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NHL Off-Season 2015 |OT| With the first pick the LA Kings are proud to select...
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CreeperBlocks
Banned
Sure.
I'm sure he meant as far as hockey is concerned, but "Buffalo is a wasteland" jokes never are out of style I suppose.
CrazedArabMan
Member
Buffalo just can't win, though I think their future is way brighter than the Leafs with or without Babs.
Yeah, it is pretty much been known if Babs was leaving that Blash would take over, guy is ready for the NHL.
Yeah, it is pretty much been known if Babs was leaving that Blash would take over, guy is ready for the NHL.
Tongue in cheek joke, real talk is Sabres roster is way ahead of Leafs and I'm surprised Babcock didn't choose them. Like I said before Leafs fans always expected him to pick a team with more hope than us. With money reportedly being equal it's surprising he'd pick Toronto.
Simon Belmont
Banned
Didn't he re-sign in Tampa?
He's a UFA next year
Simon Belmont
Banned
Oh no kidding. Maybe I just heard he'd indicated he would be signing in Tampa
Edit: http://m.thn.com/blog/steven-stamkos-likely-to-stay-in-tampa-as-nhls-highest-earner/
Ah ha!
Coldnoodle
Member
Should be good for him, as he won't be relied on to play in the playoffs.
demosthenes
Member
Hmm?
Hot damn
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
It's odd to still realize he's our coach now.
We really do have strong coaching and management now and seem to be doing what we should have been doing for the longest time now: flexing financial muscle to get coveted pieces.
With the cap, it's true we need management of it and I don't think there is a better person than Pridham for that.
With the analytics movement, we have Dubas driving the train as well as a partnership with SAS and some prominent bloggers too.
With coaching, we have a Stanley Cup winning and two time gold medal winning coach with Babcock.
With scouting, we have Hunter who built a well respected Knights team and is well known for having an eye on talent.
With development, we have Belfry who has helped top flight talent reach new heights.
With general management, we have Shanahan who seems to be good with owners and hasn't made any rash or quick decisions yet. He's focused on collaboration, has a vision for the team, and can smooth over corporate as well.
We just need to make a big splash in this draft to get as many picks as possible, even if it means taking garbage deals to get them. Let our scouting staff so their job and be patient with the picks as everyone is saying its a deep draft. We may have some respectability in 3-4 years of everything goes according to plan.
We really do have strong coaching and management now and seem to be doing what we should have been doing for the longest time now: flexing financial muscle to get coveted pieces.
With the cap, it's true we need management of it and I don't think there is a better person than Pridham for that.
With the analytics movement, we have Dubas driving the train as well as a partnership with SAS and some prominent bloggers too.
With coaching, we have a Stanley Cup winning and two time gold medal winning coach with Babcock.
With scouting, we have Hunter who built a well respected Knights team and is well known for having an eye on talent.
With development, we have Belfry who has helped top flight talent reach new heights.
With general management, we have Shanahan who seems to be good with owners and hasn't made any rash or quick decisions yet. He's focused on collaboration, has a vision for the team, and can smooth over corporate as well.
We just need to make a big splash in this draft to get as many picks as possible, even if it means taking garbage deals to get them. Let our scouting staff so their job and be patient with the picks as everyone is saying its a deep draft. We may have some respectability in 3-4 years of everything goes according to plan.
dem
Member
Scouting staff? What scouting staff?
CrazedArabMan
Member
Toronto is still going to suck.
Holland press conference pretty much confirmed the Blash era in Detroit is about to begin! Get pumped!
Holland press conference pretty much confirmed the Blash era in Detroit is about to begin! Get pumped!
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--whatever-170600049.html
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--whatever-202327416.html
NBA games way down there..
Not even half the numbers in most cases. This is Canada only though. CFL games are shown in the US on ESPN2 also.Another tidbit. CFL is number 7 of top 10 sports leagues in the world for average attendance.
http://www.therichest.com/sports/to...est-average-per-game-attendance-in-the-world/
Even the better Leafs-GAF can't escape being Toronto Smug lol.
Exactly. Bad look after losing the lottery, and bad look now. If Babcock didn't negotiate in good faith, let that come out on its own. Don't look like a sore loser all the time.
Shanaplans too stronk
demosthenes
Member
Simon Belmont
Banned
Thinking you have a deal and that falling through is not in any way the same as "bargaining in bad faith". I'm not even sure that term could apply to this situation.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
They didn't fire everyone; we still have European staff and it's not as if Hunter didn't get scouting reports on players in the CHL too. We also got hired someone else recently too...I think we'll be fine.
Not sure why it would...though didn't he say that was the last for him? Maybe I'm thinking of Yzerman saying he wasn't coming back?
CreeperBlocks
Banned
Go Natedog Go!
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Send him and a 1st to us, pls.
demosthenes
Member
You're right I shouldn't be going off of tweets.
Coldnoodle
Member
THERE'S NO ESCAPE
CreeperBlocks
Banned
The next few seasons are going to be interesting.
I'm not really sure what to expect... Leafs haven't had an actually, legitimately good and well-respected coach since Quinn, and they weren't dogshit in those days so the media was different. Plus social media changed the way media works a lot. This is going to be pretty strange.
Double burn
To start they'll lay off him. After the first or second season of no playoffs they'll start returning to what they're good at...mud slinging.
Right now they'll focus on saying Kessel and whatever other player aren't Babcock guys.
Coldnoodle
Member
If Babcock can't fix Kessel, nobody can!
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I'm not convinced that will happen. Remember the backing that Carlyle got? Babcock had a much better resume, so I assume they'll double down on the lazy, overpaid, "uncoachable" players. We had arguably the best coach available and the media start ripping on him? They'd look dumb...wonder what Cherry is gonna say...
Wilson and Carlyle were respected before they joined the Leafs. Hell, so was Maurice. All coaches were hired with high expectations.
Not comparing them to Babcock, just disputing your version of history
KernelPanic
Member
Have they tried Richard Simmons yet?
Simon Belmont
Banned
Wilson and Carlyle were respected before they joined the Leafs. Hell, so was Maurice. All coaches were hired with high expectations.
Not comparing them to Babcock, just disputing your version of history
Wilson and Maurice yes, but I'm pretty sure people were saying Carlyle was bad before he left the ducks.
"2 years later still no playoffs, Mike Babcock isn't as good as he thinks he is"
"He was supposed to take this team to the next level"
I could go on.
Simon Belmont
Banned
That should be on management to set the tone.
so that "he can leave after five" thing isn't true?
man i hope he's satisfied with being shitty for a couple years rebuilding and hopefully being competitive on the back half of the contract, i still want a rebuild, pls don't make us a bubble team leafcock
Wilson and Carlyle were respected before they joined the Leafs. Hell, so was Maurice. All coaches were hired with high expectations.
Not comparing them to Babcock, just disputing your version of history
Oh I know, but I'm just referring to guys like Babcock, McLellan, Hitchcock, Vigneault, etc.
people with track records who are actually good, not coaches who lucked into a Cup a la Carlyle and was undeservedly respected.
