Zombie James
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Leafs signed Nikita Zaitsev.
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NHL Off-Season 2016 |OT| My prospects are better than yours
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Simon Belmont
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Should I be excited?
Well, he's no Shea Weber
Simon Belmont
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Is he Mark Fraiser?
Zombie James
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User 479360
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Yaaaaaaas!
Simon Belmont
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Nice!
Fingers crossed.
Zaitsev, Matthews, and Stamkos signings, coupled with the sweetheart deals that Kadri and Rielly signed, could make this an extremely successful offseason. Add in that Nylander and Marner can make the team out of this year's training camp and we could pretend like they are brand new off season acquisitions and artificially inflate the success of the Leafs' offseason.
/waits for imbask's reply
/waits for imbask's reply
who's your top defensive pairing?
and I don't see anyone wearing big pads in that list of players, is this Marner guy a goalie?
Simon Belmont
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Other teams don't need the worlds best goalie to win hockey games
tbh i'm Price #1 fan, but I agree that you don't need a top 3 goalie to win a cup these days. Goalies just can't carry a team to victory the way Brodeur did anymore... I'm seriously wondering if we should keep Price if he asks 10M+, but who's going to replace him
although there's a pretty big gap between "an alright goalie" and that Bernier/Sparks duo
feels
Simon Belmont
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Damn you and your entirely reasonable response.
Tbh I have no idea what the Leafs plan on doing about goaltending or defence. D isn't as bad as goal, but we need to turn some attention there now.
Goalies are weird. Again, the stupid Hawks got it right. They have a slightly below average goalie that doesn't cost too much, and does the job perfectly with a good team in front of him
STUPID HAWKS
Simon Belmont
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Even just how wonky goalies can be year to year. It must just drive GMs to drink when they give out multi year contracts to goalies.
i always saw him as being a very good goalie when he's given a normal workload because he's a percentages goalie.
but i have no explanation for that absolute horrid last year as we were actually kind of good defensively
Kuro Madoushi
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All Bernier needs to do is play league average or above. He's full capable of it and he did so at the end of the season, but he's simply inconsistent.
I've said before that we won't get a big name goalie, just an average to above average one like the Wings had with Vernon and Osgoode.
D is certainly a trouble spot and despite the hype, I'm expecting to see an adjustment period for Zaitsev, but Rielly is a first pairing player and Gardiner is a great 2/3 option. We still got Nielsen, Dermott, and Carrick though and maybe we can somehow get McAvoy this draft too (I highly doubt this).
Simon Belmont
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Cake Boss is like Vigo from Ghostbusters 2
Goalies are weird, man. His 1st season with the Leafs was really strong, 3rd season was a train wreck like we haven't seen since Toskala. I wonder if his brutal season happened in 2013-14, what would the Leafs have done differently? Reimer would certainly have been given more opportunity, maybe he'd have been signed long term. Who knows.i always saw him as being a very good goalie when he's given a normal workload because he's a percentages goalie.
but i have no explanation for that absolute horrid last year as we were actually kind of good defensively
User 479360
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The Leafs need to cut ties with soft goals Bernier. He's far too inconsistent.
Lmao I'm dying
Simon Belmont
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Allow us our polite frivolity.
he thinks it's bad now... if that stamkos thing happens it's gonna awaken the leafs fan bandwagon
User 479360
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Salty cum shots?
Simon Belmont
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I was just thinking about whether Matthews is going to be the greatest, or just one of the greats. What's everyone's thoughts?
the greatest great
damnit that was going to be my answer
Lone_Prodigy
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Crawford is not slightly below average.
Excellent news! D is coming along nicely. Reilly/Gardiner and now Zaitsev is more than whatever the fuck Edmonton has. We just need that real workhorse to solidify the grouping. Goaltending is an obvious concern, but you draft or trade for that guy when the push to contend actually happens. Which is not yet, obviously. There's no pressure to succeed at all this season. Lord knows we have the picks/prospects to get someone. Maybe when the expansion draft comes around.
gaming_noob
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2012 Oilers:
Wins lottery - drafts Nail Yakupov
Signs highly sought after Justin Schultz
2016 Leafs:
Wins lottery - drafts Auston Matthews
Signs highly sought after Zaitsev
Too many similarities...fuck..!
Wins lottery - drafts Nail Yakupov
Signs highly sought after Justin Schultz
2016 Leafs:
Wins lottery - drafts Auston Matthews
Signs highly sought after Zaitsev
Too many similarities...fuck..!
Simon Belmont
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Three, no, and yes.
bonesmccoy
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The rest of Off-Season NHL GAF needs to give us a few days to get this out of our system. I mean, it was only back in 2013/14 when the Leafs best forward prospects were Connor Brown and Freddie Gauthier.