This is a Blessing in Disguise

Bardown warrior · Mar 28, 2014

Missing the playoffs will benefit us in the long run. Everyone knew that we couldn't keep the "way" we won up for long. Getting out shot night after night was just an anomaly at the time, but now its quite clear.

We suck... and we're only gonna get better with changes. New coach, new players will go a long way trust me. We have some good pieces in place; Kessel, JVR, Bernier Rielly... We need some re-tooling here or there.

Jimmy Firecracker · Mar 28, 2014

I mean, when you choke 3 seasons in a row, something is clearly wrong with the personnel on this team.

pucci2001 · Mar 28, 2014

As far as I am concerned everyone can go other than Kessel, Bozak, JVR, Bernier, Rielly, Gardiner, maybe Kadri. Everyone else can go, if their contract is up let them walk. Bring in new blood.

Old or young I don't care as long as the older guys are actual role models and play hockey how it is meant to be played. Not this ***** **** Dion is playing. Even Gleason went soft since he joined, when he was new here he had something to prove and a chip on his shoulder he must have seen how nobody else gave a **** and stopped himself.

Sonofamitch · Mar 28, 2014

People said the same thing after the boston loss..

TML FTW* · Mar 28, 2014

The only good thing is if carlyle gets fired.

If we made the playoffs that might not happen even if we lost in the first round.

realgoodleafs · Mar 28, 2014

We'll trade the young players in the offseason and bring in more Clarksons. It's never positive for the Leafs. You should know this by now.

Jimmy Firecracker · Mar 28, 2014

pucci2001 said:
As far as I am concerned everyone can go other than Kessel, Bozak, JVR, Bernier, Rielly, Gardiner, maybe Kadri. Everyone else can go, if their contract is up let them walk. Bring in new blood.

Old or young I don't care as long as the older guys are actual role models and play hockey how it is meant to be played. Not this ***** **** Dion is playing. Even Gleason went soft since he joined, when he was new here he had something to prove and a chip on his shoulder he must have seen how nobody else gave a **** and stopped himself.

I agree with this. The players you listed as keepers I'd keep, and I'd drop everybody else. Arguments will be made for Kulemin and Gunnarsson, but at the end of the day they've been a part of the same stinking core the past three years themselves.

Organizational overhaul is needed, top to bottom.

The Magic Man · Mar 28, 2014

I agree with the OP, big changes will come of this instead of spinning the tires with a fantastic offense, and no team defensive structure. If players like Staal or Weber are out there, I say pay the price, as long as it's not Reilly.

cack · Mar 28, 2014

LC said:
We'll trade the young players in the offseason and bring in more Clarksons. It's never positive for the Leafs. You should know this by now.

This guy gets it.

Auston Matthews · Mar 28, 2014

Who are we fooling? There wont be any significant changes in the off-season, its the leafs we are talking about here.

McMatthews · Mar 28, 2014

Sign Jermain Defoe and Michael Bradley.

TML FTW* · Mar 28, 2014

Jake Gardiner said:
Who are we fooling? There wont be any significant changes in the off-season, its the leafs we are talking about here.

Maybe now that Leiweke is here, he'll be less tolerant of this garbage. He seems pretty competitive. Also, unless Nonis is a total dumb **** he must being feeling the heat. Maybe he'll feel like he has to do something drastic.

SmoggyTwinkles · Mar 28, 2014

TML FTW said:
Maybe now that Leiweke is here, he'll be less tolerant of this garbage. He seems pretty competitive. Also, unless Nonis is a total dumb **** he must being feeling the heat. Maybe he'll feel like he has to do something drastic.

I can't wait for Nonis to go out of his element and do something drastic :help:

Jimmy Firecracker · Mar 28, 2014

Jake Gardiner said:
Who are we fooling? There wont be any significant changes in the off-season, its the leafs we are talking about here.

No, shut up. At least let me have this to hold on to and hope for. :cry:

Hymanbrah · Mar 28, 2014

SmoggyTwinkles said:
I can't wait for Nonis to go out of his element and do something drastic

He's going to start trading away 1st round picks like candy instead of 2nd's.

Bardown warrior · Mar 28, 2014

Joe Pesci said:
No, shut up. At least let me have this to hold on to and hope for.

yes. This

Tie Domi Esquire · Mar 28, 2014

What if the changes aren't any good either.

go_leafs_go02 · Mar 28, 2014

Nazemlupul said:
People said the same thing after the boston loss..

That's what I thought too.

Haha, nice try...

Have had 7 chances to turn it around, and fail miserably each game..

Trapper · Mar 28, 2014

Bardown warrior said:
Missing the playoffs will benefit us in the long run. Everyone knew that we couldn't keep the "way" we won up for long. Getting out shot night after night was just an anomaly at the time, but now its quite clear.

We suck... and we're only gonna get better with changes. New coach, new players will go a long way trust me. We have some good pieces in place; Kessel, JVR, Bernier Rielly... We need some re-tooling here or there.

How is this a blessing in disguise?
You have your core locked up at half your salary cap.
These are your guys. The same guys who can't get it done.
Kessel
Phaneuf
Bozak
Lupul
JVR
Clarkson
6 guys almost 40 million.
Enjoy the core. We now live and die with this group for the next 5 years minimum.

cup67 · Mar 28, 2014

Bardown warrior said:
Missing the playoffs will benefit us in the long run. Everyone knew that we couldn't keep the "way" we won up for long. Getting out shot night after night was just an anomaly at the time, but now its quite clear.

We suck... and we're only gonna get better with changes. New coach, new players will go a long way trust me. We have some good pieces in place; Kessel, JVR, Bernier Rielly... We need some re-tooling here or there.

other teams have to take our players :laugh:

we have to steal some good players :laugh:

any crack smoking GM ,s out there? :nod:

ECanuck · Mar 28, 2014

cup67 said:
other teams have to take our players
we have to steal some good players any crack smoking GM ,s out there?

There are players that have left and looked great on other teams. At least there is evidence of that.

kfernandes29 · Mar 28, 2014

cup67 said:
other teams have to take our players
we have to steal some good players any crack smoking GM ,s out there?

Unfortunately, rob ford is not the gm of any nhl teams.

cup67 · Mar 28, 2014

ECanuck said:
There are players that have left and looked great on other teams. At least there is evidence of that.

are you trying to convince GM,S ?

and the ones that left were good players, our GM was on crack :nod:

cup67 · Mar 28, 2014

kfernandes29 said:
Unfortunately, rob ford is not the gm of any nhl teams.

he needs to be for the leafs, he would of not given out those bad contracts :laugh:

thinkinfeller · Mar 28, 2014

The only thing the Leafs have succeeded in the last 10 years is failing. Why would this years failure inspire a turn around when none of the previous 9 have?

Politics will always get in the way of how the Maple Leafs are ran - there is no fix.

I can remember something about a couple of hundred Blue Jackets fans showing up to protest the way the team was being ran 2 or 3 years ago. Imagine if a couple hundred thousand Leafs fans flooded the ACC to do the same thing.

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