Around the League: Capitals and Ovie are Stanley Cup Champions

[Leafs at Knight]

Man Mcdonaugh hasn't been a good pickup at all.

 

[Superstar]

Romanuk: "A Mother's Day massacre..."

Speaking of the 6-2 Washington lead. Really?! What an awful way to state that on this celebrated day.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Leafs looked way better last year against Washington than this “powerhouse” Tampa team.

Is that how that works?

So Washington’s is destroying the “powerhouse” Tampa

Tampa destroyed what clearly must be a garbage Boston team.

Toronto lost to Boston.

I don’t think you can assess the skill of a team like that is the point.

 

[socko]

Caps look impressive.

 

[IPS]

Never underestimate a team that's exorcised their demons. Caps looking confident as hell.

 

[mix1home]

Is that how that works?

So Washington’s is destroying the “powerhouse” Tampa

Tampa destroyed what clearly must be a garbage Boston team.

Toronto lost to Boston.

I don’t think you can assess the skill of a team like that is the point.

Don’t you think you are digging to deep here? All I have said that Leafs looked way better against this Was team than this Tampa team. Granted, teams have their “convenient” opponents, but it seems to me Leafs can play any style and hang in there for 6-7 games even during their early years of rebuild, which is, if anything, encouraging.

 

[bennylundholm]

Tampa? Yeah. Winnipeg? Nah.

Byfuglien's a top 10/15 D in the league at very best. They run a defense by committee system there.

Buff may win the Conn Smythe. He's dominating and plays over 26 minutes a game.

 

[bennylundholm]

Don't think much of Winnipeg's PL#29. A great wrist shot and that's about it, very average in just about every other aspect of his hockey skills.

He'll be a superstar starting next season. Top 5 scoring the next decade.

 

[stickty111]

He'll be a superstar starting next season. Top 5 scoring the next decade.

Matthews>Laine

 

[MR4]

He'll be a superstar starting next season. Top 5 scoring the next decade.

Scoring goals top 5 yes, not points IMO.

Think Laine ends up averaging 45-35 while Matthews is more a 45-40/45

 

[ULF_55]

Don't think much of Winnipeg's PL#29. A great wrist shot and that's about it, very average in just about every other aspect of his hockey skills.

They were talking about him on the 960 the other day and Flames radio guys were saying he hasn't been good.

But he's only a kid, they don't always break-out in their 1st. playoffs.

These broadcasters are not Leafs' fans no matter how much you want to stretch it, but he's still on a 25 goal pace so it isn't like he's doing nothing.

He's at a .85 PPG, 5 of his 11 points have been on the PP where there more time and space.

Let's not forget he's only 20.

 

[Warden of the North]

Id trade anyone on our roster except Matthews for Laine.

Winnipeg is going to pay a huge amount for him after next season.

 

[ACC1224]

Id trade anyone on our roster except Matthews for Laine.

Winnipeg is going to pay a huge amount for him after next season.

Matthews and Marner for me.

 

[Nineteen67]

Winnipeg is the weirdest team. They’ll probably win this game, but they shut it down and fall asleep at times.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Winnipeg is the weirdest team. They’ll probably win this game, but they shut it down and fall asleep at times.

Nope. Vegas with a good road game. Time to go home pound those Jets.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Good job Vegas.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Leafs looked way better last year against Washington than this “powerhouse” Tampa team.

Holtby was awful last year. Looks composed and confident this year.

 

[Nineteen67]

Nope. Vegas with a good road game. Time to go home pound those Jets.

Yep. Let’s hope so.

Although, I think the Jets like crowd noise, which explains why they played so well in Nashville, and may do the same in Vegas.

Winnipeg fans are the quietest bunch after they get down a goal. Embarrassing, actually.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Id trade anyone on our roster except Matthews for Laine.

Winnipeg is going to pay a huge amount for him after next season.

Matthews, Marner, and Rielly are all worth keeping over Laine. Nylander is debatable as well

 

[Nineteen67]

Vegas is going to be madhouse on Wednesday.

 

[Trapper]

Matthews>Laine

On this board yes.
On the Jets board no.
To unbiased fans, there is probably no need to use < or > that seems to be needed so often.
Two good players.

 

[hockeywiz542]

Brian Burke says Phil Kessel trade was product of ticket price fatigue - Sportsnet.ca

Brian Burke said the decision to trade for Phil Kessel was made mostly as a business decision to give Toronto Maple Leafs fans a new star player to cheer for and buy tickets to go see.

“The Phil Kessel acquisition was in large part because I thought we had some ticket price fatigue,” Burke said in long-ranging interview with Bob McCown on Prime Time Sports Monday. “If we’re not going to win, let’s at least have a star player with what we charge for tickets.”

The Maple Leafs, with Burke as GM, acquired Kessel from the Boston Bruins for two first-round picks and a second-round pick. But due to poor performances, those ended up being high picks which the Bruins used to draft star OHL players Tyler Seguin, Dougie Hamilton and Jared Knight.

While he has no regrets about his time with the Maple Leafs, he did say the market has “an overwhelming negativity.”

"The issue [in Toronto] for me … it’s a shear volume thing,” Burke said. “And when you’re not successful, they all pick up a rock and they throw it."

 

[Menzinger]

Brian Burke says Phil Kessel trade was product of ticket price fatigue - Sportsnet.ca

These comments are well in line with those he made while being a Gm - ie about how The Leafs needed to play exciting hockey to entertain fans.

That said, what a terrible reason to make such a controversial trade in the salary cap era.

 

[OddyOh]

Brian Burke says Phil Kessel trade was product of ticket price fatigue - Sportsnet.ca

Wow...hey Burke, you know what’s actually entertaining? Winning!

 

[Mess]

Caps look impressive.

My Vegas bet for the Cup was on TB last summer, but the big, tough, physical Caps are making mincemeat out of the softer, smaller skilled Lighting players.

Washington is manhandling TB and running them out of the rink.

TB weakness is also the Leafs.