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iospace posted:NOW ACCEPTING TITLES FOR THE NEW LOSERS, QUOTE THIS WITH IDEAS I'm a Leaf on the wind, watch how I score (less than Washington)
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iospace posted:NOW ACCEPTING TITLES FOR THE NEW LOSERS, QUOTE THIS WITH IDEAS hyper from Pixie Sticks posted:I'm a Leaf on the wind, watch how I score *gets Cap'd*
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The Leafs' season ended much as it progressed: blowing a lead in the third then losing in overtime.Kalenn Istarion posted:So, what do the Leafs need most in the offseason? Offensive depth? I kind of don't want them to trade almost anyone they have other than to upgrade Matt Martin to almost literally anyone else The biggest thing they need are players who can fill the Polak-Hunwick role without actively being bad. There was like a 20 game stretch this year where that actually was Polak but I wouldn't count on him doing that again. After that it's mostly minor stuff. To my mind it's: (1) Either sign Zaitsev for replace him in the top 4. (2) See if you can't trade Bozak and then sign someone better for less money to be the 3C. (3) Try to upgrade on Zack Hyman for the third spot on the Matthews-Nylander line. (4) Probably find a new 4C to replace whichever of Martin and Boyle get taken by Vegas. Maybe this is the Goat. (5) Sign a backup goaltender. The only one of those that I think can really improve the team is if they hit a home run with a Zaitsev replacement (unlikely) or a Bozak one (more likely). Otherwise the team should continue to get better through improvement from the rookies, and I think a top 4 of Gardiner/Rielly/Carrick/Zaitsev is enough to compete.
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Apr 24, 2017 10:01
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Don't forget that Nylander is also a centre. We don't really need another so much as need competent wingers to go with him. If we drop Bozak we have Matthews, Nylander, Kadri, and Boyle.
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Apr 24, 2017 11:01
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Brian Boyle is a ufa.
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Philly signed Connor Bunnaman to an ELC and he's headed back to the Kitchener Rangers this upcoming year.
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Hand Knit posted:The Leafs' season ended much as it progressed: blowing a lead in the third then losing in overtime. What are the odds they just keep McElhinney? He's UFA but was a very solid backup and I could see a guy like that wanting to hang around a team like Toronto. I'm not sure I see Carrick as a top 4 D. At least in the games I watched he kept getting beat to the outside and he's small for a d-man. Given how they did I'd love to see the leafs actually pay up a bit for an elite d, but I wouldn't like it so much if they had to trade any of their more valuable forwards. They have $15m of cap room and several more years before the kids will start eating into that.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Brian Boyle is a ufa. I think it's pretty likely that he'll get re-signed but hopefully not for more than 2 years. Also, I can see the Leafs protecting Matt Martin because they can easily do 7F 3D exposing Marchenko and Marincin, but after the obvious forward picks (JVR, Bozak, Kadri's line) there are only two spots left so at least one of Leivo, Leipsic and Rychel have to be exposed. Leivo is worth protecting but neither of Leipsic or Rychel got a serious look and they're basically interchangable whereas Martin is the Best 4th Line Winger in Hockey. I hope I'm wrong. Anyway given Babcock's lack of confidence in Carrick, another top four RD is definitely needed even if Zaitsev re-signs. I hope they can fleece an idiot GM by trading Bozak and spare parts but I wouldn't bet money on it. Maybe Barrie will get run out of town.
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Apr 24, 2017 15:59
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Why in the gently caress would they protect Matt martin
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Mark Lazerus is reporting that the Blackhawks have fired assistant coach Mike Kitchen, who was in charge of the defense and penalty kill this season, I believe. I'm actually rather stunned by this - Kitchen is a close personal friend of Q and that was pretty much the only reason he was on the staff. I figured he was untouchable. Ummagumma fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Why in the gently caress would they protect Matt martin good Team man; john tavares' friend
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Why in the gently caress would they protect Matt martin because HHIIITTTZZZZZZZ
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Ummagumma posted:Mark Lazerus is reporting that the Blackhawks have fired assistant coach Mike Kitchen, who was in charge of the defense and penalty kill this season, I believe. I guess producing mediocre defensive numbers when you got names like Seabrook, Keith, and Hjallmarsson on the roster might be enough to veto the friend card.
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How  I know that doesn't make range of motion impossible or anything, but holy poo poo
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Apr 24, 2017 19:39
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I'm guessing only partial tears, but still, god drat. Also drugs, lots and lots of drugs.
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Apr 24, 2017 19:41
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DJExile posted:How It's still hardcore as hell.
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Apr 24, 2017 19:43
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Thornton's not human, it's as simple as that.
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http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1287733-sharks-thornton-played-through-torn-mcl-acl-against-oilers quote:"I've never seen a guy play with a torn MCL and ACL," DeBoer said. "It's a courageous effort as I've ever seen." 
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Kalenn Istarion posted:What are the odds they just keep McElhinney? He's UFA but was a very solid backup and I could see a guy like that wanting to hang around a team like Toronto. The Leafs actually only have like 12m in cap space with all the rookie bonuses that they'll have to pay out next year. Which doesn't really seem like enough to sign 6 players if they are planning on making any sort of FA splash.
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A Typical Goon posted:The Leafs actually only have like 12m in cap space with all the rookie bonuses that they'll have to pay out next year. Which doesn't really seem like enough to sign 6 players if they are planning on making any sort of FA splash. Horton and Lupul LTIR
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DJExile posted:How Jesus Christ, reminds of the time Bryan Smolinski was playing on a right knee that literally had a metal hinged brace in the playoffs that allowed no lateral movement.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Horton and Lupul LTIR Don't they have to include those in the cap total before the year begins though?
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https://twitter.com/zakkthebear/status/856573903535169536 knees arent supposed to float, joe
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Apr 24, 2017 20:40
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It was very courageous of Joe Thornton to damage his team's chances significantly.
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So was Zaitsev still concussed when he returned against the Capitals? He was terrible in the series and now there are reports he isn't going to the World Championships because he isn't medically cleared or some poo poo.
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DJExile posted:How I hate to repeat the same move, but: Because it's the Cup. Aphrodite posted:It was very courageous of Joe Thornton to damage his team's chances significantly. Depends on if a catastrophically injured top-3 player is worse than a 100% whatever-you've-got-left-on-the-farm. Players should have better health rights, but 1) lol if you think they're getting more rights ever again in the misanthropic Hellscape of Anglo-America and 2) lol if you think any other players are going to take downtime for their health 3) because it's the Cup.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Horton and Lupul LTIR I think Lupul is done forever isn't he? DJExile posted:Don't they have to include those in the cap total before the year begins though? The way I understand they work is they include in cap usage but the actual cap gets increased.
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DJExile posted:Don't they have to include those in the cap total before the year begins though? Wait I was wrong.. The overage is 10%. Darude - Adam Sandstorm fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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You can still do full movement and have strength with zero ACL, it's just unstable and requires a knee brace. I'm not sure if the same is true of the MCL and the combination of both seems super-human to me. Add on top of that all the pain he had to be in and it's just shocking that he could compete. Even pain drugs only do so much and they have a lot of side effects that deteriorate performance.
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Horton and Lupul LTIR The roughly ~12m in capspace has LTIR factored in.
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Mind_Taker posted:So was Zaitsev still concussed when he returned against the Capitals? He was terrible in the series and now there are reports he isn't going to the World Championships because he isn't medically cleared or some poo poo. Considering the way he played the first couple games back, yeah probably. Real dumb. Kalenn Istarion posted:I think Lupul is done forever isn't he? He can't retire and get his money, so he's just gonna have to stick around and be on LTIR forever. It's not technically impossible for him to return either, Horton is much more done afaik
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fits posted:https://twitter.com/zakkthebear/status/856573903535169536 So he spends the final year of his contract on LTIR and walks with a limp for the next 40 so he could skate around like an old man through a first round knock-out? What was his end game here? if they used jumbo power to get past the oilers, would the ducks just lay of him because he's an injured old man? the blues? the penguins?
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Powershift posted:So he spends the final year of his contract on LTIR and walks with a limp for the next 40 so he could skate around like an old man through a first round knock-out? You may not have noticed, but Joe Thornton isn't an especially bright human being.
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fits posted:https://twitter.com/zakkthebear/status/856573903535169536 It's not courageous it's really stupid. And as fans we should actually get on players cases for poo poo like that or it becomes normalized and it becomes like the NFL where people start making GBS threads on players because they didn't play through a broken foot. But overcoming injury is such a honeypot story for Westerners, and especially Americans that it's not going to make a difference.
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Seems courageous to me
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Mike Stone looked like he was still pretty decent in Calgary, so if you need somebody to get the type of minutes you give to your #4-#6, you could probably do a lot worse. The difference between Calgary playing him and playing Wideman was night and day, and I'd actually like them to keep him. I suspect not being in Phoenix, arguably bottom 3 in terms of "Teams that are easy to play for and keep a cool head while staying productive" didn't help his recovery process. I bet if you took DuClair and Domi and put them on like, Ottawa, they'd start reminding people how talented they are. Boy, it is really weird to consider a hockey player named Domi talented. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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