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Jeff O'Neill on TSN saying if Horachek had of wanted to win the room he would have done something about the so-called first line (a long time ago) that never has to answer for their lack of effort.
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Gary Batman
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No Yashin, so we'll probably win.
I am expecting Leafs to win 10-0 and show Isles what a sorry excuse of a team they are. I mean, what pathetic franchise would make playoffs only once in past 7 years?
I am expecting Leafs to win 10-0 and show Isles what a sorry excuse of a team they are. I mean, what pathetic franchise would make playoffs only once in past 7 years?
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I think if Buffallo drafts 1st this year you start to see them pull out of tanking. They already have serious prospect depth without even considering Mcdavid.
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Yeah. I see Buffalo start to move their talented youngsters into the lineup again, maybe find some good veterans to strengthen the team. That's regardless of whether they pick McDavid or Eichel.
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The most alarming thing is that they aren't even split up.
It's amazing actually... I can't understand the logic.
Yep I see it the same way. You can already tell they intend to do this by how they picked up Kane and Bogo. Increased their tank odds this year but made the team better next year.
Naw. Remember the '05-'06 Penguins? They were about as bad as the Sabres are now, and Crosby finishing second in league scoring with over 100 points still wasn't enough to keep them from drafting 2nd overall.
(and picking Jordan Staal over Jonathan Toews, bahahahaha)
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The difference is that Buffalo won't only have McEichel incoming, they have been making sure to keep most of their youngsters away from that mess. That might change starting next season.
It's three different coaches now too. I wonder what the reason could be, because I doubt they all find it to be a good line.
Do not agree with O'Neil much but I absolutely agree with this statement.
There is NO accountability on this team. None!
Its either Gardiner, Rielly, Holland or Kadri that ever get called out. Gallager out muscles Bozak or wins the battle in front of the net against Phaneuf: team played bad.
Yea okay............
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I'm all for some tank action but I'm seriously dumbfounded how 2 NHL calibre coaches can't figure out that this supposed top line has playing some absolutely terrible hockey recent months. It's beyond putrid. Dominated at both ends of the ice and just nothing accomplished... not even on the PP! One of those coaches has a CUP RING!!!!!!!!!!!!#%TY!@$%Y@U%Y(@$JGHI!@$%YHJ!@(EG%JY!#%
I get it. Bozak and Kessel are good friends. We all get it. But it's not working out. Can someone slap some sense into Horachek so he can finally be the one that split them up for more then a shift. I can't believe the media hasn't questioned these lines. Is it so hard to ask?
Yeah, it makes me pretty mad. I'm fed up with it. Rant over.
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Just because they were hockey players on other teams, really doesn't make them experts on the Leafs, or on the coaching problems the Leafs have been experiencing.
If those Hockey Analysts were close to the Leafs, they would have a much better take on the situation, like Jokinen, whom we just traded, he thought that Leafs were first class and had no problems with the team, or the Coaches, or the GM.
Jokinen has played in a number or places and for a lot of coaches, I would say he is better equiped to talk about the Leafs, even though he was only here for a short time.
That lineup is scary bad. It's even worse even you can literally scratch a line thru the 1st line as well.
In a way it is good the Penguins didn't select Toews because he would have been the third line center behind Crosby and Malkin. Although, with Toews as the third line center the Penguins could have possibly won another Stanley Cup at the very least.
The Leafs have the opposite center depth...hopefully this franchise finally gets a center worthy of the first line.
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JVR (-27) -- Bozak (-23) -- Kessel (-25) +/-
JVR 7th, Kessel 10th and Bozak 14th worst. : http://espn.go.com/nhl/statistics/player/_/stat/points/sort/plusMinus/order/false
They all appear in the top 15 worst +/- players in the NHL this year and while we all knew they were poor defensively, now they're also no longer outscoring their own mistakes and complete liabilities 5v5.
Why any NHL coach would continue to keep them together is certainly surprising.
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