BlueBaron
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Could go either way. On one hand maybe he flourishes because of the pressure on McD or maybe he would thrive more if he was the offensive focus. I imagine next year he will be the man.
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Could go either way. On one hand maybe he flourishes because of the pressure on McD or maybe he would thrive more if he was the offensive focus. I imagine next year he will be the man.
No it's called putting your young players in a position to succeed. What player is going to transition into the NHL playing 3 minutes a night? The guy put up decent ppg in the AHL, and went on to put up 28 points in his first season. It's not like the guy was complete crap on the Leafs either, he put up 5 points in 10 games the season prior to being traded after 5 games of playing under 5 minutes a night.
Development is the entire process, not just allowing them to stew in the minors until they are too good for it. You put your young players in a position to succeed, or they fail. It's that simple.
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maplehawk
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realistically, sticking bottom 5 is the ultimate goal here. yes, it gives us a decent shot at the lottery but hanifin/marner/strome are all can't-miss prospects.
getting wins out of OTT/CBJ/NJ is much more vital than CAR hopping over us at this point.
getting wins out of OTT/CBJ/NJ is much more vital than CAR hopping over us at this point.
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So Truculent
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With due respect, now we are taking lessons from Flames on how to rebuild a team?
Come back when Flames win a series or two before preaching.
glad someone said it lol
a fluke year and suddenly giving out lessons on rebuilds, we all saw what happened to Colorado this year
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Nithoniniel
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Yeah. The week leading up to the lottery will be painful. I imagine myself spending the whole week sick with anxiety, lying in fetal position in my underwear, eating pizza and crying out to every divine entity ever imagined to please, please let us win.
And then I'll follow it up with a week of sorrowful pizza-eating and pillow-crying. Might change to my date-underwear just for the lottery itself.
Might take up poetry, just to deal with the immense sadness I'll harbor as well.
oh my bad then
i have been doing that every time we get 0.1% improvement at the lotto odds
they haven't dismantled anything yet. They've traded pending UFA's, most of which they weren't goign to sign anyway. They have yet to trade away a core player or a player with termw ho would be here next year.
Nithoniniel
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You are both right. We haven't dismantled the core, but we have traded away some of the most dangerous players we have right now. Winnik and Santorelli were pretty much our best forwards, Franson had a good season, Lupul when healthy seem to change the way this team plays. If all these players move, and that's looking likely, we might just drop even more.
GalacticaActual
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The Leafs have to make the Finals at least once by 2025
For the first time in the history of the franchise, the Leafs are going to rebuild. So we're selling off expiring assets for future draft choices. That's good.
It should take 5 years to rebuild. It's always possible for the first rebuild to fail, so if the first rebuild fails, the management team should be given a little leeway.
10 years from now gives them two shots at a 5-year rebuild cycle. If by 2025 this team is not a competitive Stanley Cup contender that has made the Finals at least once, then the rebuild will have been a total and complete utter failure. I'd say the Leafs are completely cursed and incapable of succeeding ever again... which would make me sad.
Right now the Leafs drought is worse than you can imagine. Not only have they not won the Cup since 1967. They haven't made the Finals since 1967 either. If that second drought still stands by 2025, then I don't know what to think. I will be 38 years old by then. I became a fan of the Leafs in September 2002 (that's AFTER they were eliminated by Carolina in the third round). So I've never seen my team make it past the 2nd round. *sad face*
For the first time in the history of the franchise, the Leafs are going to rebuild. So we're selling off expiring assets for future draft choices. That's good.
It should take 5 years to rebuild. It's always possible for the first rebuild to fail, so if the first rebuild fails, the management team should be given a little leeway.
10 years from now gives them two shots at a 5-year rebuild cycle. If by 2025 this team is not a competitive Stanley Cup contender that has made the Finals at least once, then the rebuild will have been a total and complete utter failure. I'd say the Leafs are completely cursed and incapable of succeeding ever again... which would make me sad.
Right now the Leafs drought is worse than you can imagine. Not only have they not won the Cup since 1967. They haven't made the Finals since 1967 either. If that second drought still stands by 2025, then I don't know what to think. I will be 38 years old by then. I became a fan of the Leafs in September 2002 (that's AFTER they were eliminated by Carolina in the third round). So I've never seen my team make it past the 2nd round. *sad face*
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A tall order, considering everyone we draft instantly busts and any contract we sign is apparently a massive overpayment.
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