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TheMussel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 09.24.2013

Sep 15 @ 6:19 PM ET
the stars are getting great goaltending.

that's it.

That's literally it. They're an okay team getting some puck luck with a goalie standing on his head.

- BINGO!




Canada Cup
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ,all day against anybody.” Mr. Cooper , ON
Joined: 07.06.2007

Sep 15 @ 6:19 PM ET
I don't think you can look at the Stars' lineup and say that where they are right now is unlikely. Yes, I am surprised at how well Khudobin is playing, but I am equally surprised that Ben Bishop is not the guy playing this well...so not surprised they are getting good goal tending (if you get my drift).

The Stars have no prima-donna "it's all about me" players, whereas the Leafs have two that are blatantly obvious and probably three or four more. I mean...they ran Babcock out of town because they couldn't fall in line and put the team first. That says a lot to me right there. (I'd bet that Tavares loved Babcock and internally thinks that the coach was the guy that should have stayed...not certain players)

- JLO961


It’s amazing what great human beings Seguin and Radulov have become ow that their team is winning. Is it possible that they’re the same bumholes they’ve always been on a team that is winning right now?
gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings
Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON
Joined: 02.01.2016

Sep 15 @ 6:20 PM ET
It’s amazing what great human beings Seguin and Radulov have become ow that their team is winning. Is it possible that they’re the same bumholes they’ve always been on a team that is winning right now?
- Canada Cup

Nah. They were just misunderstood.
Canada Cup
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ,all day against anybody.” Mr. Cooper , ON
Joined: 07.06.2007

Sep 15 @ 6:20 PM ET
He stayed because they won. Respected him as a head coach. But yes the players hated him.
- gergeswillems


Scotty Bowman was a manipulative wiener. Scotty Bowman was an effective, manipulative wiener.
Canada Cup
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ,all day against anybody.” Mr. Cooper , ON
Joined: 07.06.2007

Sep 15 @ 6:21 PM ET
Nah. They were just misunderstood.
- gergeswillems


Cause they’re ugly as sin?
DrunkenCanuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Check your PM, ON
Joined: 07.14.2009

Sep 15 @ 6:21 PM ET
Marincin and Gauthier will be back. It doesn't make sense, so it'll happen.
- Muskoka_Matt


You forgot Triple C.
Dubas is high on him and has internal dork stats that say he’s much better than we see.
BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Sep 15 @ 6:22 PM ET
It’s amazing what great human beings Seguin and Radulov have become ow that their team is winning. Is it possible that they’re the same bumholes they’ve always been on a team that is winning right now?
- Canada Cup


Incredible what post season success does to a player's reputation.

Suddenly they have character.
Steven_Seagull
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: AUSTON MATTHEWS IS A LEAF
Joined: 03.03.2016

Sep 15 @ 6:23 PM ET
You forgot Triple C.
Dubas is high on him and has internal dork stats that say he’s much better than we see.

- DrunkenCanuck



“Comrade” Canada Cup should be high on anyone’s list.
gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings
Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON
Joined: 02.01.2016

Sep 15 @ 6:24 PM ET
Scotty Bowman was a manipulative wiener. Scotty Bowman was an effective, manipulative wiener.
- Canada Cup

Bowman was a master. He'd push buttons and most of the time it worked. He'd leave Yzerman alone knowing he was self motivated but he'd constantly be on Shanny's ass. He knew Shanny had to be pissed off to be effective. Otherwise he'd float and be invisible. Which he pretty much was after Bowman retired after the 2002 Cup win.
Zezel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Planet of the Leafs, ON
Joined: 02.28.2011

Sep 15 @ 6:24 PM ET

- TheMussel


Why doesn't the skeleton blow apart too? Totally unrealistic.
Izzo
Tampa Bay Lightning
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 12.20.2018

Sep 15 @ 6:25 PM ET
Copying from last thread, to much comedic value to leave in dead space:

Speaking of offseason doldrums, read his latest article redoing leaf drafts from 2005-2017.

Talk about barfing in your (frank)ing mouth.

2011 for example, what we drafted VS what we could have had at those picks?

Round, pick
Original
New
1, 22
Tyler Biggs
Rickard Rakell
1, 25
Stuart Percy
Phillip Danault
3, 86
Josh Leivo
Johnny Gaudreau
4, 100
Tom Nilsson
Tobias Rieder
5, 130
Tony Cameranesi
Andrew Shaw
6, 152
David Broll
Josh Manson
6, 173
Dennis Robertson
Dylan DeMelo
7, 190
Garret Sparks
Ryan Dzingel
7, 203
Max Everson
Ondrej Palat

It's like that every single year. I think the best year they had, 3 of the picks weren't redo's.

Why the (frank) do we cheer for this team...

- joel878


Imagine not including pick #58 in that draft everyone should throw up in their mouth a little at that one.
gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings
Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON
Joined: 02.01.2016

Sep 15 @ 6:26 PM ET

- TheMussel

Poor Muzzin. I'm glad he lived.
DrunkenCanuck
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Check your PM, ON
Joined: 07.14.2009

Sep 15 @ 6:26 PM ET
“Comrade” Canada Cup should be high on anyone’s list.
- Steven_Seagull


Lol. I agree, he’s good people.
MaximusAurelius
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: #FireDubas
Joined: 04.23.2012

Sep 15 @ 6:27 PM ET
There were never any issues with Radulov's character.
TheMussel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 09.24.2013

Sep 15 @ 6:27 PM ET
Why doesn't the skeleton blow apart too? Totally unrealistic.
- Zezel


Dunno, you tell me, you seem to be the export on blowing bones
Steven_Seagull
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: AUSTON MATTHEWS IS A LEAF
Joined: 03.03.2016

Sep 15 @ 6:28 PM ET
There were never any issues with Radulov's character.
- MaximusAurelius



Staying out late partying with one of the Kostitsyns during the playoffs while with Nashville.
TheMussel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 09.24.2013

Sep 15 @ 6:28 PM ET
There were never any issues with Radulov's character.
- MaximusAurelius


Are you saying David Poile was wrong?
Canada Cup
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ,all day against anybody.” Mr. Cooper , ON
Joined: 07.06.2007

Sep 15 @ 6:30 PM ET
Lol. I agree, he’s good people.
- DrunkenCanuck


Stop it. The revolution has no time for bourgeois sentiment.
Zezel
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Planet of the Leafs, ON
Joined: 02.28.2011

Sep 15 @ 6:31 PM ET
Dunno, you tell me, you seem to be the export on blowing bones
- TheMussel


Yeah, white stuff should be coming out
gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings
Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON
Joined: 02.01.2016

Sep 15 @ 6:32 PM ET
Are you saying David Poile was wrong?
- TheMussel

I'm never wrong. Except for the time I thought that raccoon in the garage wouldn't attack me.

BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

Sep 15 @ 6:33 PM ET
There were never any issues with Radulov's character.
- MaximusAurelius



Radulov broke his contract with the Predators to go back to Russia for four years.


He was suspended by the Predators in the middle of the 2nd round of the 2012 playoffs because he was found at a bar at 5 in the morning the night before a game.
bobbyisno1
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I'm excited to see that
Joined: 08.28.2010

Sep 15 @ 6:33 PM ET
Isles weren't even in a playoff spot, how did Lou get manager of the year?
Steven_Seagull
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: AUSTON MATTHEWS IS A LEAF
Joined: 03.03.2016

Sep 15 @ 6:33 PM ET
Isles weren't even in a playoff spot, how did Lou get manager of the year?
- bobbyisno1



Trolling the Leafs
gergeswillems
Detroit Red Wings
Location: Malkin wants to be The Man, ON
Joined: 02.01.2016

Sep 15 @ 6:35 PM ET
Isles weren't even in a playoff spot, how did Lou get manager of the year?
- bobbyisno1

Roger Roeper stuffed the ballot box.
21peter
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Peter I Island
Joined: 11.18.2014

Sep 15 @ 6:36 PM ET
Bowman was a master. He'd push buttons and most of the time it worked. He'd leave Yzerman alone knowing he was self motivated but he'd constantly be on Shanny's ass. He knew Shanny had to be pissed off to be effective. Otherwise he'd float and be invisible. Which he pretty much was after Bowman retired after the 2002 Cup win.
- gergeswillems

Forsberg knew how to piss off Shanny
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