glucker
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Because their roster looks like a slice of swiss cheese that was eaten by a mouse and used as target practice by some guys with AK47sHow do you know they're years away? Lemme borrow your crystal ball.
Because their roster looks like a slice of swiss cheese that was eaten by a mouse and used as target practice by some guys with AK47sHow do you know they're years away? Lemme borrow your crystal ball.
Because their roster looks like a slice of swiss cheese that was eaten by a mouse and used as target practice by some guys with AK47s
You mean like the Leafs a couple of years ago?
Great! Nylander will be a good fit then.We have as many goals as the Leafs this year. Scoring isn't the problem anymore.
We have no idea if Nylander will be traded although Friedman was on hockey night in Canada tonight saying a source who is not Dubas told him that Nylander was on the block. I don't know about the Petry +Lehkonen. It was a good deal for both teams before. This is not.I don't think Montreal is in a position to trade its 2nd best defenseman and its top C prospect for a winger that is going to command 7 M + long term.
If Montreal is out of the playoff race at the trade deadline, I could see them sending Petry + for Nylander, not before. And that + would be probably a winger from the roster (Hudon or Lehkonen) to make room for Nylander. Of course, if it is Lehkonen Leafs would have to add a bit.
Habs get: Nylander, 2nd in 2019
Leafs get: Petry, Lehkonen
But all of this makes no sense since Toronto is going to trade Nylander in the next days and Montreal is #3 in the Conference.
The Nucks should be so lucky.You mean like the Leafs a couple of years ago?
Oh, you spin the Tavares signing to be a bad thing. We have D ... 4th in GAA going into tonight's game. I don't know how much it has changed giving up 5 tonight, but not by much. If Nylander gets traded,it may be for more D . Nice try though.Honestly, this isn't a great look for Dubas as a rookie GM
He went out and signed the #1 UFA, which is great and all, but you gotta take care of your own guys first. The problem in Leafland wasn't needing another scorer, it was getting some help on the backend. They spent the money in the wrong place, paying a ton for Tavares, and now have no D and Nylander is about to get traded.
Just ATROCIOUS and BRUTAL GM'ing here by the young Dubas.
Let's get a geezer in Marleau and then go pay a decent star in tavares a boat load of money and "HOPE" Nylander takes less to stay. A young and budding star.
Nylander is probably thinking, 'Geez, they go and sign those 2 to boat loads of money and they are trying to cheap out on me"
He's human. He probably feels unwanted, slighted, etc. Great way for Shanny and Dubas to handle one of their young core pieces.
Does franchise player mean the best player on the team? And if you have multiple players who would be the best on other teams you have multiple franchise players?Cool. I recommend having a few franchise players. It's fun to watch a team with more than one.
You do not need another drink.I hope if Dubas isn't blown away with a trade by Dec. 1st that he goes to Nylander and calls his bluff and says sign here or miss the season.
It's like the new kid at a school that picks a fight with the toughest kid, it tells all the other kids not to **** with him.
it sounds like you think making Nylander expendable so he can be traded for defensive help was a good thing, but you're weirdly trying to spin it as a negative?Honestly, this isn't a great look for Dubas as a rookie GM
He went out and signed the #1 UFA, which is great and all, but you gotta take care of your own guys first. The problem in Leafland wasn't needing another scorer, it was getting some help on the backend. They spent the money in the wrong place, paying a ton for Tavares, and now have no D and Nylander is about to get traded.
Matthews, Marner and Nylander should have all been locked up to long-term contracts by now. It's hilarious to me they aren't. No other team in the league would let their young superstars reach the end of their rookie deals unsigned liked that. Clearly the Tavares contract is making all of them re-adjust their monetary value to the team.
Matthews, Marner and Nylander should have all been locked up to long-term contracts by now. It's hilarious to me they aren't. No other team in the league would let their young superstars reach the end of their rookie deals unsigned liked that. Clearly the Tavares contract is making all of them re-adjust their monetary value to the team.
Ken Holland did that with some promising young stars such as Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar, Darren Helm, Justin Abdelkader, Jonathan Ericsson etc., sometimes it is best to 'wait and see' before you inadvertently get locked into having a mediocre team for half a decade.Matthews, Marner and Nylander should have all been locked up to long-term contracts by now. It's hilarious to me they aren't. No other team in the league would let their young superstars reach the end of their rookie deals unsigned liked that. Clearly the Tavares contract is making all of them re-adjust their monetary value to the team.
Not even close to the same scenario. Good try, though.Ken Holland did that with some promising young stars such as Gustav Nyquist, Tomas Tatar, Darren Helm, Justin Abdelkader, Jonathan Ericsson etc., sometimes it is best to 'wait and see' before you inadvertently get locked into having a mediocre team for half a decade.
Most of us hope not.Heh leaf fans.... nylander wont be traded