It's basically the WWE of the NHL Twitter world... No one believes them but it's like a car accident, you can't look away....
- SofaKingBored

Wait... is it like the WWE? or like a car accident?

I think he really benefited from all the time playing 1C, helped him develop.
- maverickJ

He did and he proved that he was the best fit to play there. Connolly had his chance and screwed the pooch. Grabovski is a second line center and there was no-one else that was as good, so he was the best fit. I think JVR will bomb at centre. He's been playing wing for a number of year now and I can't see him learning to play the position, that make a first line centre what it is.

kessel got 82 pts in 82 games and lupul got hurt... they basically set each other up for the season, bozak was just there ... unlike guys like kessel who can just dominate the game without a proper centerman... bozak is nothing special, i like the goals he scores because he gets those nice goals but meh nothing big. Frattin is nothing big. Stalberg is nothing big. Cant even compare those guys to grabo...
- Mapleleafs_91

didn't kessel say he had a wrist injury and that's why he decline to play at the World Championship.

Rumours of the week:

okay Luongo or Bernier to the leafs E5

Stasny to the leafs E3

Bobby Ryan to the leafs E3

Chris Stewart to the leafs E3

It's basically the WWE of the NHL Twitter world... No one believes them but it's like a car accident, you can't look away....
- SofaKingBored

They're such jokes, and funny ones too.. but HockeyyInsiderr is the best by far, and when i mean best i mean most entertaining

He did and he proved that he was the best fit to play there. Connolly had his chance and screwed the pooch. Grabovski is a second line center and there was no-one else that was as good, so he was the best fit. I think JVR will bomb at centre. He's been playing wing for a number of year now and I can't see him learning to play the position, that make a first line centre what it is.
- PrinceLH

Or can be better at center than the wing and secondly, grabo>bozak

yeah but theodore use to be a hab, and im sure the leafs poop on the habs when they had theodore, therfore theordore sucks and the habs suck and
- Mapleleafs_91

ya but so was kirk muller.

and i do despise the habs since the '70

He did and he proved that he was the best fit to play there. Connolly had his chance and screwed the pooch. Grabovski is a second line center and there was no-one else that was as good, so he was the best fit. I think JVR will bomb at centre. He's been playing wing for a number of year now and I can't see him learning to play the position, that make a first line centre what it is.
- PrinceLH

I mean we are stuck with Connoly most likely, it's a contract year for him so maybe he plays better this year and increases his trade value at the deadline?

Hopeful thought anyways......

ya but so was kirk muller.

and i do despise the habs since the '70
- dmnted

thank you sir, that is all what we needed... and plus... komi sucks dont say grabo because grabo was rarely used in montreal on the roster

He did and he proved that he was the best fit to play there. Connolly had his chance and screwed the pooch. Grabovski is a second line center and there was no-one else that was as good, so he was the best fit. I think JVR will bomb at centre. He's been playing wing for a number of year now and I can't see him learning to play the position, that make a first line centre what it is.
- PrinceLH

I don't think he will succeed there either, but he does already know the position. I don't think he will succeed because he is a scorer by nature not a playmaker which is what we need on that line. I actually wouldn't mind trying Grabvoski on our 1rst line, the reason he wasn't was because of that awesome 2nd line chemistry a couple years back.

Lupul-Grabvoski-Kessel
JVR-Bozak-Macarthur
Kulemin-McClement-Frattin
Brown-Steckel-Kamarov

I mean we are stuck with Connoly most likely, it's a contract year for him so maybe he plays better this year and increases his trade value at the deadline?

Hopeful thought anyways......
- MindFr3eak

Hopeful, but awful to. I wish we didn't have to wait that long.

I don't think he will succeed there either, but he does already know the position. I don't think he will succeed because he is a scorer by nature not a playmaker which is what we need on that line. I actually wouldn't mind trying Grabvoski on our 1rst line, the reason he wasn't was because of that awesome 2nd line chemistry a couple years back.

Lupul-Grabvoski-Kessel
JVR-Bozak-Macarthur
Kulemin-McClement-Frattin
Brown-Steckel-Kamarov
- maverickJ

Putting 90% of our fire power on one line is a bad idea and will prob end badly

I mean we are stuck with Connoly most likely, it's a contract year for him so maybe he plays better this year and increases his trade value at the deadline?

Hopeful thought anyways......
- MindFr3eak

My hopeful thought is for a labour shutdown, back by Christmas, no moves by the Leafs, picking in the top 3 next fall, 30 million in cap space to grab Getzlaf and Perry.

I don't think he will succeed there either, but he does already know the position. I don't think he will succeed because he is a scorer by nature not a playmaker which is what we need on that line. I actually wouldn't mind trying Grabvoski on our 1rst line, the reason he wasn't was because of that awesome 2nd line chemistry a couple years back.

Lupul-Grabvoski-Kessel
JVR-Bozak-Macarthur
Kulemin-McClement-Frattin
Brown-Steckel-Kamarov
- maverickJ

Where is Kadri?

didn't kessel say he had a wrist inury and that's why he decline to play at the World Championship.
- dmnted

Him and Lupul were both hurt at the end of the season, but Kessel's was playable.

Where is Kadri?
- peddy-93

lol I want to give him a try also.
But that isn't a bad line up, maybe we move MacA for a goalie to open up a spot.

Putting 90% of our fire power on one line is a bad idea and will prob end badly
- MindFr3eak

It's going to end the same way it ended last year. A good start, then a collapse, down the stretch. So hope for a labour dispute, lose the good start, collapse and grab a top 3 pick.

My hopeful thought is for a labour shutdown, back by Christmas, no moves by the Leafs, picking in the top 3 next fall, 30 million in cap space to grab Getzlaf and Perry.
- PrinceLH

If Perry has another amazing year and ends top 5 this year he will end up the 140 million dollar man I bet.

It's going to end the same way it ended last year. A good start, then a collapse, down the stretch. So hope for a labour dispute, lose the good start, collapse and grab a top 3 pick.
- PrinceLH

In a stoppage we could pick 29th for all we know right? It's a lottery?

Wait... is it like the WWE? or like a car accident?
- Leafland

They are one in the same...

Putting 90% of our fire power on one line is a bad idea and will prob end badly
- MindFr3eak

JVR has hit 20 if I'm not mistake, Mac too, Bozak got real close. Kulemin hit 30 and Frattin should pot more.

60 goals on your second line is about right I'd say.

lol I want to give him a try also.
But that isn't a bad line up, maybe we move MacA for a goalie to open up a spot.
- maverickJ

now you're speaking english

If Perry has another amazing year and ends top 5 this year he will end up the 140 million dollar man I bet.
- MindFr3eak

Grab him and Getzlaf and watch the playoff push the next year. Add that top 3 prospect, by tanking, and see where a good goaltender can be had, a year from now. Do not waste assets on Luongo or Bernier!

thank you sir, that is all what we needed... and plus... komi sucks dont say grabo because grabo was rarely used in montreal on the roster
- Mapleleafs_91

In a stoppage we could pick 29th for all we know right? It's a lottery?
- MindFr3eak

yes but if i'm not mistaken we have the best chance at #1, they factor in how many lottery picks and playoff appearences a team made in the past 10 years,