Waived: Mark Arcobello on waivers at noon

[HoweHullOrr]

You were hoping for a first or second rounder for Arco? Lol, sorry but that's just funny.

NO. I have been consistently saying over numerous posts that these so called 1st & 2nd round returns for (most of) our 1 year guys and PTO won't happen. Nice try, but I have been saying the exact OPPOSITE.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

Now I'm just guessing, but I believe that was what the kids refer to as "sarcasm".

YEP. You "guessed' correctly.

 

[supermann_98]

Good, hopefully Lupul is next.
They've both been equally invisible this year

 

[tokyoite]

Didn't make sense when the Leafs signed him.

 

[cookie]

If he was playing like this and managed 17 goals among 4 separate teams, then wow. Just wow. Arco goes to the AHL squad right? Should help bolster their scoring.

 

[ACC1224]

NO. I have been consistently saying over numerous posts that these so called 1st & 2nd round returns for (most of) our 1 year guys and PTO won't happen. Nice try, but I have been saying the exact OPPOSITE.

I don't think anyone expects that.

 

[Ovate]

NO. I have been consistently saying over numerous posts that these so called 1st & 2nd round returns for (most of) our 1 year guys and PTO won't happen. Nice try, but I have been saying the exact OPPOSITE.

No one expected that.

Optimisticly people were hoping for a couple of 2nds plus later picks from the new signings, but almost everyone recognized that not every single new signing would pan out.

 

[Warden of the North]

NO. I have been consistently saying over numerous posts that these so called 1st & 2nd round returns for (most of) our 1 year guys and PTO won't happen. Nice try, but I have been saying the exact OPPOSITE.

No one thought we'd get that much. Most of us were hopeful for a 4th or so.

 

[Lethalsniper007]

Good, hopefully Lupul is next.
They've both been equally invisible this year

Trade lupul and bring up brown from the marlies.

 

[AlienWorkShop]

Makes me sad as a fellow Yale alum.

subtle Yale brag.

 

[HellasLEAF]

Arcobello?

Never heard of him.

Just some guy that was dumped during year one of the re-rebuild. I can't wait to forget most of the rest of these guys names..

 

[moon111]

Honestly was hoping for a great under-dog story here. Didn't happen. With this year's team, you can take that chance.

I really think the Leafs are looking at figuring out who will be their bottom six forwards more so then trying to build them up just to trade them. Look at Edmonton with all their young talent... talent that doesn't fill the bottom six roles at all. Gretzky wins you games, MacTavish wins you Championships. Our top six are coming.

 

[Leafsman]

Wow!! I was expecting mgmt to give it 10 games before they started waiving. Guess you know when you know.

Typical Toronto media getting a story completely wrong. Holland gets sat and the media is all over with stories about his days being numbered and how he's getting waived. Next day Arcobello gets waived.

Blowing a story way out of proportion just to write articles and get views.

 

[Ovate]

Trade lupul and bring up brown from the marlies.

Who's going to take Lupul?

 

[Ovate]

Wow!! I was expecting mgmt to give it 10 games before they started waiving. Guess you know when you know.

Typical Toronto media getting a story completely wrong. Holland gets sat and the media is all over with stories about his days being numbered and how he's getting waived. Next day Arcobello gets waived.

Blowing a story way out of proportion just to write articles and get views.

It's both? Holland gets more of a chance because he's young, but he's still in the doghouse.

 

[Hunter74]

I wonder if they will treat the top 6 forwards similarly to the bottom 6 forwards. It's easy to dump Arco but what do you do with the glass man Lupul?

 

[Leafsman]

It's both? Holland gets more of a chance because he's young, but he's still in the doghouse.

I don't see them waiving two young centers. I believe it was just a message being sent. One game is nothing, if he sits multiple games then maybe.

There are still more people ahead of Holland who should go.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Makes me sad as a fellow Yale alum.

Kinda how I feel when I see fellow Harvard alumni get sent down.

 

[Pholus]

I wonder if they will treat the top 6 forwards similarly to the bottom 6 forwards. It's easy to dump Arco but what do you do with the glass man Lupul?

You wait for the inevitable injury, then put him on LTIR.

 

[Menzinger]

A pity it didn't seem to work out, but the decision to sign him was a no risk gamble.

 

[AcerComputer]

Just think, EDM fans were willing to trade him for Rielly and a 3rd!

 

[Hunter74]

You wait for the inevitable injury, then put him on LTIR.

Lmao so true.

 

[mallory67]

Exactly. It was wishful thinking on many posters part to think Boyes, PAP, Arcobello, etc, would return 1st and 2nd round picks at the deadline. Even a 3rd rounders would be iffy imo, beyond that picks don't have a ton of value.

Going to be very hard to get trade value out of our forwards.

We are going to have a very bad offensive year ... if it was not for the black hole in Anaheim we would have the worst GF in the league.

 

[Account Terminated]

Arcobello is like the Jekyl/Hyde character. All the good things about his game are exactly what the Leafs could use in their bottom six. Unfortunately, his flaws are the the types of things Shanahan and co. are trying to push out the door.

 

[gabeliscious]

Didn't make sense when the Leafs signed him.

i agree completely. i think at the time of his signing we had bozak-kadri-holland-spaling down the middle with mathias, komorov, and boyes able to play center in a pinch. there was really no reason to sign him in the first place. at least when shanny/hunter/dubas mess up it costs $800,000. When burke/nonis **** up it cost $25 million (clarkson, grabovski, komisarik)