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A Kinder, Gentler 2020-21 Toronto Maple Leafs thread
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I would have like Bossy on a line with THE TIGER - boy he would have had way more room to operate!
Oh, I Love Jumbo Joe - one of the best passers to ever play the game. Bruins kinda ruined him with too much pressure too soon. He has done well at SJ - but if he had been drafted say at the time to Detroit - you would have seen JUMBO JOE 2.0.
Bahaaaa - never saw that one - what the heck was Tiger doing on a “pick up game” All Star skate!
Back to your point, Bossy had Trottier as a centre, Gillies for awhile on the left side...Islanders had a tough team
Ya know in my advanced age - I forgot about his time with Vancouver - that was during the REALLY REALLY ugly jersey days if I remember correctly. Tiger could play - just like Shack could play. They got put into a roll. One of my most fav players ever Wendle Clark - could punch your lights out or turn you inside out and score - that Man - HEART, HEART , HEART.
No Tiger was on Vancouver during those jersey days...made it to the Cup final in 1981, Richard Brodeur, Harold Snepts...it was the playoff that Roger Neilson put the towel on a stick with several other players like a 'white flag'.
Which Russian was that?
Bobby Clarke may have been more effective than Gainey due to his "stickhandling" abilities.
It's hard to see how there could more than few physical players being more effective than Clark Gillies was.
Dubas puts his good intentions (adding grit/toughness) to work by signing Simmonds, but it will depend on how he plays and how he’s used. By all accounts he’s lost a couple of steps but if he still can bring physicality and be a good checker, he will help. I’d like at least another “big physical presence“ guy on defence. Adding Simmonds alone playing 5 minutes a game will not change that soft image.
Let's not talk about Wendel Clarke, his career was cut short by being the sacrificial lamb for some very shitty Leafs teams. Have people forgotten the disastrous fights he had with Kordic and Probert? Does anyone remember the Kordic fight, Clark hit him at least half a dozen times - Kordic did not move. Kordic hit him once and the fight was over. Clark played with a concussion after that. And lets remember Probert was an animal when he drank, Clark fought him because Dave Semenko didn't want to. Clark went over a year with a back injury after that.
Breaking News: Wayne Simmonds takes less money from the Leafs to come home. Doesn't look good on Nylander and Marner does it.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-sign-forward-wayne-simmonds-one-year-deal/
Oh I hear ya - I remember Clark left it all out there against LA - practically killed himself (scored two that game if I remember correctly) - then Gretzky cuts Killer and gets away with it because the NHL could not afford a Montreal Toronto final. And Yes I still believe that to today 100%. THE FIX WAS IN!
I remember seeing Clark come back to the bench and look at Burns - Burns looks at Clark - I could see without words - Burns was saying man your a warrior and you left everything out there.
Heart Breaker for me
Patrick Roy was not going to be denied that year...........So it wouldn't of mattered.Oh I hear ya - I remember Clark left it all out there against LA - practically killed himself (scored two that game if I remember correctly) - then Gretzky cuts Killer and gets away with it because the NHL could not afford a Montreal Toronto final. And Yes I still believe that to today 100%. THE FIX WAS IN!
I remember seeing Clark come back to the bench and look at Burns - Burns looks at Clark - I could see without words - Burns was saying man your a warrior and you left everything out there.
Heart Breaker for me
Oh please - Clark and Killer would have lit him up! Ha ha ha Yes that psycho was quite a goalie - have to admit.
