Confirmed Signing with Link: [NYI] Adam Pelech signs extension (8 years, $5.75M AAV)

[Foppberg]

I'm a little late to the party, but...



You're living in OUR heads rent-free? You're the one talking smack in the summer, as Leafs fans always do, because July is all you ever win. Your "victory" in the Tavares sweepstakes is literally the only "win" you have over any franchise in the entire National Hockey League in HOW many decades? You had like 4 to 6 times the money we did for 30 years, and you "Won" a whole lot of free agency/off-seasons and had about the same playoff success we did before we got owners to bring us back to being GOOD NOW.

You've got this backwards... the Islanders fans don't give a damn about THE LEAFS. THE LEAFS are a hilarious clown shoes organization that keeps making stupid moves, choke constantly and embarrass themselves. The Islanders fans felt betrayal by John Tavares.

That's it. THE LEAFS don't matter. When your team visits, and our crowd goes nuts... no one is booing THE LEAFS. It's ALL about JOHN TAVARES. What you heard most was WE DON'T NEED YOU. Not "Leafs Suck." The other 22 guys on the roster did nothing but crush your hopes and dreams again. Only Tavares did anything to us.

Now, do we make jokes about the Leafs? Of course. Not because THE LEAFS deserve it. THE LEAFS are just a funnier Florida Panthers. The Panthers probably aren't winning anything either, but none of us have ever met a Panthers fan who acts like they're God's gift to hockey, or are arrogant D-Bags when their team is nothing but a participant for the 60th straight year. (No offense, Panthers fans).

In New York, the Mets fans see the Yankees fans act like THEY had something to do with the team's 27 World Championships, and they're kind of arrogant and annoying about it. BUT THEY ACTUALLY WON 27 CHAMPIONSHIPS. It pains me to type that as a Mets fan, but they actually SHOULD be the most obnoxious arrogant fan base in the league, because they're the most successful team.

So we see that same arrogance for a Toronto fan base, when the team, again, is basically just the Florida Panthers. So we all crack jokes when you lose. And NEWS FLASH: It's not just us! The entire league hates Leafs fans. Period. Not the Leafs. The fans. Because it's super annoying to deal with a fan base acting like 27-time champions when all they do is blow just A TON MORE MONEY than everyone else to barely make the playoffs and then choke away first round series. When you choke two or three rounds early than the Sharks always do, it's MFing hilarious. Because Sharks fans just want to win, while you think you deserve to win.

EVERY LEAFS JOKE is because of your terrible fan base that no one likes. It's because you think your team MATTERS more than everyone else's team when your team is totally irrelevant. Leafs fans act like their team is above everyone else's, when by any metric of success you're BELOW small market and expansion teams like Tampa, St. Louis, Washington, Carolina, Dallas, Colorado, New Jersey, Anaheim, Calgary, who've I've seen win the Cup. Never seen you win one. You're below bigger teams like Detroit, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, who've won MULTIPLE Cups in our lifetime. Below dynasties like Montreal, NY Islanders and Edmonton in my lifetime.

I've also seen Minnesota (North Stars, not Wild), Ottawa, Buffalo, Nashville, San Jose, Florida, and Vegas PLAY in the Stanley Cup finals, so you're below them, too. Basically every city with a team except Phoenix, Columbus, Winnipeg and Toronto have at least won a conference final in the time I've been alive. Hell, I'm surprised Seattle didn't go further than you in the time it took to write out every member of the league; All of who have either won more than the Leafs, or talked a lot less than the Leafs fans.

So no, THE LEAFS don't live "Rent Free" in Islanders fans heads. Or anyone's heads. The Leafs aren't good enough to be anyone's heads. The Leafs are a joke and their fan base should wear duct tape on their mouths or message board fingers until you actually win something.


Oh, and Adam Pelech is really good at defense. Great contract.

This was basically the equivalent to the Bill Burr Philadelphia roast

 

[horrific foot speed]

nope, most of the hockey fans I talk to see them as the biggest clown show in hockey. I actually feel sorry for them, they are probably the most loyal fans in the game, they support their team no matter what, and having lived through Mike Milbury I know that isn’t easy. 55 years of unrequited devotion and all they have to show for it is a pajama boy who made promises his entire career and hasn’t delivered on any of them.

I truly feel sorry for them. They deserve better.

As an Islander Tavares talked endlessly about Loyalty, His Captaincy and team, he Lied the whole time. Pelech however just showed everyone what it means to be a team player

Exhibit B

 

[hockeyisles]

Exhibit B

think what you want, Youre the one Stuck with Pajama boy

he and his mates were Golfing while we were playing hockey. and I fully expect that to continue especially now that youre not playing in the Kiddie division any longer

 

[horrific foot speed]

Who's pajama boy?

 

[horrific foot speed]

think what you want, Youre the one Stuck with Pajama boy

he and his mates were Golfing while we were playing hockey. and I fully expect that to continue especially now that youre not playing in the Kiddie division any longer

Don't be so angry bro. This is what i mean about people's obsession over the leafs.

It's not healthy.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

PW as usual your pearls of wisdom are always appreciated.

you are the Pelech of Posters, underpaid but so wonderful to have on our team.

@PWJunior is more like the Josh Ho-Sang of posters. People keep saying there's something special there, but I just don't see it.

 

[PWJunior]

@PWJunior is more like the Josh Ho-Sang of posters. People keep saying there's something special there, but I just don't see it.

Well we all know what's wrong with you, afflicted with the Kingston Curse. You got the cooties.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Well we all know what's wrong with you, afflicted with the Kingston Curse. You got the cooties.

I don't think it's a coincidence that the Islanders' turnaround happened right around the time former Frontenac Micheal Dal Colle joined the club. You should be grateful for what we did for that guy's career.

 

[hockeyisles]

@PWJunior is more like the Josh Ho-Sang of posters. People keep saying there's something special there, but I just don't see it.

Sid PW is nothing like Ho Sang... I have it on good authority that PW actually owns an Alarm Clock

 

[ABCUser]

For the love of God and all that is holy,

Leaf fans please stop embarrassing yourselves! After years of calling the Islanders laughing-stocks you are truly the definition of it.

Websters Dictionary

Laughingstock lafinstak
A person subjected to general mockery or ridicule. Constantly losing over and over while having dreams of grandeur. See also Toronto Maple Leafs.

Usage:
"she was the laughingstock of her class"
"The Stanley cup favorites lost to a backup goaltender"

 

[benedictTavares]

John Tavares honored by Leafs fans on #TavaresDayTO, nets goal in celebration

 

[Thrasymachus]

do we REALLY need to discuss Tavares and the isles/leafs in this thread about Adam Pelech ?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

do we REALLY need to discuss Tavares and the isles/leafs in this thread about Adam Pelech ?

Adam Pelech was born ... guess where? So it's all relevant.

 

[Thrasymachus]

Adam Pelech was born ... guess where? So it's all relevant.

 

[Foppberg]

do we REALLY need to discuss Tavares and the isles/leafs in this thread about Adam Pelech ?

90% of threads on the HF mainboards turn into a Toronto/Matthews thread anyways, so lol

 

[Disgraced Cosmonaut]

It's sad. I agree. Tavares is a Leaf and doesn't belong in this three. Boo him mercilessly for sure, but only in the name of good fiction needing villainy and scum to be interesting.

 

[KevFu]

That was the wordiest confirmation that the leafs, pardon me, leafs fans do actually live rent free in your head.

This is an Adam Pelech / Islanders thread. You're saying we're obsessed with you after you stalked us down to say it.

Should fire his agent

Nah, his agent is also Nurse's agent. Lou's so good he got Pelech on a team-friendly deal AND got Pelech's agent his cut of a fair contract by taking it onto Nurse's price.

 

[Ainec]

Nah, his agent is also Nurse's agent. Lou's so good he got Pelech on a team-friendly deal AND got Pelech's agent his cut of a fair contract by taking it onto Nurse's price.

Hmm agreed at first...

Rescinding that. Even more reason to.

1. Holland senile.
2. Lou has shown that he can be senile (Leo contract)
3. Agent has shown he can extract max value from dino gms (Nurse), so this contract speaks even more credence that he undervalues Pelech and does not think his market value is higher than Nurse

For every Benning Fletcher type gm that overvalues Risto D there are smart gms out there that will give Pelech 7*7.5

 

[CupsOverCash]

I'm a little late to the party, but...



You're living in OUR heads rent-free? You're the one talking smack in the summer, as Leafs fans always do, because July is all you ever win. Your "victory" in the Tavares sweepstakes is literally the only "win" you have over any franchise in the entire National Hockey League in HOW many decades? You had like 4 to 6 times the money we did for 30 years, and you "Won" a whole lot of free agency/off-seasons and had about the same playoff success we did before we got owners to bring us back to being GOOD NOW.

You've got this backwards... the Islanders fans don't give a damn about THE LEAFS. THE LEAFS are a hilarious clown shoes organization that keeps making stupid moves, choke constantly and embarrass themselves. The Islanders fans felt betrayal by John Tavares.

That's it. THE LEAFS don't matter. When your team visits, and our crowd goes nuts... no one is booing THE LEAFS. It's ALL about JOHN TAVARES. What you heard most was WE DON'T NEED YOU. Not "Leafs Suck." The other 22 guys on the roster did nothing but crush your hopes and dreams again. Only Tavares did anything to us.

Now, do we make jokes about the Leafs? Of course. Not because THE LEAFS deserve it. THE LEAFS are just a funnier Florida Panthers. The Panthers probably aren't winning anything either, but none of us have ever met a Panthers fan who acts like they're God's gift to hockey, or are arrogant D-Bags when their team is nothing but a participant for the 60th straight year. (No offense, Panthers fans).

In New York, the Mets fans see the Yankees fans act like THEY had something to do with the team's 27 World Championships, and they're kind of arrogant and annoying about it. BUT THEY ACTUALLY WON 27 CHAMPIONSHIPS. It pains me to type that as a Mets fan, but they actually SHOULD be the most obnoxious arrogant fan base in the league, because they're the most successful team.

So we see that same arrogance for a Toronto fan base, when the team, again, is basically just the Florida Panthers. So we all crack jokes when you lose. And NEWS FLASH: It's not just us! The entire league hates Leafs fans. Period. Not the Leafs. The fans. Because it's super annoying to deal with a fan base acting like 27-time champions when all they do is blow just A TON MORE MONEY than everyone else to barely make the playoffs and then choke away first round series. When you choke two or three rounds early than the Sharks always do, it's MFing hilarious. Because Sharks fans just want to win, while you think you deserve to win.

EVERY LEAFS JOKE is because of your terrible fan base that no one likes. It's because you think your team MATTERS more than everyone else's team when your team is totally irrelevant. Leafs fans act like their team is above everyone else's, when by any metric of success you're BELOW small market and expansion teams like Tampa, St. Louis, Washington, Carolina, Dallas, Colorado, New Jersey, Anaheim, Calgary, who've I've seen win the Cup. Never seen you win one. You're below bigger teams like Detroit, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, who've won MULTIPLE Cups in our lifetime. Below dynasties like Montreal, NY Islanders and Edmonton in my lifetime.

I've also seen Minnesota (North Stars, not Wild), Ottawa, Buffalo, Nashville, San Jose, Florida, and Vegas PLAY in the Stanley Cup finals, so you're below them, too. Basically every city with a team except Phoenix, Columbus, Winnipeg and Toronto have at least won a conference final in the time I've been alive. Hell, I'm surprised Seattle didn't go further than you in the time it took to write out every member of the league; All of who have either won more than the Leafs, or talked a lot less than the Leafs fans.

So no, THE LEAFS don't live "Rent Free" in Islanders fans heads. Or anyone's heads. The Leafs aren't good enough to be anyone's heads. The Leafs are a joke and their fan base should wear duct tape on their mouths or message board fingers until you actually win something.


Oh, and Adam Pelech is really good at defense. Great contract.

Omg this was a great read. Would read again.

 

[CREW99AW]

Don't be so angry bro. This is what i mean about people's obsession over the leafs.

It's not healthy.

Says the Leaf fan, who came into a Pelech/NYI thread

 

[ScaredStreit]

Don't be so angry bro. This is what i mean about people's obsession over the leafs.

It's not healthy.

Goes to random posts not about the Leafs.

Attempts to turn conversation about the Leafs.

Accuses other posters of being obsessed with the Leafs.

Right...

 

[Konk]

Don't be so angry bro. This is what i mean about people's obsession over the leafs.

It's not healthy.

 

[The Real JT]

Unconfirmed rumor.

Bob Ross died from Lyme disease.

And Wow do I still love this signing.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Werenski just signed for $9,583,333 x 6 years. Pelech's contract looks even better than a week ago. Just crazy numbers outside of this contract.

 

[Mr Misunderstood]

I'm a little late to the party, but...



You're living in OUR heads rent-free? You're the one talking smack in the summer, as Leafs fans always do, because July is all you ever win. Your "victory" in the Tavares sweepstakes is literally the only "win" you have over any franchise in the entire National Hockey League in HOW many decades? You had like 4 to 6 times the money we did for 30 years, and you "Won" a whole lot of free agency/off-seasons and had about the same playoff success we did before we got owners to bring us back to being GOOD NOW.

You've got this backwards... the Islanders fans don't give a damn about THE LEAFS. THE LEAFS are a hilarious clown shoes organization that keeps making stupid moves, choke constantly and embarrass themselves. The Islanders fans felt betrayal by John Tavares.

That's it. THE LEAFS don't matter. When your team visits, and our crowd goes nuts... no one is booing THE LEAFS. It's ALL about JOHN TAVARES. What you heard most was WE DON'T NEED YOU. Not "Leafs Suck." The other 22 guys on the roster did nothing but crush your hopes and dreams again. Only Tavares did anything to us.

Now, do we make jokes about the Leafs? Of course. Not because THE LEAFS deserve it. THE LEAFS are just a funnier Florida Panthers. The Panthers probably aren't winning anything either, but none of us have ever met a Panthers fan who acts like they're God's gift to hockey, or are arrogant D-Bags when their team is nothing but a participant for the 60th straight year. (No offense, Panthers fans).

In New York, the Mets fans see the Yankees fans act like THEY had something to do with the team's 27 World Championships, and they're kind of arrogant and annoying about it. BUT THEY ACTUALLY WON 27 CHAMPIONSHIPS. It pains me to type that as a Mets fan, but they actually SHOULD be the most obnoxious arrogant fan base in the league, because they're the most successful team.

So we see that same arrogance for a Toronto fan base, when the team, again, is basically just the Florida Panthers. So we all crack jokes when you lose. And NEWS FLASH: It's not just us! The entire league hates Leafs fans. Period. Not the Leafs. The fans. Because it's super annoying to deal with a fan base acting like 27-time champions when all they do is blow just A TON MORE MONEY than everyone else to barely make the playoffs and then choke away first round series. When you choke two or three rounds early than the Sharks always do, it's MFing hilarious. Because Sharks fans just want to win, while you think you deserve to win.

EVERY LEAFS JOKE is because of your terrible fan base that no one likes. It's because you think your team MATTERS more than everyone else's team when your team is totally irrelevant. Leafs fans act like their team is above everyone else's, when by any metric of success you're BELOW small market and expansion teams like Tampa, St. Louis, Washington, Carolina, Dallas, Colorado, New Jersey, Anaheim, Calgary, who've I've seen win the Cup. Never seen you win one. You're below bigger teams like Detroit, Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, who've won MULTIPLE Cups in our lifetime. Below dynasties like Montreal, NY Islanders and Edmonton in my lifetime.

I've also seen Minnesota (North Stars, not Wild), Ottawa, Buffalo, Nashville, San Jose, Florida, and Vegas PLAY in the Stanley Cup finals, so you're below them, too. Basically every city with a team except Phoenix, Columbus, Winnipeg and Toronto have at least won a conference final in the time I've been alive. Hell, I'm surprised Seattle didn't go further than you in the time it took to write out every member of the league; All of who have either won more than the Leafs, or talked a lot less than the Leafs fans.

So no, THE LEAFS don't live "Rent Free" in Islanders fans heads. Or anyone's heads. The Leafs aren't good enough to be anyone's heads. The Leafs are a joke and their fan base should wear duct tape on their mouths or message board fingers until you actually win something.


Oh, and Adam Pelech is really good at defense. Great contract.

This post now lives rent-free in my head