Not very much. It's the Shanny and Babs show featuring Hunter and Dubas. I'm good with that.
- 1979AD

You should, looks like a solid group of guys.

I didn't even consider it on the technical level. I guess I was expecting a gripping movie about the effects of war on the soldiers, like The Hurt Locker, but it didn't grip me at all. Found it kind of cliché and predictable.
- 1979AD

I have done a considerable amount of shooting. So, I was into that. Found it ok.. Hard to do what they do. Hats off to them.

This is on my bucket list:

http://craftbrewraces.com/newport/
- Atomic Wedgie

Can you just pretend you ran the 5K?

Just watched the Babcock press con and wow does that man look intense. As a side note is the Toronto hockey print media not the largest collection of disgusting chuds?
- Mr_Smokey

Buffalo gave them a run for their money today.


Buffalo nickname changing from the Queen City, to butthurt city.

Craig button said in leafs lunch that the anchor bar was checking Id at the door and turning away ontarians.

Firing a coach is like 5% of a GM's job and they have the best one in the league so that 5% is actually more like 1%. It's your opinion but it doesn't make much sense.
- JohnFergusonJr

Well some people seem to agree with me... but that's alright.

That guy is so photogenic.



- Pecafan Fan

once.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...p?thread_id=126315&page=7

Great minds...

And, coincidentally, at the time, my location was a quote from you.
- Aetherial

My already impressive level of respect for you just grew a couple notches.

Nope. No need to intentionally lose. There will always be good players available organically, and this team as-is won't win even if they try to. So why incorporate a losing culture?

As for the bolded, Hunter has been here for less than a year. Shanny fired 16 scouts a couple months ago, they just hired a new head scout and director of player evaluation (named just today)

For a guy preaching patience, you sure want immediate dividends from these guys.
- TheThrill

Organically? How organic is drafting 4th overall and getting Strome compared to McDavid? C'mon, stop lying to yourself.

Hunter has proven nothing, sorry to burst your bubble. I'm glad he's on the management team but that doesn't mean he's proven he can find Datsyuk and Zetterberg in the 7th round.

Babcock said it himself, for him to do his job, the Leafs have to give him draft picks. Part of giving him draft picks, is giving him the highest possible draft pick so he can pick the best possible player in each given draft.

You're really got it backwards. The fact that the Leafs should be tanking is the ultimate move in patience, not the other way around.

Can you just pretend you ran the 5K?
- Aetherial

Yes, and it's $10 cheaper, but you don't get the pint glass.

No organization is good at that.
6th / 7th round picks that pan out as 1st line players are pure luck.
- MaximusAurelius

That's pretty much my point which is why the Leafs are going to need some 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall picks for at least two or three years, depending on the strength of the draft.

I have done a considerable amount of shooting. So, I was into that. Found it ok.. Hard to do what they do. Hats off to them.
- bixll

Enemy at the Gates was a much more entertaining sniper movie.

This is on my bucket list:

http://craftbrewraces.com/newport/
- Atomic Wedgie

You should do the pub crawl on George st, St. John's. Dare ya.

My already impressive level of respect for you just grew a couple notches.
- 1979AD

My location still IS a quote from you, with regards to the #GoonTank which has all but been kiboshed by recent events.

Still, I feel like you, me and Aetherial clicked. Three amigos

Enemy at the Gates was a much more entertaining sniper movie.
- Aetherial

I will check it out. Can't recall f I have seen it.

Buffalo gave them a run for their money today.


Buffalo nickname changing from the Queen City, to butthurt city.

Craig button said in leafs lunch that the anchor bar was checking Id at the door and turning away ontarians.
- burn

Is that a joke, or actually true?

Because you gotta be careful about stuff like that - if it goes viral, the Anchor Bar could lose a lot of business.

My location still IS a quote from you, with regards to the #GoonTank which has all but been kiboshed by recent events.

Still, I feel like you, me and Aetherial clicked. Three amigos
- TheThrill

You guys need some alone time ?

That's pretty much my point which is why the Leafs are going to need some 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall picks for at least two or three years, depending on the strength of the draft.
- JohnFergusonJr

You realize there are several rounds and many picks in between the top 3 overall and the 6th/7th rounds right?

Give the current scouting/development staff some time to work, man. They are getting a 4th overall, 3 years removed from a 5th overall and a very good 8th overall last year. Where's all your patience at??

I agree on the overall premise of drafting and developing for sure.. I just don't think you need to intentionally lose (thus poisoning the locker room for young guys) in the process.

You should do the pub crawl on George st, St. John's. Dare ya.
- bixll

Jesus, Bixi, what do you think I am, 21 years old?

Over a decade ago - and I think I still have the Screeching In certificate somewhere in the basement.

well, there you have it.
- dt99999

I was expecting this from a Canuck or Sens fan first....

You guys need some alone time ?
- bixll

I'm already done actually.

I don't (frank) around

Organically? How organic is drafting 4th overall and getting Strome compared to McDavid? C'mon, stop lying to yourself.

Hunter has proven nothing, sorry to burst your bubble. I'm glad he's on the management team but that doesn't mean he's proven he can find Datsyuk and Zetterberg in the 7th round.

Babcock said it himself, for him to do his job, the Leafs have to give him draft picks. Part of giving him draft picks, is giving him the highest possible draft pick so he can pick the best possible player in each given draft.

You're really got it backwards. The fact that the Leafs should be tanking is the ultimate move in patience, not the other way around.
- JohnFergusonJr

thats never happening again

detroit was ahead of the curve when it came to euro scouting..now everyone pays attention to whats going on over there

both of those two would be first rounders EASY in todays NHL

Jesus, Bixi, what do you think I am, 21 years old?

Over a decade ago - and I think I still have the Screeching In certificate somewhere in the basement.
- Atomic Wedgie

Probably next to the kiss the Cod one.

Nobody in the Leafs organization has proven capable of drafting the players they need to build a championship team in untraditional locations. It was nice for Babcock to have 7th round wonder picks but the Leafs aren't good at that.

Tank it out a few times, get the best players available and go from there.
- JohnFergusonJr

Was it that Detroit was good at scouting those guys, or good at developing them?


And if it's the latter, that's something Babcock might bring with him.

Was it that Detroit was good at scouting those guys, or good at developing them?


And if it's the latter, that's something Babcock might bring with him.
- Feeling Glucky?

This.

Also, Dubas has made it clear the intention is to not only draft well, but to become an elite developmental organization as well.

Jesus, Bixi, what do you think I am, 21 years old?

Over a decade ago - and I think I still have the Screeching In certificate somewhere in the basement.
- Atomic Wedgie

I have spent a few nights on that st. Thought you may enjoy it as well...

Anyone offer to drag you off ??