GDT: Around the League - 2021/22 - Playoffs edition
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Stephen
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I think Makar deserved the Norris over Fox last year, and I have no problem with him getting it this year, though Josi had the insane numbers.
Three players on this list won cups during the final year of their ELC and before those contracts.
Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2009-2010. That year Toews and Kane were on ELC contracts.
Malkin won a cup in 2008-2009 on a ELC contract.
So you are 50% correct.
Not sure who you think the "golden boys" are, but not really relevant to the discussion anyway.
Marner, Nylander and Matthews are the Leafs golden boys. You were going on about contracts of all those other players. The difference is they did win a cup and got out of the first round.
Enga Olly
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I just quickly poked around in Oilers Around the League thread. That is some funny shit there
Matthews, Marner, and Nylander aren't "golden boys", but they are amazing hockey players well worth their contracts.
Actually, what happened is an individual in this thread made an incorrect statement about 6 specific players, claiming that they only got big contracts after winning the cup, so I corrected them and pointed out that all of them actually signed big contracts before winning any cups.
Also, it would be weird for a Leaf fan to refer to Matthews/Marner/Nylander as "your" and not "our" players.
BertCorbeau
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They took that personally… apparently it’s only legitimate when McDavid wins it.
It’s possible for McDavid to be the best player on the planet and for Matthews to have an MVP season concurrently.
I agreed they are amazing hockey players. I don't feel they will ever win anything with the way the roster is constructed. One of them has to go to get the 2 things this team needs. They need that number 1 defenseman and a major upgrade in goal. I'm sorry but Reilly isn't a number 1 defenseman.
Well, I'm glad we can both agree they are amazing hockey players. Rielly is indeed a #1 defenseman, this team is very good defensively overall, and there's no reason we can't win with the way the roster is constructed. Cups have been won with all sorts of different roster constructions. A solid goalie would definitely help.
CantLoseWithMatthews
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this seems pretty crazy to me. Florida was doing so well, why replace their coach with someone who consistently underperformed with the Jets?
Menzinger
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He's an awful coach. An absolutely terrible decision from the Panthers, and great news for the Leafs
Paul Maurice is the Pete DeBoer of the East.
Always getting jobs and with no clue as to why,
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ToneDog
56 years and counting. #FireTheShanaClan!
Panthers go all in, win a round, coach is schooled in the playoffs and held accountable and replaced. Here they would have given him another 3 kicks at the can.
They replaced him with Paul Maurice. Paul. Maurice. Yes. That Paul Maurice.
Thank god that our management is smarter than that.
Panthers did get pretty demolished by Tampa after going all-in though.
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The Panthers are also being duly critiqued for letting go the interim coach who salvaged the season and brought the best out of a ragtag group to clinch the President's Trophy, and taking the Panthers out of the first round for the first time in 25 years, all without getting the chance to even choose his own staff
Plus then there is further speculation, that they are instead offering him a position higher than coach, instead
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CantLoseWithMatthews
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it would be like getting a B on your math test and being so upset about not getting an A+ that you decide to get a lobotomy. Yes it's doing something, but is it really what we should be aiming for?
ToneDog
56 years and counting. #FireTheShanaClan!
Yup the same guys who went all in by trading a 1st and 2 4ths for a broken down, Nick Foligo and then signed IFAs Ritchie and Mrazek is much smarter. LOL. Panthers > Leafs in regular season. Panthers > Leafs in playoffs. Yup Leafs management is much smarter. So much smarter they are going to triple and quadrouple down on this lot that has 6 first round playoff loses in a row.
With 775 career wins to his name, Maurice has the pedigree and experience that the Panthers were likely looking for as a more long-term Quenneville replacement.
Wake me us when Keefe gets his 775th win in the NHL.
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Wake me up when Keefe gets his 811th loss, to tell me more about how awesome Paul Maurice is.
Yes, the guy who, like multiple NHL GMs, offered a 1st for a Foligno that unfortunately ended up getting injured (a fraction of the "all-in" that Florida did) is smarter than to hire Paul Maurice.
Yes, the guy who signed guys like Bunting, Kampf, and Giordano to multi-year steals is smarter than to hire Paul Maurice.
Yes, the guy who effectively got out of a Ritchie deal that didn't end up working out is smarter than to hire Paul Maurice.
Except Florida got smacked around by the team that we outplayed.
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Menzinger
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It's some of the worst parts of the leagues culture. Being a nice guy and having a recognizable name will often land you the next job no matter how often you screw up.
ToneDog
56 years and counting. #FireTheShanaClan!
I bet Keefe does not get another NHL coaching job after he is fired here.
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