Player Discussion Tomas Plekanec - Guess who's back, back again? Turtleneck's back, tell a friend! Edition

[ahmedou]

Attitude Is Everything

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[badbrains]

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and roun.... Eat shit Bergy.

 

[davey999]

Interesting how guys from Toronto want to play for the Leafs, yet Quebec players (good ones) want nothing to do with MTL.

 

[habsfan909]

Interesting how guys from Toronto want to play for the Leafs, yet Quebec players (good ones) want nothing to do with MTL.

Management and culture. No stars from Toronto wanted to go home and play for them during their sh**ty years.

 

[ottawa]

How many points this year? I'm going to say he has a good yet and gets ~33 points

 

[JianYang]

Interesting how guys from Toronto want to play for the Leafs, yet Quebec players (good ones) want nothing to do with MTL.

We have literally one example in the leafs history of a marquee local guy joining Toronto (in their prime).

Now, maybe that is changing, but let's not pretend that Toronto didn't have their own issues for attracting stars, who are actually still stars.

If Montreal wants to get there, they need to draft their own version of Crosby, Malkin, mcdavid, dahlin etc... The best recruitment tool they can get is a player everyone wants to play with, and a competitive team. Toronto finally has it, and thats why they were able to nab JT.

 

[badi]

Great signing for the Tank!
He is good for 25 pts and 20m of ice time per game next year

 

[OldCraig71]

Knowing Bergevin I assume that Plekanecs bonuses kick in once he scores 5 goals so watch him go on a tear in October then mail it in .

 

[Doc McKenna]

Knowing Bergevin I assume that Plekanecs bonuses kick in once he scores 5 goals so watch him go on a tear in October then mail it in .

Most of his bonuses just come from him playing a perimeter game. Every X number of games played is 250,000 He will get 3 million easy just by being a 4th line center which he is capable of. And we know there is very little chance of an injury because he is never in the dangerous areas, and with an incentive to not go in those areas he is even less likely to do so. Add to that how much Claude will make sure he plays every game regardless of ability.

Can you imagine we gave patches bonuses based on games played...LOL ghost wouldn't even explain how invisible he would be. This team is so clueless.

The only bonus I know he won't get is making the playoffs, mostly because Bustingbin couldn't even sign any other talent, which I bet he assured pleks he would get.

 

[HabsFather]

On this team hes our first line centre.

 

[OldCraig71]

Most of his bonuses just come from him playing a perimeter game. Every X number of games played is 250,000 He will get 3 million easy just by being a 4th line center which he is capable of. And we know there is very little chance of an injury because he is never in the dangerous areas, and with an incentive to not go in those areas he is even less likely to do so. Add to that how much Claude will make sure he plays every game regardless of ability.

Can you imagine we gave patches bonuses based on games played...LOL ghost wouldn't even explain how invisible he would be. This team is so clueless.

The only bonus I know he won't get is making the playoffs, mostly because Bustingbin couldn't even sign any other talent, which I bet he assured pleks he would get.

I don't hate the fact that they brought him back but JDLR could have easily done what Pleks will do which is basically nothing.

 

[Natey]

Meh. Not sure why people are giving him a hard time. He was once a pretty good player. He WANTS to play in Montreal when most players don't.

Why wouldn't we want him? We're not making the playoffs. He's good to help with that.

 

[Adam Michaels]

I'll say this much, he does look better in red.

 

[MaxDummy]

Meh. Not sure why people are giving him a hard time. He was once a pretty good player. He WANTS to play in Montreal when most players don't.

Why wouldn't we want him? We're not making the playoffs. He's good to help with that.

Double standard I Guess. Markov should also be here.

 

[Lshap]

I don't hate the fact that they brought him back but JDLR could have easily done what Pleks will do which is basically nothing.

The only possible downside to signing Plekanec is him blocking a younger C. Unfortunately, we have no one to block except de la Rose. I'm not a fan of DLR and wouldn't lose sleep if Pleks pushes him down the queue, but to be fair, this is the year to give him the #3C job and let him sink or swim. Maybe I'm wrong and the kid has an offensive upside...

 

[Drytoast]

Couldn't agree more, and although we don't have any legit top 6 centers; playing Drouin there only compounds the problem. We still don't have any top 6 centers and we effectively disadvantage a very capable winger by moving him to center. Makes no sense at all. Drouin is much more effective on wing and I can still see him blossoming into a 60-70+ point winger, but can't imagine him getting there at center without being a complete liability defensively, which this organization typically values to their own detriment. The case of JD is a strange one for sure.

I know you guys are done with him but in my opinion, Plekanec out performed Kadri in the playoffs. And if you could consider Kadri a #2 center then Plek has to be around there as well. That being said I dont think those two would gell together. (drouin and plek)

 

[Peanut]

I know you guys are done with him but in my opinion, Plekanec out performed Kadri in the playoffs. And if you could consider Kadri a #2 center then Plek has to be around there as well. That being said I dont think those two would gell together. (drouin and plek)

 

[Drytoast]

That blows my brain.

Because from what I saw, Bergeron's line was eating us alive until Plekanec was paired up with him and then it felt like things settled down. Kadri though suspended was ineffective against Bergeron.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

That blows my brain.

Because from what I saw, Bergeron's line was eating us alive until Plekanec was paired up with him and then it felt like things settled down. Kadri though suspended was ineffective against Bergeron.

Shows you sometimes these advanced stats are just wrong. Anyone who watched the games knows Plekanec was great for you guys.

 

[Drytoast]

Shows you sometimes these advanced stats are just wrong. Anyone who watched the games knows Plekanec was great for you guys.

He made me a fan in his limited time here.

 

[Peanut]

That blows my brain.

Because from what I saw, Bergeron's line was eating us alive until Plekanec was paired up with him and then it felt like things settled down. Kadri though suspended was ineffective against Bergeron.

Its all good it happens sometimes the eye test is bias and when a teams wins games you look past a lot of black hole stuff Pleks does for a team. Those advanced stats paint a good picture in how he did.

Some people actually thought Alzner was a good signing because he was on a winning team like the Caps.

 

[Garbageyuk]

Shows you sometimes these advanced stats are just wrong. Anyone who watched the games knows Plekanec was great for you guys.

Or maybe the stats are right, and sometimes people just see what they want to see.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Or maybe the stats are right, and sometimes people just see what they want to see.

BS. The guy matched up against Bergeron and held his own. Everyone acknowledged his great play.

 

[Garbageyuk]

BS. The guy matched up against Bergeron and held his own. Everyone acknowledged his great play.

You can't be playing great while turning the puck over as much as he did. The problem with the 'eye test' is people see through different lenses.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

You can't be playing great while turning the puck over as much as he did. The problem with the 'eye test' is people see through different lenses.

The guy was playing the toughest minutes. That dummy Babcock obviously thought he was doing okay...