2019-2020 Toronto Maple Leafs Summer Edition

[Bender]

Woof, open the windows somebody, we're getting some overconfidence buildup.  This is a group that has yet to win a meaningful series.

The Leafs will never lose another game ever again.

 

[Redleaf]

Has he always look this ripped? My god!

He's always had impressive lower body strength

But now he has a girlfriend who is a formidable athlete herself and they were doing workout videos for IG over the lockdown.

If Gauthier is the goat and Engvall is a Giraffe...than Rielly is clearly a Gazelle.

 

[herman]

I guess end of season stuff should go here:
https://twitter.com/koshtorontosun/status/1293559344756391936
https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1293558732895526912
I don't know how Marner does it, but he always says the right thing that comes out wrong because it's from his mouth
https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1293572194778447872
https://twitter.com/kristen_shilton/status/1293573610964242432
Um, let's re-sign this guy
https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1293579523863216128
beep. boop. whizzzz. bing!
https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1293577969718493184

 

[Zee]

Is anyone showing the Dubas/Shanahan presser or will we get after the fact news?

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/markhmasters/status/1293588087457619969
NO. Unless you're studying under Matthews/Robertson and build up the strength to actually unleash a shot with pace, please don't shoot more because that means our scoring centres aren't shooting.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1293598330589720576

 

[Zee]

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1293598330589720576

Obvious shot at the core by the reporter.  Although Dubas has to realize that "the potential" and those players actually reaching that potential are 2 different things.  Marner was particularly ineffective in the series against Columbus, I don't know how he takes the next step.

 

[ZBBM]

I guess end of season stuff should go here:

https://twitter.com/jonassiegel/status/1293577969718493184

The "playoffs and what not"? 

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/wyshynski/status/1293599123132866565

 

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/1293606835950432259

Nobody seemed to believe me whenever I said that the Leafs genuinely liked Ceci.

 

[Zee]

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/1293606835950432259

Nobody seemed to believe me whenever I said that the Leafs genuinely liked Ceci.

I saw this quote and I hope it's just Dubas defending his guy and not wanting to throw him under the bus.  There's no fancy metric in the world that can convince me Ceci doesn't suck. If Dubas actually thinks he's good we may be in some trouble here.

 

[Frank E]

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/1293606835950432259

Nobody seemed to believe me whenever I said that the Leafs genuinely liked Ceci.

I saw this quote and I hope it's just Dubas defending his guy and not wanting to throw him under the bus.  There's no fancy metric in the world that can convince me Ceci doesn't suck. If Dubas actually thinks he's good we may be in some trouble here.

Yeah, that's a hot load of horseshit from Dubas.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Nobody seemed to believe me whenever I said that the Leafs genuinely liked Ceci.

They still don't haha

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/1293606835950432259

Nobody seemed to believe me whenever I said that the Leafs genuinely liked Ceci.

https://twitter.com/jccuthbert/status/1293612715332833281
He outperformed his reputation! But like, he's UFA now. There's no trade value (like there was just before the deadline before he got injured)...

He's coming back next season, isn't he

a positive effect on our defense overall, but an anchor on driving offense (which is not his role).

 

[ZBBM]

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/1293606835950432259

Oh for God's sake.

If Cody Ceci is in a Toronto Maple Leafs uniform next season, Dubas deserves to be lashed to an inflatable alligator and cast adrift on Lake Ontario.

 

[Bender]

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/1293606835950432259

Nobody seemed to believe me whenever I said that the Leafs genuinely liked Ceci.

https://twitter.com/jccuthbert/status/1293612715332833281
He outperformed his reputation! But like, he's UFA now. There's no trade value (like there was just before the deadline before he got injured)...

He's coming back next season, isn't he

a positive effect on our defense overall, but an anchor on driving offense (which is not his role).

I would rather have Roman Polak for league minimum.

 

[herman]

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2020/08/12/toronto-maple-leafs-end-of-season-media-day/

Dubas on whether his vision for how the team should play is going to change or remain the same:

I don?t find myself transfixed on one thing. You all think that I have one way of going about things and it is never changing, but I think anybody who knows me or works with me would tell you it is pretty much the opposite. Every season, regardless of what the outcome has been ? whether at different levels we have won or have been in the playoffs and fallen short ? there has always been a full review of where we are at.

The vision for me always has to be changing. I don?t think any business or any team that just has one vision or way of doing things and doesn?t change is going to be successful in the long run. They might get lucky, but it is not a way to go about having sustainable success. I think the moves that we have made over the last couple of seasons have indicated that it is not just all about one thing here. That will certainly be the review that is done now with regards to where we are at and where we are going.

I am not someone that is stubborn with that. The goal will be to get us into a different position next year, certainly, to the point where we are making progress and sustaining ourselves as a contending team year in and year out.

 

[herman]

In Nylander's interview, he mentions the Leafs implemented a new defensive zone system during the RTP training camp, so going back to centre was a bit different. It largely worked, relative to the regular season system; of course it was against the Columbus never-try-for-offense approach, so it remains to be seen what it looks like next season. It certainly helped Andersen look a lot better for most of the series, save for that dippy Atkinson shot and all five guys leaving Liam Foudy alone.

 

[Bill_Berg]

I don't think people would complain about Ceci so much if he were paid 3 million less. But I also doubt he'll sign for 3 million less.

 

[Bender]

I don't think people would complain about Ceci so much if he were paid 3 million less. But I also doubt he'll sign for 3 million less.

I'd take him for $1mil. That's it.