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welcome to Louville

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James Mirtle‏ @mirtle
Heart + caring + compete
= 2013 Leafs off-season strategy

According to Ek the young stars didn't know they had to win in regulation to have a realistic chance of advancing. Any truth to that, anybody know?

According to Ek the young stars didn't know they had to win in regulation to have a realistic chance of advancing. Any truth to that, anybody know?
- shack67

They thought winning meant they were through.

According to Ek the young stars didn't know they had to win in regulation to have a realistic chance of advancing. Any truth to that, anybody know?
- shack67

i dont think Ek meant they didnt know so much as they didnt put the desperation into their game that a team in that situation should have.

What if the plan is to play the young guys and get them experience?
- burn

That will be part of the plan, but I don't expect more than a couple last year's marlies to be on the team.

Greening, Laich, Michalek, Hunwick, Polak Martin and a least one of Marincin, Corrado. will all be taking up spots. Nylander and Matthews are shoe-ins. There is simply not much room left.

They thought winning meant they were through.
- burn

there is no way they honestly believed that.

the coaching staff would have ensured they knew.

They thought winning meant they were through.
- burn

Or they knew that losing in regulation meant they were out.

i dont think Ek meant they didnt know so much as they didnt put the desperation into their game that a team in that situation should have.
- Dozzer

They didn't know, they ought winning meant they were in.

what i would like to see as an opening day lineup (keep in mind I dont expect the leafs to be competitive his year and I am trying to emphasize deadline sell offs)

JVR Kadri Komarov
Michalek Matthews Nylander
Greening Bozak Marner
Martin Laich Leivo

Rielly Zaitsev
Gardiner Marincin
Hunwick Polak

Andersen
- Dozzer

pretty logical... but my "spidey" sense tells me that Uncle Lou will pull off at least one trade and I'm guessing two during or near the end of camp... I'm not expecting a deal like the Grabner deal last year (meanin g 5 for 1) BUT I wouldn't be suprised to three guys currently in the mix heading off for a single return.

I believe the most likely trading partner teams will be Winnipeg, Vancouver, Anaheim and the Rangers.

I'm not going to make a trade predictions because I get attacked when I make those... and I quite frankly don't care that much now since the little turd in net is gone.

That will be part of the plan, but I don't expect more than a couple last year's marlies to be on the team.

Greening, Laich, Michalek, Hunwick, Polak Martin and a least one of Marincin, Corrado. will all be taking up spots. Nylander and Matthews are shoe-ins. There is simply not much room left.
- Aetherial

yup.. to start anyways... however if they play like poop and dont produce they'll be gone in a heartbeat

the only reason they are on the roster is to turn them into assets at the deadline

there is no way they honestly believed that.

the coaching staff would have ensured they knew.
- Dozzer

It's already been reported .

They said they wouldn't have celly'd as much at the end if they knew that they weren't in .

That will be part of the plan, but I don't expect more than a couple last year's marlies to be on the team.

Greening, Laich, Michalek, Hunwick, Polak Martin and a least one of Marincin, Corrado. will all be taking up spots. Nylander and Matthews are shoe-ins. There is simply not much room left.
- Aetherial

I would guess that Michalek(less likely due to salary), Hunwick and Corrado are part of trades.

That will be part of the plan, but I don't expect more than a couple last year's marlies to be on the team.

Greening, Laich, Michalek, Hunwick, Polak Martin and a least one of Marincin, Corrado. will all be taking up spots. Nylander and Matthews are shoe-ins. There is simply not much room left.
- Aetherial

Bobby Mac said otherwise.

yup.. to start anyways... however if they play like poop and dont produce they'll be gone in a heartbeat

the only reason they are on the roster is to turn them into assets at the deadline
- Dozzer

I think it will be a deadline sell-off again unless they are playing much better than anyone expects.

If it is a sell off, I wonder how deep they go do they look to move JVR? Bozak?. I also wonder if this is the last year we can expect them to have a significant number of guys they hope to sell at the deadline.

Bobby Mac said otherwise.
- burn

Well I guess we will see how many marlies are on the team full time

there is no way they honestly believed that.

the coaching staff would have ensured they knew.
- Dozzer

A similar thing happened to the Penguins on the last day of the season. Can't remember the year or the coach but the players had to tell the coach late in the game that they had to win to make the playoffs. Early 80's I think, never heard of that coach again.

22m
James Mirtle‏ @mirtle
Heart + caring + compete
= 2013 Leafs off-season strategy
- burn

Okay....

Okay....
- systemtool

Need moar Bolland.

Need moar Bolland.
- gravyface

Why are we talking 2013 though? I'm obviously missing something here but I don't know what..

there is no way they honestly believed that.

the coaching staff would have ensured they knew.
- Dozzer

“I was extremely excited when I got to the locker room, when I got done with [postgame] media. But the guys were kinda down. I didn’t know. I thought we were in if we won,” said Gaudreau.

“When I scored, I thought we were in,” said MacKinnon.

“Maybe we shouldn’t have celly’d that hard."


Like I said, they th out they were in, coaches knew but they didnt tell them... Weigh the pros and cons of telling them and putting too much pressure on them.

Why are we talking 2013 though? I'm obviously missing something here but I don't know what..
- systemtool

The whole point of the failure of the building of team USA in this tourney.

The whole point of the failure of the building of team USA in this tourney.
- burn

Well then !

“I was extremely excited when I got to the locker room, when I got done with
- burn[postgame] media. But the guys were kinda down. I didn’t know. I thought we were in if we won,” said Gaudreau.

“When I scored, I thought we were in,” said MacKinnon.

“Maybe we shouldn’t have celly’d that hard."


Like I said, they th out they were in, coaches knew but they didnt tell them... Weigh the pros and cons of telling them and putting too much pressure on them.

Unbelievable. They should have left it all out there the last few minutes. Glad we have Babs and not MacLellan.

they're chanting "Let's Go Kessel!"