Yes..he's way smarter than Bergevin..because he keeps saying it.
Leafs are geniuses for picking Marner and Nylander..never mind they were top four and top 7 picks..Habs suck because their picks in the 20-30 range aren't as good yet.
Never mind that the Habs had five players under 24 in the lineup (8 25 and under) last game...Leafs had Nylander play one game so far this season....they are brilliant!!
I still think in five year's time folks will regard Scherbak as a better player than Nylander..but he's not right now...so let's love the Leafs and trash the Habs again and again. The David Perron syndrome all over again.
Never mind that the Leafs core of prime-aged players pales in comparsion to the Hab...they have Nylander..he will singlehandedly trump Scherbak, Juulsen, McCarron, DLR, Lehkonen, Fucale, Hudon, Andrighetto, Vejdemo....he makes me cream my jeans he's so good.
Compare the Leafs core players age 22-30 to the Habs some day just for fun....if you think the Leaf are in better shape you are smoking the good stuff.
But hey..the Leaf have a boatload of draft picks this year that features a very thin crop in terms of depth.. they will all be stars because they were brilliant to pick Marner in the top 4..a players their main scout already drafted once before and knew better than anyone else in the draft...they are sages...Habs' scouts are dunces...because WTK keeps saying so.
If WTK wrote a book it would be one chapter repeated over and over again. Dark indeed.
You can keep trying to stuff words in my mouth Grant, but it doesn't make it true. If you really want to attack me, you should do it properly because everyone here KNOWS that I am a HUGE fan of Scherbak. My only concern with him right now? The idiotic developmental staff in the AHL and NHL levels.
I am smarter than Bergevin. That's not an accomplishment, that's not me bragging myself up, it's really easy to be smarter than Bergevin. We disagree, a lot, but I think you're smarter than Bergevin. I don't even know why you support him, since a lot of the problems you constantly tweet about, are, directly his responsibility.
Where did I say the Leafs were geniuses for selecting Nylander or Marner? I said they were smart because they identified a plan and they've gone through with it. Getting Nylander and Marner were the result of a management team that said, you know what, we're tired of just trying to squeak in the play-offs (sound familiar) and hope for the best. We're gonna tear this thing down and we are going to rebuild it up the right way. We're going to get the best people in hockey, we're gonna instill a winning culture in the AHL, we're going to get some of the best scouts and developmental staff out there in the junior leagues and bring it to our team. We're going to get a lot of picks and we're going to use them on skill. Not on truculence, size, if they are there, great, but we're going to identify skilled players, we're gonna draft them and we're gonna make sure we develop them the right way.
Who cares about the amount of under 25 players the team has playing right now? I disagree with McCarron and DLR in the NHL right now because they should be developing their offense in the AHL, rather than just trying to tread water in the NHL. Problem is, SL can't develop offense either. They're between a rock and a hard place. I guarantee you, if SL is back and either Big Mac or DLR are in the AHL, their PPG pace will be identical to their first year in the league. Stagnation on every front with our best prospects.
I'm not comparing Nylander to Scherbak. I don't know where this argument came from. If you were around during the great Perron v. Pacioretty debate, I was on the Pacioretty side. Don't accuse me of being one of those people because I'm not.
Are we really going to play the prospects game? So, you're saying the only player in that organization worth their weight is Nylander and Marner? Don't do that because you hyped Dermott HARD and who drafted him? Don't knock a scouting staff who went out and drafted a BUNCH of players that you were all about in their draft year. Don't do it.
Again, I've never had a problem with our scouting staff. I've always defended Timmins. I disagree with his picks when he goes out and takes Louis Leblanc because of local pressure and when he trades up for a behemoth defenseman without any puck skills.. especially over guys who are way better skilled on a team that's starved for skill. However, I recognize that he has been literally the only thing keeping this team afloat since he's been here. There's very little on this team that you can't trace back to Timmins. I get it, Timmins is your friend, you rush to defend him at every turn, but when I insult management, I'm not insulting the scouting staff (except Churla, that guy sucks).
This board is terrible for a lot of this. We all hate the Leafs, I get it. But, lets not put our heads in the sand and say they're not doing things right. They're hiring some of the best people from some of the best teams in juniors for a long time. They've identified talent in management. We've identified friends, teammates, sons, uncles, fathers and daughters.
