I'm making obvious statements. Montreal fans annoy the f*** out of me and I can still suck it up and admit they have a Top 5 pool.
(The Athletic) NHL Front-office confidence rankings
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I'm making obvious statements. Montreal fans annoy the f*** out of me and I can still suck it up and admit they have a Top 5 pool.
John Mandalorian
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Sidney the Kidney
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I just like the fact Pittsburgh is ahead of Toronto. That must kill Leaf fans who blame all the playoff failings of the Leafs on Kyle Dubas.
John Mandalorian
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Why would it kill them? They're probably aware that for losing Dubas, they inherited the architect of the Hubedeau contract. Meanwhile Shanahan hired this GM and the last GM.
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Did the Edmonton section mention fans asking "Why Bowman?" That was what I sent in.. I just want to know, why?!?!
Did the Edmonton section mention fans asking "Why Bowman?" That was what I sent in.. I just want to know, why?!?!
Senscore
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Imagine phrasing the Leafs' blowing their best window in decades to end their 55 year Cup drought as "They just haven't won at one time of year" to cope lmao.
That time of year just happens to be the playoffs.
This is the sports equivalent of, "I'm really smart I'm just a bad test taker."
Claims to not be a hater earlier in this thread lol. Anyways man, have a good one. Hockey season almost back thank god
T REX
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This year is big for JBB. Another early exit and the fan base will start to sour on him.
He inherited a ton of riches on the ice and in the minors.
Yzerman set him up for massive success. JBB pulled his own levers to the tune of two cups.
Now, we see what JBB is made of
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No.
I don't give a f*** if you agree or are convinced.
That's what I thought. All talk.
It is, once again, weird that Leafs fans think anybody who points out their teams' deficiencies is a hater. The last time you won the majority of viewers had black and white TVs. You have nothing to hate except your insufferable fans. And as evidenced in this poll, even THEY think your management sucks.
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this is a poll of fan's perception of the team's management today forecasting future success right? All the talk of X years making the playoffs or missing the playoffs is not relevant here. Vancouver just made the playoffs last year and is #5 based on fan's confidence in the current FO, that their management will manage based on where they are in their competitive cycle. although just meant to be a snippet, it appears a pretty good poll of the teams I follow based on scanning their respective forums.
No, your approval just means f*** all and I don't need to prove to you that Montreal has a Top 5 pool any more than I'd need to prove to you that grass is green.
You'll get over the ego check, buddy.
He is. That's true. But Treliving ain't a whole lot better lol.
PIT was going to crash and burn whether Dubas was driving or somebody else. Good teams that choose ride out their core typically do. They're just extra f***ed because they kept selling 1sts for so long after it was clear they weren't in the top tier of teams anymore.
What's puzzling is why Dubas, who already has blowing Toronto's window on his resume, took a job with PIT, who is all gas no brakes speeding off a cliff with no hope of recovery.
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It's a poll of fans. So the MTL fans have high confidence (A- avg). The non-MTL fans are closer to C+/B- avg in ranking MTL's front office.
It's not killing the leafs fans, it's the leafs fans own assessment of their team. Again... ad nauseum... this is a fan poll. The leafs fans graded their front office worse than the PIT fans graded their front office.
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Seras
Dubas supporter
Seras
Dubas supporter
It's not
Leaf's have made the playoffs every year for awhile, the round a team loses in is as accurate a predictor for future success as the psychic down at the carnival.
Everyone is different and have different levels of confidence, this entire premise of which team's have more or less is basically click bait and something to post about in the off season.
Maybe they will be bad, maybe they will be good time will tell.
Seras
Dubas supporter
Yet again, the Leafs have their best roster in 30+ years and have done absolutely nothing close to successful with it. And their new GM is making the same bad deals their last GM was making.
I'd knock them down 5 spots simply for taking PLD with no retention for no compensation.
I like this line of thought, it shows me that your incapable of grasping the basic premise that there are actually other teams in the league who are also doing their best to win the cup.
Unless you can define success as something other than winning a cup then I really have no idea what world you are living in.
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FerrisRox
"Wanna go, Prettyboy?"
They moved all their money to defense and goaltending?
Brodie was making $5 million and Klingberg $4.1 million for $9.1 million. Now Tanev is making $4.5 million and OEL is making $3.5 million for a total of $8 million.
Then in net the Maple Leafs went from paying Samsonov $3.5 million to paying Stolarz $2.5 million.
If they moved all their money there, how come they are spending less?
FerrisRox
"Wanna go, Prettyboy?"
This is literally a list of the best Front Offices and you're saying it doesn't matter it's not the same management group while you repeatedly talk about multiple management groups in Buffalo.
I think you might struggling a bit with the topic of the thread.
How is Boston 14th and Utah4th?! Come on, Boston has been a steady playoff team for many years and the UHC would be ranked around the last spot if they were still named the arizona coyotes
