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[Red_Man]

Dopey being Steve Simmons makes too much sense.

 

[Razorskin]

Leafs suck and then you die.

 

[Samyy]

I'm not a big fan of anyone who is an advocate for garbage stats

But it's an improvement over loiselle and poulin either way

 

[DopeyFish]

Dopey being Steve Simmons makes too much sense.

Actually I am a huge proponent of actual Advanced Stats (like the one I proposed but I can't really create because of the time investment needed)

CORSI and FENWICK are basically Nostradamus stats

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

LOISELLE AND POULIN ARE GONE!!! Replaced by a baby-faced 28 year old Asst GM. I can't imagine Nonis had much say in this pick and I think it serves as notice to Nonis just like the new asst coaches are to Carlyle.

 

[Kave_Man]

I for one am shocked after everyone told me Shanahan was shit for not doing anything since he was hired.

Who knew it takes more than a few weeks to start making changes?

 

[shadowkat]

Things are happening. We'll see if they are good things.

 

[DopeyFish]

I for one am shocked after everyone told me Shanahan was shit for not doing anything since he was hired.

Who knew it takes more than a few weeks to start making changes?

carlyle and nonis are still there....

phaneuf and clarkson are still there...

 

[Red_Man]

I for one am shocked after everyone told me Shanahan was shit for not doing anything since he was hired.

Who knew it takes more than a few weeks to start making changes?

The fact that Carlyle is still the coach, and that they were prepared to give Bolland the money they were are still bad signs, but this seems to be a pretty massive shift in the right direction.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

carlyle and nonis are still there....

phaneuf and clarkson are still there...

Craplyle and Nonuts are on notice.

Phaneuf is a top 4 D man we couldn't afford to lose unless we got another high tier D man in return. Deal with it.

Clarkson has an albatross of a contract that can't be bought out and no GM in his right mind would trade for. We 'could' retain salary, but that would depend on Clarkson agreeing to the team. There is essentially very very little Nonis can do at this point. Deal with it.

 

[yyzjohn]

Craplyle and Nonuts are on notice.

Phaneuf is a top 4 D man we couldn't afford to lose unless we got another high tier D man in return. Deal with it.

Clarkson has an albatross of a contract that can't be bought out and no GM in his right mind would trade for. We 'could' retain salary, but that would depend on Clarkson agreeing to the team. There is essentially very very little Nonis can do at this point. Deal with it.

Exactly. Shanahan has replaced all of Carlyle and Nonis's assistants with guys who he picked. They're on a short leash and it's a clear indication that the system of play must change. There's no way they can just dump Phaneuf and Clarkson and magically get back pieces that make sense. The cap hits aren't going away.

 

[Cactus]

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

I'm also happy Sami Vatanen is signed with Anaheim.

YES YES YES indeed.

 

[Kave_Man]

We should hire Dopey as GM.

I think he has an idea of how to get rid of Clarkson and Phaneuf while not taking on much salary.

 

[Samyy]

We should hire Dopey as GM.

I think he has an idea of how to get rid of Clarkson and Phaneuf while not taking on much salary.

I want someone to explain to me who the hell would play Phaneuf's minutes if we got rid of him.
Everyone rags on him but he plays our hardest minutes and he plays a ton of them and any other D-man on this time right now would not be able to handle it.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

WAT

 

[yyzjohn]

Best part about this was, there were no rumors out there days beforehand. This came as a total shock. Shanahan keeps the cards close to his vest. Hopefully this is another change in how the Leafs do business. Too many times the media has rumours out there and "sources" within the Leafs organization with their own agendas. Darren Dreger cut off.

 

[Kave_Man]

Best part about this was, there were no rumors out there days beforehand. This came as a total shock. Shanahan keeps the cards close to his vest. Hopefully this is another change in how the Leafs do business. Too many times the media has rumours out there and "sources" within the Leafs organization with their own agendas. Darren Dreger cut off.

The media would lose their shit and I'd love it.

Technically it's already happening in Toronto.

There aren't many Raptors leaks. To the point at the draft the Raptors were the only team that didn't get their pick spoiled via Twitter.

AA for the Jays keeps things close to the vest as well.

If it happened to the Leafs you might see the media revolt.

 

[DopeyFish]

I want someone to explain to me who the hell would play Phaneuf's minutes if we got rid of him.
Everyone rags on him but he plays our hardest minutes and he plays a ton of them and any other D-man on this time right now would not be able to handle it.

The sanest answer is rolling.

20 minutes a pairing

If you rely on one guy and are losing... either the guy is incompetent at his job (true, in this case) or the system is screwed up (also true in this case)

Phaneuf has size and reach, that's it. He has poor hockey IQ, poor awareness, poor skating and stickhandling. Dude has tools but doesn't use them.

Forces turnovers in his own zone, blows positioning in neutral zone due to overcommitting... puts an insane amount of pressure on his defensive partner... you remember his decent 5v5 stats? Almost all gunnarsson. Remember every damn instance without gunnar the last few years? Kostka, Franson, Holzer, etc. Remember the game gardiner got sent down to the marlies when phaneuf made an absolutely awful pass and everyone seemed to blame gardiner for it?

People keep making excuses for him and I'm sick of it. He's like fucking brett lebda but puts up points and can actually somewhat control the offensive blue line when he isn't being lazy taking 5 seconds to shift from his backhand to forehand.

He still has trade value for another 2.5 months... but when the season starts we are going to lose all chance of ever trading him.

We are going to be bottom 5 this year.

 

[Socreges]

I for one am shocked after everyone told me Shanahan was shit for not doing anything since he was hired.

Who knew it takes more than a few weeks to start making changes?

The Leafs STILL haven't made the playoffs under the Shanahan regime.

 

[MacAttack]

Good news guys!

The Boston Bruins will be featured on 17 national broadcasts on NBC and NBC Sports Network during the 2014-15 season, including the Oct. 8 season-opener against the Philadelphia Flyers, and seven appearances on the network’s Wednesday evening-branded “Rivalry Night.”

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey...requently_on_national_broadcasts_this_se.html

America's Team!

 

[Kave_Man]

The Leafs STILL haven't made the playoffs under the Shanahan regime.

Shit!

 

[zroid]

Ladies and gentlemen, the best of Dave Poulin and Claude Louiselle:

Is this what people refer to as "culture"?

 

[Cactus]

Poulin "We're bemoaning that we're a middle of the pack team. 2 years ago we would have loved to be a middle of the pack team"

Amazing.

 

[Quick]

The Leafs STILL haven't made the playoffs under the Shanahan regime.

Linden is the worst.

 

[Acid08]

Sharks have 13 nationally broadcasted games this year, including 4 out of 5 games against LA this year.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

Loiselle was supposed to be our cap specialist.

HA.

 

[zroid]

Dubas will be on TSN1050 at 2:15

 

[Red_Man]

Not sure if it was posted yesterday before your public flogging on the new guy, but Tim Peel joined twitter yesterday and closed his account already :lol :lol

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

Sharks have 13 nationally broadcasted games this year, including 4 out of 5 games against LA this year.

Sharks will win the first 3 easily

 

[Calamari41]

Sharks will win the first 3 easily

 

[zroid]

Sharks will win the first 3 easily

ice

 

[Red_Man]

Sharks will win the first 3 easily

 

[Clydefrog]

Sharks have 13 nationally broadcasted games this year, including 4 out of 5 games against LA this year.

Absolutely disgusting

 

[Acid08]

Sharks will win the first 3 easily

 

[bonesmccoy]

Shanahan's moves seem so calculated. Carlyle and Nonis are (inexplicably) popular guys in the org and with the Toronto media. By culling only the assistant's he's avoided some pretty major battles and controversies.

Too many times the media has rumours out there and "sources" within the Leafs organization with their own agendas. Darren Dreger cut off.

Don't forget Cox and Simmons.

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

Definitely rooting for the Sharks anytime they don't face the Ducks. But especially against the Kings. Time for payback.

Spoiler

KILL STOLL

 

[Calamari41]

Sharks fans are always nice and fun to talk to when they come visit the Pond. They cheer loud but they're not dicks. If I'm being honest most of the time they're overwhelmingly 20-something nerds, which isn't an insult. Much better than the Coyotes fan who comes when Phoenix is visiting.

 

[Red_Man]

Sharks fans are always nice and fun to talk to when they come visit the Pond. They cheer loud but they're not dicks. If I'm being honest most of the time they're overwhelmingly 20-something nerds, which isn't an insult. Much better than the Coyote* fan who comes when Phoenix is visiting.

FTFY.

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

FTFY.

Don't forget to change Phoenix to Arizona.

Arizona Coyotes

They'll lure fans with the initials AC

 

[Calamari41]

FTFY.

But wait, that was what I was going for in the first place.

 

[Red_Man]

Don't forget to change Phoenix to Arizona.

Arizona Coyotes

They'll lure fans with the initials AC

Fool Arizona residents into thinking they're picking up Assassin Creed games for $12. Smooth move.

 

[Calamari41]

Fool Arizona residents into thinking they're picking up Assassin Creed games for $12. Smooth move.

Box seats are that expensive there now? Sheeeit.

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

Fool Arizona residents into thinking they're picking up Assassin Creed games for $12. Smooth move.

You can pick up the game for $12 but you have to stay for the whole game.

"no thanks, I'll pay full price"

 

[calder]

Random aside: TWO MORE YEARS! TWO MORE YEARS! WOO!

EDIT: oh god I meant three. Three!! Even while joking about to mask the pain my mind recoils from the unbearable reality in a futile attempt to shield itself.

 

[alexthekid]

Fuuuuuu, I just bought a Wii U but apparently I got my Wii remotes at my parents place

Is cross region play possible?

I got MK8, ZombiU and Nintendoland and if any of them supports it and you would like to play some time, hit me up!

 

[AlexMogil]

Man, thanks NBC. Big ol' goose egg on the number of games for the Canucks this year.

Might match their scoring.

 

[cube444]

Sharks fans are always nice and fun to talk to when they come visit the Pond. They cheer loud but they're not dicks. If I'm being honest most of the time they're overwhelmingly 20-something nerds, which isn't an insult. Much better than the Coyotes fan who comes when Phoenix is visiting.

 

[SmackCrackleNPop]

Sami Vatanen signed for 2 years, $2.525 total

14/15: $1.25 million
15/16: $1.275 million

GM of the Year doing good work. Very cap friendly

 

[bonesmccoy]

Nonis wasn't there when Shanahan and Dubas did their press meeting.

HMMMM