary Cap masters degree

IT is called an M.Sc.

"Masters in the Science of Capology"

 

[habsgirl5000]

Leafs next move?....win the damn cup!

 

[Peiskos]

Keith turned 35 a month ago. You sound confused.

When someone says a 35 year old hockey player is closing in on 40 its another way to say he's old, which is very much accurate. To claim a 35 year old is closing in on 40 is very much on point and an accepted social norm. You're the one who sounds confused mate.

 

[FerrisRox]

When someone says a 35 year old hockey player is closing in on 40 its another way to say he's old, which is very much accurate. To claim a 35 year old is closing in on 40 is very much on point and an accepted social norm. You're the one who sounds confused mate.

Uh... no. Claiming someone who turned 35 a month ago is "closing in on 40" is not, in any way, shape or form "very much accurate" nor is "very much on point and an accepted social norm."

After spewing this absolute nonsense you then tag it by saying that *I* sound confused?

This, my friend, is a Hall of Fame post. Bravo.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Second most Stanley cups and more valuable than a few teams put together.
Succesful.

Debate the timing of the cups all you want but the fact remains, second most. Ever.

Did you enjoy watching them win all of those Cups?

 

[Hunter368]

Improving a teams defence doesn’t mean you can only improve an top pairing guy. Improving your 2nd & 3rd pairing combined can deliver just as much benefit or nearly as improving your top pairing guy.

 

[Ridley Simon]

I can see Josh Leivo + Calvin Pickard packaged together to go somewhere.

Washington is a team that could use a backup goalie depending on how Copley looks. Would love to snag a Kody Clark or Riley Sutter from them, but being recent draft picks, I doubt it.

Ugh, no thanks. If the Caps need a better back up, they can just go and sign one. Plenty still awaiting contracts. No need to waste an asset (especially a brand new one like Sutter or Clark) for a Leaf discarded G.

No way, Jose

 

[StephenPeat]

Well you’re right about one thing. I also doubt the Caps are going to trade either of two recent, relatively-high, draft picks for players they have little use for, one of whom is a backup goaltender who’s value is marginal at best.

Ugh, no thanks. If the Caps need a better back up, they can just go and sign one. Plenty still awaiting contracts. No need to waste an asset (especially a brand new one like Sutter or Clark) for a Leaf discarded G.

No way, Jose

Saw it, covered it. But happily we do agree.

 

[Taluss]

Leafs next move?....win the damn cup!

*make it past the first round

 

[jrgtml67]

This same thing happens to the other large fanbases here. The difference is you don't see Montreal Canadiens or Edmonton Oilers fans pretending they are persecuted if people don't agree with them or criticize their players.



I've seen him as #1 defenseman disputed but I have literally not seen a single person claim he isn't a top pair defender. What are you even talking about?

Oh right, cause nobody ever talks about offer sheets for other good young players who remain unsigned into late August or on team with a cap crunch.

Get over yourself.

You're joking right? A lot of people even medi people disagree whether hes a top pair guy. And Montreal is garbage so what do they have to defend? Edmonton has won what 3 or 4 lotteries and cant finish out of bottom 5 or 10 in the league. Again nothing to defend. But when I look through threads and see many saying leafs dont have a chance at a cup, our D ducks our goalie is avg well that's plain silly..and you see it enough and many leaf fans have had enough with the trash talk

I've long said..when we win the cup..most people here will make excuses as to why we won it..say it was the refs, it was fixed..etc.

 

[mattydamon]

You're joking right? A lot of people even medi people disagree whether hes a top pair guy. And Montreal is garbage so what do they have to defend? Edmonton has won what 3 or 4 lotteries and cant finish out of bottom 5 or 10 in the league. Again nothing to defend. But when I look through threads and see many saying leafs dont have a chance at a cup, our D ducks our goalie is avg well that's plain silly..and you see it enough and many leaf fans have had enough with the trash talk

I've long said..when we win the cup..most people here will make excuses as to why we won it..say it was the refs, it was fixed..etc.

If you can recognize the bashing/underrating of Leafs by other fanbases, surely you can acknowledge the blatant homerism/condescension/obnoxiousness of some Leafs fans?

The victim card is silly because there are so many goofs on either side of things that lambasting only one of them just groups you into the other. The reality is there are extremely obnoxious Leaf fans as well as the same for other fanbases, you guys are just so huge that it looks like you have more.

 

[FerrisRox]

I've long said..when we win the cup..most people here will make excuses as to why we won it..say it was the refs, it was fixed..etc.

Yes, of course, it will be all the fan bases that are *not* the Maple Leafs that will use the referees as an excuse.

Gotcha.

 

[Fogelhund]

Next move is signing Nylander. Outside chance... Voynov... yes, I know the general belief on him, and don't disagree, but at the end of the day, a business gets the opportunity to sign a top pairing RHD, with no loss of assets, and a probable reasonable contract. The ethics aside, it's pretty hard to argue that he wouldn't fit the Leafs needs to a T.

 

[Sparksrus3]

Don’t come into a TML thread and complain about TML fans.

Isn't every thread everywhere a TML thread ?

 

[BM14]

Did you enjoy watching them win all of those Cups?

I did!

 

[Tad Mikowsky]

When someone says a 35 year old hockey player is closing in on 40 its another way to say he's old, which is very much accurate. To claim a 35 year old is closing in on 40 is very much on point and an accepted social norm. You're the one who sounds confused mate.

Problem is, you’re making it sound like he’s turning 40 next month. Not five years.

 

[FerrisRox]

Problem is, you’re making it sound like he’s turning 40 next month. Not five years.

Poor Patrick Marleau is closing in on fifty.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

A lot of worried fanbases out there, it seems.

What ?

Me worry ?