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Aaron_85
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 04.22.2014

Feb 18 @ 9:17 PM ET
ROR screens his own goalie. 1 - 0 Habs. ROR -1 as a Leaf.
- lacaprup


ROR - 1 assist and a 0 +/- as a leaf
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Feb 18 @ 9:23 PM ET
ROR - 1 assist and a 0 +/- as a leaf
- Aaron_85


Hey, had to get it in while I could.
Aaron_85
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 04.22.2014

Feb 18 @ 9:31 PM ET
Hey, had to get it in while I could.
- lacaprup


fair

He was his usual beast in the face off dot too. Something like 10 and 2.
dmnted
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Rented to Bruce Banner ;)
Joined: 08.30.2006

Feb 18 @ 10:08 PM ET
ROR screens his own goalie. 1 - 0 Habs. ROR -1 as a Leaf.
- lacaprup

Leafs with the W

Tuesday should be a good game
Cephalopods
Joined: 10.24.2008

Feb 18 @ 10:18 PM ET
its a bit early.

if Toronto wins the cup then they did no matter what.

otherwise, probably the Blues
GCHonda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: MABIE NEXT YEAR!!!!!!! , ON
Joined: 07.03.2010

Feb 18 @ 11:08 PM ET
ROR absolutely kills the Wild. I think they wanted to get him out of the West. When they meet the Leafs in the Stanley Cup final it will backfire on them.
- Minnyhock


Love the way you think. Yes Minnesota vs Toronto in the finals. Book it!! 😇
GCHonda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: MABIE NEXT YEAR!!!!!!! , ON
Joined: 07.03.2010

Feb 18 @ 11:12 PM ET
GCHONDA is back!!!!!!!!!! Where's all my crazy homeboys from 2010 when I use to live in Markham & talk to ya'll every night sitting on my couch with my laptop.
WHERE Y'AT????
HonkyTonkMan
Edmonton Oilers
Location: Home to ruined prospects and overpaid slugs', AB
Joined: 06.10.2015

Feb 19 @ 12:50 AM ET
if oreilly takes a hometown discount and resigns a friendly deal this is won by the leafs all day..
- a1xfreakx13

Some pretty big IF’s
ElbowingPenalty
Location: Victoria, BC
Joined: 07.23.2009

Feb 19 @ 2:25 AM ET
Leaf fans PLEASE let's put this trade into proper perspective. This isn't the Raptor situation in 2019 where they NEEDED to acquire a pure superstar. We have our top stars already.

I look at the Leafs in 2023 similar to the Islanders of 1979.
Islanders coming off back to back playoff dissapointments despite having the stars in Trottier, Bossy, Potvin & Smith in net. They obviously lacked a key piece to the puzzle. So they finally found it in a 1979 trade deadline deal for the Kings Butch Goring. He was the ideal support player/catalyst for their top stars. The Isles as we know went on to Cup successes.

Do not think of O'Reilly as a Kuwaii Leonard but more of a Butch Goring. O'Reilly isn't coming to TO to be our superatar. He's coming to be the perfect support player for our top stars as Goring was for the Isles. Obviously the last 6 playoff Leaf failures, a big reason was the lack of the right support players to our top stars. I believed several months back that O'Reilly if healthy & playing his game could be the " perfect" support player for the Leafs. If your going to battle the gritty players on TB & Bos you need gritty players like O'Reilly. So the Leafs are now solid on the forward lines. Now my only questions are in goal & on defense. I don't think it's bad idea to acquire a cheap backup goalie making under $1 mill. Lots of times have done the "three" goalie thing. It's good insurance in case Murray remains unhealthy. But the defense is the biggest question mark. Not enamoured with this core as a unit.

- GCHonda

Excellent take.

I see this as a triple win situation. Leafs get the players(s) that could be the missing piece to put them ahead of their competition. Blues get lots of draft capital and a prospect. Wild get a pick for cash. How is that bad for any team, given what they're each looking for?
lacaprup
Buffalo Sabres
Location: NY
Joined: 07.23.2006

Feb 19 @ 5:40 AM ET
Leafs with the W

Tuesday should be a good game

- dmnted


I'll be there among about 13,000 Leaf fans and 6,000 Sabre fans. These games are always wild.
pwasil7
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 05.16.2006

Feb 19 @ 9:20 AM ET
Right now definitely St Louis but we shall see
BringNYIhome
New York Islanders
Location: Smithtown , NY
Joined: 04.10.2016

Feb 19 @ 9:59 AM ET
How could you possibly determine a trade winner before any of the players have even played a game or before the draft picks are made?
GCHonda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: MABIE NEXT YEAR!!!!!!! , ON
Joined: 07.03.2010

Feb 19 @ 4:20 PM ET
Excellent take.

I see this as a triple win situation. Leafs get the players(s) that could be the missing piece to put them ahead of their competition. Blues get lots of draft capital and a prospect. Wild get a pick for cash. How is that bad for any team, given what they're each looking for?

- ElbowingPenalty


I agree totally EP.
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