Either they grow a pair, or lose their fear and play at full speed, or Bettman has to use same rules in playoffs that they use all season.
I hate the we got goalied argument because it comes out every year and only means one of two things
Hard to dispute that...I hated his game during the regular season but admit he brought it in the playoffs just like he did the year before.
Maybe but leafs still lead in that category and they have all their money tied into 4 similar style forwards....Those other teams spread their money out to different positions.
I think the big difference between the "haters" and the cheerleaders are that the former will be happy to be proven wrong.
Why does it have to be so extreme....Nobody is saying yea lets go back to those days. 1-2 of our top guys need to be moved so the money can be spent more effectively. To assume we end up back in the dark days seems a little overeactive.
I mean if you cant see with your own eyes what he brings to the table and what I think our team needs more of then.....
I don't know, there are some people in the other threads talking about not even watching next season. There's something about the way we finally beat Tampa but then got clobbered by Florida that broke many fans. There's something a bit different this time.
I want to see some changes and if thats hating , Im not sure how to respond to that....but if the core can pull it off I will happily eat crow and admit I was wrong about them. And if they dont succeed will you do the same and acknowledge that those who pushed for change were right all along?
Of course not. We'll never know if the changes would have worked either. It's hard to win the cup, every season 31 teams don't. We're not going to win anything without better goaltending so most of us are suggesting changes just not to the core.
Nowhere did I say I wanted goalie Bob. What I did expect is a little more effort from Dubas and his henchmen in the pursuit of a tender. Not just going to the scrap heap every dam year
Goaltending always seemed like an afterthought....We were very lucky that Samsnonov had some success but man what a gamble Dubas took last year
What about bringing Keefe back along with the core? Basically nothing has changed. You are good with that and think they will figure it out?
Ironic thing is Shanahan is good with that more than Dubas reportedly was just prior to his firing.
yea not thrilled that Shanny seemed more than ok with the job Dubas was doing and if we do in fact just run it all back with no significant changes and end up in the same place again then Shanny becomes numero uno target to replace
So you are good with giving them raises and just keep going with them regardless of how it will impact other positions? Crapping the bed every playoffs isnt enough justification? 7 yrs....really its 4 yrs as I didnt expect them to do much the first 3 yrs they were in the playoffs.I've made this point as well on a previous thread and agree with the posters sensibility
Obviously changes are afoot regardless for this Leafs squad with so many UFA signings or trades required to get to a 23 man roster to start the season... but there's no real justification for trading the true core four unless blown away by a trade offer in which the Leafs can get better in the present and future.
The true core 4 is Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Reilly (Tavares was a sentimental mistake from the beginning) this money (cap) should be allocated to a high-end RD (complimentary to Reilly) and Goaltending
I had this conversation with my brother 5 years ago and told him Tavares was a bad idea & would be liability to the team in every way by year 4 or 5... here we are now
Dear good lord, please answer my prayers and appear to Brad Treliving in an epiphany or dream and implore him to ask Tavares to accept trade
Thank you in advance, your man, Adam
It's given those prone to whining and complaining, the ability to continue to do so. Otherwise go back to post 1.
