The price of losing is going up. We need another NHL team in the GTA to end MLSE.The Leafs will wait for your pain to go away then...they will INCREASE tickets price for next season! Oh wait, I think they've already instituted a new increased pricing system for next year! Not sure when we will ever see the Cup in Leafs land but one thing is certain that the price of admission will always go up!
Toronto Maple Leafs 2013/14 Season
- Thread starter Ironhead
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But is it a decent enough year for a 7th overall draft choice. Yes, I know it's not his fault he was selected 7th and not 30th. Yes, I also know it is not his fault he is not a better player.
Gardiner has all the physical tools. His skating is off the charts. It's his hockey sense and reading plays. It would be interesting to see him on the wing flying down the ice ala JVR.
Memos from T.Leiweke to Nonis: Don't care how you do it but I need you to pull off a multi-players trades similar to your cousin Raptors did a few months ago! I need to see your trade proposals by the end of the week or else... Any suggestions in here to help out Nonis so that he won't lose his job?
Classic MLSE move...create a position in the organization and hire a well known ex-player. What for exactly? Oh I know...to appease the fans so they think they are actually doing something to better the team. Waste of money but then again, they have loads of it thanks to the die hard fans.
Not much.
Canucks are in a rapid decline. Both missed the playoffs. Leafs have not won it all in 47 years. Canucks have never won it all in 43 years.
BTW, if the Leafs had 100 point seasons and didn't win the cup, people would still call them losers and say they'll never win. Well, the same goes for Van.
There is no validity to your claim.
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Classic MLSE move ? What are you talking about ? Avs hire Joe Sakic , Bruins Cam Neely , Sabres Pat Lafontaine , Canucks Linden etc .. All these guys given President status
I agree he is passionate about the team. No one is certainly taking that away from him.He's one of the true fans. While some show up if the Leafs make the playoffs, and others almost thrive to see the club fail, he is the kind who stood by the team through the eight game slide, and stayed positive under finally eliminated.
Ironhead has shown a passion all season, and sure the elimination stung. Still, he is a good sport, and will share in our sorrow here sooner or later.
I've enjoyed he optimistic outlook throughout the year and sure he will have much to chime in on over the summer
But when I tried to discuss their shortcomings he wouldn't give them a shred of credibility. And it is those same shortcomings that everyone is now discussing.
I'm a true fan as well. And sickened by the mismanagement over the last 4 decades. I had to finally stop being emotionally positive about them, because it is now, in my opinion, enabling of mediocrity.
All I want is for them to ice a team capable of reaching the 3rd round. After that its anyones guess who can win it. But they haven't come close to that in two decades.
Rah rah doesn't work. It is my hope that indifference will.
Tim Lieweke is a basketball and soccer man, about hockey he is no expert. The next decision he makes will be crucial, we don't need a repeat of 2003. If part of his solution is to separate the GM/President portfolio then I'm all for it. Burke rebuilt the scouting staff decimated by Peddie, two top managers with clearly defined responsibilities will be good for the club. Unlike 2003, the club isn't that badly off. We don't need a quick fix.
He could be busy with everyday life crap .. Cause Ironhead would never turtle ... There isn't a battle on Terb which he hasn't given it his All ... Just look at the Kessel trade thread ...
First of all, Shanahan never played for the Leafs...all the others in your example played for their respective teams.
And with all the other issues that have contributed to a 46 year cup drought or even a cup final, right up to this year's epic failure, MLSE feels that the best & first course of action is to bring Shanahan on board? Really? For what exactly? It's purely a symbolic gesture well-timed to distract fans from the real train wreck, especially this year.
Good to see where some of that ticket price increase cash is being spent.
The problem with MLSE is they fall in love with their players ... 7 years out of the playoffs and in one shorten season they actually made the playoffs and what do they do ? Sign Dion 7 years , Kessel 7 years , Bozak long term etc ., Their GM gets reward 5 years .. They reward
medicority ... The same cycle will begun .. " the new muskoka 5 ...
Yzerman in Tampa
John Davidson by St. Louis (forget where he is now but got the Blues on the right track
Doug Wilson in San Jose
That rebuttal is negated.
Sorry to hear that dude. Especially with the nice weather! Get well. I'd rather have you at your best when the debating starts!
They've been in the top half of the East (playoff berth) only one year in the last decade. This year's version has one good line and one good tender, rest of the team is overpaid and seriously under achieving. I agree it's not a quick fix but it's certainly very badly off.
Thanks for hanging on every word I type.
My rebuttal was for using the specific players he named in his post. The point was that if he was using those as an example, then they were contradictory to what I was saying because those specific players actually played for the teams that hired them.
We all know that not all players sign on in executive positions with the actual team they played for. However, you missed my point and deflected the issue I was bringing forward: Hiring and paying Shanahan (or any other retired player for that matter) for no useful purpose other than to distract fans and convince them they are actually doing something to fix the 1/2 century old train wreck.
Your scrutiny would be better served if it were directed at MLSE and not people who are pointing out the obvious.
