So, we don't want Simmonds, nobody wants Simmons, so we bring him up to replace someone who made the team. You do not need 2 extra forwards for the trip. This is just bs decisions again. That is a hockey point.
I suppose if the Pittsburgh Penguins chartered a flight to TORONTO and the plane went down (killing everyone) that they would be in tough to make the playoffs this year.
I didn’t think the Murray trade was a good one. Too much cap. Too many injuries. Not enough return for taking on that risk.
Why couldn’t Dubas have just drafted Shesterkin before he was even the GM or traded some random draft picks for Vasilevskiy or signed Flurey as a UFA even though he didn’t make it to free agency. It’s all so simple.Why are so many people upset at Dubas for bringing in a winner like Murray. Kyle is brilliant and knows what he is doing here, we are clearly using 5D chess moves.
Trust the plan -D
No. That's not true. There was a lot goalies available. It's just that you and I are not privy to who they might be, their cost, and cap limitations. I'm not being unreasonable. I didn't like this move and boom: Murray is injured after his first start.
It does nothing to the players that made the team last week. What are you afraid will happen to them?
Ohh there were lots of goalies available it was just so top secret that the multiple guys like Chris Johnston and Friedman who make their livings of knowing about it didn’t find out.
No one with a functioning brain is suggesting that Dubas traded for Murray just to put him on LTIR.
So you would just take 20 players on a 5 game road trip and leave the available cap unused rather than have 3 players come along as insurance?
So why trade for a goalie that has been injury prone for the last 3 years? Dumb move.
Who says Simmonds even plays. He is likely injury insurance. Furthermore he is reportedly very well liked and respected by the Leafs players. To the point that he was never forced to report to the Marlies and just continued to practice with the non roster players.
Okay what was the alternative?
Friedman said Murray wasn’t our first or second choice this off-season, when those fell through Dubas changed gears and went after a Murray.
Husso could have been had but yzerman being yzerman traded a pick to get his rights. Too bad yzerman is the Detroit GM and we have 4D chess pro dubie dubes. I also would have signed comrie as the backup, would you believe husso and comrie who both had better seasons then Murray and Samsonov would have been the same exact caphits….
Was I talking to you in that post? Maybe try reading what the person I was responding to posted and then you can catch up.
Don't tell me what to do. Especially don't tell me to suppress the best part about being fan.
Husso would have been an interesting option. I probably would have preferred him to Murray but let’s not act like he is a sure thing either.
I don’t really care what you do.
5yrs ago he knew that goaltending was an issue and to date has failed to find a suitable tandem.
I don’t disagree for the most part. I don’t think goaltending has been our downfall but it certainly hasn’t been good enough either.
The small sample sizes are a valid point on husso and comrie, however neither goalie we’re given any real games played in their career until last year and both goalies put up very good numbers. For me, I’d prefer the 2 young goalies not given much opportunity until last year who put up good numbers over a goalie in murray who has been replacement level and injury prone the last 3 years and samsonov who Washington who thought so highly of let him walk for nothing. You tell me which duo I’d bet my job on, both husso/comrie and Murray/samsnov have there own risks but the husso/comrie is a better bet.
I take a longer view too, organization knew pretty early last year that Jack wasn’t coming back, and Mrazek wasn’t the answer, so that it came down to musical chairs in the off season, not the best laid plan perhaps.
