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Always has been my favourite Leaf, yes it is brutal news. He went through very bad Covid also, hope that has nothing to do with the ALS diagnosis.
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Zee said:Salming was always one of my favorites. Damn brutal news. Hope things can go well for him.
Frank E said:At this point I think he's just playing the odds...he's bound to win a hand sooner or later.
princedpw said:Could we ever see a middle six like this?
Steeves - Tavares - Jarnkrok
Robertson - Engvall - Nylander
And have a Kampf line take all the Dzone face offs? (Though I read once that Kampf really isn?t very good without Engvall at his side to push the puck down the ice.)
herman said:princedpw said:Could we ever see a middle six like this?
Steeves - Tavares - Jarnkrok
Robertson - Engvall - Nylander
And have a Kampf line take all the Dzone face offs? (Though I read once that Kampf really isn?t very good without Engvall at his side to push the puck down the ice.)
Just pulling this conversation into the NHL roster space given the topic. I like Robertson opposite Nylander, but they'll need a centre that is defensively sound and forechecky (Kampf, but with a better shot, i.e. Fraser Minten in 2 years). If Tavares can get back into form from a good offseason without the body aches and the knee rehab and a svelte playing weight...
I have earmarked Holmberg, Steeves, Robertson, Anderson (and Malgin, I guess) as the prime contenders to make the jump over the likes of Gaudette, Clifford, Simmonds.
So we have
Stars: Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Tavares
Established Support: Bunting, Kerfoot, Engvall, Kampf, Jarnkrok, Aube-Kubel
Cheap Filler/In Development: Holmberg, Steeves, Robertson, Anderson, Malgin
Marlie veteran presence: Gaudette, Clifford, Simmonds
I have opinions on how it might shake out, but ultimately, I sort of want the Leafs to have situational combinations and generally be lineup agnostic to rotate options and developing players through various roles, a la Tampa style (and formerly Boston). Basically, the goal is to make everyone south of the star line a plug and play person, whether we are stacking two top lines (or trying to, ahem Tavares-Nylander) or using the stars as the 'spine' of the roster (Matthews - Tavares - Nylander).
There are obvious benefits: reliable depth! system continuity and flexibility in the face of injury! It also keeps them relatively cheap until they stick up their heads a bit too high (Hyman, Mikheyev), unless they stick out into star territory (hurray!).
caveman said:could Carey Price be traded to a team up against the cap to give another $10 million in space?
bustaheims said:caveman said:could Carey Price be traded to a team up against the cap to give another $10 million in space?
Not how that works. LTIR doesn?t give additional space.
L K said:Is anyone excited for the Leafs to be back? I'm certainly going to be there watching but the piece-meal roster construction in net and in the bottom 6 coupled with teams that on paper look (and generally perform extremely well) but not being able to get it done in the postseason. I'm really muted on it. Maybe its just because the regular season is so far away but I'd usually be gearing up to be excited about hockey by now and I'm just not.
Nik said:L K said:Is anyone excited for the Leafs to be back? I'm certainly going to be there watching but the piece-meal roster construction in net and in the bottom 6 coupled with teams that on paper look (and generally perform extremely well) but not being able to get it done in the postseason. I'm really muted on it. Maybe its just because the regular season is so far away but I'd usually be gearing up to be excited about hockey by now and I'm just not.
It's tough getting excited for the regular season when the Leafs could literally go 82-0 and none of us would feel any better going into round 1 of the playoffs.
I mean that's the thing... But I think the same thing every year and I come back every year. I watched most games during the Burke/Nonis era and thought that would be it.Nik said:L K said:Is anyone excited for the Leafs to be back? I'm certainly going to be there watching but the piece-meal roster construction in net and in the bottom 6 coupled with teams that on paper look (and generally perform extremely well) but not being able to get it done in the postseason. I'm really muted on it. Maybe its just because the regular season is so far away but I'd usually be gearing up to be excited about hockey by now and I'm just not.
It's tough getting excited for the regular season when the Leafs could literally go 82-0 and none of us would feel any better going into round 1 of the playoffs.
Nik said:L K said:Is anyone excited for the Leafs to be back? I'm certainly going to be there watching but the piece-meal roster construction in net and in the bottom 6 coupled with teams that on paper look (and generally perform extremely well) but not being able to get it done in the postseason. I'm really muted on it. Maybe its just because the regular season is so far away but I'd usually be gearing up to be excited about hockey by now and I'm just not.
It's tough getting excited for the regular season when the Leafs could literally go 82-0 and none of us would feel any better going into round 1 of the playoffs.
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:Nik said:L K said:Is anyone excited for the Leafs to be back? I'm certainly going to be there watching but the piece-meal roster construction in net and in the bottom 6 coupled with teams that on paper look (and generally perform extremely well) but not being able to get it done in the postseason. I'm really muted on it. Maybe its just because the regular season is so far away but I'd usually be gearing up to be excited about hockey by now and I'm just not.
It's tough getting excited for the regular season when the Leafs could literally go 82-0 and none of us would feel any better going into round 1 of the playoffs.
Since Matthews arrived I have tried to watch as much as possible (and watched a hell of a lot even before that, when there was no good reason to). But I have to ask myself, should I really spend hundreds of hours a year on a group of players who can't even win a single playoff round? I may be a sane, responsible adult and skip a few games this year.