Rumor: Morgan Rielly (will agree to waive NMC) to SJ

[BobClarkesfrontteeth]

Pretty hilarious considering all of them made it further than any of the Leafs' core except Marner, and it took him selling his soul to Satan by going to Vegas.

Also by the time they had gone to TOR they were already basically cooked. Thornton was what, 40? Marleau the same? Burns was 40 this year as well; he should've never been relied on as a top-4 option at this point anyway.

Never too old to teach people how to lose. They perfected the art for 15 years in San Jose. Hell Jumbo Joe and Marleau probably got Nabakov over in the summers to teach Freddy Andersen how to let in that critical goal at just the right time to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

[Leaf Fans]

You’re still not getting a 1st for him due to the length of his contract+age.

The Leafs might.

 

[67 others]

Never too old to teach people how to lose. They perfected the art for 15 years in San Jose. Hell Jumbo Joe and Marleau probably got Nabakov over in the summers to teach Freddy Andersen how to let in that critical goal at just the right time to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

The leafs make the Thornton sharks look like the 70's Canadiens

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

The leafs make the Thornton sharks look like the 70's Canadiens

Close only counts in horseshoes. If you don't win it doesn't matter. They got further; congratulations, still a failed core.

 

[BobClarkesfrontteeth]

The leafs make the Thornton sharks look like the 70's Canadiens

Nah more like the 2000's Senators. Can't compare Losers to a team that actually won.

 

[themelkman]

Close only counts in horseshoes. If you don't win it doesn't matter. They got further; congratulations, still a failed core.

That's a pretty dumb mentality given the randomness involved in hockey.

That sharks core easily could have won a cup if things went slightly differently.

 

[Frank Drebin]

That's a pretty dumb mentality given the randomness involved in hockey.

That sharks core easily could have won a cup if things went slightly differently.

Easily?

 

[themelkman]

Easily?

No injures in the blues series in 2019 and the sharks win the cup. Bold statement but I'll stand behind it any day

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

That's a pretty dumb mentality given the randomness involved in hockey.

That sharks core easily could have won a cup if things went slightly differently.

Again coulda woulda shoulda . All that matters is what actually happened .

 

[hamzarocks]

No injures in the blues series in 2019 and the sharks win the cup. Bold statement but I'll stand behind it any day

Alright...but you got to get over it

 

[Pavelski2112]

Alright...but you got to get over it

I mean, it wasn't us who brought up the Sharks' past core

 

[The Burdened]

naturally this means San Jose is obligated to take him on
ask not what can the Toronto Maple Leafs do for you, but what can you do for the Toronto Maple Leafs

 

[4thline]

That's a pretty dumb mentality given the randomness involved in hockey.

The team that wins <- The team that played better <- the better team

Fundamentally you're not wrong, those three things are often different for a given game/series/year.

That being saying - that realization and the subjective detachment from outcomes that comes with it sucks a lot of the passion and fire out of both following and playing the sport.

 

[hamzarocks]

I mean, it wasn't us who brought up the Sharks' past core

Was making a sopranos joke hehe, didnt hit the way it supposed.

I doubt shark fans care too much about the past core failing to win. They have a bunch of young studs led by a top 5 player in the league whose 19 years old.

Sharks have had a good amount of draft luck coupled with intentional rebuild process and the teams starting to get close to being playoff ready.

Probably need 1 young high end D (Reid, Carels or Smits) to add to Dickinson and then 1 trade/UFA signing for a under 30 locked top pairing dman away from being a cup winning level team as long as askarov becomes a solid starter

 

[BobClarkesfrontteeth]

I mean, it wasn't us who brought up the Sharks' past core

ahhh but it was said that Rielly was going to go and teach Cellebrini and company how to lose and I pointed out that it was simply returning the favour as Marleau and Jumbo Joe were brought in to mentor the young Leafs by Lou. Can't help it if it's true.

 

[Original22]

No injures in the blues series in 2019 and the sharks win the cup. Bold statement but I'll stand behind it any day

I also think that in 2016 if the Sharks faced any other Eastern team in the Finals the Sharks destroy them in 4 or 5. It seemed like the Pens were the only Eastern team that was built in a way that would give them trouble and of course that was who they got.