So i disagree with you and you threaten to ban me?


never expected that from you.. but whatever.
- Tanooki

no i would ban you for being an ass

thats strike 2

So i disagree with you and you threaten to ban me?


never expected that from you.. but whatever.
- Tanooki

straight from the Book of UG

Yeah lets just shave off a few pounds to suit our arguements
- Tanooki

ok 163? 164? What does it really matter with respect to my argument. I was 230 when I weighed myself a couple of days ago, and I weigh in at 225 today... at the end of the day, I'm still overweight. And end of the day Marner is on the smaller side.

straight from the Book of UG
- Symba007

aardvark has been getting worse and worse... its annoying

ok 163? 164? What does it really matter with respect to my argument. I was 230 when I weighed myself a couple of days ago, and I weigh in at 225 today... at the end of the day, I'm still overweight. And end of the day Marner is on the smaller side.
- Nastradamus

https://cdn.meme.am/instances/54352722.jpg

So i disagree with you and you threaten to ban me?


never expected that from you.. but whatever.
- Tanooki

you must be new here

its not size its strength...for the most part a 19 year old is not as solid as a grown man... period.
- Dozzer

Dozz... this guy's constantly asking why you are always wrong... could this be your wife in disguise?

With all the advantages (due to financial power) Leafs have vs other teams, do you really think Leafs should be 'permitted' to have as long a rebuild as some of the other low-budget teams in NHL?

Getting rid of contracts like Phaneuf, Clarkson, even Bernier (with the 2mln bonus payment) and others is a thing that only Leafs and a select few other teams can do due to their finances. In my opinion, through this, they can speed up a rebuild by 2-3 years.

In my view the Leafs have been rebuilding since 2008 season anyways - they haven't done quite well, but I think 8y patience is quite long enough.

Even with a very very long rebuild (let's say try and make playoffs in 2019-2020 season) you never have a guarantee to make it beyong quarterfinals; patience is ok, but an organisation like the Leafs should have in its DNA to battle for playoffs and cup every single season. Whether that's realistic or not is a second question, but in my view it's quite sad to 'accept' a bottom 10 place in standings for 3-5 years being the Leafs.. (even if we agree on expecting a bottom 10 place!).

I'm not that enthousiastic about Leafs' current rebuild either; nothing spectacular done in the last few years (easy to make the right picks in top10 anyways) and apart from the moves executed due to the mentioned strong financial position, nothing really superb done (missing out on Stamkos being biggest illustration of that).
So far, I would give Shanahan and Friends a 'C' for their rebuild, nothing more.
- MaximusAurelius

Wow, it's hard to even repond to this. Missing out on Stamkos? It was his choice, they can't force him to sign.

Where have you been, this management team has done things properly, and made good solid decisions. Good drafting(in early/later rounds), good trades for good assets(Rychel, Andersson, picks, etc), reasonable contracts, and they are handling their prospects much better in general.

Not sure what you expect them to do, go all Jim Benning?

Pffft.


Ekblad signed his ELC in the September of his draft year. MacKinnon mid July. This is just the media with (frank) all else to do being the dumb mittenstringers that they are...
- lumlums

Well then, nothing to worry about.

I don't understand why people think a 19 year old 160 lb kid is a sure thing to make an NHL roster, just because he has the raw skillset
- Nastradamus

You are leaving out some important details.

He has posted some of the best numbers all time for a CHL player reg season, playoffs, memorial cup ..

He also only has 2 options, 1 being the leafs.

I don't understand why people think a 19 year old 160 lb kid is a sure thing to make an NHL roster, just because he has the raw skillset
- Nastradamus

I think we can all agree if the AHL was an option, that's where he would be starting the 2016-17 season.

Sadly, it isn't.

So if the Leafs are looking for what is best for his development, it's (at least in my opinion) hard to understand what he can gain by going back to the OHL.

He basically won everything he could. Individual trophies, team trophies.

He needs to now learn how to play the pro game.

I think sending him back to the OHL makes him a worse NHL player, not better.

Has Matthews signed? I was away for a few days, not sure if he finally agreed to no bonus.

Dozz... this guy's constantly asking why you are always wrong... could this be your wife in disguise?
- BorjeFan4Ever

no one is dumb enough to marry me

Has Matthews signed? I was away for a few days, not sure if he finally agreed to no bonus.
- Symba007

nope and Lou told the media who ask to "phack off" he'll be signed.

You are leaving out some important details.

He has posted some of the best numbers all time for a CHL player reg season, playoffs, memorial cup ..

He also only has 2 options, 1 being the leafs.
- senstroll

Which is great, dominating the OHL does not necessarily mean that he is ready for the NHL. That is just reality, assuming he is, is just wishful thinking at this point. He may be, I'm not saying there's not a good possibility he could be, but we'll have to wait and see if he'll earn a spot

nope and Lou told the media who ask to "phack off" he'll be signed.
- BorjeFan4Ever

plenty of time...no rush until early September.

Dozz... this guy's constantly asking why you are always wrong... could this be your wife in disguise?
- BorjeFan4Ever

no one is dumb enough to marry me
- Dozzer

nonsense... there's someone for everyone... who knew you and Aardvark were destined to be a couple!

Which is great, dominating the OHL does not necessarily mean that he is ready for the NHL. That is just reality, assuming he is, is just wishful thinking at this point. He may be, I'm not saying there's not a good possibility he could be, but we'll have to wait and see if he'll earn a spot
- Nastradamus

he has 9 games to prove he belongs in the NHL in October...

plenty of time...no rush until early September.
- Symba007

he'll have requested a trade before then

I think we can all agree if the AHL was an option, that's where he would be starting the 2016-17 season.

Sadly, it isn't.

So if the Leafs are looking for what is best for his development, it's (at least in my opinion) hard to understand what he can gain by going back to the OHL.

He basically won everything he could. Individual trophies, team trophies.

He needs to now learn how to play the pro game.

I think sending him back to the OHL makes him a worse NHL player, not better.
- Atomic Wedgie

Perhaps, he'll have to earn his spot. He's doing a good job of tempering expectations for himself by publically saying the right things about the possibility of having to go back, however.

I think we can all agree if the AHL was an option, that's where he would be starting the 2016-17 season.

Sadly, it isn't.

So if the Leafs are looking for what is best for his development, it's (at least in my opinion) hard to understand what he can gain by going back to the OHL.

He basically won everything he could. Individual trophies, team trophies.

He needs to now learn how to play the pro game.

I think sending him back to the OHL makes him a worse NHL player, not better.
- Atomic Wedgie

didnt we have the same situation with schenn at the time?

didnt we have the same situation with schenn at the time?
- jimi james

Schenn was built on a 7yrs old frame at 19yrs old?

the leafs are looking at another bottom 10 finish easily... maybe even a bottom 5
- Dozzer

I hope this is wrong says my heart but my head is agreeing with you.
A new season comes new hope!

Has Matthews signed? I was away for a few days, not sure if he finally agreed to no bonus.
- Symba007

You were here all weekend, you poophead