Pre-Game Talk: Leafs VS Kraken | October 31st 7pm TSN

[ULF_55]

See what happens, sure won't miss Lil come playoffs, that's a stone cold fact. Also, we will add at the deadline, like every year.

Why bother throwing assets away again?
They do every year ... rinse repeat.

 

[DarkKnight]

You’ll be the first person cursing Timmins when he’s coughing up the puck in a playoff OT game or scoring on his own net like Benoit.

Nah, Benoit was good last playoffs. Timmins is a place holder.

 

[RoadWarrior]

Why bother throwing assets away again?
They do every year ... rinse repeat.

Exactly. Now they’ll trade another first rounder for a deadline rental D in a desperate bid to win a playoff round.

 

[DarkKnight]

Why bother throwing assets away again?
They do every year ... rinse repeat.

Every playoff team does. Hardly unique to the Leafs. With this stupid cap world, it's one of the few times you can move stuff, I just expect it. Tre kept our first last year, I like that. This third is capital.

 

[RoadWarrior]

Nah, Benoit was good last playoffs. Timmins is a place holder.

Benoit was barely hanging on. The guy can’t move the puck. Physically he held his own but killed the puck every time. He was smart enough to lay a few big hits to endear himself to management though.

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Exactly. Now they’ll trade another first rounder for a deadline rental D in a desperate bid to win a playoff round.

and yet every player we get is better than liljegren come playoff time

2021: Giordano, Lyubuhskin
2022: McCabe, Schenn
2023: Lyubuhskin, Edmundson

Schenn costed a 3rd
Lyubushkin 1.0 costed a 2nd + Cap dump
Lyubushkin 2.0 costed a 3rd + 6th
Edmundson costed a 3rd

that isn't a crop of elite defencemen, for the most part it is steady, reliable, and PHYSICAL bottom pairers. So basically Liljegren was worth what most of those guys were, and yet with the way liljegren un-developed, if you asked me if I wanted 2024 liljegren or any of those guys come playoff time, I'm taking every single one of those guys.

 

[weems]

Watching the world series and the Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had a great quote.

Said, we've always been talented but haven't always been tough.
Said this year they learned how to fight, this year they learned how to brawl.

Hopefully we see that this season with the Leafs.

 

[Gilmour1996]

Watching the world series and the Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had a great quote.

Said, we've always been talented but haven't always been tough.
Said this year they learned how to fight, this year they learned how to brawl.

Hopefully we see that this season with the Leafs.

Not sure we have the right core for a brawl.

 

[Maplebeasts]

and yet every player we get is better than liljegren come playoff time

2021: Giordano, Lyubuhskin
2022: McCabe, Schenn
2023: Lyubuhskin, Edmundson

Schenn costed a 3rd
Lyubushkin 1.0 costed a 2nd + Cap dump
Lyubushkin 2.0 costed a 3rd + 6th
Edmundson costed a 3rd

that isn't a crop of elite defencemen, for the most part it is steady, reliable, and PHYSICAL bottom pairers. So basically Liljegren was worth what most of those guys were, and yet with the way liljegren un-developed, if you asked me if I wanted 2024 liljegren or any of those guys come playoff time, I'm taking every single one of those guys.

Thank god you don’t GM then. Keefe was an idiot for playing some of those bums in the playoffs and was fired for a lack of playoff success.

 

[Gabriel426]

Watching the world series and the Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had a great quote.

Said, we've always been talented but haven't always been tough.
Said this year they learned how to fight, this year they learned how to brawl.

Hopefully we see that this season with the Leafs.

Well having the biggest Free Agent signing might helped a little even though he didn’t do much in the WS. But having that guy sure helped lured Yamamoto and he pitched a gem.

 

[DarkKnight]

Benoit was barely hanging on. The guy can’t move the puck. Physically he held his own but killed the puck every time. He was smart enough to lay a few big hits to endear himself to management though.

Ya, that's why the Athletic gave him a B + in the Boston series. As did the Sun. Spin all you want, you're wrong. You want to see a guy who couldn't move the puck in the playoffs, type "Lil" and "grenade "Into Google.

I'm out, he's gone, best of luck.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Not sure we have the right core for a brawl.

This guy gets it.

Ya, that's why the Athletic gave him a B + in the Boston series. As did the Sun. Spin all you want, you're wrong. You want to see a guy who couldn't move the puck in the playoffs, type "Lil" and "grenade "Into Google.

I'm out, he's gone, best of luck.

The same Athletic that ranked Kerfoot and Kadri as equals?

 

[Nineteen67]

Mirtle tonight made it sound like Hakanpaa is ready to go, floated Thursday but noted the practice lines, but real soon.

Is he eligible to come off LTIR?

 

[DarkKnight]

Is he eligible to come off LTIR?

Think he is right? He wasn’t practicing with top six though.

 

[Gary Nylund]

This is one of those games that carries absolutely no interest for me. Seattle is dreadful to watch.

Isn't it always interesting to watch the Leafs though no matter who they play?

 

[TheDoldrums]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851878959379521656

 

[Nineteen67]

Think he is right? He wasn’t practicing with top six though.

Probably he is. I guess it’s been 20 days and 10 games, which is the minimum.

 

[wingman75]

I think Liljegren slept with Berube's wife or killed his dog.

We're 10 games in with our 3rd pairing being somewhere between awful and okay each night and he's not getting a sniff at any minutes and apparently practicing as a LHD so that Myers can keep his preferred RHD. Give the kid a few games to see what he can do!

Also, with Domi playing Center it makes more sense than ever to have Robertson in for Holmberg.

I think you just described every 3rd pair in the league. And if you can get more okay than awful you're looking good!

Moving on from Timmy won't negatively impact this team imo. Wish he was able to be better, maybe he can be in SJ, but really, if he's not on the Leafs why would we care?

 

[McSnypsky]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1851878959379521656

Liily partying like I just got traded bro!!

 

[Dekes For Days]

It's insane that we're sitting Robertson, and playing Reaves. It's like Berube wants to lose.

 

[rumman]

Benoit & Timmins both deserve to sit a game or two

Holmberg is pretty bad this year but robertson has been poor production wise so he is in trouble now and in the press box.

And who replaces them?

 

[rumman]

They are all irrelevant players.

Too many “irrelevant” players on this team imo………

 

[hamzarocks]

And who replaces them?

It would have been lilijgren but hes gone now

Now really no options to replace them

RAfai, Myers, Benning are all worse then them and arent NHL players

We need to acquire a good bottom pairing D-man later this year

 

[rumman]

It's insane that we're sitting Robertson, and playing Reaves. It's like Berube wants to lose.

Robertson needs to play in the top six to be effective, doubt it happens here………

 

[Evilhomer]

Isn't it always interesting to watch the Leafs though no matter who they play?

Not in game 11 of the season. Get the two points, but how you get it in a game like this is irrelevant.