Yup. You should look up Kadri/Lupuls numbers away from Clarkson and with him. They're quite........... different.
- peddy-93

Same with the teams record...

Marchand - Ott - Clarkson
- BoTtLePoLiCe

Annoying line. But for what team???

Santo definitely could be that guy. Just concerned about the consistency. Can he thrive in an offensive role for a long period? I think he is what Clarkson should be. The perfect 3rd liner.
- Phenom

He had pretty good numbers in a non existent Florida offense 2 years ago, and Vancouver last season. I'd iamgine he'd be better playing along side 2 good offensive forwards.

It has been taken care of, it was showing him lying on the ice with the caption "lazy player" absolute garbage, poster is banned.
- LeafMan

Great. You've really cleaned up this board. No need for mean spirited nonsense like that.

Clarkson needs to start the season on the 2nd line. They need to give him an opportunity to find his mojo again.

Because if he doesn't, we are in real trouble.
- Atomic Wedgie

I think we already are...

Annoying line. But for what team???
- Phenom

Leafs 3rd line.

Bruins have to shed $.....
- Canada Cup

That line was one of the most feared in the league, offensively and physically.
- Woderwick

It boggles my mind how some people don't think Lindros belongs in the HHOF.

In his prime, he was the most exciting player in the league.

And keep in mind, I hate the Flyers.

Yup. You should look up Kadri/Lupuls numbers away from Clarkson and with him. They're quite........... different.
- peddy-93

That can be improved too though. Clarkson never had any chemistry with anyone, and never plays with anyone long enough to develope any.

I think he starts the year back on the 2nd line. On paper, it should be a good fit. Improved comfort level should help. Leave them together through entire preseason

Morning fellas!

I wouldn't mind taking a chance on both MDZ & Markstrom... Both are young, and it's always nice to have depth..

Gardiner - Phaneuf
Rielly - Robidas
MDZ - Polak

Bernier
Markstrom

Of course Franson & Reimer will have to be dealt.
- MCharisma91

I'm on board with MDZ but based on his situation anything more than 2 years is a big mistake. So if Franson can be moved then give MDZ 3.5 for 2 years, if that would do it?

The team needs an experienced backup and as much as I'm against Brodeur coming in he'd be more reliable than Markstrom.

It boggles my mind how some people don't think Lindros belongs in the HHOF.

In his prime, he was the most exciting player in the league.

And keep in mind, I hate the Flyers.
- Atomic Wedgie

And most dominating.

Body of work argument though. I mean, Bo Jackson was arguably the best player in both MLB and NFL for a couple years, not to mention most exciting athlete on the planet, but not on either HoF, and never will be.

Clarkson needs to start the season on the 2nd line. They need to give him an opportunity to find his mojo again.

Because if he doesn't, we are in real trouble.
- Atomic Wedgie

If he does start the season there, like he was supposed to last year and didn't because of that suspension, I hope it does help him get his mojo back. My worry is that if it fails, it could risk Lupul and Kadri losing theirs.

That can be improved too though. Clarkson never had any chemistry with anyone, and never plays with anyone long enough to develope any.

I think he starts the year back on the 2nd line. On paper, it should be a good fit. Improved comfort level should help. Leave them together through entire preseason
- Big_Lightnin

I dont know how much of it was comfortness. Clarkson was just a bad player, really bad.

You can start him on the 2nd line to see if it helps but I'm not very convinced it will.

Let's hope whatever assistants get hired can help with that. I mean, a 41% possession team? Yikes.

When Wilson coached the Leafs they were around 49%, if he had the goaltending and line up Carlyle has, I'd imagine he would have done better.
- peddy-93

It's pretty interesting. Under Wilson they had much better possession numbers but really sucked. We spent years blaming the goalies and the trolls told us we were wrong. The possession analytics would tell us that we were right.

Now, with much better talent at the top end, possession sucks - like the worst ever measured. For a while I thought it was a combo of the system and the type of player the Leafs had. Now I'm just not sure. It's clearly a Carlyle issue though.

Whether a good possession system can fix this though ...I'm not sure yet. I still think the type of guys we have in the top 6 are the types that give you poor possession numbers. Either way Carlyle's on a short leash if this doesn't turn around.

Clarkson needs to start the season on the 2nd line. They need to give him an opportunity to find his mojo again.

Because if he doesn't, we are in real trouble.
- Atomic Wedgie

He at least needs to be on the 2nd PP unit to start, maybe even the 1st - split up the 2 PP units a bit - JVR and Clarkson share in the front of the net duties on each unit.

I'm on board with MDZ but based on his situation anything more than 2 years is a big mistake. So if Franson can be moved then give MDZ 3.5 for 2 years, if that would do it?

The team needs an experienced backup and as much as I'm against Brodeur coming in he'd be more reliable than Markstrom.
- Mr_Smokey

Maybe I'm missing something here, but what's the point in dumping Franson to make way for De Zotto?

I dont know how much of it was comfortness. Clarkson was just a bad player, really bad.

You can start him on the 2nd line to see if it helps but I'm not very convinced it will.
- peddy-93

If anything he drags them down... Sadly he drags the team down. Everything about him in the lineup causes problems... He doesn't fit... it sucks...

I dont know how much of it was comfortness. Clarkson was just a bad player, really bad.

You can start him on the 2nd line to see if it helps but I'm not very convinced it will.
- peddy-93

Agreed he was bad last year, but he is not that bad, and hasn't been in his career. He was very effective with devils on a variety of situations. He will be better, just needs to find his role on this team.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but what's the point in dumping Franson to make way for De Zotto?
- Atomic Wedgie

I don't get it either. Leafs still need a first pairing shut down guy. MDZ isn't that guy.

It boggles my mind how some people don't think Lindros belongs in the HHOF.

In his prime, he was the most exciting player in the league.

And keep in mind, I hate the Flyers.
- Atomic Wedgie

Best player of the 90's? At the very least it's debatable - he had 3-4 years where he was the best player and another 2-3 where it was close.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but what's the point in dumping Franson to make way for De Zotto?
- Atomic Wedgie

del zotto is just a more expensive franson

Maybe I'm missing something here, but what's the point in dumping Franson to make way for De Zotto?
- Atomic Wedgie

Franson is the new whipping boy... He has his issues but he's young and will be cheaper than other options and will bag PP points. Just needs the right homer - Fraser and him even did okay... With the additions they made it might be wise not to givew up on him yet...

Maybe I'm missing something here, but what's the point in dumping Franson to make way for De Zotto?
- Atomic Wedgie

Ya I honestly don't get it. Del Zotto is not good. Nashville didn't even qualify him, he was that bad.

Franson is the new whipping boy... He has his issues but he's young and will be cheaper than other options and will bag PP points. Just needs the right homer - Fraser and him even did okay... With the additions they made it might be wise not to givew up on him yet...
- aminnes

franson is not that young.. he's 27 in a month

franson is not that young.. he's 27 in a month
- Dozzer

Not even prime for 90 percent of d men...