chris.brock Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 43 minutes ago, AKRISONER said: 43 minutes ago, AKRISONER said: You can’t be serious yeah I'm darn serious, no size, toughness, grit, smash their nose through their skull kinda attitude, yeah I'm serious
chris.brock Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 1 minute ago, DRIFTER_016 said: Don't forget about Muzzin and Barrie. Muzzin had a great hit last night. I would hate to be Muzzin or Harpur or Kadri (rip) on a team of pussies where nobody has your back.
chris.brock Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, DRIFTER_016 said: Don't forget about Muzzin and Barrie. Muzzin had a great hit last night. muzzle loader was added last season, I am questioning if Barrie is a $6 M dollar man or not worth it, why would they let him go and retain 1/2 of his salary Edited September 23, 2019 by chris.brock
chris.brock Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 I've said it before, gonna say it again, hockey is unique, a professional sport where fighting is acceptable, a player's actions could result in a beating, understandably a lot of players don't want a beating the current Leafs management doesn't seem to understand the importance of the threat of a beating, a beating broadcast live on nation wide TV
chris.brock Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 damn this, please ban me from this thread and site Art
DRIFTER_016 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Report Posted September 23, 2019 Seems you're not in Kansas (Er Toronto) any more Jake!!! ? ? ? https://www.bardown.com/jake-gardiner-s-first-interaction-with-hurricanes-fans-was-an-interesting-one-1.1370091?fbclid=IwAR2tGxxpKZr2WSV7DFHP_VNRQzD1_ZazndG-F888DfYA1AEX0BJNNnzaANM
AKRISONER Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 11 hours ago, chris.brock said: I've said it before, gonna say it again, hockey is unique, a professional sport where fighting is acceptable, a player's actions could result in a beating, understandably a lot of players don't want a beating the current Leafs management doesn't seem to understand the importance of the threat of a beating, a beating broadcast live on nation wide TV The reality is chris...this doesn’t happen in the NHL anymore. ??♂️ Trust me, I agree, I was disappointed at the lack of response after that barrie hit on Saturday, at a bare minimum one of the young AHL guys you’d think would have stepped up to say “you aren’t doing that to Tyson barrie in a pre-season game” but nothing happened. so yes I agree, someone needs to punch the guy in the face when he throws a cheap shot, you don’t need to be a giant goon tough guy to punch a guy in the mouth if you are 6’0 something 200+ pounds even if you aren’t a scrapper you are a big athlete, at minimum you can give ristolinen a shot in the mouth but at the same time, you do realize that back in the day the enforcers fought the enforcers, it wasn’t like you saw Scott Stevens fighting Marty Mcsorely or Bob Probert all of the time. I would disagree with you if you think guys like kapanen, muzzin, zach hyman, Freddy the goat heck even spezza aren’t capable of holding their on out on the ice. They are all over 6’2 210. You don’t need to be a designated fighter that can’t skate or score to throw a few punches and hold your own. There is no fighting in the playoffs anyways when the season is actually on the line. 1
BillM Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 2010 Leafs, bring back a few of those bruisers 1
misfish Posted September 23, 2019 Report Posted September 23, 2019 I say offer Tie a 1 year contract for 5 mil. Im sure he can still lace them up and lay out a few of these wanna bes .Just to show how the little guy ,can get it done. Maybe those so called, big guys you speak of AKR, will step up. The leafs can not afford to get players run over without a beat down in return. Still lots of teams that have a fighter or two for this reason.
chris.brock Posted September 24, 2019 Report Posted September 24, 2019 I apologize, I was a little over the top (drunk) last night It's not just the fighting, it's the nastiness, hitting, cheap shots, intimidation, mouthing off, general crap disturbing and standing up for each other as a team that is important making a team tough to play against and come playoff time. Rinaldo signed his new contract and said "I don't care what a team mate does, I've got their back". That's huge. Small players play bigger. I love that. Looks like Harpur won't be with the big club. Typical Leafs decision. Anybody notice Brayden Point's new contract in comparison to Marner and Nylander's contract?
chris.brock Posted September 24, 2019 Report Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, AKRISONER said: The reality is chris...this doesn’t happen in the NHL anymore. ??♂️ bull crap, the teams that win the cup or go deep are a balance of talent and skill, and size and physicality Edited September 24, 2019 by chris.brock
smitty55 Posted September 24, 2019 Report Posted September 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, chris.brock said: Anybody notice Brayden Point's new contract in comparison to Marner and Nylander's contract? No state tax in Florida. Even though Points contract is 4M less than Marner he is only making 1M less cash in pocket the first year and at 9M in year three he will be making more. Cheers
chris.brock Posted September 24, 2019 Report Posted September 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, smitty55 said: No state tax in Florida. Even though Points contract is 4M less than Marner he is only making 1M less cash in pocket the first year and at 9M in year three he will be making more. Cheers good point the league has gotta fix that crap and make it fair for all teams, taxes, currency etc, bettman's such a little darn weasel who doesn't care about Canadian teams good riddance Sparks, Hutch stopped all 38 shots tonight
DRIFTER_016 Posted September 24, 2019 Author Report Posted September 24, 2019 HMMM, The Marlies just shut out the Habs. ???
chris.brock Posted September 24, 2019 Report Posted September 24, 2019 Just now, DRIFTER_016 said: HMMM, The Marlies just shut out the Habs. ??? ? nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, good bye
AKRISONER Posted September 24, 2019 Report Posted September 24, 2019 (edited) I agree physicality is an important aspect of the game. But I don’t think it’s shown through fighting In today’s NHL. In fact in the 90’s guys still didn’t fight in the playoffs. What they did do is handle themselves in the scrums and...try to concuss eachother with big hits. We saw exactly what happened to Kadri when he tried to play that angle. let the kids get seasoned a bit more. I think you will be surprised with how much tougher they’d get if they actually got deep into the playoffs. I think a lot of it has to do with age...it’s hard to be 20 years old and want to fight a bunch of grizzled 28+ year olds. It’s not like all of the leafs are small, in fact Babcock keeps talking every night about guys in camp getting thicker and using their body more. Look at how their D is being built, you’ve got a big stay at home d man paired with an agile puck moving d man. The leafs system needs guys that can move the puck to their forwards effectively. Their power is with their forwards, but if you can’t allow marner, tavares, Nylander and Matthews to attack up the ice with speed, the team won’t win a game. Also LOL At the canadians losing to the marlies Mannnn i cant wait for hockey to start! Edited September 24, 2019 by AKRISONER
LostAnotherOne Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/simmons-will-matthews-stupidity-and-entitlement-cost-him-leafs-captaincy Curious to see how this unfolds
jimmer Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 27 minutes ago, LostAnotherOne said: https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/simmons-will-matthews-stupidity-and-entitlement-cost-him-leafs-captaincy Curious to see how this unfolds The media and Leaf haters are going to love this.
Headhunter Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 Let those off us who haven't done something similar/stupid in our youth, cast the first stone. I bet the ripples from the tossed stones don't even disturb the surface. HH 1
jimmer Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 Okay, I'm a die hard Leaf fan, but I had to share this. 1
AKRISONER Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 Asston trashedthews i don’t wanna live in 2019 anymore listening to twitter and sports radio today you’d think he had a raging hard on, was banging on her car to try get in and rape her. Good grief
smitty55 Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 3 hours ago, jimmer said: The media and Leaf haters are going to love this. Real classy guy that Mathews kid. His recent comment on the matter was sad, "or whatever". Even leafs fans have to admit there's no way he can now be named captain, even more so with Dubas as GM. He better hope this doesn't end up in a criminal conviction.
BillM Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, smitty55 said: Real classy guy that Mathews kid. His recent comment on the matter was sad, "or whatever". Even leafs fans have to admit there's no way he can now be named captain, even more so with Dubas as GM. He better hope this doesn't end up in a criminal conviction. You're looking at this way too closely. This is getting blown so far out of proportion it's laughable. Not named captain because of this? Criminal conviction Really? LOL!!!
smitty55 Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, AKRISONER said: Asston trashedthews i don’t wanna live in 2019 anymore listening to twitter and sports radio today you’d think he had a raging hard on, was banging on her car to try get in and rape her. Good grief Hmm, let's see here. 2:00 AM in the morning and a bunch of drunk guys start trying to get in her locked car. Plus she's ex military and suffers from ptsd. Then when she confronts them he drops his pants and moons her. But it looks like you seem to think that's OK, pretty sad.
smitty55 Posted September 25, 2019 Report Posted September 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, BillM said: You're looking at this way too closely. This is getting blown so far out of proportion it's laughable. Not named captain because of this? Criminal conviction Really? LOL!!! You do realize it is a criminal charge. Sure he's more than likely to cut some sort of deal but it's not for sure, in the States they take some things far more seriously than up here.
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