thethirdhockeyman91
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If Dubas wants to get rid of him, he can take his pick of Brendan smith or shatty from New York.
Don't tell me Dubas wants to resign Gardiner
It’s the court of public opinion.
A lot of people saying the wrong thing can make a lot of other people believe it.
I agree, it should have very little impact on player value... but... don’t you think, given the article just published, that this might not be coincidental timing?
To an extent.Do you think GMs base their value on who people boo and what guys on HF say?
Damn.. not happy about this.
Zaitsev isn’t even overpaid. Our fan base wrongly convinced the world that is the case though, so now we have to sell him at a discount.
McKenzie says it was Zaitsev who asked out. Said TOR management warmed up to Zaitsev as a capable top 4 guy as the season went on.
Makes sense. Once Zaitsev was beside Muzzin instead of Gardiner, he was much more effective.
To an extent.
I know one gm will be asking why Zaitsev is being ran out of town, and another gm (ours) is going to have to convince him that our fan base is ******ed.
Absolutely the right move for the Leafs.
Will probably cost them a sweetener to get the deal done, but this is best for both parties.
So basically:
Rielly-___
Muzzin-___
Rosen-___
To start the year. Dermott obviously comes back and reclaims that 3rd LHD spot. I mean a lot of people agreed the Leafs' D needs an overhaul.
So basically:
Rielly-___
Muzzin-___
Rosen-___
To start the year. Dermott obviously comes back and reclaims that 3rd LHD spot. I mean a lot of people agreed the Leafs' D needs an overhaul.
So basically:
Rielly-___
Muzzin-___
Rosen-___
To start the year. Dermott obviously comes back and reclaims that 3rd LHD spot. I mean a lot of people agreed the Leafs' D needs an overhaul.
Zaitsev probably formed his opinion of our fan base from somewhere... and now our gm has to deal with it.GM's form their opinions reading our posts? Now we have to sell him at a discount, because of what mean things people said on HFboards? The shame of these posters.
You’re not wrong at all. I just think there’s a lot we don’t know about this story.. Something curious to me, anyway.A lot of other people don't have multi-million dollar analytics departments informing multi-million C-level executives with combined decades of experience on player value.
If the public at large started a rumor that Zaitsev kills puppies in his spare time and tries to sleep with his teammates wives, sure GMs would think twice about paying full price for him. The public at large criticizing a player for reasons that they don't understand is irrelevant.
Zaitsev wanting to leave is the only part that matters, fans thinking he's bad is irrelevant to GMs.
If the court of public opinion truly mattered, why would Zaitsev give that interview prior to asking for a trade? Intentionally tanking his value is the last thing he'd want to do prior to a trade request, no?