therealkoho
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another guy struggling who has to drag around a 210 pound winger on a lot of nights
a measly 74 points in 75 games! Leafs need to buy that guy out cause he sucks man, he really sucks and he's screwing up the cap
Post-Game Talk: Leafs put Isles out of their misery, win 4-2
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a measly 74 points in 75 games! Leafs need to buy that guy out cause he sucks man, he really sucks and he's screwing up the cap
Clark4Ever
What we do in hockey echoes in eternity...
The boys stepped up without Matthews and achieved a well deserved history victory.
ACC1224
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I find this fan bases obsession with Lou Lam a little strange, they come across like a bunch of bunny boilers.
I’ve always found taking the high road to be the best approach.
I’ve always found taking the high road to be the best approach.
Da Isles are a terrible offensive club .. hard for any single creative player like Barzal to do much but there were a few points in game where he dominated it .. who knows about points because it is subject to who you play with but Barzal has beaten both Matty and Mitch several times in tournaments when each was star player of their teams .. I have witnessed a couple games where I was on da bench with D men, including da Brick, where I saw Barzal carve up Mitch all game long when they played each other straight up .. and I don't mean close games I am talking utter blow outs
And if you want to talk pure speed then Willy is fastest man between Matty, Mitch and Barzal all day every day and twice on Sundays .. Barzal is a bit faster then Matty too
Well played game boy .. 2 points achieved really all that matters .. great to see Willy step up that game and be da man .. he put his foot down from shift 1 and said boys ride my back (love it) .. luv to see Willy as da beast .. and even da announcers saw it too which is credit to them
Should be Tampa in 2nd/3rd now as Bruins have a really tough schedule to end season so they likely roll over to Metro unless Caps pass them . and Tampa vs TO looking like da 1st round matchup (heard it was like a 92% probability chance right now)
zeke
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Agreed 100% - the undying Lou worship amongst so many Leafs fans is both weirdly wrong and weirdly creepy.
Nah, it's about the Leaf fans whose allegiance to LouLam was stronger than to the Blue and White. The ones that rejoiced in the teams failings and the Isles success over the two prior seasons, that have gotten quieter and quieter on the Leaf board as the season went on, and like to go to other teams boards as a refuge to throw shade at other Leaf fans. Know any of them?
LeafChief
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I especially enjoy the holier than thou attitude from the 'unbiased' that have continually brought up Lou and compared him to the Leafs GM but then pretend that they find it odd when people bring him up after the Leafs beat him.
we used to have teams with one player like that...as our best player.
now we have two who get those numbers playing on the second line.
but look at it as a good thing. Marner and Matthews are raising the standard of what a top Maple Leaf player is and there is nothing negative about that. The difference is now we have a couple of superstars as good or better than what any other team in the league has. we have rarely had that situation in the modern era.
one thing I will say is that Nylander/Tavares being healthy minuses on a team that is +60 is not good. they get their points but far too many goals have been scored while they're on the ice. This team does have bad goaltending but that only goes so far. We need those two to control the game better when they don't have the puck. Matthews and Marner are great not just because of their offence but because of the effort they put in pursuing the puck carrier and turning the play back the other way. With JT I get it he's slow, but Willy has zero excuse. he's a great skater and is perfectly capable of being better defensively.
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You’ll always have some extremes. There are also some who are bigger Dubas fans than they are Leaf fans. Just seems silly to lower oneself to their level.
Lou was a good hockey man that did some good and bad here like Dubas or any GM prior.
I would bet pretty much anything he was the first to congratulate Dubas on the record setting season.
The Apologist
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And his passing, positioning, strength on the puck. I love Willie but he is not a carry someone to PPG player.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that posts about taking the record and eliminating the Isles in the same game are directed at posters of this board and not with the malicious intention for Lou to read them and feel bad.
No hard feelings to the guy. But I'm glad we split when he did. Tactically good, strategically gawdawful. Has never shown the ability to build a sustainably strong program with constant influx of talent in the cap era.
zeke
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Again, couldn't agree more. Very strange when people allow their love of an ex GM to turn themselves against their own team, and force them into pretending their team is worse than it is. Exactly like you say - bigger fans of a GM than their own team. Bizarre, truly.
I think the so called Lou fans were mostly Dubas haters. I don’t think you can take away what Lou has done in his career. The Islanders struggled this season but they did made the Conf Finals the past two years.
Beside playoffs, I think Dubas has been good, like all GMs, he made some great deals and some bad deals.
Like you, I really don’t see the point of comparing Lou and Dubas.
LeafChief
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If we're talking about things we find strange, I'd like to add the group of people that create nicknames for a GM because they dislike them. Odd.
"Kid Kyle". "The Doobler". "Dubalicious".
Puzzling behaviour.
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$2500 fine? Jesus Christ, I hope he was able to get to an ATM nearby!
Rant #1: Fines are bullshit, and I don’t even think what he did was fine worthy (2 for Interference is adequate), but Barzal makes 7 mil a year, which I guess is okay money.
Fining him $2500 is the same as fining someone who makes 50k just a little under $18.
It should slide on a scale, which is obviously adjusted for severity - if Barzal took his stick and Mcsorley’d Mitch hit him hard but for picayune shit like this it should be:
1st fine: 2500
2nd-3rd: 5000
4th: 10000 + 3 games
5th: 50000 + 5 games + 150,000 team fine
Keep a record of it, and have fines be reset if you have three or less and go three years with zero infractions. Punish repeat offenders hard, and not even Brad Marchand is stupid enough to get fined a 6th time.
Rant #2: I don’t have a problem with the schedule being so back heavy with the tough Florida teams, they’re good measuring stick games and going into the playoffs you need to be sharp.
But what the hell?
There are two, not one but two, trips through Florida in the last three weeks, what is that?
“The League doesn’t have it out for the Leafs!”
Rants over.
Rant #1: Fines are bullshit, and I don’t even think what he did was fine worthy (2 for Interference is adequate), but Barzal makes 7 mil a year, which I guess is okay money.
Fining him $2500 is the same as fining someone who makes 50k just a little under $18.
It should slide on a scale, which is obviously adjusted for severity - if Barzal took his stick and Mcsorley’d Mitch hit him hard but for picayune shit like this it should be:
1st fine: 2500
2nd-3rd: 5000
4th: 10000 + 3 games
5th: 50000 + 5 games + 150,000 team fine
Keep a record of it, and have fines be reset if you have three or less and go three years with zero infractions. Punish repeat offenders hard, and not even Brad Marchand is stupid enough to get fined a 6th time.
Rant #2: I don’t have a problem with the schedule being so back heavy with the tough Florida teams, they’re good measuring stick games and going into the playoffs you need to be sharp.
But what the hell?
There are two, not one but two, trips through Florida in the last three weeks, what is that?
“The League doesn’t have it out for the Leafs!”
Rants over.
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BayStBullies
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Because there are only 3 D lines? I don't think you can compare their ice time versus forwards.
BayStBullies
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I get not setting a precedent for allowing that; but, I'd rather they did something about the continual free reign to sucker punch players or grab their faces.
Mackinnon didn't break out until his 5th year. Matthews scored 40 goals immediately despite being hobbled by a coach obsessed with Zach Hyman. on that list we're really just talking about McDavid here, honestly.
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