Come on, you can't be serious. This team is in danger of missing the playoffs like I'm in danger of being hit on by a 22 year old at the bar. Within a month they will be at or near the division lead.
I'm sure his agent noticed as well. lol
Missing the playoffs isn't the concern, though; losing Willy for nothing is—at least for me.
Even playing with a sub-par Matthews he has 5 points in his new four game point streak, setting up both of Matty's goals tonight and playing strong defensively.
Lately he's been playing with the only guy on the team who might be better.
Sign him, and after next season you can get rid of one or both of the grossly overpaid.
I didn’t state they were in danger of anything, I just said if the goaltending, D and stars didn’t play better it’s a possibility. I treat it like the cap going up, it’s not certain until it’s certain. Samsonov getting a shutout, the team only allowing 19 shots, and 34 potting 2 goals is a good start. I didn’t see last nights game, but those are stats that can’t be argued with………
They played very well indeed and those stats paint an accurate picture, this was possibly their best game of the season. But you're right, it's a good start and nothing more than that, would be a mistake to assume anything going forward. I think the Leafs will eventually start playing the way they can and make the playoffs easily but you never know, and there's always the possibility of injuries so missing the playoffs is possible of course. Just keep in mind you're talking with @Evilhomer who has a habit of stating his opinions as if they were immutable facts.
Ha ha, I love his positivity, at least he’s consistent. I hate reading post where if the Leafs lose posters rag the team, and the next game the same crowd laud the team as Cup contenders, for me, those are hard posts to read. I think the team is poorly designed as I’ve stated too many times, but I call them what they are: a few elite players surrounded by a supporting cast that has limitations due to too much of the cap going to four players. They look like contenders when the high priced talent live up to their contracts and look like a team that is on the fringes of making the playoffs when said talent don’t earn their keep………They played very well indeed and those stats paint an accurate picture, this was possibly their best game of the season. But you're right, it's a good start and nothing more than that, would be a mistake to assume anything going forward. I think the Leafs will eventually start playing the way they can and make the playoffs easily but you never know, and there's always the possibility of injuries so missing the playoffs is possible of course. Just keep in mind you're talking with @Evilhomer who has a habit of stating his opinions as if they were immutable facts.
IMO the main problem isn't cap allocation, it's not ideal but it's not such that it makes winning impossible either. For me it's that M&M lack the character and leadership qualities that you'd like your leaders to have. Swap out M&M&Nylander for MacKinnon and the Tkachuk brothers even at the same cap hits (just as an example) and our cup chances go way up. JMHO.
I think Willy will be 2C. Maybe Mitch back with Matty, Robertson with Willy and JT 3C or wing.
not the worse idea I've heard, Domi for 4th line centre gives you a pretty deep middle imo........
Until the leafs give him an ultimatem we can speculate all day
Certainly will, Mathews 13.5, Marner 11 you have 15.5 left for 2 guys….Rielly at 7.5 so 8 left for someone and we don’t have William or JT
lets let the season finish first, in each of the last 5 season's Marner has hit 90 points or paced 90+ Nylanders career high is 87.
Nylander much more dangerous offensive player now. Marner is great on the PK but you can get somebody to kill penalties much cheaper. As things stand now, hard to decide which player is "better" and which one to keep but I would lean to Willie.
When picking between Willie and Mitch, you have to predict who will be the better player going forward. Unless what we have seen from Wilie these 26 games is a mirage, I lean to Willie. Willie is both an elite playmaker, skater, goal scorer and threat. There was a time when I thought Willie was not the guy teams focused on and worried about going into a game. He has changed my opinion of him. He has been a MFing beast while Mitch has been a shadow of himself 5 on 5.
In the playoffs, you could make an argument that Nylander's been better. In the 4 playoffs since Marner's contract kicked in, IIRC Marner has just one more point than Nylander, but Nylander has many more goals. Marner also didn't get taken off PP1 last playoffs and he benefits from playing with Mr. Rocket Matthews which helps his assist totals so bottom line, if I badly need a goal and I have choice between sending Marner or Nylander out there, I choose Nylander.
Why does rielly come up at all his contract already kicced in money off the books doesn’t need to be allocated to him and I believe we can win paying those 3
It sounds like you worked really hard to find a way to say marners play making is better than nylanders I would argue that the fact nylander is a way better scorer and a slightly worse passer means nylanders actually the better playmaker let that marinate …most of the big plays to tie or win come off nylanders stic usually not marners dating bac to last year
