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2018-19 Toronto Maple Leafs - General Discussion

herman said:
https://twitter.com/sportsnet650/status/1039668860662644736

Rogers: Elliotte, it?s been 72 days since Tavares signed with the Leafs; don?t you think it?s been a bit slow since then?

Friedman: Say no more.
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Holy crap! Am I living in bizarro world? I think it's time to re-watch a classic Seinfeld episode...
 
Bender said:
herman said:
https://twitter.com/sportsnet650/status/1039668860662644736

Rogers: Elliotte, it?s been 72 days since Tavares signed with the Leafs; don?t you think it?s been a bit slow since then?

Friedman: Say no more.
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Holy crap! Am I living in bizarro world? I think it's time to re-watch a classic Seinfeld episode...
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You should see what he said about Tampa and Karlsson :)
 
herman said:
Bender said:
herman said:
https://twitter.com/sportsnet650/status/1039668860662644736

Rogers: Elliotte, it?s been 72 days since Tavares signed with the Leafs; don?t you think it?s been a bit slow since then?

Friedman: Say no more.
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Holy crap! Am I living in bizarro world? I think it's time to re-watch a classic Seinfeld episode...
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You should see what he said about Tampa and Karlsson :)
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Long term we cannot afford him. This year he would fit perfectly. Ottawa needs a return that they can only get if Karlsson agrees to sign an extension which the Leafs cannot offer without significant subtraction.
 
Highlander said:
Didn't we learn with Bolland that you don't sign guys for big money who have had Achilles tears.
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Good point. Was last season a temporary dip for EK playing on a crap team with a soon-to-be expiring contract or a sign that his injury has dropped him from elite to very good status? He's going to cash in big-time and long-term. Any team will be taking the plunge. Tough to be sure.
 
https://theathletic.com/522459/2018/09/13/the-athletic-toronto-goes-1-on-1-with-maple-leafs-coach-mike-babcock/

Siegel: I?ve always wanted to ask you this. The numbers with Zaitsev aren?t as flattering as the way you guys talk about him. What is it that you see that maybe the numbers miss or that maybe people like me miss?

Babcock: Well, the number one thing that he does better than any player on our team is he separates the puck in D-zone. The cycles stop as soon as he?s on the ice. He separates and that?s a breakout pass. You don?t give him credit for the breakout pass. When the centre grabs the puck and takes off you guys don?t give him credit. I do though. So some of these things that everyone?s looking at ? I?m looking at everything. I like the cycle to stop now (snaps his fingers), I like to get on offense. Now the other thing that happens to any young player when you come here. Everything went real good for him (his first season) and then we took him off the power play. Well, we did that on purpose to help (Rielly?s) game and then (Zaitsev) got injured. And then he probably got in his own way. It?s just like anything, when things go bad in life you get in your way and you get a cycle (going) and you?re thinking and you wear yourself out. But we think he?s very, very good. When I spent the whole summer going over all the D-zone (shifts) and he?s in every good clip of breaking up the cycle there?s a reason. When I had other people do it for me ? so it was outside our source with no emotion, guess who was the best?

Same thing?

Same thing. So it?s a no-brainer for us. Now, can he get better at some things? Absolutely. Do we want him to get better at some things? Yes. Is he going to? For sure he is. He?s a second-year player, third-player coming up. We like him.
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Babcock describes Zaitsev similar to the way we see Hyman's effectiveness in the OZ that traditional stats (and even shot metrics) are, by nature, blind to.
 
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2018/09/13/mike-babcock-on-media-day-were-set-up-good-here-for-a-5-7-year-run/

You can't see a Babcock transcript and not read it in his voice in your head. You just can't.
 
In reading the transcript of Dubas' presser today, looks like the preliminary plan is for Ennis to play with Matthews...so Nylander placeholder in effect.
 
Frank E said:
In reading the transcript of Dubas' presser today, looks like the preliminary plan is for Ennis to play with Matthews...so Nylander placeholder in effect.
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I agree about the placeholder thing. Babs probably has three lines in mind and instead of doing a three line shuffle he's plugging the Nylander spot for now.
 
Rielly, Tavares and Marleau with the A's this year. The C still in storage.

Johnny Toronto looks beautiful in that Royal Blue and White :)
 
Nik the Trik said:
disco said:
Johnny Toronto looks beautiful in that Royal Blue and White :)
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If this becomes a thing I'm taking sole and exclusive credit.
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lol

Leafs Blueprint Marleau episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi7JsSk3pTc
First it was Patty, then it was JT :D
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E8B3cxjkmk&t=20s
A good one too. Leafs Blueprint: Dermott/Holl/father's trip episode from last season.
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/3rdPeriodSuits/status/1042117841623777281
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I don't want to brag or anything, but that pic confirms that I am not just a dead ringer for williamnylander from the neck up.
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/3rdPeriodSuits/status/1042117841623777281
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Man, he's looking like a Norse god for real now.  I may have to make a poster of this and hide it from my wife.
 
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