Yea I'll just stop being a fan because thats something I can do, I can't help it.
I love hockey, I love the Leafs and as silly as it might seem to you I can't help it.
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NHL Off-Season 2014 |OT| - O stands for Overhaul
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Yea I'll just stop being a fan because thats something I can do, I can't help it.
I love hockey, I love the Leafs and as silly as it might seem to you I can't help it.
Simon Belmont
Banned
It just seems so bleak from your end of the monitor dude. Hope the sun shines sometimes in your world.
He probably compared himself to Duncan Keith.
Well don't worry, the Leafs are just one part of my life, the others are not that bad haha.
Cheap shot by Carlyle if you ask me. He was obviously talking about Gardiner and suggesting he's a bit delusional, should Jake come out and rip some of Carlyle's coaching decisions?
"Hey, how many times did we have an offensive zone faceoff and Carlyle trots out McClement's line? Yeah that'll get you some offensive zone chances!"
Go Raps!
gaming_noob
Member
Phaneuf, Clarkson, Gardiner for Oiler's first 2014 rounder and cap dump.
Simon Belmont
Banned
Haha no worries, I'm angry too but it's more of an impotent rage.
Well the difference there is that Carlyle is supposed to be coaching Gardiner.
Flyers Ink Gostisbehere to an entry-level contract
2014 National Champion to report to Adirondack Phantoms
Tuesday, 04.15.2014 / 12:59 PM / News
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have signed 2012 Draft Pick, defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere to an entry-level contract, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. He will report to the club's AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, for the remainder of the season.
Gostisbehere was selected in the third round (78th overall) by the Flyers in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
Gostisbehere is fresh off winning the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament with Union College, held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia this past weekend. He led Union with a goal and two assists to go along with a plus-minus rating of +7 in the Championship game, a 7-4 win over Minnesota.
Over the course of three years at Union, Gostisbehere recorded 22 goals and 60 assists for 82 points in 118 games.
2014 National Champion to report to Adirondack Phantoms
Tuesday, 04.15.2014 / 12:59 PM / News
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have signed 2012 Draft Pick, defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere to an entry-level contract, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. He will report to the club's AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, for the remainder of the season.
Gostisbehere was selected in the third round (78th overall) by the Flyers in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
Gostisbehere is fresh off winning the NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament with Union College, held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia this past weekend. He led Union with a goal and two assists to go along with a plus-minus rating of +7 in the Championship game, a 7-4 win over Minnesota.
Over the course of three years at Union, Gostisbehere recorded 22 goals and 60 assists for 82 points in 118 games.
I don't get the cheap shot though. Gardiner ended up being one of, if not the best defenseman the Leafs had down the stretch. To single him out makes no sense. Gardiner improved from the start and ended up picking up a lot of points down the stretch, he wasn't the problem this team imploded.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
...I'd do it.
Coldnoodle
Member
Edmonton wouldn't :U
Simon Belmont
Banned
Don't get me wrong, I think he's great but that doesn't mean he can do no wrong. If he's walking around with an inflated ego thinking he's Letang or Keith then he's got another thing coming. I agree that this shit should stay out of the public eye though.
Are we sure he's talking about Gards? Could have been Franson?
Well yea, see I got into the Leafs right after the lockout, before I was really too young to pay attention, follow along too much. Ever since then its been mediocrity, excuses, bad trades, signings, etc. the random firing of Burke for political reasons, and all this recent shit. Snapped me beyond the point of impotent rage. I haven't had much to be happy about with regards to the team.
Not a lot to be happy about lately and its just been sorta piling up and up. It also stings because really last year was a lot of fun before the collapse.
Simon Belmont
Banned
At least we're not trading away draft picks anymore. We've got that going for us, which is nice.
Pretty sure it was Gardiner given their past history.
Inflated ego or not, he was still the best d-man down the stretch for Carlyle, to throw him under the bus makes no sense.
So a one year span is now a historic trend?
Yeah, if Spezza leaves and they name Phillips captain, he's gonna be captain for the full two years of his contract, and there's no chance he will ever be a healthy scratch or is getting traded during those two years.
It's pretty much a nightmare scenario.
Definitely not.
KernelPanic
Member
Philips, Methot, Cowen. Let them choose.
We don't have a 2nd in this draft or next years I believe. :/
I mean I don't know. I can't say if Bolland was worth those three picks.
Holland was this years second I guess works.
I dunno.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Great for the kid. Awesome to a kid from S. FLA make it so far already. He also played in Cats' junior team and was a big fan,
When did he throw him under the bus?
I thought he said that the young defenseman thought he had a short leash which he really didn't.
Did I miss something?
Phaneuf is their man.
Start the rebuild.
Simon Belmont
Banned
Sure, but he was shit for half the season too. He didn't mention by name, and is he supposed to completely leave the players out of the "what the hell happened" discussion?
You haven't been a leafs fan long enough if you don't see keeping firsts regularly as a revolutionary change
Says who? He wasn't lighting it up offensively for half a season but he wasn't "shit". You can pin that on Franson/Ranger if you want to single out shit defensively d-men.
Also, which defenseman was the WORST down the stretch? Dion -- does he get a mention? Apparently he's the golden boy for Carlyle.
Gardiner improved as the season went on, and was the best overall defenseman for the Leafs in the last 20+ games and THIS is the guy Carlyle singles out?
Simon Belmont
Banned
Dude, you're tilting at windmills.
Whatever, it just highlites how stupid and out of touch Carlyle really is. Gardiner was one of the best possession guys on the team, but apparently he was a major problem why this team collapsed because he's the only guy that Carlyle specifically referred to. Fire this idiot.
You haven't been a leafs fan long enough if you don't see keeping firsts regularly as a revolutionary change
Ugh. This was the worst when they kept trading first round picks. Over and over again.
That's some commitment there.
Simon Belmont
Banned
You're taking a comment that's ambiguous at best, inserting your own narrative and then raging over it. Step away from the ledge.
KernelPanic
Member
Wow, I better not run into you around town :lol
I'm really not as down on Methot and Cowen ad you guys are. They may have had a bad year, but it's not like it's outside of their abilities to bounce back.
Ambiguous how? He described the way Gardiner plays so that everyone in the room knew who he was referring to. Then he mentions a conversation he had with him in private that should have never been revealed. It was a stupid shot by Carlyle.
Simon Belmont
Banned
So you want him to stand up and give answers, just not ones you don't like?
It's ambiguous because all he said was that he earned more trust by the end of the year, and the player he was comparing himself to was interesting. People have been thrown under bigger buses by far.
Did Carlyle say the leash was shorter at the end of the season?
Then it wouldn't make sense for it to be Gardiner because he had more minutes as the season went on.
I remember him being 4th in total ice-time then 2nd in ice-time for defensemen, in fact, the entire team. #1 in even-strength minutes on the team.
Sounds like Franson to me.
Then it wouldn't make sense for it to be Gardiner because he had more minutes as the season went on.
I remember him being 4th in total ice-time then 2nd in ice-time for defensemen, in fact, the entire team. #1 in even-strength minutes on the team.
Sounds like Franson to me.
Coldnoodle
Member
Another bigger forward for Murray :LOL
Coldnoodle
Member
Paulrus was too hard on the players according to Murray.
KernelPanic
Member
I'm not down on him as much I don't want him to pay him McDonald money+ when his current contract is up. He's fine at his current $ level but not much more.
Sens players: "We like the team like a country club."
You're the only guy who thinks he was talking about Franson.
Whatever the case, he still shouldn't be singling out 1 player when it was a total team collapse, and the coach had a lot of the blame as well.
Coldnoodle
Member
He's so old-school, so open and blunt.
Sens players " We are pussies"
