Mike Augello: Leafs Bolster Scouting Staff With Hire Of Speltz; Vesey Mania: Day 1

Yay...?

Hey, Garth didn't mention Toronto on his post!

1. I believe Vesey didn't want to hurt the Red Wings front office by staying the obvious, their club needs a rebuild.
2. Remember when everyone wanted to go to Detroit? That ship has sailed for the last couple years.

Hey, Garth didn't mention Toronto on his post!
- ShayneCorsi

When the wife starts to ignore you then you know she's REALLY mad at you

When the wife starts to ignore you then you know she's REALLY mad at you
- AustonPowers

Yeah, but the peace and quiet is glorious..

I like garfs red hat and shorts. Who says pretty pleasey

The peace and quiet is especially great given that Garf ist ein dummkopf

I like garfs red hat and shorts. Who says pretty pleasey
- TonkaPhaneuf

Vesey Vesey pretty pleasey

I can't believe we won the draft lottery.

is it any good?
- poohcrumbs

i didnt read but i'm going with NO..

1. I believe Vesey didn't want to hurt the Red Wings front office by staying the obvious, their club needs a rebuild.
2. Remember when everyone wanted to go to Detroit? That ship has sailed for the last couple years.
- hipcheck_goalie

They had probably the best run ever in sports, it's gotta run out of steam eventually. What they did was amazing.

I can't believe we won the draft lottery.
- Zezel

I still can't believe that we traded David Clarkson...

They had probably the best run ever in sports, it's gotta run out of steam eventually. What they did was amazing.
- Zezel

12 championships in 20 years - Manchester United

I still can't believe that we traded David Clarkson...
- lumlums

That was when we went through the portal. Things are so different on the other side of it.

I still can't believe that we traded David Clarkson...
- lumlums

I still can't believe skalapy didn't snap gunnarsons pencil neck

I still can't believe skalapy didn't snap gunnarsons pencil neck
- TonkaPhaneuf

The main thing is that he could have - if he'd have truly wanted to

That was when we went through the portal. Things are so different on the other side of it.
- Zezel

It's the Shanahan plan

That was when we went through the portal. Things are so different on the other side of it.
- Zezel

The leafs landed in jerrys bizarro world

Why do we need a GM, if the presidents meet with the free agent player?!
I do not like it!!!

They had probably the best run ever in sports, it's gotta run out of steam eventually. What they did was amazing.
- Zezel

Our turn?

12 championships in 20 years - Manchester United
- lumlums

Yeah yeah someone always says Man U, they so blatantly can buy championships that while it's impressive it doesn't stack up against Detroit building two different era Cup teams back to back, while not missing the playoffs for like a couple decades. And doing it in the cap system also at the end. For me the Red Wings had the best overall organizational run of success in sports.

Hey, Garth didn't mention Toronto on his post!
- ShayneCorsi

He mentioned that the Leafs were TRYING to get a meeting with Vesey.

Not like the Sabres who had to give up a third round pick and then take a private jet to go visit him with a dog and pony show and lots of chapstick just to embarrass themselves.

Yeah yeah someone always says Man U, they so blatantly can buy championships that while it's impressive it doesn't stack up against Detroit building two different era Cup teams back to back, while not missing the playoffs for like a couple decades. And doing it in the cap system also at the end. For me the Red Wings had the best overall organizational run of success in sports.
- Zezel

No, what happened there was the class of '92 - Scholes, Beckham, Bicky Butt, Both Neville brothers and Ryan Giggs. All were developed through the academy and cost the team nothing beyond scouting, and all played pivotal parts in multiple championships at the exact time that league revenues were ballooning. Add in either existing vetarans or players who were well scouted and relatively cheap (Solskjaer, Cantona, Keane, Pallister, Irwin, Bruce, Robson, Kanchelsjis) and you had the makings for the start of a dynasty. Spending really only went Crazy when the Russian Billionaire bought Chelsea in the early 2000's...

12 championships in 20 years - Manchester United
- lumlums

Red Army Hockey Team.

CSKA won 32 Soviet regular season championships during the Soviet League's 46-year existence, far and away the most in the league's history; no other team won more than five. This included all but six from 1955 to 1989 and 13 in a row from 1977 to 1989.