stickty111
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I mean I wouldn't put Spezza with those guys. Spezza was a nice player for us
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zeke
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for sure...as a 4th liner - but having those guys taking up the bottom spots while we were bang up against the cap made it pretty hard for any kids to break through.
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stickty111
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sounds like it is 5v5 if we are down late, worth a shot, look at how early people pull their goalies now, this started as a crazy idea... and to me this is the same kind of concept with less risk if your team makes a mistake
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Bogosian and Spezza were pretty effective for us on a dollar cost average.
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Oh, you mean Leafs standard PP formation and the 4 forwards and 1 dman that we see almost all teams use every game.
DarkKnight
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Pretty much right? I mean if the goalie is pulled we run 4 forwards anyways, so it’s hardly a big stretch, unless he runs 5?Oh, you mean Leafs standard PP formation and the 4 forwards and 1 dman that we see almost all teams use every game.
Ya that Bogo was really awful for us. Facepalm.
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zeke
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I really think there's more of an emphasis on not risking further injury for something trivial, even for kids. Long gone are the days of playing through pain in training camp, I guess with the exception of PTOs.
In other words im skeptical as to the seriousness of these injuries
Bogo is a fine #6 but nothing special, Dubas also tried to re-sign him, so way to go Dubas?
Now, I have a question for you, it looks like Bogo was scratched during that playoff run (unless he was injured but couldn't find an injury to make him miss 5 games).
I'd assume if he was scratched your opinion will change. You were critical of NAK and people saying he was just on a cup team because he was scratched, clearly, this would be the same here.
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Bogo is a fine number 6 when you have a #1D to carry pairings 1 & 2 and an unstoppable offence lol.
Some of y'all live in the past.
Curious to hear the line up for tonight.
Some of y'all live in the past.
Curious to hear the line up for tonight.
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I actually think the pressure is less this year. It's almost like we have accepted this team to be what it is. We didnt' get any big FA's, we didn't really make any big moves. The move with Murray is actually sideways even now. So we don't have added pressure from last year. Last year we apparently had a franchise best 113 points. Apparently that was the best Leafs ever
Someone like Florida has more pressure. They got rid of big names, they added big names
On top of that, why do we think we can win this year if we couldn't win last 3 years?
Is it because our opponents have gotten weaker? well we played Montreal. A weak of an opponent you are ever going to face and Columbus who simply had no star power
We played 5 different teams last 6 eyars and fell short.
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Tufted Titmouse
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I would agree up until the last season. I thought Spezza really took a step back in the 2nd half of last year.
Our 4th line was pretty unplayable.
Will be amazing to have ZAR-Kampf-NAK taking 4th line shifts this year.
zeke
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It's annoying because on paper a combo of Kase/Blackwell/Spezza is great talent to have on a 4th line, but in reality it's 3 right wingers with no real center and none of them great shakes defensively either and what should have been an advantage turned into a liability.
true, but that's still two bottom-roster slots locked into vets that the kids couldn't compete for.
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As a Colgate alumni I hope McMann makes it for you guys. About time we get another guy in the league
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