LeBrun: Jonathan Toews "100 percent committed to coming back"

[seafoam]

If I’m Matty Ice I am trading Cizikas and bringing Toews in.

 

[RabbleMasterBlaster]

There's only two ways this can go:

- Lady Bing trophy winner come back, 1-2 seasons then hang them up, proud of what he's done, or...
- Total washed up disaster. He'll look like how Staal looked playing for the habs. He was nicknamed "the corpse of Staal". Toews doesn't need to get that nickname too.

He'll need whatever Ovie was eating last season to stand a chance to make an impact. He could be the Bonds of Hockey.

 

[LeapOnOver]

When I see a decision like this I sometimes wonder...is it passion for the game or did someone mismanage all his money?

 

[Oleksiak]

I always love those who pretend they were a fully mature intellectual adult at 20/21 and know exactly how they would’ve handled the same situation.

Toews was in a leadership position where acting like an adult was an expectation. He also wasn't a kid when he publicly defended Bowman after the facts became known. Youth isn't an excuse for this dirtbag.

 

[Canovin]

Toews made his decision the moment the Oilers closed the series

 

[WestOfCenter]

Maybe to a club with young star players as a mentor?

The Bruins getting him as a mentor type would be nice. Be even nicer if he was still a great faceoff guy

 

[miscs75]

If I’m Matty Ice I am trading Cizikas and bringing Toews in.

What number does he wear though? 19 and 91 are retired. Do we really need a repeat of 79 after the last player who wore it?

 

[seafoam]

What number does he wear though? 19 and 91 are retired. Do we really need a repeat of 79 after the last player who wore it?

He wears 56 because he's a f***ing walk-on.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Would love to see him head coach the Hawks. Hawks are in his blood.

 

[atlanticobserver]

Who is LSU and who is Alabama in this comparison

The KHL and AHL

 

[miscs75]

He wears 56 because he's a f***ing walk-on.

A rookie tried asking for 56 and Lawrence Taylor said no. What if we gave him something much better like 47?

 

[Son of Nogatco]

The KHL and AHL

Makes sense, the K has shown they’re willing to look past character concerns

 

[Chet Manley]

Makes sense, the K has shown they’re willing to look past character concerns

Character concerns LMFAO

 

[thewookie1]

WPG - Hometown + Contender
MIN - Near Hometown + GM
ANA - Wildcard with Coach Q being there now

 

[David71]

vancouver needs a center... his leadership will be welcomed to the room. 3cups. captain serious. dont know if his legs are there anymore. maybe play 30games out of 82. 4c.

 

[Isles72]

so theres a cure for long covid ; just have to ask J. Toews

 

[2014nyr]

Eat shit toews, absolutely no way to wiggle away from what happened and it's sad how many people in this thread are just dismissing it. Not surprising

not everyone knows everything or has an infallible moral compass like you unfortunately. i don't even have a clue what the hell you'd think he shoulda done or bears responsibility for not doing tbh.

so no, not dismissing. that doesn't quite capture it. i'd had to have ever even thought he was remotely at fault for any part of that, and then had that conclusion come to mind in seeing this story, to dismiss it. what i'd dismiss is holding him to delusional expectations and the insufferable degree of moral superiority required to express it.

 

[Eyeseeing]

not everyone knows everything or has an infallible moral compass like you unfortunately. i don't even have a clue what the hell you'd think he shoulda done or bears responsibility for not doing tbh.

so no, not dismissing. that doesn't quite capture it. i'd had to have ever even thought he was remotely at fault for any part of that, and then had that conclusion come to mind in seeing this story, to dismiss it. what i'd dismiss is holding him to delusional expectations and the insufferable degree of moral superiority required to express it.

Well said.

 

[Ciao]

I just think he's a bit too old for this. Illness or injury ended his career, and he's probably best to leave it at that. I don't see much good coming of this.

 

[Shark Finn]

Sounds like Toews is almost definitely coming back
Where is he going - hometown Winnipeg 2C? Any interest back in Chicago?

#2C in the A maybe.

 

[Hugh Mongusbig]

Would he want to join his old pals Kane and DCat in Detroit?

 

[GKJ]

Probably Anaheim, Detroit, or Colorado assuming Chicago isn’t in the mix.

 

[MHO]

I don't think Chicago wants him and I don't think he wants to go to Chicago.

 

[SCMURRAY]

Id take him as a 3/4C on the Isles. Takes a little pressure off Ritchie, Isles can send Mclean to press box or the bridge

 

[bleedblue94]

not everyone knows everything or has an infallible moral compass like you unfortunately. i don't even have a clue what the hell you'd think he shoulda done or bears responsibility for not doing tbh.

so no, not dismissing. that doesn't quite capture it. i'd had to have ever even thought he was remotely at fault for any part of that, and then had that conclusion come to mind in seeing this story, to dismiss it. what i'd dismiss is holding him to delusional expectations and the insufferable degree of moral superiority required to express it.

You're talking like only Jesus Christ should have been expected to handle it properly. This just highlights the delusion and how time has justified people to make excuses.

"delusional expectations and the insufferable degree of moral superiority?" GTFO