GDT: Leaves blowin' into Ottawa, Saturday night 7pm

[Cosmix]

Most egrigious was how they gave no f***s on the broadcast about nick cousins getting hurt on that knee-on-knee but poor leads rookie though, mama is in the house let’s just focus on that. f***ing hate HNIC

HNIC is a Rogers SN broadcast team. Toronto centric. Always was and always will be. I hope Amazon wins the next contracts for all games. TSN is the same as Rogers SN.

 

[Dionysus]

Great to get the win against the leaves!

Impressive that they are able to lean back on their defensive structure so effectively these days even though scoring has dried up.

Hopefully as the defensive play becomes ingrained, their minds free up to produce more offense from their strong defence.

 

[Cosmix]

I would agree with that generally. But, I had more specific thoughts in mind. I just think the learning curve is greater for a defenseman, so plugging in a depth forward is easier. One of the recent goals (2nd last game?) Sebrango and his partner got their coverages wrong and a goal was scored.

By and large though our depth defenders have filled in well. I’m thinking mostly of Matinpalo. JBD & Hamonic have been OK (serviceable for the most part & not terrible every game at least), but I tend to think of them as roster players (6D & 7D).

I agree that Matinplano, JBD and perhaps Hamonic are 7D types who can fill in for short-term injuries. I hope Yak is ready for a 3RD role next season. It would be great if he can handle 3RD in his rookie season and then as he matures and develops move up the RD ranks.

We definitely need a top 6 F to improve our GF/G stat. Maybe we get very lucky in the draft or find a gem in UFA.

 

[GCK]

HNIC is a Rogers SN broadcast team. Toronto centric. Always was and always will be. I hope Amazon wins the next contracts for all games. TSN is the same as Rogers SN.

TSN is far more balanced than the dolts at SN. TSN is still Toronto centric but the GTA extended does encompass about 25% of the country’s population. I’m hoping Amazon, TSN and SN all get a piece of the National broadcasts as it will generate more HRR. As a fan of a small market Canadian team, the more we get away from a gate driven league the better.

 

[PlayOn]

Garrioch and Graham Creech seem to think Norris will play today which explains why there’s no call-up.

Time for Tyler Boucher to take the league by storm!

Edit: Is injured or was a healthy in Belleville. Neither of which bodes well for the Boucher breakthrough

He’s injured and out for awhile I believe

 

[SanderSen]

I'm sure this will be the year Mitch Marner doesn't embarrass himself.


I'm almost envious of the goldfish memory that fan base seems to have. Unequivocal failure in May, and by October it's all forgotten. God it must be so easy to exist in an echo chamber so massive it blocks out the sun.

The consequences of failure are a little more tangible here.

It's called almost 60 years of experience

 

[AchtzehnBaby]

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Lmaooooo, love it.

Praying we witness this again come playoff time.

 

[Tuna99]

Leafs feel like this great Flyers team from back in the day - built to win and maybe a bit thin on D but the goalies just never playoff caliber to hold the team together.

 

[umma gumma]

Let's make it first yknow

And then what? Watch the team fold in round one year after year? That's what you'd love?

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

And then what? Watch the team fold in round one year after year? That's what you'd love?

Naw work from there.

But if this team gets eliminated from the playoffs in the 1st round this year, the season would have been a resounding success.

 

[Masked]

Leafs feel like this great Flyers team from back in the day - built to win and maybe a bit thin on D but the goalies just never playoff caliber to hold the team together.

The Flyers never had a great team that was as soft as the Leafs.

 

[PatrickEaves]

Naw work from there.

But if this team gets eliminated from the playoffs in the 1st round this year, the season would have been a resounding success.

Honestly, I'd be pretty upset if we fold against the Leafs in the first round this year.

 

[aragorn]

One win away from tying for 3rd place, this is right where we hoped they would be at this time of yr. And they are doing it with all kinds of injuries to key players, the worse schedule I can remember & with our best players in a scoring slump. Hopefully our schedule for the remainder of the season benefits Ott, hopefully our injured key players come back stronger for the remainder of the yr & hopefully our stars break out of their scoring slump & the offence comes back in spades.

 

[thinkwild]

TSN is far more balanced than the dolts at SN. TSN is still Toronto centric but the GTA extended does encompass about 25% of the country’s population. I’m hoping Amazon, TSN and SN all get a piece of the National broadcasts as it will generate more HRR. As a fan of a small market Canadian team, the more we get away from a gate driven league the better.

TSN may be a little more sensitive to the Sens perspective since they have local broadcast rights. I remember when we used to always complain about CBC being biased and waiting for the comeuppance they would get when private broadcasters took over. If TSN got the national rights, or Amazon does, I would always expect them to focus on the big market over the small one too. Such is our lot to bear. But I think the league already has been getting more than half it’s revenue from other than gate. Ticket prices don’t feel like they have jumped in direct correlation to the increase in league revenues which has more than doubled in the cap era.



Amazon might pay a pretty penny for an exclusive contract. But I cant imagine that going over well. Hopefully many get a piece of the action as you say.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

TSN may be a little more sensitive to the Sens perspective since they have local broadcast rights. I remember when we used to always complain about CBC being biased and waiting for the comeuppance they would get when private broadcasters took over. If TSN got the national rights, or Amazon does, I would always expect them to focus on the big market over the small one too. Such is our lot to bear. But I think the league already has been getting more than half it’s revenue from other than gate. Ticket prices don’t feel like they have jumped in direct correlation to the increase in league revenues which has more than doubled in the cap era.



Amazon might pay a pretty penny for an exclusive contract. But I cant imagine that going over well. Hopefully many get a piece of the action as you say.

In the U.S., the NHL signed 7-year broadcast rights contracts with ESPN+ and TNT/TBS to broadcast NHL games. I don’t think the NHL will break their contract with these 2 companies, so don’t think there will be an “exclusive” contract with Amazon/Prime in the next 7 years in the U.S.

The situation in Canada could be different.

 

[bicboi64]

It's not exciting, but if thy team is going to be grinding out wins with low scoring and good D, I'm all for it.

 

[darude]

HNIC is a Rogers SN broadcast team. Toronto centric. Always was and always will be. I hope Amazon wins the next contracts for all games. TSN is the same as Rogers SN.

Eh, I'd rather see Andlauer decide to go the YES route and make all the cash themselves. It'd solve the blackout problems at least.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

HNIC is a Rogers SN broadcast team. Toronto centric. Always was and always will be. I hope Amazon wins the next contracts for all games. TSN is the same as Rogers SN.

Anyone doing broadcast will bend over for Leafs fans, it has nothing to do with who is doing the broadcast.

Ottawa is tiny, we don't matter.