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Post by franko on Apr 18, 2006 7:16:37 GMT -5
Why is it that we hate the Leafs so? Why is it that we enjoy their failures so much? Oh, right . . . sorry.
Over the next few weeks and months the Leafs will be in the news, front and centre. I can see the Habs and the Sens fighting a seven-game series and Don Cherry showing clips of Tie Domi and Mats Sundin during Coach's Corner. Whatever.
I can also see the Leafs continuing their bumbling ways. It has started already with their first end-of-season signing: Chad Kilger signed to a long-term contract after his breakout season. Keep up the good work, JFJ . . . Harold must be proud of you.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 18, 2006 7:26:17 GMT -5
Good idea, franko. One thread for all the Leaf bumbles. Kilger......... tinyurl.com/nyphw Nothing against Chad, and it's not much cap space, but I think it's a sign that the Leafs are going to continue to make silly decisions. When 17 goals and 11 assists (only 3 more than his former career high) TRIPLES your salary into millionaire status...yikes! He's doing the media rounds today on Toronto radio. BIG NEWS!!!!! When Chad Kilger is your top story....your team's in trouble. Domi will likely be back for the second year of his $2.50+ million contract. The FIRST thing the Leafs should do, if they're serious about re-tooling, is set that goof adrift. They signed Aubin to a one-year extension at $525,000. So obviously his end of the year heroics make him the backup for next year. I HOPE Tellqvist is their #1...but even they're not that stupid.....I think they'll be looking for a #1. Mike Dunham just might be availalble. ;D He'd look great in a Leafs' uniform. Here's how out-of-touch the Toronto media is....on the Fan 590 just now, they just reported that "the Oilers doubled the Avalanche 4-2 last night to claim the 8th and final playoff spot in the West." Uh.....they had it claimed when Vancouver lost to San Jose last Thursday. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 18, 2006 8:38:25 GMT -5
A good read....and close to what's really wrong with the Leafs. If so, the problems are at the top and they'll likely be around for a while. www.torontosun.com/Sports/Hockey/2006/04/18/1538591-sun.htmlI heard Mats Sundin on the radio this morning...alluding to asking for a trade. "I'm at the point in my career where time is running out for a championship....but I'll worry about that in the summer." I can see Detroit wooing him....he's got another 3-4 good years. And it ain't gonna happen for him in Leaf land. |
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Post by cigarviper on Apr 18, 2006 8:55:34 GMT -5
There will be a number of teams interested in his services if he indeed demands a trade. His price will be high though. We could have given them Theodore!
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 18, 2006 10:41:34 GMT -5
There will be a number of teams interested in his services if he indeed demands a trade. His price will be high though. We could have given them Theodore! Wherever he goes...just watch Domi try to tag along. It's well-known that Domi ingratiates himself to the brass and to the stars of the team. It's worked with both Tannenbaum and Sundin. Domi could be a millionaire ONLY in Toronto. He may do charitable things...but he makes sure it's either publicized or there's a camera around. When there aren't cameras around...different story. I was at a bar in Mississauga in December of '04....and I was talking to the bartender who said that the Leafs come there often for autograph signings. Domi was a real arse, he said.....the first thing he wanted to know was when he was going to be paid...and he was out of there when his time was up...not a second longer....leaving fans behind. Lots of stories like this from fans on the Leafs' board too. Johnny Bower stayed until every fan had his autograph, he said...and well after too....enjoying the brew and telling stories. Class all the way. A personal side story about Johnny Bower. He was at a Sports Memorabilia store here in Cambridge a couple of years ago. I got his autograph on a classic shot of him for my dad...and I asked him this question, "Who was your most reliable defenseman?" He put the marker down....thought about it as if he'd never been asked that question before.....looked right at me and said, "Horton was the toughest. Baun was quick....but I'd have to say Allan Stanley. He could play the angles like nobody else. If they scored on me from the wing when Stanley was covering them, it was my fault." |
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Post by blny on Apr 18, 2006 11:36:53 GMT -5
Bower is definitely a classy gent. I'd say it has a lot to do with the countless seasons he spent in the minors. Riding the bus for that long is a humbling experience.
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Post by duster on Apr 20, 2006 10:02:17 GMT -5
I concur. I met Bower once years ago at a charity event and he was a class act all the way. He and Keon are/were my favourite Leafs if there can be such a thing...
Edit: Just found out Quinn has been fired. This changes things.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2006 12:41:35 GMT -5
The press was really nailing Fergy with some really rough comments and questions. Ouch for him.
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Post by franko on Apr 20, 2006 13:34:44 GMT -5
Fergy will get nailed more as the summer progresses and he moves to put his imprint on the team. Along the lines of paying too much for defensemen.
I guess, though, that he'll have a decent coach in place.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 20, 2006 14:57:15 GMT -5
He may have ticked off Paul Maurice a bit, though. He didn't anoint him as the next coach.
Ferguson Jr. said that, even though Maurice is an obvious prime candidate, they will respect the process and see if there are people with "better" credentials out there.
Now, perhaps a deal is already in the works with Maurice and he didn't want to get in the way of the Marlies' playoffs....but to mention looking for "better credentials"? That doesn't sound good to me.
Bill Watters is absolutely livid about how the "sacred public trust" of the Leafs has been handled in recent years. Tie Domi is buddies with Larry Tannenbaum and it's the only reason Domi went from the $750,000 offer last year to two years at $1.25 million per.
I remember Domi going to the media last September complaining that the Leafs didn't value him after his years of "loyalty"....then after his signing he went back to the media to tell them to get off the Leafs' back. He walked out of Leafs' Lunch midway through an interview. Host Jeff Marek has no use for him now.
Bottom line: Pat Quinn is better off now. Tactics and whining aside, he brought a winning attitude back to that franchise...and since Peddie came to power he has been picking away at Quinn's power....taking away his GM duties, and installing a puppet GM in his place. Forcing him to play guys like Domi over the young kids....what a circus.
I'm so glad the Habs aren't held hostage to crap like that.
And, oh yeah, love live Peddie and Tannenbaum. ;D
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Post by Habit on Apr 21, 2006 0:34:21 GMT -5
I was at a bar in Mississauga in December of '04....and I was talking to the bartender who said that the Leafs come there often for autograph signings. Domi was a real arse, he said.....the first thing he wanted to know was when he was going to be paid...and he was out of there when his time was up...not a second longer....leaving fans behind. Lots of stories like this from fans on the Leafs' board too. Kind of the same story. My home town (New Glasgow, NS) had a Celeb Golf Tourny hosted by home town boy Colin White. Domi was there to play golf (and drink and flirt with the girls). A local pub owner later in the night asked Domi to pay up his bar tab before he closed. The short story is that Domi said he wouldn't pay because the pub sucked and walked out. Now, this being Colin's home town, was pissed and had to pay the owner himself. The owner of the pub WAS a leaf fan, but no more. Just goes to show... You can lead the Domi to water, but you can't make him pay. |
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Post by Skilly on Apr 21, 2006 9:03:09 GMT -5
Forcing him to play guys like Domi over the young kids....what a circus. I dont think anyone forced Quinn to play guys like Domi over the kids. Quinn is known as a guy who favours vets over the rooks. He has never been comfortable playing rookies unless they are a special class of rookie. Just look at the Brendan Bell fiasco this year. The called him up and he was told he would be suiting up, when he arrived his name was not on the dressed list. They sent him back down immediately. Quinn prefered to put Wade Belak on defense for that game instead of a young defenseman ... even though they only had 5 defenseman for the game. That how much Quinn tries to avoid using inexperienced players. There are many more examples this year too. The treatment of Jay Harrison, Pohl, .... they all have shown an ability to play to varying degrees for the Leafs ... but Quinn wants to win "his" way. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 21, 2006 10:43:35 GMT -5
Forcing him to play guys like Domi over the young kids....what a circus. I dont think anyone forced Quinn to play guys like Domi over the kids. Quinn is known as a guy who favours vets over the rooks. He has never been comfortable playing rookies unless they are a special class of rookie. Just look at the Brendan Bell fiasco this year. The called him up and he was told he would be suiting up, when he arrived his name was not on the dressed list. They sent him back down immediately. Quinn prefered to put Wade Belak on defense for that game instead of a young defenseman ... even though they only had 5 defenseman for the game. That how much Quinn tries to avoid using inexperienced players. There are many more examples this year too. The treatment of Jay Harrison, Pohl, .... they all have shown an ability to play to varying degrees for the Leafs ... but Quinn wants to win "his" way. Yeah, Quinn's loyalty to guys like Antropov, Berg, etc. is part of what got him fired....but Domi wasn't one of them. When he benched Domi against the Islanders on March 10, good old team man Domi was more than happy to complain to the media...he was right back in. Domi was next benched on March 21 in a 3-2 win over Carolina, and for the next game...the 5-1 loss in Montreal. You know what Domi did for that game? He didn't even travel to the rink with the team. He was so angry he stayed in the hotel. When the score became 4-0, he decided to go down to the Bell Centre to "support the boys". This guy kibbitzes up in cottage country with top man, Tanenbaum...and many on the Leafs board are saying that this relationship had something to do with Quinn being fired, in terms of putting a bug in Tanenbaum's ear. Domi commented to the media earlier this week that he and Quinn used to meet all the time. From a Toronto Star article before the final game of the season with Pittsburgh: Domi regretted the demise of his personal meetings with Quinn, and was puzzled why the fall off seemed to happen around the time his ice time waned as well. "I started the season on a line with Eric Lindros and for some reason I got on the fourth line and never got off it," Domi said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For some reason? How about the fact that he's an aging marginally-talented goon who's become a total waste of roster and cap space...... Domi wouldn't be a millionaire or a "star" anywhere but Toronto. Montreal fans wouldn't put up with this nonsense...and Leafs' fans are seeing the light. The "Get Rid of Domi" Club is growing by leaps and bounds. Quinn said that Tie was usually the initiator of such discussions. His door was always open. |
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Post by franko on Apr 22, 2006 10:49:46 GMT -5
Not a big fan of Domi -- he got my favourite sports"caster" in Ottawa fired. Of course, the Dandy-Man (on Team 1200) did say that Tie beat his (own) wife on air, but was that any reason for Domi to start to sue the guy and the station for millions? Sheesh . . . what was wrong with the apology ("I'm sorry that Tie beat his wife"?).
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Post by jkr on Apr 23, 2006 7:02:26 GMT -5
Not a big fan of Domi -- he got my favourite sports"caster" in Ottawa fired. Of course, the Dandy-Man (on Team 1200) did say that Tie beat his (own) wife on air, but was that any reason for Domi to start to sue the guy and the station for millions? Sheesh . . . what was wrong with the apology ("I'm sorry that Tie beat his wife"?). Domi likes to think that he is a mover & shaker inside the leafs organization. But that organization is so screwed up it's like saying I am the most important guy in this phone booth. |
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Post by Toronthab on Apr 24, 2006 11:04:53 GMT -5
Domi brings a lot of value to our Canadian game. Many little league coaches point to Domi while illustrating the dangers of not keeping your helmet properly secured. Scares the hell out of them.
On that note, Cherry illustrates that concussions don't have to end your hockey career, even if you don't ever recover.
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 27, 2006 0:22:45 GMT -5
A great story from my brother.
He said he was reading a Leafs fan board.
One poster was complaining that he had received an e-mail of the classic photo-shopped picture of Mats Sundin holding the golf bag over his head.
Another poster replied, "Yeah. And it wasn't even done well. I made one of him holding the Stanley Cup, and it looks way better than that."
That is just too funny to me.
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Post by Pam on Apr 27, 2006 12:54:44 GMT -5
A great story from my brother. He said he was reading a Leafs fan board. One poster was complaining that he had received an e-mail of the classic photo-shopped picture of Mats Sundin holding the golf bag over his head. Another poster replied, "Yeah. And it wasn't even done well. I made one of him holding the Stanley Cup, and it looks way better than that." That is just too funny to me. LOL!! I might be a Leafs fan and this might be a slam on my team, but I still have a sense of humour and I can laugh at these kinds of things. This one is silly but it isn't derogatory so I can't help but laugh.  Those posts had to have been written by the "Rose Colured Glasses" set. They annoy the heck out of us too. They are the same ones who every September plan the Stanley Cup Parade for next Spring in Toronto. I wonder if those posts were on the forum that used to be named PB. |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 27, 2006 13:54:02 GMT -5
Yep, Pam. Every team has its rose-colored glasses set.
The only reason I get on the Leafs is because our crown corporation, the CBC, caters to these types of Leafs fans....I mean Don Cherry has brought up the Leafs in every Coach's Corner since the playoffs began. Montreal was up 3-0 in Game 2...and Cherry spent the first two minutes talking about MacLean's stitches and how Rose used to be grossed out with his cuts....then it was about how Carolina should have pulled Gerber after the second goal. I didn't watch Game 3's installment, but I heard he brought up Pat Quinn again.
They're also blatantly biased against Montreal and Ottawa....I think because they know that their main regular-season audience wants both of these teams to lose.
They cut way more slack to Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver.
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Post by Pam on Apr 27, 2006 19:56:24 GMT -5
Yep, Pam. Every team has its rose-colored glasses set. Yep they do. The only reason I get on the Leafs is because our crown corporation, the CBC, caters to these types of Leafs fans....I mean Don Cherry has brought up the Leafs in every Coach's Corner since the playoffs began. Montreal was up 3-0 in Game 2...and Cherry spent the first two minutes talking about MacLean's stitches and how Rose used to be grossed out with his cuts....then it was about how Carolina should have pulled Gerber after the second goal. I didn't watch Game 3's installment, but I heard he brought up Pat Quinn again. They're also blatantly biased against Montreal and Ottawa....I think because they know that their main regular-season audience wants both of these teams to lose. They cut way more slack to Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. I was watching one of the CBC games (on Centre Ice) and I heard Cherry talking about the Leafs. I don't remember which one it was but it could have been the Habs Game 3. I heard Cherry talking about the Leafs and Quinn and I wondered why he was even giving us time since we aren't in the Playoffs. It was out of place to talk about us. One thing I will say, Ron isn't a real Leafs fan. I can't remember for sure which team it was because it was Feb 2004 when I heard him talking but it's either the Flames or Sens, and my feelings is that it was the Sens that is his favorite team. I was already living in the San Diego area when we had the Western Conference Finals in 2004. I went up to San Jose to see Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals with the Sharks and Flames. I have a friend in San Jose with Connections and was with them. I saw Don and Ron when they came in. I talked to Ron and then I jabbed (in a nice way) him about not being a Leafs fan and then I let him know what a huge Leafs fan I am and that I am a California native. I think that threw Ron a little because he said, "no I'm not a Leafs fan, well I sort of am." I guess I embarassed him by being a Leafs fan as a native Californian when he as a Canadian isn't a fan. ;D |
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Post by Skilly on Apr 27, 2006 20:40:17 GMT -5
Ron is from Red Deer, Alberta .... I think he is a Flames fan. But the mantra will be "as a journalist I have to keep an unbiased opinion, but it is the Canadian (not Canadien) teams that I pull for"  |
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Post by CentreHice on Apr 28, 2006 11:50:52 GMT -5
Pam, I have to ask you, and this is in all seriousness.....as a Californian, how did you become a Leaf fan, and what keeps you coming back, considering the past 39 years?
Perhaps I should share my story first. I grew up in Southwestern Ontario, Canada...Leaf and Red Wing territory. My dad was a Leafs fan, my older brother was a Leafs fan. My grandfather was a Montreal fan. The Leafs had just won their 4th Cup in 6 years (1967). I was only 8 at that time, so wasn't really into hockey yet...still had to go to bed after the second period. Fond memories of Bill Hewitt screaming out names like Pappin, Mahovlich, Keon, Ellis, Bower....
Then I started asking my grandfather about Montreal....he told me about Joliat and Morenz....Blake, Richard, and Lach....Beliveau.....how HE became a Habs' fan in Leaf/Red Wing country, I don't know. So I started to go over to his house to watch the odd hockey game. The Habs won the the Cup in 68 and 69....and I was hooked. I was devastated when they missed the playoffs on goal-differential on the last game of the season in 70.
But the next year, as a 12-year-old...I saw perhaps the biggest upset ever over the Bruins. Orr and Esposito had rewritten the record book, but rookie Ken Dryden stepped in and the Habs beat them in 7 games in Round 1, en route to another Stanley Cup. If I wasn't hooked before, that did it. Then the Lafleur era....what a way to go through highschool and university. I went to University in Toronto in 1977....their last pre-season game was against Montreal at Maple Leaf Gardens. I had never seen an NHL game live. Both teams played their complete rosters for a final tune-up. Sittler, McDonald, Salming, Turnbull, Palmateer, Glennie against Lafleur, Shutt, Lemaire, Gainey, Robinson, Savard, Lapointe, Cournoyer, Risebrough, Lambert, Jarvis......final score 8-0 Habs.
That's the genesis and development of my Habs' connection.
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Post by Pam on Apr 28, 2006 14:01:37 GMT -5
Ron is from Red Deer, Alberta .... I think he is a Flames fan. But the mantra will be "as a journalist I have to keep an unbiased opinion, but it is the Canadian (not Canadien) teams that I pull for" LOL! Boy does that sound like Ron!! ;D |
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Post by Pam on Apr 28, 2006 14:09:30 GMT -5
Pam, I have to ask you, and this is in all seriousness.....as a Californian, how did you become a Leaf fan, and what keeps you coming back, considering the past 39 years? Perhaps I should share my story first. I grew up in Southwestern Ontario, Canada...Leaf and Red Wing territory. My dad was a Leafs fan, my older brother was a Leafs fan. My grandfather was a Montreal fan. The Leafs had just won their 4th Cup in 6 years (1967). I was only 8 at that time, so wasn't really into hockey yet...still had to go to bed after the second period. Fond memories of Bill Hewitt screaming out names like Pappin, Mahovlich, Keon, Ellis, Bower.... Then I started asking my grandfather about Montreal....he told me about Joliat and Morenz....Blake, Richard, and Lach....Beliveau.....how HE became a Habs' fan in Leaf/Red Wing country, I don't know. So I started to go over to his house to watch the odd hockey game. The Habs won the the Cup in 68 and 69....and I was hooked. I was devastated when they missed the playoffs on goal-differential on the last game of the season in 70. But the next year, as a 12-year-old...I saw perhaps the biggest upset ever over the Bruins. Orr and Esposito had rewritten the record book, but rookie Ken Dryden stepped in and the Habs beat them in 7 games in Round 1, en route to another Stanley Cup. If I wasn't hooked before, that did it. Then the Lafleur era....what a way to go through highschool and university. I went to University in Toronto in 1977....their last pre-season game was against Montreal at Maple Leaf Gardens. I had never seen an NHL game live. Both teams played their complete rosters for a final tune-up. Sittler, McDonald, Salming, Turnbull, Palmateer, Glennie against Lafleur, Shutt, Lemaire, Gainey, Robinson, Savard, Lapointe, Cournoyer, Risebrough, Lambert, Jarvis......final score 8-0 Habs. That's the genesis and development of my Habs' connection. LOL!! Do you have any idea how many people in Canada the last 11 years have asked me that same question? I should write a book and then send it to Canadian Book Stores. ;D It's been 5 1/2 years so I can't remember the exact way CO phrase it (Dis was a witness to it), but when CO turned LeafsChat over to me he said something like: you are the best Leafs fan I've met and I can't think of anyone better to turn it over to. My answer to your post is too long to make now. I'm cheating. It's lunch time here so I checked in. I can't take the time to write that long a post right now, but I promise I will answer it. Plus, I've done a lot of thinking over the last 12 years and I've realized some things I never gave myself credit for so I'll include that in my story. BTW, I was 20 years old the last time the Leafs won a Cup. (I was 53 when I met CO, Dis and Mrs. Dis but I'm not sure they believed I was that old. ) |
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Post by BadCompany on May 14, 2006 11:36:36 GMT -5
A good read....and close to what's really wrong with the Leafs. If so, the problems are at the top and they'll likely be around for a while. www.torontosun.com/Sports/Hockey/2006/04/18/1538591-sun.htmlI heard Mats Sundin on the radio this morning...alluding to asking for a trade. "I'm at the point in my career where time is running out for a championship....but I'll worry about that in the summer." I can see Detroit wooing him....he's got another 3-4 good years. And it ain't gonna happen for him in Leaf land. Anybody else catch that little bit about how Sundin has put his house up for sale? Hmmm... If I was GM of the Columbus Bluejackets, I'd be calling up Ferguson yesterday, to see if he's interested in the 6th overall pick. Seriously. I think there is a trade to be made there, and if done properly both sides will get what they need/want. Sundin and Tellqvist to Columbus for the 6th overall, and Marc Denis? Columbus gets an elite center who will provide leadership and offense for an up and coming team (Sundin with Nash, with Brule, Federov and Zherdev on the second line? oh my), and Tellqvist is a mediocre backup for the newly annoited #1, Pascal Leclair. Toronto dumps a big salary, gets a mediocre #1 to hold the fort until Rask/Pogge are ready, and gets a high pick. They'll have an even higher pick next year, in what will be a much better draft, AND they'll have billions of dollars to spend in what *could* be a very strong 2007 UFA market. Quickest way for them to turn it around, in my opinion. |
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Post by Skilly on May 14, 2006 16:22:08 GMT -5
A good read....and close to what's really wrong with the Leafs. If so, the problems are at the top and they'll likely be around for a while. www.torontosun.com/Sports/Hockey/2006/04/18/1538591-sun.htmlI heard Mats Sundin on the radio this morning...alluding to asking for a trade. "I'm at the point in my career where time is running out for a championship....but I'll worry about that in the summer." I can see Detroit wooing him....he's got another 3-4 good years. And it ain't gonna happen for him in Leaf land. Anybody else catch that little bit about how Sundin has put his house up for sale? Hmmm... If I was GM of the Columbus Bluejackets, I'd be calling up Ferguson yesterday, to see if he's interested in the 6th overall pick. Seriously. I think there is a trade to be made there, and if done properly both sides will get what they need/want. Sundin and Tellqvist to Columbus for the 6th overall, and Marc Denis? Columbus gets an elite center who will provide leadership and offense for an up and coming team (Sundin with Nash, with Brule, Federov and Zherdev on the second line? oh my), and Tellqvist is a mediocre backup for the newly annoited #1, Pascal Leclair. Toronto dumps a big salary, gets a mediocre #1 to hold the fort until Rask/Pogge are ready, and gets a high pick. They'll have an even higher pick next year, in what will be a much better draft, AND they'll have billions of dollars to spend in what *could* be a very strong 2007 UFA market. Quickest way for them to turn it around, in my opinion. I think we will hear thr rumours of Sundin requesting a trade come draft day or before July 1. But do you really think Toronto can't get more than a draft pick and Denis? I mean after the top 5 this year the rest are pretty even in the first round ..... I am not suggesting we go after Sundin ... far from it (although I'd rather have Mats Sundin than Jason Arnott) but a better trade could be made with the Habs. And even though we are division rivals I think we could swing a Aebischer and Perezhogin (or something along those lines) for him. (If Gainey wanted him , remember he went after Nieuwendyk but giving up Iginla) |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on May 14, 2006 16:58:40 GMT -5
As the leafs begin dropping with the approach of winter, it's as if they are crying wait until next year.
The leafs won the cup in 1967 and they will win again!
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Post by jkr on May 14, 2006 17:05:02 GMT -5
A good read....and close to what's really wrong with the Leafs. If so, the problems are at the top and they'll likely be around for a while. www.torontosun.com/Sports/Hockey/2006/04/18/1538591-sun.htmlI heard Mats Sundin on the radio this morning...alluding to asking for a trade. "I'm at the point in my career where time is running out for a championship....but I'll worry about that in the summer." I can see Detroit wooing him....he's got another 3-4 good years. And it ain't gonna happen for him in Leaf land. Anybody else catch that little bit about how Sundin has put his house up for sale? I heard Bob McCown on the FAN590 talking about this. He claimed to know that Sundin is one of those people that likes to flip houses & he has done it before. he didn't put any stock in Simmons' story. In any case his value to me is up in the air & may not be as high as people think. He is 35 now and has one year left on a huge contract - something like 7 million. |
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Post by jkr on May 14, 2006 17:05:56 GMT -5
As the leafs begin dropping with the approach of winter, it's as if they are crying wait until next year. The leafs won the cup in 1967 and they will win again! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in 2067 I guess that means we won't be around to see it.  |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Jun 22, 2006 13:43:07 GMT -5
Good idea, franko. One thread for all the Leaf bumbles. Kilger......... tinyurl.com/nyphw Nothing against Chad, and it's not much cap space, but I think it's a sign that the Leafs are going to continue to make silly decisions. When 17 goals and 11 assists (only 3 more than his former career high) TRIPLES your salary into millionaire status...yikes! He's doing the media rounds today on Toronto radio. BIG NEWS!!!!! When Chad Kilger is your top story....your team's in trouble. Domi will likely be back for the second year of his $2.50+ million contract. The FIRST thing the Leafs should do, if they're serious about re-tooling, is set that goof adrift. They signed Aubin to a one-year extension at $525,000. So obviously his end of the year heroics make him the backup for next year. I HOPE Tellqvist is their #1...but even they're not that stupid.....I think they'll be looking for a #1. Mike Dunham just might be availalble. ;D He'd look great in a Leafs' uniform. Here's how out-of-touch the Toronto media is....on the Fan 590 just now, they just reported that "the Oilers doubled the Avalanche 4-2 last night to claim the 8th and final playoff spot in the West." Uh.....they had it claimed when Vancouver lost to San Jose last Thursday. What's worse, Kilgers 17 goals or trading Kilger for Bonk to upgrade the team? |
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