2019-2020 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

[Zee]

I mean I'm pretty sure that exact same comment has been getting said about our management and coaching group ever since Shanahan came aboard.

It might have been said but was it really put into practice?  Was Lou really a GM to share responsibilities and was Babcock the coach to do the same?  Evidence suggests otherwise.

 

[Kin]

I mean I'm pretty sure that exact same comment has been getting said about our management and coaching group ever since Shanahan came aboard.

It might have been said but was it really put into practice?  Was Lou really a GM to share responsibilities and was Babcock the coach to do the same?  Evidence suggests otherwise.

But that's the point. Regardless of what a coach or manager is actually like when they're a new hire everyone is going to be super positive about them.

 

[Bates]

Doesn't sound that different??

https://www.nhl.com/news/one-on-one-with-sheldon-keefe/c-874872

Sent with @NHL

 

[Bullfrog]

https://twitter.com/joshuakloke/status/1207369607591448578

Even new guy is getting in some jabs

I think you're reaching there. Not everything said in support of Keefe is a jab at Babcock.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Goalie on waivers alert. Comrie's (very limited/spread out) NHL numbers aren't great. But he's a young guy with promise. We'll see how desperate Dubas is here.

Winnipeg claimed Comrie (he was originally a Jet, they lost him at the start of the season to Arizona on waivers). They're ahead of the Leafs in the standings so that means Toronto didn't put in a claim.

 

[Deebo]

Goalie on waivers alert. Comrie's (very limited/spread out) NHL numbers aren't great. But he's a young guy with promise. We'll see how desperate Dubas is here.

Winnipeg claimed Comrie (he was originally a Jet, they lost him at the start of the season to Arizona on waivers). They're ahead of the Leafs in the standings so that means Toronto didn't put in a claim.

Doesn't a team who loses a player on waivers have first claiming rights if they go back on waivers?

 

[Guilt Trip]

Goalie on waivers alert. Comrie's (very limited/spread out) NHL numbers aren't great. But he's a young guy with promise. We'll see how desperate Dubas is here.

Winnipeg claimed Comrie (he was originally a Jet, they lost him at the start of the season to Arizona on waivers). They're ahead of the Leafs in the standings so that means Toronto didn't put in a claim.

Doesn't a team who loses a player on waivers have first claiming rights if they go back on waivers?

I think there is a timeframe where they get first dibs. Not sure of the length of it though.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Doesn't a team who loses a player on waivers have first claiming rights if they go back on waivers?

The rule is if Winnipeg was the only team to claim him now, after losing him on waivers earlier this season, they would have the right to immediately send him to their AHL team without having to place him on waivers again and have him clear.

There also seems to be some debate as to whether that still applies here since he was traded in between, but that's probably not important.

 

[herman]

Getting some nice bounces on the schedule tonight.
Sabres 6-1 loss
Lightning 4-3 OT loss
Bruins 3-2 SO loss
Canadiens currently losing

The OTL points suck but still better than 2s

Edit: spoke too soon as Montreal finishes the comeback in OT

 

[herman]

https://theathletic.com/1452117/2019/12/20/painting-a-picture-of-what-your-life-is-going-to-be-the-inspiration-behind-the-leafs-tattoos/

Okay this is fluff, but a window into the players.

That tattoo has led to others, including the one he had done in the summer of 2017: the Greek god Zeus, on his inner right forearm.

?I was reading up on Greek mythology for a few summers,? said Marner of the Zeus tattoo. ?I like the story of Zeus and how he was a guy that everyone looked up to and everyone went to for answers. I liked all the things I read about.?

What stuck out to Marner was how Zeus was a ?leader.? That finalized the decision for him.

?You want to be someone that everyone goes to for answers and respects and wants to lead the way,? said Marner. ?You want the younger generation to look up to you and see that there?s more than playing hockey. It?s about what you do off the ice and how you treat others. That?s something that I really value.?

I think he might have skipped some parts in his 'reading'.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

The best part about Marner's Zeus tattoo is that it's actually Poseidon/Neptune:

https://collections.lacma.org/node/241134

 

[herman]

This is amazing.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

This is amazing.

I'd pay $100 to have Mirtle or someone film his reaction to finding this out.

 

[Highlander]

This is amazing.

I'd pay $100 to have Mirtle or someone film his reaction to finding this out.

Relax Zeus and Neptune are actually twin brothers. LOL

 

[ZBBM]

Really, it's no problem.  One lives in the sky, one in the sea.  You look up to one, you look down to the other.  One leads from the front, the other from the rear.  Potayto, potahto.

 

[disco]

But is he the hardest working god? Rank 'em Mitch.

 

[Highlander]

Actually Zeus is the laziest of Gods, ordering all the other ones about to do this and do that, and throws thunderbolt's at those maleficent in their efforts.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Boston has 1 win in their last 9 games (4 OT/SO losses in there). There's still a 9-point gap between them and the Leafs right now. But the unbeatable Bruins are starting to look beatable.

 

[disco]

Boston has 1 win in their last 9 games (4 OT/SO losses in there). There's still a 9-point gap between them and the Leafs right now. But the unbeatable Bruins are starting to look beatable.

Good to know for the 2nd (3rd?) round

 

[Highlander]

Boston has 1 win in their last 9 games (4 OT/SO losses in there). There's still a 9-point gap between them and the Leafs right now. But the unbeatable Bruins are starting to look beatable.

fire the coach, I heard Babcock is available.