Mahura looked like an ECHLer and went to Florida and was a serviceable d.

Sorry but the Ducks were so bad and arguably the least structured team in the league last year. Hard to take play from anyone on that team and justify it.
- Santo_44

Dallas is a really good team with really good structure and has had some pretty good coaching. The last time Klingberg was really good was 2017-18 when Ken Hitchcock was their coach, after he retired, he was coached by Jim Montgomery and Rick Bowness in Dallas - all of those years with limited success.

If you deploy him correctly and support him correctly, maybe he can be effective. Throughout his time in Dallas he was predominantly paired with Esa Lindell with diminishing results year-over-year. When paired with Hakanpaa last year, his play rebounded - whereas Klingberg continued his downward trend.

I'm not optimistic and I'd at least suggest strong caution when talking him up.

Your second sentence contradicts your first.

If money isn't an issue, firing a guy you just extended is just as easy as firing a guy on the last year of his contract.

Perhaps that's why you are the only guy who sees that.
- Atomic Wedgie

I meant more from an optics point of view. It would make people question the plan if you extend a guy then wind up firing him.

Very low, because it's likely the Leafs will win their division so firing Keefe wouldn't be a consideration.
- Zezel

Yeah I think they win the division also... as long as Sammy and Woll don't fall apart... and of course the D holds pretty well...

Am curious to see how JT goes as a 33yr old 2nd line C. I think he is by far the biggest question mark in the top 6.

Knies / 34/16
Bertuzzi / 91 / 88

pretty potent.

Yeah I think they win the division also... as long as Sammy and Woll don't fall apart... and of course the D holds pretty well...

Am curious to see how JT goes as a 33yr old 2nd line C. I think he is by far the biggest question mark in the top 6.

Knies / 34/16
Bertuzzi / 91 / 88

pretty potent.
- dozerD10

JT keeps trucking along as point-per-game guy, I actually don't question him because he's been consistent.

Yeah I think they win the division also... as long as Sammy and Woll don't fall apart... and of course the D holds pretty well...

Am curious to see how JT goes as a 33yr old 2nd line C. I think he is by far the biggest question mark in the top 6.

Knies / 34/16
Bertuzzi / 91 / 88

pretty potent.
- dozerD10

Based on that Top 6 - the biggest question yo me would be Knies. He looked good at times in playoffs and not so much other times. If it’s the same up/down play I’m not sure Top line minutes is a good idea.
Frankly I would play Jarnkrok over him in Top 6 if that’s the case. Jarnkrok is an egg beater and can finish occasionally but his impact would be on the forecheck and the defensive end of that line to allow 34/Marner to focus offensively.

Great 2 more years of that skalapy idiot calling him queef 🤮🤦🏼‍♂️

JT keeps trucking along as point-per-game guy, I actually don't question him because he's been consistent.
- Zezel

Absolutely! Foot speed maybe but just put him with quicker wingers and also JT is a legend man he is a solid pro that is a smart player and will be able to adjust accordingly (his speed) positionally.

I meant more from an optics point of view. It would make people question the plan if you extend a guy then wind up firing him.
- Whipper

Nah, most know the tree likes to have a full year with his new coach.
Also, with everything going on with the leafs, this is one less headache/storyline to worry about.
Its only 2 year's and im sure once AM gave his approval of keefe they decided to get it done sooner than later

JT keeps trucking along as point-per-game guy, I actually don't question him because he's been consistent.
- Zezel

Yup.
Jt shouldnt be questioned at all.
However, we all knew the final two years of the contract wouldn't be as great.

Dallas is a really good team with really good structure and has had some pretty good coaching. The last time Klingberg was really good was 2017-18 when Ken Hitchcock was their coach, after he retired, he was coached by Jim Montgomery and Rick Bowness in Dallas - all of those years with limited success.

If you deploy him correctly and support him correctly, maybe he can be effective. Throughout his time in Dallas he was predominantly paired with Esa Lindell with diminishing results year-over-year. When paired with Hakanpaa last year, his play rebounded - whereas Klingberg continued his downward trend.

I'm not optimistic and I'd at least suggest strong caution when talking him up.
- Monkeypunk

Bang on.

Rebound stories happen but nothing he has shown the last few years suggests it's the likely scenario.

Great 2 more years of that skalapy idiot calling him queef 🤮🤦🏼‍♂️
- .HOHO.

lol queef

I think November Rain is better than that one.
- Zezel

Agreed! November Rain was their masterpiece.

Augello must have bailed early for the long weekend. He's slow off the mark on the Keefe contract.

Great 2 more years of that skalapy idiot calling him queef 🤮🤦🏼‍♂️
- .HOHO.

The insurance industry sure believes in anthropomorphic climate change.
- Zezel

It's funny how experiencing something first-hand changes one's attitude.

Cajuns in southern Louisiana were virulently against the idea of climate change until their ancestral lands were swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico. Now, they will fight you over it if you deny it. Same with conservatives in Miami-Dade - they saw the light. Insurance companies, ditto.

Science ceases to sound political when it smacks you in the face and the wallet.

The lesson is : science doesn't care what you believe or what your politics are. Peer-reviewed consensus facts are facts. Period.

Great 2 more years of that skalapy idiot calling him queef 🤮🤦🏼‍♂️
- .HOHO.

3 if you include this year which you must

Augello must have bailed early for the long weekend. He's slow off the mark on the Keefe contract.
- PrinceLH

the top 40 is getting in the way of things

It's funny how experiencing something first-hand changes one's attitude.

Cajuns in southern Louisiana were virulently against the idea of climate change until their ancestral lands were swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico. Now, they will fight you over it if you deny it. Same with conservatives in Miami-Dade - they saw the light. Insurance companies, ditto.

Science ceases to sound political when it smacks you in the face and the wallet.

The lesson is : science doesn't care what you believe or what your politics are. Peer-reviewed consensus facts are facts. Period.
- GalacticStone

It’s sort of like the weather getting repeatedly indicted

It's funny how experiencing something first-hand changes one's attitude.

Cajuns in southern Louisiana were virulently against the idea of climate change until their ancestral lands were swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico. Now, they will fight you over it if you deny it. Same with conservatives in Miami-Dade - they saw the light. Insurance companies, ditto.

Science ceases to sound political when it smacks you in the face and the wallet.

The lesson is : science doesn't care what you believe or what your politics are. Peer-reviewed consensus facts are facts. Period.
- GalacticStone

exactly

It's funny how experiencing something first-hand changes one's attitude.

Cajuns in southern Louisiana were virulently against the idea of climate change until their ancestral lands were swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico. Now, they will fight you over it if you deny it. Same with conservatives in Miami-Dade - they saw the light. Insurance companies, ditto.

Science ceases to sound political when it smacks you in the face and the wallet.

The lesson is : science doesn't care what you believe or what your politics are. Peer-reviewed consensus facts are facts. Period.
- GalacticStone

i know right., Hurricanes were never powerful in the early 1900's

It's funny how experiencing something first-hand changes one's attitude.

Cajuns in southern Louisiana were virulently against the idea of climate change until their ancestral lands were swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico. Now, they will fight you over it if you deny it. Same with conservatives in Miami-Dade - they saw the light. Insurance companies, ditto.

Science ceases to sound political when it smacks you in the face and the wallet.

The lesson is : science doesn't care what you believe or what your politics are. Peer-reviewed consensus facts are facts. Period.
- GalacticStone

The scientific method has a very convincing record. If one believes in the marketplace, one can't deny climate change.

It's funny how experiencing something first-hand changes one's attitude.

Cajuns in southern Louisiana were virulently against the idea of climate change until their ancestral lands were swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico. Now, they will fight you over it if you deny it. Same with conservatives in Miami-Dade - they saw the light. Insurance companies, ditto.

Science ceases to sound political when it smacks you in the face and the wallet.

The lesson is : science doesn't care what you believe or what your politics are. Peer-reviewed consensus facts are facts. Period.
- GalacticStone

Sadly, by the time enough people experience it first hand for things to change, it's probably going to be too late for us humans.

The scientific method has a very convincing record. If one believes in the marketplace, one can't deny climate change.
- Zezel

Outdated thinking is a trap most deniers fall into. They are stuck 20+ years ago on Al Gore and the infamous "hockey stick" graph. Every field has bad science. It's part of the process. The difference between science and politics is : science is a self-cleaning oven. Bad data and wrong conclusions are exposed, discussed, corrected, and a consensus emerges. The scientific consensus on climate change is clear and undeniable. There is no debate any more. The only people still debating it are the flat earth types and people with political axes to grind. This so-called "debate" was settled years ago. Fox News and conservatives just refuse to read the memo. Luckily, science doesn't give a single dry phuck what the deniers think. LOL.

new blog everyone

The scientific method has a very convincing record. If one believes in the marketplace, one can't deny climate change.
- Zezel

You would think…. Except companies think in terms of quarterly profits, not long term impacts and governments continue to pump $ into subsidies for oil, gas and coal ($7 trillion last, twice as much as the world spent on education).