is this your thoughts or what has been stated by the Team?
- PinkSock

Coach Lou's observations.

Coach Lou's observations.
- LeafMan

Did you look at his point totals though? Giveaways, possession, defensive zone coverage and corsi against, isnt everything, dozzer
- Colin Dambrauskas

All these stats are just as circumstantial. I take it most of these people don't actually watch the games, and just look at stats.

Coach Lou's observations.
- LeafMan

Pretty accurate obs.

- big_dion

love it

Paul Ranger and Morgan Rielly were both worse than Franson in that regard.
- jerseyleaf

so the 7th d-man who made a million bucks and is now playing in europe and a teenaged rookie

good peers for a franson comparison

love it
- stormey

LOL.

Did you look at his point totals though? Giveaways, possession, defensive zone coverage and corsi against, isnt everything, dozzer
- Colin Dambrauskas

man, he is simply brutal.

i hope the leafs move him sooner than later

man, he is simply brutal.

i hope the leafs move him sooner than later
- Dozzer

was brutal...for 1 year...the rest of his career...pretty serviceable to date.

The whole leaf defense sucked last year not just Franson, he had a good season in 13, maybe it was the shortened season, who knows but I believe the leafs collapse last year was because of Carlyle, he totally lost the team, how he handled the goaltending, calling guys out, most of the time the wrong ones, he totally lost the respect of the team and some guys mentally bailed.
- ISRLabradorLeaf

Yep Franson has size ,speed and good vision and hands .Good defensemen take time Franson is no different

Oh my god. That is some funny poop Frenchie!
- Ihatebrianburke

No it isn't

As I said in the other blog, Carlyle is set in his ways of putting Franson with Phanuef on the 1st PP unit, every PP with those two together has resulted in a 2 on 1 against shorthanded.

Was a great chance for extended ice time for Gardiner and Rielly but it is looking as the same old garbage. He needs to be moved for the growth of the other two.
- LeafMan

Yep Franson has size ,speed and good vision and hands .Good defensemen take time Franson is no different

- top shelf 15

Yep. We have the most impatient fans in hockey, as seen here though.

man, he is simply brutal.

i hope the leafs move him sooner than later
- Dozzer

how he has so many hits is basically Fraud...hes soft as a grape

No it isn't
- AdamFrench

Agreed.


I got your back.

i think franson could be dangerous in a redwings jersey, just the player they are looking for

Yep. We have the most impatient fans in hockey, as seen here though.
- jerseyleaf

Yep we have Cowen going for scraps ,on our side .After 158 games no less

i think franson could be dangerous in a redwings jersey, just the player they are looking for
- nightmare3020

Trading him within the division?

After the lockout shortened season, everyone in here wanted to have Fransons children and lock him up long term. Now everyone wants to dump him for a bag of pucks

was brutal...for 1 year...the rest of his career...pretty serviceable to date.
- jerseyleaf

thats not even true..

once decent season with fraser basically covering his ass defensively, otherwise, a routinely healthy scratch before then

he was moved as compensation for a 3 million dollar salary dump

3 million.. thats it.

Yep Franson has size ,speed and good vision and hands .Good defensemen take time Franson is no different

- top shelf 15

He's a point-producing defenseman who will likely always require sheltered minutes.

He would be an effective 5/6 guy getting #1 PP minutes on a team that's lacking offense from the backend, but with Phaneuf, Rielly, Gardiner, I think we have enough offense from the D on this team; where he once was a rare right-handed shot, we have that covered in Robidas and Polak (and Phaneuf, who likes to play the right-side anyways).

Yep. We have the most impatient fans in hockey, as seen here though.
- jerseyleaf

He'll be 27 in August; what you see is what you get.

how he has so many hits is basically Fraud...hes soft as a grape
- PinkSock

I would say that the hit numbers are inflated, but I have no doubt he was one of the hit leaders on the team. It's funny because the previous season, people generally liked his play, but moaned about him not being physical enough for a big player. The guy then goes out and becomes one of the more physical D on the team...but now he sucks defensively all the while ignoring the fact that whole team sucked in that department.

Yep we have Cowen going for scraps ,on our side .After 158 games no less
- top shelf 15

Franson has 322 NHL games and a couple seasons in the AHL

how he has so many hits is basically Fraud...hes soft as a grape
- PinkSock

agreed.. terrible d-man

reasonable if paired with a defensive guy.. but he wants to be paid like a second pairing guy and he simply isnt up to par to that job