Pre-Game Talk: Countdown thread to 24-25 Season (T - 6 hours)

Who's going to be the surprise of this camp ?

  • Beck

    Votes: 10 4.1%
  • Kapanen

    Votes: 150 61.0%
  • Heineman

    Votes: 4 1.6%
  • Mesar

    Votes: 16 6.5%
  • Engstrom

    Votes: 36 14.6%
  • Farrell

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Trudeau

    Votes: 3 1.2%
  • F. Xhekaj

    Votes: 7 2.8%
  • Tuch

    Votes: 14 5.7%
  • Hughes

    Votes: 2 0.8%
  • Davidson

    Votes: 4 1.6%
  • Kidney

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    246

Hannibal

Fear the Weber
Feb 11, 2007
10,841
8,124
You'd probably have to pay something to move Dvorak now with the salary cap being used for most teams at the start.. and if just getting Pezzetta in the line-up makes us a tougher team to play against and not a bunch of 'ballerinas' then I'd say we are splitting hairs here.

And what about waiving the f*** out of him like we did for Armia last year?
 

morhilane

Registered User
Feb 28, 2021
8,178
10,665
Both MSL and Suzuki mentioned how there was going to be more accountability this year. Hopefully that's not the "vets get a freepass and young players do not" version of that.
 

Paddyjack

Registered User
Dec 10, 2007
3,439
4,008
Sherbrooke
Keeping the only player who could have potentially softened the blow a bit was too obvious. Instead we cut him in favor of a career AHLer.
Maybe because that carreer AHLer came to the camp wanting to show something, and he did, contrary to that gem you are talking about who has shown no hunger during camp. Things like that get noticed by the coaching staff. It is tolerated for a vet, but not for a youngster who wants to win a spot.
 

WeThreeKings

Demidov is a HAB
Sep 19, 2006
94,832
104,773
Halifax
We have a lot of issues. Having no left handed center, is way down my list of importance.

Having a left shot center with experience in the line-up is higher on my list of importance than Pezzetta coming in the line-up to maybe have a staged fight with Lorentz.
 

MXD

Partying Hard
Oct 27, 2005
51,399
17,254
Having a left shot center with experience in the line-up is higher on my list of importance than Pezzetta coming in the line-up to maybe have a staged fight with Lorentz.
There's enough players on this team to dress both Dvorak and Pezzetta...
 

WeThreeKings

Demidov is a HAB
Sep 19, 2006
94,832
104,773
Halifax
There's enough players on this team to dress both Dvorak and Pezzetta...

Yes, there is.. but I also don't see Pezzetta providing much value here. The Leafs aren't gritty. They don't have a middleweight that's gonna go with Pezzetta.

Lets resign Dvo to a multi year contract!

No, let's let him get us to the trade deadline and address the hole in free agency/trades later on when it is prudent to do so.
 

MXD

Partying Hard
Oct 27, 2005
51,399
17,254
Yes, there is.. but I also don't see Pezzetta providing much value here. The Leafs aren't gritty. They don't have a middleweight that's gonna go with Pezzetta.
If that's the criteria, then we'd dress like 8 skaters, one of them being Dvorak because he's a LHS Center.
 

Redux91

I do Three bullets.
Sep 5, 2006
46,602
42,714
Kirkland, Montreal
I can’t wait for that bottom 6 to change next year.
I am still shocked that BOTH of Anderson and Gallagher are still here and not just 1

But knowing it's because both had 3 years left isn't surprising that it's hard to move them

Should get a tad easier after, sigh, this next year bringing it to 2 years left each

Have to imagine 1 get traded and 1 get bought out next summer

But once the rest of the (3 problem) contracts are gone, we'll fiiiinally be able to build a real team
 

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