jbailey

any predictions on the leafs and preds?

saw the highlights just now, eeeek

bernier.... what a joke......

missed the goal but he was on first in the 2nd

i think he catches the flack from shying away from so many fights and then when he does he chooses the most unlikely of opponents.

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you used one comparison from his list, tossed in 2 of your own haha

kucherov and johnson are top 2 in +/- in the league and johnson is 8th in points, kucherov 19th

johnson was never drafted and kucherov is 21

you can't "win" any trades at the moment with the current players trade values. Other GM's can smell the desperation and will pluck players like vulchers. They will have to give up far too much.

The people who tossed jerseys were charged with public mischief... should charge the leafs with inciting a riot.

i've heard snakehead tastes good as well, haven't personally tried it though.

 

 

I've generally been keeping my nose out of this thread. 86 pages long and I think this is my third or fourth post.

 

Back on September 8, I predicted the Leafs would play great in the fall, tank in January and be playing golf by April. I was right about their solid performance early in the season, and so far it looks like they're tanking right on schedule. I still maintain they once again finish the season by watching the playoffs on TV ... I guess we'll know by April 1.

 

Predicting this team's fortunes is so easy that even a child could do it.

 

Firing Carlyle will accomplish nothing. Getting new players will do nothing. The Loafs have been firing coaches and signing new players pretty much continuously since 1967. And how many cups have they won in that time?

 

Precisely.

 

The problem, sorry to say, is Leaf Nation.

 

As long as Leaf fans continue to blindly support a perpetual loser and keep flooding the owners with money by buying jerseys and hats and stupid car flags and t-shirts and all sorts of other blue-and-white crap, ownership has zero incentive to change a formula that is already bringing in more money than they can possibly count. Blind loyalty by fans has been the basic problem for the past 45 years.

 

Nothing will ever change until people stop buying all that stuff, stop giving them money, and send a real message that this just isn't good enough.

 

Otherwise, there will be no parade up Yonge Street.

 

Today is January 18 and I will boldly predict ... in the 2015/2016 season, Leafs will be on a tear by November, tanking uncontrollably by February and playing golf by April. Sorry to those who really like the team, but you can take it to the bank.

 

BAM!

Jones has 7 shutouts in 29 starts or something, that's amazing

Oh and why the obsession with Babcock?! Dan Bylsma would be a great choice, but personally I'd love to see them pick up MacLean

 

Anywhere in the world I have been, money talks....remember there is no salary cap for coaches, and you are talking about one of the wealthiest sports franchises in the entire world. They will throw an unlimited amount of money at him and make him an offer he cant refuse. Do you honestly think Babcock loves Detroit so much that he would turn down an additional 1-2-3 maybe even 4 mill per year...ya right lol.

Detroit isn't an organization strapped for cash. They're not going to let him go.

 

That last run they went on proves they can play against the best teams in the league and win.

Yes, they have played and beat some of the top teams.. what I said was I have a hard time seeing them being consistent enough to take down the top teams in a 7 game series..

sure they can beat the top teams some nights, but I can't see them maintaining that level of play over a 7 game series..

TSN just said the Godla isn't drafted, wonder which team is going to scoop him up

interesting

Proud Dad here...

 

http://www.tsn.ca/video/wjc-in-game-petan-finishes-the-hat-trick-1.174699

great moment right there.

and heatly skates with cinder blocks on his feet these days. Unfortunately, i believe his career is toast. The ducks were his last shot and he couldn't make it work. Teams would probably have better luck claiming Derek Roy off waivers.

bill, its dooood. we've already been through this with brian lol.

 

team canada won, huge bonus!

 

and my son played tonight and that new stick I got him but talked crap on, netted him 4 goals and 3 assists tonight hahaha

incredible! must be a natural. Will we see him in a team canada jersey one day?

only 4 more road games on this trip!

Yep same story....Dallas are not going anywhere with that stiff in net!!!

yea, they need to fix their goaltending situation

Dion and Franny both.. huge games,,Boom!

How about that team Canada..Man this is going to be a great tourney, I cant wait to get it under way..It makes the NHL hard to watch after..

i agree, makes it seem so slow haha

haha, quite the punchline.

On a serious note, its a terrible desicion. Two of my cousins, 9 and 13 were killed by a drunk driver years ago on highway 6 near caledonia.

nice, i like the smallmouth after the frog!

 

There's a big difference between shots on net and scoring chances.. Take all the shots you want from the boards, they aren't going in.

thats how the leafs scored their second goal last night!