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superstar_88

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If you're referring to training camp for this year's playoffs then sure Robertson is in the group of 28. As a Black Ace so if you constitute this as making the team then yes he's made the team.
He won't be playing unless there are injuries though.
Making the team for next season is a whole different ball game though. The team doesn't carry 28 players to start the season.
To make the team next year he has to be top 12 forward. he won't be a black ace. He needs to play somewhere and develop.
 

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Holy shit. Auston Matthews is a nominee for the Lady Byng. This is embarressing. Gordie Howe never won the Lady Byng.
 

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Holy shit. Auston Matthews is a nominee for the Lady Byng. This is embarressing. Gordie Howe never won the Lady Byng.
Stan Mikita, Anze Kopitar, Ryan O'Reilly, Martin St. Louis, Pavel Datsyuk, Joe Sakic, Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull, Dave Keon, yeah, those guys are an embarrassment to the game of hockey. (just to name a few winners of the Lady Byng Trophy)
 

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Stan Mikita, Anze Kopitar, Ryan O'Reilly, Martin St. Louis, Pavel Datsyuk, Joe Sakic, Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull, Dave Keon, yeah, those guys are an embarrassment to the game of hockey. (just to name a few winners of the Lady Byng Trophy)
Dart gets shot down again.
 

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The Lady Byng is the NHL equivalent of the Miss Congeniality award. The most successful NHL franchise has only ever had 2 Lady Byng winners.
 

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Stan Mikita, Anze Kopitar, Ryan O'Reilly, Martin St. Louis, Pavel Datsyuk, Joe Sakic, Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull, Dave Keon, yeah, those guys are an embarrassment to the game of hockey. (just to name a few winners of the Lady Byng Trophy)
Bobby Hull, Bucyk, Dionne.

More embarrassment.
 

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....The most successful NHL franchise has only ever had 2 Lady Byng winners.
Yeah, those two guys (Mats Naslund & Toe Blake) really dragged down those Cup winning teams.
Think of the Cups the club could've gathered without those poisons in the room.
Interesting that the Montreal's haven't had much success, only one Cup, that some 27 years ago, since they stopped having Lady Byng Trophy winners.
 

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The Toronto Sun is shit. The worst of all the Toronto sports media, full of leeches.
I guess you missed the sarcasm in my original post. BTW - Michael Traikos is actually the National Hockey Writer for all of Postmedia News publications and is a regular contributor to the Hockey News. Subjectively speaking, he has pretty solid credentials and global credibility.
 

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Interesting that the Montreal's haven't had much success, only one Cup, that some 27 years ago, since they stopped having Lady Byng Trophy winners.
Do tell us what the direct correlation is between sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct, and winning a cup in what is widely considered to be the most physically grueling championship tournament to win in all of professional sports.

Are you implying that you have to have as a pre-requisite, a roster loaded with 'daisies' and 'tip toes' in order to grind out a championship? Sure sounds like a roster built for playoff success. :rolleyes:
 

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The Leafs already have a reputation as a "soft" team. A Lady Byng win would solidify that reputation.

The list of star players who never won the Byng is really long. Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, Rocket Richard, Phil Esposito, Larry Robinson, Guy Lafleur, the great Hab teams of the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's.
 
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I guess you missed the sarcasm in my original post. BTW - Michael Traikos is actually the National Hockey Writer for all of Postmedia News publications and is a regular contributor to the Hockey News. Subjectively speaking, he has pretty solid credentials and global credibility.
Re: Traikos - it’s the national writers I tend to appreciate; the ones who watch hockey teams throughout the league and carry a much broader perspective than the home town fan-boys who just cover the local team.
The only other teams many reporters seem to watch are whoever’s in town to play the leafs that night.

Re: the Lady Bing nominees - it looked like the national reporters who understood the trophy’s purpose of “effective but gentlemanly players” tried to elevate Jaccob Slavin onto the ballot.
It’s the fan-boys who think the trophy is about “goals vs penalty minutes,” - nothing else - and vote accordingly.
Interesting to see even a mainstream national media outlet like NBC news express surprise that Matthews made it into the top three nominees.
 
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