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I don’t understand why the Blazers didn’t upgrade on Ernst. He gives me Campbell vibes with his inability to track a puck.
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An interesting tidbit. This will be the 1st time in Memorial Cup history the tiebreaker has gone to O.T.
3blizzard4
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Reading Pits forum, they are damn happy they got Dubie. The big fish they call him.
Bomber0104
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1 playoff round win with a team whose table was fully set for him by previous management.
Not sure what their expectations are of him for a team that needs to be systematically dismantled and then rebuilt back up with him in charge but I'd be willing to bet it'll be at least 6 years before Dubas can beat even his own playoff record here in Toronto of 5/16 playoff wins...
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That seems a little optimistic but the Pitt franchise has been in a bit of turmoil since their last championship. I think KD can do a lot of things to straighten that out. FFS the guy wanted to braid the hair of his new acquisitions, he can build a positive culture if that's what they need. The Leaf fans are tired of waiting for a championship, Pens just want to get things back on the track to feel better.
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3blizzard4
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Dubas said in his presser that his main priority in Pitt will be goaltending and defence.
Two areas he has no clue about as he clearly demonstrated clearly in Toronto.
Two areas he has no clue about as he clearly demonstrated clearly in Toronto.
BertCorbeau
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Ehh Dubas did some good things to improve the overall D core and depth. It lacked high impact defense but it had quality. Also the development pipeline was improved.
Definitely better than when he started
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Dubas turned one of the worst defensive teams in the league into one of the best. I'd say Samsonov has been a pretty good goalie for us too.
BertCorbeau
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Brodie was a good signing .. Gio was a good addition
Acquiring Timmins was a good move… signed Bogosian
3blizzard4
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You all make good points. I feel that even with those additions the Leafs were hemmed in their zone for long periods unable to get the puck out.
Sammy played lights out this season. Let’s hope it continues. Backup goalie situation was a nightmare thought.
Sammy played lights out this season. Let’s hope it continues. Backup goalie situation was a nightmare thought.
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While he acquired solid d men, I don't think he ever really got a good mix of them together. In the playoffs we were essentially playing with 5 d men that could not carry the puck or move in transition at all. That killed us.
BertCorbeau
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Part of it is timing. If we had last year’s versions of Gio and Brodie that group would have been more stout. But they looked more aged.
There’s a trade off with transition/luck moving and size/physicality though.
It’s why Liljegren should have been in the line up more, why it was a coaching fail.
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Did he make any mention of re-acquiring Matt Murray again, and having his eye on expansion draft protected Justin Holl a pending UFA, or maybe picking up 40 year old Mark Giordano for a pair of 2nd round picks again?
While in Toronto he went back to his roots in the Soo, so you would have to believe familiarity will bring him back for former Leafs he acquired and coveted here,
I'd be willing to allow Dubas to have most of his former Dmen and Goalies for his new Pen's team (holding mainly just Rielly and Liljegren the ones he inherited).
Pens Defense 2023-24
Kris Letang -------- T J Brodie
Jeff Petry --------- Justin Holl
Mark Giordano -- Erik Gustafsson
Jordie Benn ----- Victor Mete
Jake Muzzin (LTIR)
Goaltending
Matt Murray (won 2 Cups with the Pens)
Casey DeSmith
Erik Källgren
Good Luck Pittsburgh, you're going to need it !!!!
For those 9 players some pending UFAs, if I were Brad Treliving's shoes I'd accept future considerations for the whole lot, because the free cap space and roster spots would have sooooooo much more value to Leafs.
PS. If Dubas was willing to take Murray ugly contract, I'd even let him have Ilya Samsonov (RFA) in the deal. As then I would simply sign ex Pens goalie Tristan Jarry as pending UFA to back up Joseph Woll.
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I think for 5M you could have gotten a much better fit for the team than Brodie. Especially since they signed him with the intention of being Rielly's partner - which never worked very well as a pairing.
Gio was Dubas bargain bin hunting when he should have went for the big fish since (Lindholm).
Liked the Muzzin trade - he was precisely what the Leafs needed. The other big D acquisitions? Honestly not that good IMO. Mind you getting Schenn this year was a good positive.
3blizzard4
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Did he make any mention of re-acquiring Matt Murray again, and having his eye on expansion draft protected Justin Holl a pending UFA, or maybe picking up 40 year old Mark Giordano for a pair of 2nd round picks again?
While in Toronto he went back to his roots in the Soo, so you would have to believe familiarity will bring him back for former Leafs he acquired and coveted here,
I'd be willing to allow Dubas to have most of his former Dmen and Goalies for his new Pen's team (holding mainly just Rielly and Liljegren the ones he inherited).
Pens Defense 2023-24
Kris Letang -------- T J Brodie
Jeff Petry --------- Justin Holl
Mark Giordano -- Erik Gustafsson
Jordie Benn ----- Victor Mete
Jake Muzzin (LTIR)
Goaltending
Matt Murray (won 2 Cups with the Pens)
Casey DeSmith
Erik Källgren
Good Luck Pittsburgh, you're going to need it !!!!
For those 9 players some pending UFAs, if I were Brad Treliving's shoes I'd accept future considerations for the whole lot, because the free cap space and roster spots would have sooooooo much more value to Leafs.
PS. If Dubas was willing to take Murray ugly contract, I'd even let him have Ilya Samsonov (RFA) in the deal. As then I would simply sign ex Pens goalie Tristan Jarry as pending UFA to back up Joseph Woll.
Love the Pitt colours!
BertCorbeau
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Mess
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Here is the evidence of the final playoff Defense core results that Dubas thought was a Cup contender. to support that opinion of yours.
Look at those +/- results at ES
These results speak for themselves on how bad this Dcore was in the playoffs.Gio, McCabe and Holl a brutal -7 +/- in just 11 games & Brodie a -3 and Gustasson only dressed for 2 games.
Only the Rielly -- Schenn pairing was playable and in fact excelled and youngster Liljegren was OK but still learning.
Between Dubas team building and Keefe's coaching they couldn't have sabotaged the Leafs hope for success any greater.
Toss in Samsonov playoff goaltending behind that Dcore
Game Over for Toronto.
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Mess
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It was subtle, but sharp of you to notice I put all our Dubas dmen in Pens colours for dramitic effect.
Dubas wants to rebuild the Pens Defense and Goaltending in his image and vision, and I say have add it, and take as many former players he acquired for the Leafs as he wants, take them all and I wouldn't care..
It would give our new GM Treliving such a nice fresh start with all the cap and roster space, to build a team from the goalie out through strong defense.
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Nothing wrong with the final. Just won’t get much viewers. Hence why Bettman will be happy it’s two Southern teams in America. Bettman is a crook.Down here where they play these finals the weather is usually nice in March and April and hot by June.
What’s wrong with the final? They’re two really good teams. Did y’all want Boston again? Rangers? New Jersey?
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The finals only gets viewers from the region the teams are from and it won’t be any different this year. At least TNT is carrying the series and lucky for them they at least have two markets with no Canadian based team. Florida and Edmonton would be a disaster for ratings.
Waiting a week for this series to start has really sucked any remaining excitement out of the Cup finals. Really bad planning by the NHL.
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It's pretty hard to care about hockey when its 30 degrees Celsius outside too...
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