I see.

Well a flying squirrel can hover a distance of over 40 meters.

And that's why the Canucks are going to have a difficult season.
- Scabeh

I am embarrassed to have not reached that conclusion myself.

How come the leafs couldn't be saved by covid last year
- Fakepartofme

Leafs were not going to miss the playoffs.

Keep going with past "Won rounds" argument. See how far you go with that.

I was just reminiscing about how man people said Kopitar was done after his 52 point season in 16-17

That was fun

Looks like a good match

Gaudette was good last year, but hasn’t had a good start this year
- mr.sir

Canucks could use a shakeup.

I just don’t like Simmonds on the 3rd line the next month.

Engvall has shown glimpses but we could use him on that 4th line to keep it afloat.

Sandin and Lehtonen need to play.

From teams that are rumoured to be looking for a D...Blueger and Gaudett are my targets.

I was just reminiscing about how man people said Kopitar was done after his 52 point season in 16-17

That was fun
- TheMussel

I picked LA as a big surprise team we'll see. they wil start being better with each passing year now

I was just reminiscing about how man people said Kopitar was done after his 52 point season in 16-17

That was fun
- TheMussel

Not as fun as the Ovechkin is done after his 32g year. The articles of "will he ever score 30 again" were great.

It's odd that Leaf contracts are just viewed differently. In no other market would that be sucha fuss. The Nylander contract fuss was ridiculous from day 1.
- RogerRoeper

Nylander sat out until approx 2 hours before signing deadline.
that wasn't a 'fuss about nothing'.
Dubois clip of his no-effort shift? Can get 10 of those from last season by Nylander..

Nylander sat out until approx 2 hours before signing deadline.
that wasn't a 'fuss about nothing'.
Dubois clip of his no-effort shift? Can get 10 of those from last season by Nylander..
- MaximusAurelius

Show us

And make sure it’s last year too

Nylander sat out until approx 2 hours before signing deadline.
that wasn't a 'fuss about nothing'.
Dubois clip of his no-effort shift? Can get 10 of those from last season by Nylander..
- MaximusAurelius

6.9 was never a big number. It was dumb.

Nylander gets way more crap than Dubois ever has. It only got higjlighted because it meant he'd get moved quicker.
Nykander had 31 goals, 59 points in 70 games last year.

I picked LA as a big surprise team we'll see. they wil start being better with each passing year now
- RogerRoeper

Is Byfield playing with them yet?

I think they are going to regret taking him on Stutzle. Byfield sucked in the world juniors the last two years compared to expectations id have with a 2nd overall pick.

The Islanders over-achieved in a very weird playoff year. It happens on occasion even in non-weird years.
- mjones242

People have been saying the isles were overachieving for the past several years
Team on paper is meh.
But they work and play a decent system.

Saved all the way to the conference finals?

- Scabeh

Lol

Bingo!!


anyone got the scoop on the Canes. Are they allowed to play now?

People have been saying the isles were overachieving for the past several years
Team on paper is meh.
But they work and play a decent system.
- Fakepartofme

It's all the coach, Best in the NHL. But even he can't score goalsd.

Nylander sat out until approx 2 hours before signing deadline.
that wasn't a 'fuss about nothing'.
Dubois clip of his no-effort shift? Can get 10 of those from last season by Nylander..
- MaximusAurelius

Almost all players have a floater shift like that every once in a while.
Dubois was just under the spotlight, so it was heavily scrutinized more.

You are referencing his play without Muzzin but fail to look at the circumstances fairly.

He was their number 1 D playing against top competition. Even Rielly looks overmatched in that role when he doesn’t have a proper partner but we expect Holl to look good in that role? Completely unfair to say Holl hasn’t proved he can be good without Muzzin. The eye test and numbers show us he has been a good number 4 for quite some time now.
- Santo_44

Nah I think it's pretty fair to say someone hasn't proven something that...they haven't proven.

Not as fun as the Ovechkin is done after his 32g year. The articles of "will he ever score 30 again" were great.
- AdamFrench

truly a great horrible take

We got Muzzin for no roster players.

Still a great trade

Nice to see the thread is in mid-season form

Nah I think it's pretty fair to say someone hasn't proven something that...they haven't proven.
- Leafs43

Muzzin isn’t covering Holl all around the ice.

Again, just another example of unfair evaluations for Holl.

Muzzin isn’t Hedman, he isn’t making Holl look like a top 4 D. If he is we should of signed him to a 9 million contact.

We got Muzzin for no roster players.

Still a great trade
- Fakepartofme

grundle scored a goal yesterday

grundle scored a goal yesterday
- TheMussel

It was a solid trade. Even better when he signed an extension.

Wonder if the nucks do dermott for Gaudette
- Santo_44

If it did happen, which forward from the Leafs would come out?

I'd insert either Lehtonen or Sandin to replace Dermott.

Probably Toronto.

But that's a whole other question if you ask me.
- Scabeh

I know but we’re going around the same circle jerk debate. Lou left Dubas a team with certain obvious assets and some real constraints. They’ve both had a few years to put their own stamps on their teams.

Lou seems determined to build a team of $5-6M players. Dubas is going with 4 big guns, a few $5M guys and then rotating in league minimum UFA s. The flat cap hurts Dubas more than Lou but I think (as objectively as I can make myself) I prefer where Dubas has landed.

His problem going forward will be signing one of Freddie (probably) or Hyman next year. I think it’s easier to find a cheaper if not as good version of Hyman than it will be will be for Lou to bring in high end talent.

(There, I answered my own question.)

If it did happen, which forward from the Leafs would come out?

I insert either Lehtonen or Sandin to replace Dermott.
- dmnted

Barabanov. Also Spezza and Engvall aren’t playing every game. Simmonds could use games off as well eventually.