Marlies GDT: Marlies Calder Cup Champions!!!!

[Revolt]

Congrats to the Marlies, very happy for them!

 

[The List Of Jericho]

Not much talk but that Mason Marchment might be a decent bottom sixer. Size, physicality, solid shot.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Atmosphere at Ricoh was fantastic. It was a blast to watch the Marlies when their first Calder Cup.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[Pyrophorus]

Well deserving, very happy-finally.
The way it should've been

 

[Duke Silver]

The first one they reviewed was closer to a goal than that one. You could have maybe seen that one go in at the end, but it was too tough to call. This time they whistled it down 3 times before it even got close, and they called it no-goal on the ice, and it was clear on any sort of review it was not in.

All 5 of those factors were obviously ignored...

The weird thing was it was waved off at the net by the ref closest to the action, and then the referees and linesmen convened to talk, then the referee pointed at centre ice to signify a goal, then pointed upwards to signify it was going to be reviewed.

So they overturned his call on the ice after discussion, and then upheld that overturned call after video replay showed nothing conclusive?

The call by the net (no goal) should have been the official call, and they should have had to find irrefutable proof that it went IN the net in order to overturn the "no goal" call.

I cannot get over how horrific the officiating was in this series. Rule book went COMPLETELY out the window.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[stickty111]

Marlies deserved to win.
Congrats!
I felt like tears were almost forming when I saw Keefe celebrating. He has been through a lot in his life. For all the people who said after the 1st playoffs that he isnt a good motivator, and a bad coach. I defended him during those times, and today has silenced some critics

 

[Boutette]

Not much talk but that Mason Marchment might be a decent bottom sixer. Size, physicality, solid shot.

Oh, I've had my eye on him since early in the season. He keeps on his Hyman like trajectory he will be a fixture pretty damn soon, maybe by the end on next year. Which is good because he's got attributes the team needs, kind of what they were hoping Matt Martin would provide.

 

[Squiffy]

Cool

 

[SeaOfBlue]

The weird thing was it was waved off at the net by the ref closest to the action, and then the referees and linesmen convened to talk, then the referee pointed at centre ice to signify a goal, then pointed upwards to signify it was going to be reviewed.

So they overturned his call on the ice after discussion, and then upheld that overturned call after video replay showed nothing conclusive?

The call by the net (no goal) should have been the official call, and they should have had to find irrefutable proof that it went IN the net in order to overturn the "no goal" call.

I cannot get over how horrific the officiating was in this series. Rule book went COMPLETELY out the window.

Whatever. Better team won. Even if I was not a fan of the Marlies, I think I would be upset that another team full of AHL journeymen won over a team full of prospects with at least decent NHL upside. A lot of the teams that have won in the past have a few good guys who eventually make it but are mostly composed of guys who were in their mid-late 20's or early 30's and clearly had no future in the NHL.

Texas was no different. I think the Marlies may be the youngest team to win the Calder in a long time.

 

[Squiffy]

I realize it doesn’t need to be said, but Johnsson has just been a man amongst boys for rhe whole rum huh?

What a big win. Cool

 

[Duke Silver]

Grundstrom - Aaltonen - Johnsson was a hell of a line. All three could make the team.

Nylander - Matthews - Hyman
Marleau - Tavares - Marner
Johnsson - Kadri - Brown
Grundstrom - Aaltonen - Kapanen
Martin

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[Walshy7]

Toronto FC
Toronto Argos
Toronto Marlies

almost titles in terms of popularity, so I guess raptors are next then Jays and then finally the leafs

 

[MSZ]

JIYMI, they're hosting a party tomorrow at 1pm outside of Ricoh.

 

[ottomaddox]

All the "plan the parade" jokes go here.

Seriously....when's the parade?

 

[ottomaddox]

JIYMI, they're hosting a party tomorrow at 1pm outside of Ricoh.

Thanks.

 

[ottomaddox]

With all due respect to everyone who's been watching Marlies games all year on tv, the commentating is pretty bad.

I watched 2/3 of the game last night. I don't think I learned a single Texas players' name. I don't even know who scored the goal for the Stars last night. Was there an assist on that goal? We'll never know.

One day there could be enough demand to catch the Marlies on tv (TSN). They certainly need to make some changes in the broadcast booth.

It was charming, but pretty unprofessional.

 

[Pyromaniac]

With all due respect to everyone who's been watching Marlies games all year on tv, the commentating is pretty bad.

I watched 2/3 of the game last night. I don't think I learned a single Texas players' name. I don't even know who scored the goal for the Stars last night. Was there an assist on that goal? We'll never know.

One day there could be enough demand to catch the Marlies on tv (TSN). They certainly need to make some changes in the broadcast booth.

It was charming, but pretty unprofessional.

The commentators correctly attributed that goal to the referees on the ice.

 

[KPower]

Will Lou announce Keefe as the isles head coach today?

 

[Zizzzzy]

Will Lou announce Keefe as the isles head coach today?

Would be nice to see him graduate to Leafs with his team mates. A connection and respect between coach and players that will move forward with them. Lou can poach somebody else!

 

[Walshy7]

ben smith signed a 3year contract in Germany today, need a new C next year

 

[Liminality]

ben smith signed a 3year contract in Germany today, need a new C next year

Knew he wasn't going to be needed anymore but he was such a professional in his time here, what a great guy to have around the kids.