i am good with this cept Granberg as the 7th.. that hurts his development.. you want him playing. either on the leafs or the marlies

so sign ranger again to be the 7th. it doesnt matter if he is the press box hero
- Dozzer

(frank) ranger, granberg will get minutes if we run 7 defense which gives more minutes to forwards because our 4th line is useless. As long as he gets minutes. Put the best team on the ice, thats all that matters at this point. If Granberg plays good, hell get more minutes

No (frank)ing way do the Leafs do that. brutal.
- burn

not sure why that's a bad deal. edler is an excellent d-man, would EASILY be your 2nd best, and possibly best d-man. he had a bad year, but then again, kadri wasn't exactly great either.

you won't get a better d-man for that package, IMO.

no.. my set is closer to midnight.. so i have to tone back the drinking

coffee will be my friend tonight lol
- Dozzer

Someone's getting old!!!!

Why don't you do Marlie related blogs? It sucks that the Leafs are done, but there's still good hockey to watch & read about in Toronto
- Davey_Crockett

I will be......they start against Milwaukee tonight and I will be covering all their home games in person.

starting to line up.. right now we're putting together the funds to do a full length

prolly be 6 or 7 grand by the time everything is done and pressed.
- Dozzer

right on man!

one of these days it will happen haha (me coming that is!)

(frank) ranger, granberg will get minutes if we run 7 defense which gives more minutes to forwards because our 4th line is useless. As long as he gets minutes. Put the best team on the ice, thats all that matters at this point. If Granberg plays good, hell get more minutes
- DougGilmour_93

the only reason 7 d-men were ran last year was because franson is brutal defensively

I will be......they start against Milwaukee tonight and I will be covering all their home games in person.
- mikeinbuffalo

not sure why that's a bad deal. edler is an excellent d-man, would EASILY be your 2nd best, and possibly best d-man. he had a bad year, but then again, kadri wasn't exactly great either.

you won't get a better d-man for that package, IMO.
- sensarmy_11

He was as good as Bobby Ryan...

Someone's getting old!!!!
- Pecafan Fan

yeah

16 teams Bozak is the 1st line C on.

GO!
- robin_steele264

Not a huge stats guy but Bozak is 17th in ppg by centres which could have been higher without injury IMHO, as he played injured for a few of those games. He's only .1 ppg behind Joe Thornton which is what? 1 point every 8 games more over the course of a season. (Correct me if I'm wrong). I know there are other factors to consider. He could be a number one on MOST teams though I believe. Unless a true star centre comes around I think TML can spend money on upgrades elsewhere.  

Morning fellas, Lovely Friday morning.
- bixll

Had a bottle of 2004 Cune Rioja Imperial Gran Reserva last night .

Wine Spectators "Wine of the Year"

He was as good as Bobby Ryan...
- Pecafan Fan

kadri wasnt all that bad, considering lupul wasnt all that great this year and their other winger was clarkson/kulemin/raymond for a bit. Kadri did quite well, and he tossed around the body.

right on man!

one of these days it will happen haha (me coming that is!)
- big_dion

one of these days!

lol

side note.. tomorrow is going to be nice.. dani and i realized we have about 300$ in keg gift cards.. so we're going to go load up on steak

people give us gift cards all the time and we never use them.. we went through them a couple days ago and we have around 1300$ we need to spend lol

He was as good as Bobby Ryan...
- Pecafan Fan

m'eh, ryan played the whole year with a sports hernia, and still scored 23 goals and 48 pts, playing only 70 games, and very low minutes...........while also being an excellent 200ft player.

i'll gladlly take that, excited to see what he does when he's healthy

wow @ Bozak's SH%. that's absolutely insane.

yeah, friday.. logged on a bit early

i've been at work for an hour now.. 7am start time.. love the 5:30am wake up

ITS THE BEST
- Dozzer

I hear ya, 5am wake up, in the gym at six. The good thing about the bike is that I can still bug you guys while on them...

Not a huge stats guy but Bozak is 17th in ppg by centres which could have been higher without injury IMHO, as he played injured for a few of those games. He's only .1 ppg behind Joe Thornton which is what? 1 point every 8 games more over the course of a season. (Correct me if I'm wrong). I know there are other factors to consider. He could be a number one on MOST teams though I believe. Unless a true star centre comes around I think TML can spend money on upgrades elsewhere.  
- marklaprise

bozak is not a #1 on most teams - not even close.

he works well with phil and has some decent 2 way game; but is no bonified #1C.

kadri wasnt all that bad, considering lupul wasnt all that great this year and their other winger was clarkson/kulemin/raymond for a bit. Kadri did quite well, and he tossed around the body.
- big_dion

I'm not sure I understand why he gets C- or whatever Augello rated him.

Seems to me like Kadri did well all things considered.

m'eh, ryan played the whole year with a sports hernia, and still scored 23 goals and 48 pts, playing only 70 games, and very low minutes...........while also being an excellent 200ft player.

i'll gladlly take that, excited to see what he does when he's healthy
- sensarmy_11

yikes. i think everyone outside of Ottawa would disagree with that part.

wow @ Bozak's SH%. that's absolutely insane.
- DoubleDown

I know right?

21% is (frank)ing ridiculous

I'm not sure I understand why he gets C- or whatever Augello rated him.

Seems to me like Kadri did well all things considered.
- Pecafan Fan

50 points is decent for a #2 centre in this day and age, especially a young one who wasn't exact;y playing with the highest caliber wingers.

Not a huge stats guy but Bozak is 17th in ppg by centres which could have been higher without injury IMHO, as he played injured for a few of those games. He's only .1 ppg behind Joe Thornton which is what? 1 point every 8 games more over the course of a season. (Correct me if I'm wrong). I know there are other factors to consider. He could be a number one on MOST teams though I believe. Unless a true star centre comes around I think TML can spend money on upgrades elsewhere.  
- marklaprise

his injury is likely why his PPG is so high.....had he played the whole year, there's a really good chance that his ridiculous sh% would have come back down from the heavens.

but please, name most of the teams he'd be a #1 on

bozak is not a #1 on most teams - not even close.

he works well with phil and has some decent 2 way game; but is no bonified #1C.
- big_dion

http://www.nhl.com/ice/pl...tsPerGame&viewName=points

m'eh, ryan played the whole year with a sports hernia, and still scored 23 goals and 48 pts, playing only 70 games, and very low minutes...........while also being an excellent 200ft player.

i'll gladlly take that, excited to see what he does when he's healthy
- sensarmy_11

Really, he had a hernia? I hadn't heard that.

yikes. i think everyone outside of Ottawa would disagree with that part.
- DoubleDown

then they obviously didn't watch him play. he was a + player on a team that was extremely -

maybe "excellent" is a bit of an exaggeration, but he was very good