The leafs had 7th best record last year

The leafs have one of the most exciting players in the league on their team

The leafs have a young exciting core

The leafs just signed one of the best players in the nhl as a ufa


Sid: stop being so excited. There is nothing to be excited about.
- burn

havent won a playoff series since 2004 with entirely different rosters so i guess they can't win one this year

makes a lot of sense when you think about it

assuming you're drunk

- Symba007

Takes me back to the glory days!

Takes me back to the glory days!
- Hockey_Reverend

Anyone else pleasantly surprised with Sandin the other night? Could be a gem folks!

Ah well this is tomorrow night

- 21peter

Let me clarify:

That time period in the NHL. Lots of violence still, hitting, fighting, and players actually had personalities...

But nice try!

Rangers are done! Blow it up! 1994!

Because it's about having different players who bring different skills. You can't have 6 of the exact same defender unless they're all Doughty's but the only reason that'd be alright is because Doughty literally does everything. The Leafs do not have a single all around great defender. Not a single one. Every guy on the blueline excels at one thing and sucks at another.

That being said, yes, you need a Borgman in the line-up. You can't be considered a push over team. The Leafs lost Komarov, Martin and Polak. That's over 500 hits they lost that I don't see them replacing. Hitting does still matter. It is still hockey. Does that mean I want a guy who only smashes people? No. But if a guy like Borgman can play, he should because he can do everything else reasonably well but he excels at laying the body.
- Unholy_Goalie

But what if you could?

They lost 500 hits..but what it they found more puck possession time and scoring chances and goals.

Let me clarify:

That time period in the NHL. Lots of violence still, hitting, fighting, and players actually had personalities...

But nice try!

Rangers are done! Blow it up! 1994!
- Hockey_Reverend

Thats not how you spell MCMXCIV...

Let me clarify:

That time period in the NHL. Lots of violence still, hitting, fighting, and players actually had personalities...

But nice try!

Rangers are done! Blow it up! 1994!
- Hockey_Reverend

I did understand...

Thats not how you spell MCMXCIV...
- bobbyisno1

someone is a brainiac

I did understand...
- 21peter

But seriously, what's going on in Ranger land? Any elite prospects? How is King Hank looking? He done?

someone is a brainiac
- 21peter

he sure is KVIIIlyn.


yup, someone name their kid that.

But seriously, what's going on in Ranger land? Any elite prospects? How is King Hank looking? He done?
- Hockey_Reverend

Chytil and Kravtsov are the closest we got to elite, but overall the prospect base looks good - and a couple more picks/ prospects are probably added at the trade deadline.
Hard to say how much Hank got left, but he sure hates to lose...

havent won a playoff series since 2004 with entirely different rosters so i guess they can't win one this year

makes a lot of sense when you think about it

assuming you're drunk
- daeth

Or an Islander fan

Buffalo tonight. Sabers probably start their best line-up.

- 21peter

Some cracking songs there.

Them were the days (i wasn't alive )

Procul Harum, The Beatles, The Doors

Anyone else pleasantly surprised with Sandin the other night? Could be a gem folks!
- Hockey_Reverend

Impressed? Yes

Surprised? No

But what if you could?

They lost 500 hits..but what it they found more puck possession time and scoring chances and goals.
- senstroll

Tracking hits is a joke to be honest. The number is not really significant in the sense of wins and losses for a team.

Individually, it can tell you that a guy likes to hit or not, which usually you can figure out by watching a couple of shifts.

Impressed? Yes

Surprised? No
- walshyleafsfan

Does Willie sign today?

Impressed? Yes

Surprised? No
- walshyleafsfan

Does Willie sign today?
- Ear Hole

Nope

- gravyface

Never get surprised by a Dubas pick.

He unearthed Tyler Ennis for God's sake.

Never get surprised by a Dubas pick.

He unearthed Tyler Ennis for God's sake.
- walshyleafsfan

His first goal the other night was a nice one.

Never get surprised by a Dubas pick.

He unearthed Tyler Ennis for God's sake.
- walshyleafsfan

I don't think that there was ever a doubt that Ennis has skill, but injuries, as far as I know, played a big part in his downfall from a good young prospect/player to 4th liner.

I read an article about how the Leafs' medical staff worked with him to get him in top shape for camp this year... I wonder if this kind of attention lacked in other organizations that ultimately led to him being traded/bought out.

20th highest pim last year was 80

Kadri only had 42... a significant drop off from the previous year... maybe babcock has molded him into a Shayne Corson type player... annoying as (frank) but controlled
- Dozzer

Hoping so.
He has matured.