In your opinion
- GreatGigInTheSky

Yes, and a not especially astute one.

(I feel like there should be a disclaimer for my posts: not especially astute but dutifully skeptical)

Look out lottery pick if Sandin is our 2nd best D. What happened to Rielly being a stud #1 or did I miss you guys trading him in this convo i butted into? 😬

Muzzin - Brodie - Rielly are better then Sandin.

Maybe even Dermott if Sandin doesn’t pull up his stockings this year.
- Garnie

Rasmus is a stud, and should be getting 20mins a night.

At some point they have to push these kids off the deep end.

I keep seeing articles like this that talk about Ritchie,Bunting, Ho-Sang and now Gusev. Everyone is ignoring the signing that will have the biggest impact this season..Ondrej Kase...By the end of the year this guy will have people talking about Dubas being a genius again.

Also this year both Sandin and Liligren need full time minutes.

I have this crazy friend who says trade Marner. Is he crazy?

Naw Zezel, just ignorant. Your crazy friend needs to watch the games.
- Zezel

Should your crazy friend watch the playoff games??

If I was going to be perpetually negative, i would just follow a different team or find a new hobby.

Life is too short to constantly be negative about a hockey team.
- Leafs43

Spare me the life coaching. Fans of this team deserve better.

Spare me the life coaching. Fans of this team deserve better.
- fifty__missions

Why?

Why?
- Canada Cup

Because we're being sold a bill of goods by a couple guys who are simply trying to keep their management positions.

It's no way to run a professional hockey team.

Because we're being sold a bill of goods by a couple guys who are simply trying to keep their management positions.

It's no way to run a professional hockey team.
- fifty__missions

*wanting to come up with a brilliant life coaching sentence*

*wanting to come up with a brilliant life coaching sentence*
- 21peter

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Not gonna lie - I laughed and chuckled.

- while watching a brilliant documentary about Einstein & Hawking

Because we're being sold a bill of goods by a couple guys who are simply trying to keep their management positions.

It's no way to run a professional hockey team.
- fifty__missions

I think there’s an interesting debate on whether or when management should be open with the fan base. I can see it at the start of a rebuild. “Yes, we’re going to suck for a while (more) but now it’s going to be on purpose.” Other than that, I’m not sure. “Auston hurt his left wrist today. We really hope nobody starts slashing him.”

In my opinion, I think your argument doesn’t hold up. I don’t think it would make sense for them to be selling us a bill of goods right now. Why would Dubas go out of his way to say he believes in the core and is ready to go down with them if he’s just trying to save his ass. If he wanted to buy a few years, why not say, with regret, that they have to move on from Marner, that it will hurt 8n the short term but bet better in the long run?

Should your crazy friend watch the playoff games??
- fifty__missions

There's no point really, he may as well skip the next bunch of seasons entirely. Best thing for him really.

I keep seeing articles like this that talk about Ritchie,Bunting, Ho-Sang and now Gusev. Everyone is ignoring the signing that will have the biggest impact this season..Ondrej Kase...By the end of the year this guy will have people talking about Dubas being a genius again.

Also this year both Sandin and Liligren need full time minutes.
- Azuredoom

That if he can stay healthy enough to be in the line up.

Holy Mackinaw. The Leafs are getting more and more desperate as the season gets closer.
- islansjet

Isles signed z.

You were saying?

Admittedly the Z signing is better than garbage gusev....but its a pto...so who cares

Spare me the life coaching. Fans of this team deserve better.
- fifty__missions

Only if you spare me the constant whining about Dubas and roster construction.

I beg you, have an opinion - any opinion - other than hurr durr Dubas sucks.

Isles signed z.

You were saying?

Admittedly the Z signing is better than garbage gusev....but its a pto...so who cares
- Fakepartofme

Why is Gusev a garbage signing? Lol

I think there’s an interesting debate on whether or when management should be open with the fan base. I can see it at the start of a rebuild. “Yes, we’re going to suck for a while (more) but now it’s going to be on purpose.” Other than that, I’m not sure. “Auston hurt his left wrist today. We really hope nobody starts slashing him.”

In my opinion, I think your argument doesn’t hold up. I don’t think it would make sense for them to be selling us a bill of goods right now. Why would Dubas go out of his way to say he believes in the core and is ready to go down with them if he’s just trying to save his ass. If he wanted to buy a few years, why not say, with regret, that they have to move on from Marner, that it will hurt 8n the short term but bet better in the long run?
- Canada Cup

If I was a fan of any other team in the league, I’d hate the Leafs and everything they’re about. They’re the evil empire that doesn’t play a physical game. There’s really nothing to be proud of being a Leafs fan.

But I grew up in the 90’s when they used to be badasses. The Dubas era has been a disaster. He turned them into a Disney team, even though he was handed a very talented young roster.

Now he’s scraping the bottom of the barrel with spare parts, while the under appreciated hard workers leave because we can’t afford to keep them. Hyman, Freddy etc… Maybe Rielly next. Lou would never let that happen.

If I was a fan of any other team in the league, I’d hate the Leafs and everything they’re about. They’re the evil empire that doesn’t play a physical game. There’s really nothing to be proud of being a Leafs fan.

But I grew up in the 90’s when they used to be badasses. The Dubas era has been a disaster. He turned them into a Disney team, even though he was handed a very talented young roster.

Now he’s scraping the bottom of the barrel with spare parts, while the under appreciated hard workers leave because we can’t afford to keep them. Hyman, Freddy etc… Maybe Rielly next. Lou would never let that happen.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

I really couldn’t care less about Lou and all the magical things he would do if he were here and all the mistakes he’s never made.

I’m sad to see Hyman and Freddy go but you keep skill every day. When things were clicking last year this team was a joy to watch. It’s kind of a simple proposition: they need to recapture that in the playoffs and hope the pieces they brought in add what’s needed. I’ve read lots of conclusions about those new players already. I have no idea myself but I do think that Marner and the others are too good to fail forever.

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Making friends online is a bad idea, remember that so called female ref that governed here for awhile?


Angie..

I really couldn’t care less about Lou and all the magical things he would do if he were here and all the mistakes he’s never made.

I’m sad to see Hyman and Freddy go but you keep skill every day. When things were clicking last year this team was a joy to watch. It’s kind of a simple proposition: they need to recapture that in the playoffs and hope the pieces they brought in add what’s needed. I’ve read lots of conclusions about those new players already. I have no idea myself but I do think that Marner and the others are too good to fail forever.
- Canada Cup

I think the fans being back in the building will help in the playoffs.

That first year vs WSH was as good of a series they played imo. That was fun to watch. Even though they lost, there was hope and we thought they’d continue to show progression. But…

Spare me the life coaching. Fans of this team deserve better.
- fifty__missions

Very true.
Its only been decades....and decades.

But we'll see how the season plays out.

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Angie..
- bobbyisno1

You were around for her....well him. Angie was a him. Use to love schenn amd anytime you pointed out schenn was meh to her/him...oh geez he/she would go nuts....
It was funny.

If I was a fan of any other team in the league, I’d hate the Leafs and everything they’re about. They’re the evil empire that doesn’t play a physical game. There’s really nothing to be proud of being a Leafs fan.

But I grew up in the 90’s when they used to be badasses. The Dubas era has been a disaster. He turned them into a Disney team, even though he was handed a very talented young roster.

Now he’s scraping the bottom of the barrel with spare parts, while the under appreciated hard workers leave because we can’t afford to keep them. Hyman, Freddy etc… Maybe Rielly next. Lou would never let that happen.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

Disney teams usually win, so your comp doesnt work.

You were around for her....well him. Angie was a him. Use to love schenn amd anytime you pointed out schenn was meh to her/him...oh geez he/she would go nuts....
It was funny.
- Fakepartofme

I remember him/her..

Lots of good posters are gone now, only to be replaced by super sensitive ones.

Tony was a G. Juice was cool. Glucky was aight. Lums was Lums. Nips still likes his head in from time to time..

I think the fans being back in the building will help in the playoffs.

That first year vs WSH was as good of a series they played imo. That was fun to watch. Even though they lost, there was hope and we thought they’d continue to show progression. But…
- Arctic_AARDVARK

They made it to Game 7 the next year...and the next year...

That's what's been so tough on the ballbag with these Maple Leafs...they've been right there in series five years straight. It really spins my nut. The series where they had a lead going into the 3rd period of Game 7 against the Bruins was tough. Not the 4-1 game, the subsequent series. You know, the 2nd of 3 Game 7s they've lost against Boston. Very rough on the sac.