- Dec 24, 2009
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With no playoff hockey in Chicago, I was doomed to watch and root for the leafs the last couple years, and after another early exit , I got to thinking.
There is no quiet leadership on the Leafs.
When the Hawks were getting their feet wet back in 2008-2009, they had Samuel Pahlsson on the bench, directing players , and just being a calming presence when they were getting the yips out there on the ice.
There’s no one like that on the Leafs .
You had Marner yelling at his bench, pointing fingers at each other (“passengers”), no look passes flung up the middle of the ice ,etc. just pure chaos. Chaos will always eventually implode.
They don’t need to blow it up. They just have to go out and sign a guy who fits the Samuel Pahlsson type of mold. A steady hand.
If they can somehow keep the team together, or at least the bulk of it, I’d seriously, and I’ll be laughed off HF boards for this, but I’d look at Jonathan Toews, assuming he passes the physical and he’s 100% commited physically and mentally.
Just my observations.
There is no quiet leadership on the Leafs.
When the Hawks were getting their feet wet back in 2008-2009, they had Samuel Pahlsson on the bench, directing players , and just being a calming presence when they were getting the yips out there on the ice.
There’s no one like that on the Leafs .
You had Marner yelling at his bench, pointing fingers at each other (“passengers”), no look passes flung up the middle of the ice ,etc. just pure chaos. Chaos will always eventually implode.
They don’t need to blow it up. They just have to go out and sign a guy who fits the Samuel Pahlsson type of mold. A steady hand.
If they can somehow keep the team together, or at least the bulk of it, I’d seriously, and I’ll be laughed off HF boards for this, but I’d look at Jonathan Toews, assuming he passes the physical and he’s 100% commited physically and mentally.
Just my observations.
