Leafs need Tkachuk, since trading Kadri, the Leafs lacking a pest. And when players like Matthews doesn't have to worry about Tkachuk, it's a bonus.
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I’d love to have him on our team but I don’t think Calgary is trading him anytime soon. Imagine what a dirty line would be with Kari cantering Tkachuk and Marchand. They would form the most hated line in the history of hockey.
We shouldn't take the ramblings of that other member seriously. The irony is that the Islanders are doing better without JT91 than the Leafs aren't doing with him.
Ya, but the Leafs just one of them. Nylander for Tkachuk and another contract (to add up to Nylander salary) to the Leafs. Nylander would be going home, he's born in Calgary.
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I like Calgary they are fast and can score goals in bunches. They are fun to watch. The Nucks are good too. Habs play a shit brand of hockey, they have only 1 star the toilet seat.
Tkachuk's contract (2 years remain, $7,000,000 A.A.V.), Nylander's contract (4 years remain, $6,962,366 A.A.V.).
Must be the new math.
M.T. 22 years old. W.N. 24 years old.
Anybody listen to the Dubas/Shanahan season end conference?
I think we're in real trouble, they are rehashing old Brian Burke excuses, less the truculence.
Really lame and insulting to serious hockey fans in this city.
I no longer have faith in them, didn't think I'ld ever feel this way.
I hope I'm wrong.
I think we're in real trouble, they are rehashing old Brian Burke excuses, less the truculence.
Really lame and insulting to serious hockey fans in this city.
I no longer have faith in them, didn't think I'ld ever feel this way.
I hope I'm wrong.
Sorry I confused Brady Tkachuk's contact to Matthew's. Then a straight-up trade is in the works.
I think MLSE top brass still has faith in Shanny and Dubas but let's wait and see. You know Tavares hit the post and Soup tipped the puck and it hit the crossbar, if those went in, we would be talking game 3 vs Tampa. Just bad luck.
Agree with Glam here. I certainly remember Tavaras hitting the post with no goalie anywhere near. Set up by Marner I believe. Yes, Leafs lost the series but it wasn't a total ass wipe. Did everyone forget this the only series that went 5 games? Do people not see the first 2 games of the TB/CBJ series?
What they do need though is effort and sacrifice. To block shots and muck for goals in front of the net. Muzzin has already eluded to it.
Contrary to what a lot of people think Leafs do not have a monopoly on skill. If anything I would say overall as a team they're lacking and imbalanced. Dubois, Werenski, and Jones are very good players. There's also their captain Foligno. Their goaltender(s) are very good. They play with tremendous effort, smarts, and they'll block shots.
What they do need though is effort and sacrifice. To block shots and muck for goals in front of the net. Muzzin has already eluded to it.
Contrary to what a lot of people think Leafs do not have a monopoly on skill. If anything I would say overall as a team they're lacking and imbalanced. Dubois, Werenski, and Jones are very good players. There's also their captain Foligno. Their goaltender(s) are very good. They play with tremendous effort, smarts, and they'll block shots.
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On paper, TML top six are widely considerd to be way better than CBJ's top 6. TML payroll makes it worse. Many expected the TMLs to roll through the series purely on the basis of talent and pressure to perform. I'd say CBJ wound up playing way over their own typical abilities and TML played way under theirs, making the series close - intangibles swung the series in CBJ's favor. Sucks to be an under-performing TML team right now. Something serious needs to be done to the roster composition if that is going to change in any meaningful way.
Two obstacles to changing the composition.
1) As you mentioned in an earlier post, no help from the draft.
2) No free cap space. (Yes George, cap space isn't free, happy now.) 4 players account for 50% of the cap.
This core of Andersen, Rielly, Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Hyman has been together for four conservative first round losses. Adding Tavares two years ago yielded same results. Either the problem lies with this core or there’s serious inadequacy in the supporting cast. Many have pointed to the lack of grit, size, and inability to win 50/50 battles for the puck and these elements are more so important in your supporting cast if the core group of guys (except Hyman) play with only skills.
I have been an Andersen supporter since he became a Leaf, but with yet another sub par playoff performance, I am beginning to wonder if he can be the goalie that leads the team to the cup.
I have been an Andersen supporter since he became a Leaf, but with yet another sub par playoff performance, I am beginning to wonder if he can be the goalie that leads the team to the cup.
I would not be resigning Andersen after his contract expires, don't sign goalies after the age of 31 for more than 2 years.
Only trouble is, no one in the system is close to replacing Andersen. In the free agency market all available goalies are not any better and older too. Trade will probably be the only route to replace him.
Leafs knocked out CBJ starter. Can it be said that the difference was in goaltending? I don't think so.
Even though all in all the CBJ goaltending was good.
Andersen is not the reason they lost the series. Leafs got shut out game 5. Can't win if you don't score at least one.
3 even strength goals in 5 games is not going to do it.
I believe the series turned when Muzzin got injured.
Leafs played great game 2. They were flying. The team was very cohesive. Smart passes everywhere.
Game 3 they had 3 goal lead. They could have used Muzzin there to hold the lead.
They couldn't play that cohesive passing game and making plays with Marincin.
We can only imagine how Leafs would have played with Sandin in rather than Marincin.
Leafs made their comeback in Game 4 when Werenski was injured half way through the 3rd period.
He played in game 5 though and scored the winner.
Imagine if Muzzin played all 5 games.
Even though all in all the CBJ goaltending was good.
Andersen is not the reason they lost the series. Leafs got shut out game 5. Can't win if you don't score at least one.
3 even strength goals in 5 games is not going to do it.
I believe the series turned when Muzzin got injured.
Leafs played great game 2. They were flying. The team was very cohesive. Smart passes everywhere.
Game 3 they had 3 goal lead. They could have used Muzzin there to hold the lead.
They couldn't play that cohesive passing game and making plays with Marincin.
We can only imagine how Leafs would have played with Sandin in rather than Marincin.
Leafs made their comeback in Game 4 when Werenski was injured half way through the 3rd period.
He played in game 5 though and scored the winner.
Imagine if Muzzin played all 5 games.
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Trade the Zamboni driver for Reimer. Anyways, the likely hood of an EBUG during this playoffs is almost zero as teams are allowed to carry up to 4 goalies.
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Reimer is playing not because the starter is hurt but because the starter is not good.
The last time he started a playoff game was the infamous Game 7 vs Boston.
He could get his redemption right here.
