GDT: Around the League 2023-2024 "Off Season??!! What off season??!!"

[Drivesaitl]

This is one of the dumbest articles I've read in awhile so I figured I'd share it here

Kailer Yamamoto has become available to the Maple Leafs for free

In the last few hours, there's been a lot of action in the NHL, as the first window to buy out contracts will close soon.

www.hockeypatrol.com

So according to the article Yams was limited on a club with McD and Drai even though playing with those is why he gets most of his pts. The article also falsely claims Yams minutes were limited here by Centers, even though he's a winger. Try to make any sense of the article, I couldn't.

Yama a "star player" i can't stop laughing.

Of course its a Toronto scribe writing it which figures. They know nothing at all about the Oilers. Not even what the lines and positions are apparently..get them to point to Edmonton on a map, see if they can..

 

[Drivesaitl]

This is one of the dumbest articles I've read in awhile so I figured I'd share it here

Kailer Yamamoto has become available to the Maple Leafs for free

In the last few hours, there's been a lot of action in the NHL, as the first window to buy out contracts will close soon.

www.hockeypatrol.com

So according to the article Yams was limited on a club with McD and Drai even though playing with those is why he gets most of his pts. The article also falsely claims Yams minutes were limited here by Centers, even though he's a winger. Try to make any sense of the article, I couldn't.

Yama a "star player" i can't stop laughing.

Of course its a Toronto scribe writing it which figures. They know nothing at all about the Oilers. Not even what the lines and positions are apparently..get them to point to Edmonton on a map, see if they can..

The star player cleared waivers on buyout.

 

[Stoneman89]

Things not looking good in TO.
have they ever signed a highly sought after UFA? other than Tavares, who they massively over paid to go there?

They did get rid of Justin Holl, which in my mind is very positive.

 

[Fourier]

I'm going to guess buying out Murray is a no-go

They have the Matthews and Nylander extensions kicking in next year. Buying Murray out puts 2 million in dead cap just when they can't have it. Although, we are supposed to get a cap boost, but maybe they have plans there still. Maybe this coming season will just be sacrificed

They just signed Bert to a one year $5.5M. Assuming Muzzin is done that leaves them with about $500K on 20 contracts. My guess is that if Samsonov went to arbitration he gets $5M. Unless the plan is to LTIR Murray or pay to trade him. I don't know how they make this work.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

 

[Mav3rick07]

Leafs fans are celebrating and high five-ing each-other, meanwhile they don't realize they're like 5 million dollars over the cap.

 

[yukoner88]

Leafs fans are celebrating and high five-ing each-other, meanwhile they don't realize they're like 5 million dollars over the cap.

Those respectful handshakes went straight to their heads

 

[BlackDogg]

That guys almost as old as Jim Reeves

 

[BlackDogg]

 

[BlackDogg]

 

[Oilhawks]

Except for that somewhat important “defending” thing (brought in a bunch of guys that can’t play a pick of two way) lol

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Lol it’s hilarious that Treliving goes to Toronto and immediately starts filling the team up with meat heads.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

I don’t think this Big Head guy is counting players on LTIR.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

That's all I needed to hear since that era of hockey is long gone.

 

[94 Oil Drops]

Lol it’s hilarious that Treliving goes to Toronto and immediately starts filling the team up with meat heads.

My thoughts exactly. Brady Boy is my hero. He just completely destroyed the Flames. Now he's about to completely destroy the Leafs.

 

[BlackDogg]

 

[McAsuno]

Hahahaha, flames taking another L.

 

[Tarus]

Lol it’s hilarious that Treliving goes to Toronto and immediately starts filling the team up with meat heads.

It's kind of understanding why they're going this route as the narrative in TO for the last 3 or 4 years is how soft and easy to play against they are, even opposing players have taken shots at them when passing through.

Bertuzzi is a nice pick up and will help with their tenacity in the offensive zone, but a 36 year old Reeves on a 3 year contract? Does Trev subscribe to the Bob Stauffer school of toughness where he believes a 4th liner who occasionally punches someone in the face will solve all the team's problems? Also, how does a player like Klingberg make them harder to play against? Will the opposing forwards be so tired from turnstyling him that they'll be too tuckered out to fight back against them or something?

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

It's kind of understanding why they're going this route as the narrative in TO for the last 3 or 4 years is how soft and easy to play against they are, even opposing players have taken shots at them when passing through.

Bertuzzi is a nice pick up and will help with their tenacity in the offensive zone, but a 36 year old Reeves on a 3 year contract? Does Trev subscribe to the Bob Stauffer school of toughness where he believes a 4th liner who occasionally punches someone in the face will solve all the team's problems? Also, how does a player like Klingberg make them harder to play against? Will the opposing forwards be so tired from turnstyling him that they'll be too tuckered out to fight back against them or something?

Playoff MVP ROR was supposed to be their Bertuzzi but with a Cup. Wayne Simmonds and a host of others have been their tough guys. Bunting and Kadri were their Domi.

Seen this movie before and until Pornstache and his Core Fore figure out playoff hockey is more than showing up in expensive suits and purses for social media likes and measuring the Respect-O-Meter in the handshake line, they aren’t going anywhere.

 

[Drivesaitl]

It's kind of understanding why they're going this route as the narrative in TO for the last 3 or 4 years is how soft and easy to play against they are, even opposing players have taken shots at them when passing through.

Bertuzzi is a nice pick up and will help with their tenacity in the offensive zone, but a 36 year old Reeves on a 3 year contract? Does Trev subscribe to the Bob Stauffer school of toughness where he believes a 4th liner who occasionally punches someone in the face will solve all the team's problems? Also, how does a player like Klingberg make them harder to play against? Will the opposing forwards be so tired from turnstyling him that they'll be too tuckered out to fight back against them or something?

The trouble is that Toronto core players, their stars, are soft. No end of bringing in doofuses fixes that. Strength in play has to come from your core otherwise the weakness gets unmasked every playoffs. Regular season tigers. Maple Leafs define that in Matthews/Marner/Nylander era. As per always bet against them in playoffs. Why wouldn't anybody?

 

[Mr Positive]

The trouble is that Toronto core players, their stars, are soft. No end of bringing in doofuses fixes that. Strength in play has to come from your core otherwise the weakness gets unmasked every playoffs. Regular season tigers. Maple Leafs define that in Matthews/Marner/Nylander era. As per always bet against them in playoffs. Why wouldn't anybody?

even if the core wasn't soft, it's just a proven failed formula

To me it's not even that they are soft. They just have so little clutch, or "rise to the occasion". Ramping up their forward depth as they have will not help with that.

I'm kinda done trashing on the Leafs. I'm moreso not caring as much. I'll say that they made good moves, but haven't put themselves any closer to a cup. The team is similar to that team when they had Barrie actually.

The one chance they may have to make a truly big impact move would be trading Nylander for a real Dman. I will give the Leafs some credit for trying Klingberg. He might be a bust there, but there's a decent dice roll that he captures his play from a couple years ago, which was quite good.

Not to pump our own tires, but Holland truly boosted his reputation by making that Ekholm trade. That is a move that changed our identity. That was the move that Toronto really needed to make.

 

[K1984]

Playoff MVP ROR was supposed to be their Bertuzzi but with a Cup. Wayne Simmonds and a host of others have been their tough guys. Bunting and Kadri were their Domi.

Seen this movie before and until Pornstache and his Core Fore figure out playoff hockey is more than showing up in expensive suits and purses for social media likes and measuring the Respect-O-Meter in the handshake line, they aren’t going anywhere.

I thought I was taking crazy pills for thinking they really aren’t any more “tougher to play against” than they were before despite the parade planning in TO.

I don’t perceive Bertuzzi as significantly “tougher to play against” than Bunting was, and despite the name Domi isn’t a physical player at all and is pretty overrated. Reeves is honestly irrelevant, basically a dressing room mascot.

This is classic Treliving. Make a bunch of moves for the sake of making moves, media pimps it up, then in the end it doesn’t really make a difference. Rinse and repeat.

 

[Stoneman89]

Wow, that will really boost what the Ducks can get back for him.

 

[Ritchie Valens]

Gino Hard? Whose account is that? His name sounds like a guy from the golden age of porn .

 

[Ibanez]

Gino Hard? Whose account is that? His name sounds like a guy from the golden age of porn .

Gino hard? Or Goin hard?