Confirmed with Link: Shanahan, Dubas, Keefe all staying

[rocketman588]

Yup and I remember making fun of Sens fans cuz they were regular season champs

And now we celebrate it

 

[Brobust]

I just love the story line that Keefe is just as good as Trotz because Trotz coaches in a weaker division while ignoring the fact that Trotz took a crappy
Islander team to much greater success then Keefe has with this talent loaded group
Do some people even think before they post these excuses

If Trotz's Islander teams had to play full seasons in 19-20 and 20-21, I doubt they'd even make the playoffs.

 

[stealth1]

I am done with your hard take on the happenings of what went on. And I can't promise you that next year will be different. And you know what? It doesn't matter who they fire or replace. I STILL wouldn't be able to promise you that next year will be any different and do you want to know why?

BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A HARD ASS DIVISION.

Fire Keefe Fire Dubas. Sign whomever the f*** you want and I STILL couldn't promise you that we would get out of the first round. We iced a 115 point team that went into the playoffs on a high. Yes. Even if you signed Trotz. I still think our odds are about 50 percent to get out of the first round.

The Metro is a hard ass division, so is the central but none of those teams complain about it being hard to win. This team needs an upgrade in goal and a better bottom 6 or it's going to be a repeat next season. With the bottom teams in the Atlantic getting better, it's not going to be easy to get to 115 points again.

Keefe may be a good coach but he is awful with adjustments. Just look at the PP. For most of the season it was really good but towards the end of the season and the playoffs it was terrible. All I saw was they kept sending the same setup out there. No changes to see if they could get it going.

 

[Drytoast]

The Metro is a hard ass division, so is the central but none of those teams complain about it being hard to win. This team needs an upgrade in goal and a better bottom 6 or it's going to be a repeat next season. With the bottom teams in the Atlantic getting better, it's not going to be easy to get to 115 points again.

Keefe may be a good coach but he is awful with adjustments. Just look at the PP. For most of the season it was really good but towards the end of the season and the playoffs it was terrible. All I saw was they kept sending the same setup out there. No changes to see if they could get it going.

I'm not complaining. You are all complaining.

 

[stealth1]

I'm not complaining. You are all complaining.

I'm not complaining.

 

[ShaneFalco]

If Trotz's Islander teams had to play full seasons in 19-20 and 20-21, I doubt they'd even make the playoffs.

Accomplished more than this juggernaut

 

[keonsbitterness]

I'm not complaining.

I'm complaining about you guys not complaining.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Accomplished more than this juggernaut

Would you rather be NYI with a couple of good runs to remember and a dismal future ahead, of the Leafs who have yet to win a round but are very well positioned for the future?

 

[hfman]

the muskoka 3

 

[Racer88]

I am done with your hard take on the happenings of what went on. And I can't promise you that next year will be different. And you know what? It doesn't matter who they fire or replace. I STILL wouldn't be able to promise you that next year will be any different and do you want to know why?

BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A HARD ASS DIVISION.

Fire Keefe Fire Dubas. Sign whomever the f*** you want and I STILL couldn't promise you that we would get out of the first round. We iced a 115 point team that went into the playoffs on a high. Yes. Even if you signed Trotz. I still think our odds are about 50 percent to get out of the first round.

I don’t think anyone is looking for a promise of winning but some measure of success
Winning is supposed to be hard but other teams do it and the leafs have not. The problem is simple, you cannot spend 50% of your cap on 4 similar forwards and still have enough left to flesh out a winning team so saying it’s hard, no matter how big you make your caps is no excuse.

 

[Nylanderthal]

Trying to pull a fast one because nobody watching playoffs anymore eh?

7 of Tampa's 13 goals in round 2 were scored by their bottom 6 and Vasi went back to no.1 elite mode. We wouldn't have lasted more than 4/5 games ourselves against Tampa (version 2.0) with our soft depth and goaltending.

Our team is no where close to Tampa's level which is sad because the foundation is there to be even better if we had a competent GM.

Oh so it’s Tampa playing like shit because reasons and not because they were playing Toronto. Gotcha.
They literally said that was their toughest series to date afterwards.
Tampa looked better against Florida because Florida isn’t as good as us, not because Tampa decided to take it easy on us or whatever nonsense you want to create.

 

[Racer88]

Would you rather be NYI with a couple of good runs to remember and a dismal future ahead, of the Leafs who have yet to win a round but are very well positioned for the future?

I think we would like to be like Tampa or the Bruins, or ant other team that has won the cup in the 19 years since we have even won a single round. the Leafs have all the resources in the world available and still nothing

If Trotz's Islander teams had to play full seasons in 19-20 and 20-21, I doubt they'd even make the playoffs.

But you don’t know for sure so we can only evaluate what we know

 

[Gary Nylund]

I think we would like to be like Tampa or the Bruins, or ant other team that has won the cup in the 19 years since we have even won a single round. the Leafs have all the resources in the world available and still nothing

I asked someone else a different question, not sure why you're butting in to answer a question that was never asked. Hard to believe that you have nothing better to do with your time.

 

[Racer88]

I asked someone else a different question, not sure why you're butting in to answer a question that was never asked. Hard to believe that you have nothing better to do with your time.

I think your last sentence applies to both of us.

 

[Crosscrease14]

If you took the same path everyday and hit your head six days in a row would you continue to take the same path?

Time for change.

 

[Racer88]

If you took the same path everyday and hit your head six days in a row would you continue to take the same path?

Time for change.

That depends, if you just barely hit your head the last time…….what the heck give it another knock

 

[Kurtz]

If you took the same path everyday and hit your head six days in a row would you continue to take the same path?

Time for change.

If it's the shortest path, I'd just tweak my gear a little and get a helmet.

 

[Carltons Cup]

This team smells like ass right now and Dubas/Keefe lead the way....

We had a great regular season, but who gives a crap about regular season. That's where they hand out participation trophies.

The real trophy starts in the playoffs - round 1. And for 6 years in a row, we've crashed and burned before lift off....

 

[keonsbitterness]

I think we would like to be like Tampa or the Bruins, or ant other team that has won the cup in the 19 years since we have even won a single round. the Leafs have all the resources in the world available and still nothing

I don't want to be the Bruins no matter what they've done.

 

[Racer88]

I don't want to be the Bruins no matter what they've done.

Ya, I think your right…….I felt dirty as soon as I hit “post reply”

If it's the shortest path, I'd just tweak my gear a little and get a helmet.

What if you had spent all your money and couldn’t afford new gear or a helmet?

 

[ShaneFalco]

Would you rather be NYI with a couple of good runs to remember and a dismal future ahead, of the Leafs who have yet to win a round but are very well positioned for the future?

They used to be positioned that clock is ticking. All I know is which team fails every year

 

[Nylanderthal]

If you took the same path everyday and hit your head six days in a row would you continue to take the same path?

Time for change.

If it was the correct path and each time I bumped my head differently I’d adjust my preparation and gear but I wouldn’t change my path, no.

They used to be positioned that clock is ticking. All I know is which team fails every year

31 teams fail every year.

 

[Nylanderthal]

This team smells like ass right now and Dubas/Keefe lead the way....

We had a great regular season, but who gives a crap about regular season. That's where they hand out participation trophies.

The real trophy starts in the playoffs - round 1. And for 6 years in a row, we've crashed and burned before lift off....

You need to have a good to really good regular season in order to give yourself the best opportunity in the post season. Obviously regular season results are secondary in the grand scheme of things, but to fluff them off as unimportant is disingenuous to the fact that as of now only half the teams make the post season in any given season, and of the 8 second round contestants they were all top3 in the their division, and all resided in the top 10 overall standings. (Pardon me, Edmonton was 11th)

 

[Dreakmur]

If it was the correct path and each time I bumped my head differently I’d adjust my preparation and gear but I wouldn’t change my path, no.

Changing your preparation is equivalent to firing Keefe, and your gear is equivalent to trading players.

 

[thinkblue]

If you took the same path everyday and hit your head six days in a row would you continue to take the same path?

Time for change.

There's always going to be change, 5 new players last year + 2 promotions with Sandin and Lili. I'd expect something similar this year.

Its not enough to pacify some of the crybabies I guess.