Confirmed Signing with Link: Toronto re-signs Connor Carrick, 1 year worth $1.3 million

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He's useless and will continue to be useless

Speaking of useless...

 

[ottomaddox]

Not trying to get off the topic of Carrick, but Marincin has always been a good defensive NHL defenseman. Sure he has terrible turnovers at terrible times, but I think people don't realize that guys of his elk (Hjalmarsson) are not very good with the puck either.

When he's on the ice, the team gives up far less shot attempts/chances/goals and it's plain to see it's not coincidence, competition, or zone starts. He's just legit plus at defense.

OMIT

 

[Sniper99]

Tell us how you really feel.

NO!! Please Dont!

 

[Morgs]

I would never credit him as being "defensive".

He is as mediocre as it gets. Poor offensive numbers and not great at defending.

Le sigh.

Chad Bradford, Martin Marincin, and the Imperfection of the Human Mind

 

[Sniper99]

Really? He has to be the worst defenceman I have ever seen. So many unforced giveaways leading to A 1 scoring opportunities for the opposition. He's an AHL defenceman at best.

Worst Dman you've Ever seen? Are you new to this game? There have been a lot worse.

 

[ottomaddox]

Le sigh.

Chad Bradford, Martin Marincin, and the Imperfection of the Human Mind

I quoted the wrong poster. My bad and my apologies. I was referring to Carrick.

 

[SteadyFreddie]

Worst Dman you've Ever seen? Are you new to this game? There have been a lot worse.

I should clarify I suppose.... Worst defenceman I have seen on the leafs since 2010, not like it matters though. It doesn't change the fact that Marincin is absolutely terrible.

 

[bukwas]

A minor deal for a minor role player.
If Carrick has much more to offer, this would be the season to show it.

 

[A1LeafNation]

He's useless

Proof..

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Babcock doesn't trust him. He's a fine bottom pairing guy but Babcock preferred Polak. With dubas in charge I thought it would change and looks like it has.

Do you really mean to say that the GM would tell the coach what to do ?

Fireworks !

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

way too much term

Post of the thread so far !

 

[One Winged Angel]

Thank God the Polak/Hainsey era is coming to an end.

Carrick was so under-utilized, it was crazy. Now it's up to Babcock to use him.

Love the Avatar. X is my favorite game of all time.

 

[IWD]

Not a Carrick fan, but it'll buy another year for Liljegren in the minors.

 

[Kelly]

Do you really mean to say that the GM would tell the coach what to do ?

Fireworks !

Well if Dubas doesn't re-sign Polak....

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Leafs only play 1 D-man on the PP, Carrick won't get a sniff.

Great sense of humour, as usual...

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

I thought you could only bury 900k of it

$900K was in 2012-13.

Next season, it will be $1.025, same as last season.

It's the minimum salary + $375K.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Proof..

Watch him with your eyes that are attched to your face, if not for Andersen fans would be running Carrick out of town, but because Andersen has the ability to go on LONG stretches where he is damn near unbeatable nobody says f*** all about how bad Carrick is.

 

[Brobust]

Stick him in Vancouver, give him some PP minutes and he probably gets 40 points.

 

[Brobust]

Well if Dubas doesn't re-sign Polak....

I read some speculation on twitter (from fairly reliable sources) that Babcock was actually happy to be rid of Lamoriello. Probably because he never upgraded Polak. Which, by the way, should have been incredibly easy. Oleksiak went for a mid round pick.

The more I think about it, the more I'm disliking Lamoriello's tenure as GM.

 

[Sniper99]

Watch him with your eyes that are attched to your face, if not for Andersen fans would be running Carrick out of town, but because Andersen has the ability to go on LONG stretches where he is damn near unbeatable nobody says **** all about how bad Carrick is.

Overreact much? Maybe grow up a bit and back up your little hissy fit with some facts. Not just "my opinion" ******** Its only 1 year and 1.3 million, stop stressing out. You want to throw a fit? wait till they re-sign Polak, then you and I and pretty much every other Leaf fan will throw one too.

 

[LeafsNation75]

I read some speculation on twitter (from fairly reliable sources) that Babcock was actually happy to be rid of Lamoriello. Probably because he never upgraded Polak. Which, by the way, should have been incredibly easy. Oleksiak went for a mid round pick.

The more I think about it, the more I'm disliking Lamoriello's tenure as GM.

So are you saying it was 100% Lamoriello's decision to re-sign Polak last October and not Babcock's which was originally thought?

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

I read some speculation on twitter (from fairly reliable sources) that Babcock was actually happy to be rid of Lamoriello. Probably because he never upgraded Polak. Which, by the way, should have been incredibly easy. Oleksiak went for a mid round pick.

The more I think about it, the more I'm disliking Lamoriello's tenure as GM.

Sure !

He's gone !

What's to like ?

 

[Kelly]

I read some speculation on twitter (from fairly reliable sources) that Babcock was actually happy to be rid of Lamoriello. Probably because he never upgraded Polak. Which, by the way, should have been incredibly easy. Oleksiak went for a mid round pick.

The more I think about it, the more I'm disliking Lamoriello's tenure as GM.

He had some nice trades, like Andersen and Phaneuf and the Mo and Kadri contracts are good -- but other than that he was bleh. Two tdl trades were busts, and he had a couple signings that didn't work out. All in all he was passable. I think moving onto to Dubas will be much better for the Leafs, much more of a modern day thinker, and we'll see that come to fruition as soon as Friday I believe.

 

[Brobust]

He had some nice trades, like Andersen and Phaneuf and the Mo and Kadri contracts are good -- but other than that he was bleh. Two tdl trades were busts, and he had a couple signings that didn't work out. All in all he was passable. I think moving onto to Dubas will be much better for the Leafs, much more of a modern day thinker, and we'll see that come to fruition as soon as Friday I believe.

He was acceptable during the rebuild process.

The last two seasons haven't been great. As a fan, it stings more, because they're ELC years for the core and there was potential to be better than they were or at least set themselves up for the future.

 

[LeafsNation75]

He had some nice trades, like Andersen and Phaneuf and the Mo and Kadri contracts are good -- but other than that he was bleh. Two tdl trades were busts, and he had a couple signings that didn't work out. All in all he was passable. I think moving onto to Dubas will be much better for the Leafs, much more of a modern day thinker, and we'll see that come to fruition as soon as Friday I believe.

I know Brendan Shanahan never admitted this was the reason Dubas was named the GM. However I think since it was reported how the Avalanche wanted to offer Dubas some executive level position, he didn't want to risk losing him to another franchise.