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Tell My BudJT that.They were considered the underdogs against Washington, against Boston both were considered even.
Tell My BudJT that.They were considered the underdogs against Washington, against Boston both were considered even.
While I get your point, nobody is advocating for Hyman and/or Kappy to be designated to any of those things on the list.
Brown hasn't looked right since Pre-season, and Patty is just getting old.
Or maybe they just had it in them on their own.
They were considered the underdogs against Washington, against Boston both were considered even.
That's a little drastic..but I guess everyone is entitled to there opinion . I dont see it that way at all especially with the young guys on the Marlies ready to come up and fill out the roster...After listening to the radio shows this morning one could could conclude that without Kadri, Gardiner, and Dermott the Leafs are a borderline lottery team.
Your bud JT wasn't on the Leafs those 2 playoffs.Tell My BudJT that.
That's a little drastic..but I guess everyone is entitled to there opinion . I dont see it that way at all especially with the young guys on the Marlies ready to come up and fill out the roster...
Media is gonna spin it any which way they can to get the strongest reaction from us.. I like to think that Dubas an company have put a lot of thought in every which way possible this team could look and this is just the tip of ice berg.You think they were a little hyperbolic? Me too
Might be a little worried about that third line... but I'd love to see these lines in action. I really think that brown should be rotated out might do some good for him !!!Time to stack the 2nd line. Enough farting around Babcock. Lets go:
Hyman Tavares Marner 20 min
Kadri Matthews Nylander 20 min
Johnsson Marleau Kapanen 12 min
Moore Gauthier Ennis 8 min
Rotate Brown and Petan in when needed
You would mess up two lines just to get Marleau to play a position he doesn't like?Time to stack the 2nd line. Enough farting around Babcock. Lets go:
Hyman Tavares Marner 20 min
Kadri Matthews Nylander 20 min
Johnsson Marleau Kapanen 12 min
Moore Gauthier Ennis 8 min
Rotate Brown and Petan in when needed
Every single time people bring up his stat line. Yawn at this point. It's been addressed. no one is talking about that.
Also LOL at him being a generational player. Oof.
Just curious, best season in what way? Total points sure, but not sure how impressive that is considering how short the seasons used to be and how bad we've been over the last few decades. I think you'd have to look at winning percentage in order for it to have any meaning at all. What about it, are we on pace to havr best winning percentage ever? I doubt it but even if that was the case, TBH I don't see how it means very much, we're not competing against teams in our past, our main competitors are BOS and TB.
It seems like you're happy with where we are, hey that's great but if you were asked at the start of the season if you'd be happy at this point being in 3rd place behind Boston and miles behind TB, what would you have said then? I'd have said no way would I be happy with that, we should at least be ahead of Boston for sure but hey, that's me.
BS its not one game, Mathews dominated games 1st season we were all in awe and since getting shoulder injury has totally dropped off and looks JVR engaged, he looked good at the start of this season until the Trouba hit and then Kronwall and is not even remotely close of the same player.
We need the engaged Mathews for this team to be successful and if he is damaged goods then they should have not buried this team with that contract, public skaters making big coin NO excuses for Nylander Mathews they are paid to produce and play for the Jersey and the fans that pay their salary and NOT sulking and pouting at the coach or anything else. I would take a Wendel Clark and Doug Gilmore in their prime every day and twice on Sundays over Mathews and Nylander, they had heart and spirit and did what it takes to win and Clarky had a bad back so.
If at the start of the season someone said with 18 games left the Leafs would be 4th in the league I would take it every day of the week.
Honestly you think that's not a good season ?
Babcock was a good coach not sure about some of his decision making. 10 years ago his system was working not anymore
Actually we're 5th if you sort by PTS% (which is the only sensible way to look at it IMHO). That could change day to day so let's just say we're in a pack of teams fighting for position in the 2-8 spots.
Is it a good season? Sure maybe, depends on what you mean by "good". If you told me before the season that we added Tavares and we'll also add Muzzin a month before the TDL and be on pace for 1 more point than last season I'd be disappointed. If we beat Boston I'll be happy though, the playoffs are where it's at for me so we'll see what happens.
Andersen is a Vezina Candidate
Rielly is a Norris Candidate
Marner has developed to the point where he could win the Hart and Art Ross...
Matthews won the Calder, and could win a Hart or Richard trophy in the not-too-distant future
But of course... Babcock doesn't know how to get the best out of his players.
I mean, COME ON!!! Are these people serious?
That’s a pretty big leap to assume Matthews will be Hart candidate. Marner, yes.
Ever? I wasn't suggesting he'd win it this season.
Andersen is a Vezina Candidate
Rielly is a Norris Candidate
Marner has developed to the point where he could win the Hart and Art Ross...
Matthews won the Calder, and could win a Hart or Richard trophy in the not-too-distant future
But of course... Babcock doesn't know how to get the best out of his players.
I mean, COME ON!!! Are these people serious?
The Babcock Apologists are out in full force now. Part of the point I made originally (which JT was responding to) was the very fact that a number of players are having good/great years individually yet as a team we have stagnated. That THE TEAM is not greater than the sum of its parts.Andersen's SV% is up from .918 last season to .923, we added Tavares and now Muzzin but we're on pace for just one more point than we finished with last season. Do you really think that we can't do any better than that?
I mean, COME ON!!! Are you serious?