It's the froth but you keep campaigning for Mitch because it is working. He might be at his peak like Willie was after the same 40 games last year.
Mitch did himself no favours with the way he and his camp handled his last contract. Add that he has shit the bed in the playoffs since and that the team has won f*** all and here we are, with him want to be paid Matthews or Draisaitl money.
Of course the playoffs are the most important thing.
This. How do these people stand to watch a game like last night? I even saw a post earlier today with someone complaining about how Marner didn't deserve one of his assists. What goes on in your head to have to go out of your way and post something like that? They must be miserable. It's like going to a Robert Plant concert (showing my age) and being mad that he does Zeppelin songs.
Honestly, I am trying because I agree with your take that they paid 34 and 88 so 16 will get paid. But if you want to left alone to enjoy some winter hockey, the "Ignore Thread" option is your friend. I blame Gary and his bullshit cap because before he introduced it, it was more enjoyable because most fans did not talk about or cared what players were being paid.
i've sorta gotten over it with how badly all of the other contracts were too
Did you need to see another playoff run when Matthews signed? How bout Nylander? They accomplished arguably less than Marner in the playoffs.
funnily enough...yes i did
The Leafs got screwed by Covid more than most teams because their moronic GM went out and spent 11 million on Tavares when he was the last player we needed. He then failed to pivot and trade one or 2 of them when it became obvious that you couldn’t build a team with that cap construction.
That's completely fair and there are many people that feel the same as you. Me, I badly want playoff success and no amount of regular season razzle dazzle makes up for his playoff failures. That's me though, there's no right or wrong here. I've said a number of times that during the regular season, few players are as much fun to watch as Marner so we're in complete agreement as far as that goes.
LOL. That's not even close to being true.
This is also wrong. The reason people are unhappy about the previous contracts (and I'm talking mostly about M&M&JT is because the team keeps failing in the playoffs, and one of the main reasons is that the production of these three who have been by far the highest paid players on the team has been nowhere their regular season levels. JT's been the worst in this regard, Marner close behind, then Matthews. Nylander is another story, his production does not drop off in the playoffs and he has provided good value for his contract in the playoffs (unlike the other three).
Yup. Covid hit us perhaps worse than any other team but Dubas didn't have to freeze like a deer caught in the headlights, he could have pivoted. The most obvious move was to trade Marner after we lost to MTL, to be fair though not too many people wanted that. I suggested it at the time and most people hated the idea. The responses were mostly things like "you just don't trade players like that" and "you never win trading a player like that" etc. Making a trade like that takes some balls, Dubas didn't have them but to be fair, most GM's probably would have kept betting on this core the way he did.
I use that function sparingly, but it’s nice for this thread that’s for sure.
Also protects them against their own stupidity. Imagine how much the corec4 would milk them for if there was no cap? But it would not be our money so fans would not care.
It is impressive. He has 5 goals and 15 assists on the PP (tied for 3rd with MacK, Makar and Necas) which makes sense because everything goes through him on the PP. I believe he is now top 10 in 5 vs 5 points which is a huge jump.
No. Stop focusing on only points, stop watching the puck and learn to watch the other 98% of the game.
And if he's the biggest playoff threat, why does the other team always put their best matchups against Mitch? Someone please inform the opposition coaches to visit here for guidance.
Yep. And why is he always on the ice in crucial moments? PP1, PK1, 3-3, 4-4, OT, SO he plays all the letters because the coaches and management know what they are doing.
