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GDT: Cats out of the Bag - Panthers @ Scotiabank

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WayneTrain said:
Gonna be sad watching Marchment tonight. Local guy that worked his way up through our system. Just to move him for a soft, undersized player (Malgin) who doesn't bring much if he can't play in your top 6, which he can't. Marchment should have been kept on, he could easily be an upgrade in Simmonds spot. It's why I hope we don't make the same mistake twice, and we give Curtis Douglas a fair chance when the time comes
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Watching him go at it vs. Tkachuk last night stung. Constantly battling on the ice and going at him verbally from the bench. Marchy's always been fiery as hell. Him and Bunting would give teams fits.
 
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Knies iT said:
Watching him go at it vs. Tkachuk last night stung. Constantly battling on the ice and going at him verbally from the bench. Marchy's always been fiery as hell. Him and Bunting would give team's fits.
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So true man. Love that we have Bunting now. Would be great to have more pieces like that. I have hope that Blackwell will show some of that come playoffs/when he gets more comfortable here with his teammates
 
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saffronleaf said:
I think they need to put together a winning streak of solid 200ft play to start silencing the critics. Team has been in a lull for more than a month. One win won't do it.
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Unpopular opinion, but I actually thought they played a really good 200 ft game last night - just a few mistakes ended up in their net.

I know people got on Keefe last night for his "82 times" comment, but if they play the way they played last night more often, they'll always be giving themselves a chance to win.
 
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Tak7 said:
Unpopular opinion, but I actually thought they played a really good 200 ft game last night - just a few mistakes ended up in their net.

I know people got on Keefe last night for his "82 times" comment, but if they play the way they played last night more often, they'll always be giving themselves a chance to win.
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Yeah no issue with their play. Concerning thing is lack of finishing which has happened in the playoffs too
 
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saffronleaf said:
I have low expectations for them but they still manage to disappoint me all the time.
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Tak7 said:
Unpopular opinion, but I actually thought they played a really good 200 ft game last night - just a few mistakes ended up in their net.

I know people got on Keefe last night for his "82 times" comment, but if they play the way they played last night more often, they'll always be giving themselves a chance to win.
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if they're going to lose, then that's the way to do it, I guess.

still, losing against the worst team in the entire league and the team that humiliated the leafs in last year's playoffs in historic fashion... that stings even if the deserve-to-win-o-meter is at 90%.
 
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Tak7 said:
Yep.

They get goalie'd with alarming regularity - which makes me think they have major issues against teams that take the slot away.
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If they take away the slot, what is there left to goalie? How does one take the slot away but still need highlight reel saves like the one on Marner?
 
riffle said:
More from Kyle Davidson, because we aren't ever getting that from Dubas, obviously.

Elliotte knows where his bread is buttered. It isn't in Chicago. PR is a huge game within the game. Information control is so important today.

I take Kyle Dubas' confirmation of what Kyle Davidson said as the only "facts" of this situation. Beyond that, it is all speculation by Elliotte and everyone else.

Friedman doing damage control on this is not hard to believe, for me. I felt this story was massive. I still feel that way. So many possible implications that have been discussed, but, again, the only facts are Kyle Dubas admitted he was upset the details of the potential trade got out there. Anything else we simply don't know because neither Kyle is going to speak about it anymore. Do I think someone from the Leafs org told Elliotte that it was Chicago asking? Sure, very likely. Truth? Unknown and surely debatable.

Tell me what Chicago has to lose in any of this? Nothing. Hagel and Fleury are gone. What does Kyle and Toronto have to lose? Plenty. Toronto has huge incentive to do damage control. Chicago doesn't have any.
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Well you seem to be choosing which reports you find credible to make it seem more exciting than it is. I subscribe more to Occam's Razor and don't think Friedman is repeatedly lying so I think it's like this happened:

Toronto calls Chicago about the price for Hagel and Fleury
Chicago tells Toronto it's Knies + 1st + etc
Toronto says no
Details are leaked
Toronto is worried the goalies they are counting on will be shaken by the notion the Leafs were interested in Fleury, so they are upset
 
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LeafSteel said:
The SN speculation was so bush league.

Fact: Dubas said from the onset he was going to make moves that made sense and made us better. Knies is our top prospect. It makes total sense for any team to ask for him. That doesn’t mean he was offered by Toronto. The fact that no trade happened should be clear: Chicago asked, Toronto left. Period. Anything else is deliberate trying to stir up shit, and Bieksa doesn’t know has hand from his ass.

As far as how Campbell must be feeling, here’s a tip: if you want to keep your job, bloody well do it properly. Stop the damn puck and we don’t need another goalie. Otherwise, everyone is replaceable for someone else who does the job.

Extremely disappointed in the SN hatchet job last night. From now on I change channel but what they were trying to intimate and incite last night was TMZ level trash.
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even the misadventures of ron and tara might be better than that intermission
 
saffronleaf said:
I think they need to put together a winning streak of solid 200ft play to start silencing the critics. Team has been in a lull for more than a month. One win won't do it.
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Problem is people aren't capable of evaluating the sport beyond W = good L = bad. Leafs played a strong game yesterday. This is the NHL, even the Habs have good players and pieces, and their recent record speaks for itself.
 
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