Bleacher Report blogger says that Toronto no longer appeals to free agents, not considered a winning organization

[PaulD]

Toronto has never won a third round series when they won their last cup the 3rd round was the final round. Crazy! People had not landed on the moon yet!

 

[PaulD]

Cup or bust

that's a real tough call ...... but I'll go with bust.
And bet any leaf that's willing to place money on it..
Although I've never come accross one my life.
First time for everything I suppose.

I live in Toronto and I can tell you it's not appealing as a city as it used to

High taxes.
Constant traffic

I loved growing up here. Just don't recognize this city anymore

ditto

 

[BlueBaron]

Some guy say blah blah Leafs. HF gets excited. I guess no one wanted Tanev and we just got lucky....so tiresome.

 

[DuklaNation]

No longer? Not sure the phrasing is right here. I'll assume it means the current core is no longer seen as a viable playoff winner. Hard to argue that given the record in these playoffs in receny years.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

I read it fine the first time. I'm not sure what re-reading it will do, but ok. The poster I replied to doesn't seem to be taking offense to what I said. I'm not sure why you are.

It's quite obvious that the second time he wrote "3rd" he meant "2nd", looking at the context of his first mention of "3rd".

But you wrote that you did not mean it to be a condescending correction. So this dialogue should be over.

 

[NyQuil]

Players on Sun Belt teams are going to get recognized when they go out.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Montour just took Seattle over Toronto….

Only Toronto eh. How many Montour’s do we got around the league!?

 

[joelef]

Funny the out of touch good ole boys on every level of hockey trains hockey players to have no personality , be humble and a don’t be “ selfish” then go to sunbelt team so they can get out media spotlight in Canada so they can be humble and won’t be “ selfish “. The irony is lost on the old boys network

 

[Kimota]

They refuse to adapt and make changes and admit they have a problem.

 

[Bank Shot]

Some guy say blah blah Leafs. HF gets excited. I guess no one wanted Tanev and we just got lucky....so tiresome.

I don't think anyone wanted him at that term. Bad example. That contract is horrendous.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Toronto is basically a step above Ottawa, Buffalo, and Detroit. They do the bare minimum of making the playoffs consistently, but not even as a top seed or anything. First round fodder.

 

[IceManCat]

"Bleacher report says" =

that automatically means it's highly insignificant and not true.

 

[WillTheThrill]

Solid yes.
But I've never seen a vet Dman go to Toronto and not have his game go south to some degree.

TJ Brodie was fantastic for the first couple years of his contract, it’s only in the last yr that his play fell off.

Imagine taking anything Bleacher Report says as gospel

 

[PaulD]

TJ Brodie was fantastic for the first couple years of his contract, it’s only in the last yr that his play fell off.

Imagine taking anything Bleacher Report says as gospel

My opinion is not influenced one iota by whoever or what ever Bleacher report is

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Their 3-4 stars take up half the cap. Doesn’t leave Toronto with a lot of money left over to spend elsewhere.

This is the big thing to me. I bet Petro would have loved an offer, but the Leafs were capped out.

 

[Mobiandi]

Ryan O'Reilly jumping ship made it fairly clear that there's something wrong with the Leafs org

 

[CanadasTeam99]

Correct. Have you seen the half assing when the coach hurts their feelings, or the lame injuries guys sit out with?

Maybe intensity or mentality would've been a better word choice, but you get the point

God the NBA is SO SOFT from when I stopped watching it in the 90's and early 2000's.

Load management BS, etc

I remember a game I attended in Toronto when Chicago came to town. Coach told Michael to sit it out and he said "No, these people came to see me play and I want to put on a show for them"

GOAT

 

[PaulD]

Some guy say blah blah Leafs. HF gets excited. I guess no one wanted Tanev and we just got lucky....so tiresome.

yea, TML are a tiresome organization. Have been for a looooong time

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

yea, TML are a tiresome organization. Have been for a looooong time

TML have a huge rabid fanbase that unfortunately the local media feels like it is their job to keep them fed.

Biggest thing to me is that to be a premiere destination you have to have big cap $ available to outbid other teams on the market, and the Leafs have been in cap hell for a long time now. Leafs doing tricks with signing bonuses and the future of Robidas island, but they don't have the room to successfully go after the premiere guys.

 

[leafsfan5]

Of course they dont - who would want to join a market thats devoid of success but with the expectations of a dynasty?

I listen to clips of the SDPN podcast sometimes - and it was never more evident how toxic Toronto is with hockey than when the Keefe comments about 'joining the real NHL' got back to Canada

Every outlet was saying how if it wasnt for Toronto and their money and fans, so on and so on...

Its an elitist mentality tied to a relegation-worthy club

Who expects a dynasty? This is a fanbase who celebrated in the streets when we won a FIRST ROUND SERIES

Leafs fans expectations are in the gutter, you give us one deep run in 10 years and we'll talk about it fondly

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Welcome to the club Toronto, Mike Sullivan did this to the Penguins about 4-5 seasons ago, you’re late to the party but we’ve been expecting you.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I would imagine anyone from anywhere would take the best offer available $ wise. Anyone in their right mind would play for any team if the deal was good.

 

[Martin Skoula]

This is the big thing to me. I bet Petro would have loved an offer, but the Leafs were capped out.

They spent 5mil on Brodie the same offseason and had a bunch of 1-3mil pieces they could (and later did) flip for a pick and replace internally. The money for Petro was there with the 10% offseason cap overage and clearing the extra Kerfoot he costs over Brodie is trivial.

The reality is he either didn’t want to come here or he only would at a significantly higher number than he got in Vegas.

 

[BlueBaron]

yea, TML are a tiresome organization. Have been for a looooong time

Lol. Did you hire a team to come with that one? Boy you sure showed us. Tell all your friends.

I don't think anyone wanted him at that term. Bad example. That contract is horrendous.

That would be true if he was overpaid.

 

[Bank Shot]

That would be true if he was overpaid.

Its not a terrible contract for a guy that misses 20+ games per year if it was 2 years. 6 is atrocious. The chance of that contract aging well is about 2%.