PROUD PAPA
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What do we do with Bunting?
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Parros in a tough spot here because the longer the suspension the more it helps the Leafs
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tmlms13
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I think this confirms Bunting isnt coming back. Maybe we can use this cap space to bring ROR back.
Luckily for him Oilers will have a 5x5 waiting.
Luckily for him Oilers will have a 5x5 waiting.
Leafblooded
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I still don't understand what everyone is seeing. Buddy jumped two feet in the air after bumping his chin on Bunting's shoulder. The injury, if any, is from him snapping his head back onto the ice trying to sell his little performance. Czerniak will be back next game, book it.
Playoffs, cap space isn't a thing anymore.
I'm as biased as any Leafer, but that was an interference penalty that was also a head hit. There's no justification for it in the rules. Suspension, I'd guess 1 game, it wasn't that bad. Yes the injury is from the head off the ice, but that's not a show, it's physics. He fell from an interference level hit and then his head kept going.
It was a head hit initiated by Cernak who ran INTO Bunting and not the other way around from behind/side. Look at the video I posted earlier in this thread where from the rear view you can clearly see Cernak went towards Bunting leaning down with his head.
I have no problems with calling Bunting out when he's in the wrong, but to me this isn't one of those occasions because seriously if you were in Bunting's position on the ice with Cernak coming at you, what exactly would you do differently that would've avoided a shoulder to head collision?
So I understand watching the replay that bunting hit cernak in the head. But not all checks to the head are the same. Like matthews frontal crosscheck to the face to dahlin seems more egregious then this. Bunting might have known what he was doing, but he was looking away which to me is a mitigating factor. I just don’t think you can stroke the same brush to all hits to the head. Context is important.
The money was either going to be spent on O'reilly or him. He made the decision for the leafs
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notdoneyet
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HEAVY DUTY
"Nobody ever suspects the butterfly."
don't re-sign him. just awful.
wasn't even remotely good this year. his "tangibles" suck.
hope he gets suspended for 2-3 games.
wasn't even remotely good this year. his "tangibles" suck.
hope he gets suspended for 2-3 games.
Bunting got handed a golden ticket riding shotgun with marner and mathews
If he comes back he better pay Keefe back in spades
A little surprised with all the Bunting hate. It’s been very clear he’s nothing more than a third line player when away from Matthews and Marner and even lately playing with those two guys he does nothing but drag them down.
I’m definitely down to re-sign him, he’s a little on the rat side but he at least plays with passion but the price tag has definitely gone down from early season projections of 4+ mill per year…
I’m definitely down to re-sign him, he’s a little on the rat side but he at least plays with passion but the price tag has definitely gone down from early season projections of 4+ mill per year…
So are we going to blame Bunting now as we did with Kadri if we loose the series? This is the same old where the team makeup, although better is not a playoff team. Where is the grit here? I see Brodie and O'Reily, no one else gets dirty out there. Again, Mariner is on the edges looking in.
This was supposed to be a statement game, to finally show they have the heart to win. Yet they come in and look like absolute fools, an 8th seed performed better against a team that has had a record year. Tbay in 5 or 6.
This was supposed to be a statement game, to finally show they have the heart to win. Yet they come in and look like absolute fools, an 8th seed performed better against a team that has had a record year. Tbay in 5 or 6.
Not a Bunting fan but let's not blame him for the loss
Still a valuable player just not top 6
Still a valuable player just not top 6
SImpelton
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This is not a scapegoat situation. The game was winnable when Bunting made that hit, and the ensuing major penalty took the game out of reach.
The Leafs may or may not have been able to put 2 goals if they didn't spend 5 minutes on the PK, but what Bunting did guaranteed that they surely wouldn't. He absolutely deserves to be raked over the coals, if for no other reason than giving the refs every excuse they needed to powder the Leafs.
Doesn't really matter. The hit was either deliberate or reckless. it may be the difference between murder and manslaughter in a court of law, but on the ice, there is no difference. Bunting's responsible for what his elbow does.
SImpelton
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No one player is ever fully responsible for a defeat. What bunting is responsible for is making a comeback impossible. Especially when the Leafs had some momentum prior to that hit. Even if the Bolts don't score on the 5 minute power play, that's 5 minutes that the leafs can't generate any offense themselves.
The game was winnable when the 5 minute major started. It was out of reach when it ended. That's on Bunting.
No doubt. The game was still within reach.
But there are so many other glaring problems with the game last night
GoonieFace
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Cheap shot by Bunting. The guy is a joke and fake tough. No room for guys like that on this team
mapleleafs34
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Blessing in disguise. Gets Jarnkrok back on that top line where he belongs.
