Leafs have Matthews, JT and Kadri. Best in the NHL.
- RogerRoeper

No

But

2006-07

2010-2011

Wrong

Taxes

Pietrangelo

Grit

Doughty

Karlsonn

UG

LOL

Please man, stop comparing 2006 to 2018.

It’s not the same (frank)ing time period.

There was 7 100 point scorers in 2006-7. There were 3 last year.

There were 14 scorers over 90 points in 2006-07. There were 9 last year.

Stop being an idiot.
- Santo_44

Crosby, 2nd year, Art Ross and MVP. That's McDavid, not Matthews. I know their names both start with M but they're different players and one of them doesn't play for the Leafs.

He should be playing more, not less, if he really is this #1 defensive juggernaut you're trying to say he is.
- Unholy_Goalie

Different ducking coaches

They will play their players differently.

Give it a rest.

8.5 cap hit over 5 years.
- dmnted

Less if 5 yrs. that doesn’t buy an UFA year. It is the buying of those years that puts the AAV up that high.

He should be playing more, not less, if he really is this #1 defensive juggernaut you're trying to say he is.
- Unholy_Goalie

That's how Babcock coaches. Check out the forward TOI compared to their peers.

Well, they have scored 10 more goals than the Leafs.
What's interesting is the Leafs have allowed 10 goals less than Tampa.
- RogerRoeper

It'll be an interesting playoff battle but their back-up is playing the games now and he's pretty terrible compared to Vasilevskiy. Also, they have Hedman, McDonagh, Stralman and Sergachev to create a very formidable top-four, much stronger than the Leafs have.

Crosby, 2nd year, Art Ross and MVP. That's McDavid, not Matthews. I know their names both start with M but they're different players and one of them doesn't play for the Leafs.
- Unholy_Goalie

Mcdavid

3 years

1 playoff run


It’s 2018. Not 2006-07.

It'll be an interesting playoff battle but their back-up is playing the games now and he's pretty terrible compared to Vasilevskiy. Also, they have Hedman, McDonagh, Stralman and Sergachev to create a very formidable top-four, much stronger than the Leafs have.
- Unholy_Goalie

EVERYONE JUST GIVE UG A “ “ or a “k” response to every post he makes.

Eventually he will leave.

If he can’t be banned for this behaviour at least don’t give him the bait to troll.

Bruins play the right way. Although, I still don't know what that means.
- PatC80

Means they are “good pros”
Have learnt all the cliches.

Wouldn’t the right way by definition be any way that results in victory.
I hate the old dinosaur cliches that get spewed.

That's how Babcock coaches. Check out the forward TOI compared to their peers.
- RogerRoeper

And back to the main point, if that's how he coaches, the defense is going to require better players to throw out there for his system to work.

And back to the main point, if that's how he coaches, the defense is going to require better players to throw out there for his system to work.
- Unholy_Goalie

Ok

Mcdavid

3 years

1 playoff run


It’s 2018. Not 2006-07.
- Santo_44

Dallas' $7.5m defence held the oilers to 1 goal.

It'll be an interesting playoff battle but their back-up is playing the games now and he's pretty terrible compared to Vasilevskiy. Also, they have Hedman, McDonagh, Stralman and Sergachev to create a very formidable top-four, much stronger than the Leafs have.
- Unholy_Goalie

You’re right.. go cheer for them..

Dallas' $7.5m defence held the oilers to 1 goal.
- Drapz

Can you name a single defense that spent 7.5 (relative to what that is today) on their defense and won a Cup?

It'll be an interesting playoff battle but their back-up is playing the games now and he's pretty terrible compared to Vasilevskiy. Also, they have Hedman, McDonagh, Stralman and Sergachev to create a very formidable top-four, much stronger than the Leafs have.
- Unholy_Goalie

Do you ❤️The Leafs?

Wow I haven't been on this site for maybe 8 years +
Seems like nothing has changed. UG going on and on about the same stuff.

Anyways nice to see our leafs doing a lot better than 8 years ago

Wow I haven't been on this site for maybe 8 years +
Seems like nothing has changed. UG going on and on about the same stuff.

Anyways nice to see our leafs doing a lot better than 8 years ago
- ItsMeBoo

Yep goal difference is the highest in the league. Good to see you again!

Can you name a single defense that spent 7.5 (relative to what that is today) on their defense and won a Cup?
- Unholy_Goalie

Can you name a team allowing the 4th fewest goals against in a league of 30 who were accused of having a weak defense?

Yep goal difference is the highest in the league. Good to see you again!
- Drapz

Love this team.
They finally have amazing chemistry. Hated the toxic team we dealt with for so many years

Well dubas’s promise goes like this. If nylander lives up to his side of the $$ and performs he may just stay a long time. People compare and say no promises can be fulfilled because other players in the past got traded after being promised. Richards and carter in philly. So if nylander is gonna be good and he will should be here a longtime. Why did flyers trade away these two guys?
You didn't want to believe some of the things you had heard over the past few years. The whispers and scurrilous rumors about your captain and the team's best goal scorer. How the Flyers' two young star players, cornerstones, and faces of the franchise were living it up perhaps a little too much as rich bachelors in downtown Philadelphia (at the Jersey Shore, too). The rampant partying, boozing, and lewd behavior off the ice that subsequently resulted in certain photos (there are plenty more) circulating around the Internet. Mike Richards and Jeff Carter are two of the better players in hockey -- not at that superstar level, but somewhere in the next tier. So even though promises were made management has to do what is right for the team.

Source:
https://www.google.ca/amp...as-rotten-in-philadelphia

Can you name a team allowing the 4th fewest goals against in a league of 30 who were accused of having a weak defense?
- Drapz

RK TEAM GP G GA GF/G GA/G DIFF
1 Nashville 27 88 65 3.26 2.41 0.85
2 Boston 26 70 64 2.69 2.46 0.23
3 Toronto 27 98 70 3.63 2.59 1.04
4 Dallas 27 74 71 2.74 2.63 0.11

NHL sorted by GA/G

Can you name a team allowing the 4th fewest goals against in a league of 30 who were accused of having a weak defense?
- Drapz

A) It's been 27 games. B) That's not because the defense is actually good. It's because Andersen is standing on his head, facing 40+ shots routinely.

If you know anything about hockey, you'll look at the list of Hainsey, Zaitsev, Gardiner, Ozhiganov, Rielly and Dermott and you'll realize that's not a strong group of defensemen. And if you know anything about the history of Cup winning teams, the vast majority of them have way stronger defenses than that.

A) It's been 27 games. B) That's not because the defense is actually good. It's because Andersen is standing on his head, facing 40+ shots routinely.

If you know anything about hockey, you'll look at the list of Hainsey, Zaitsev, Gardiner, Ozhiganov, Rielly and Dermott and you'll realize that's not a strong group of defensemen. And if you know anything about the history of Cup winning teams, the vast majority of them have way stronger defenses than that.
- Unholy_Goalie

I think this team would destroy most previous cup winning teams playing by todays rules you are stuck in the past. It's OK though keep throwing anchors.

A) It's been 27 games. B) That's not because the defense is actually good. It's because Andersen is standing on his head, facing 40+ shots routinely.

If you know anything about hockey, you'll look at the list of Hainsey, Zaitsev, Gardiner, Ozhiganov, Rielly and Dermott and you'll realize that's not a strong group of defensemen. And if you know anything about the history of Cup winning teams, the vast majority of them have way stronger defenses than that.
- Unholy_Goalie

Hasn't Reilly started to get some pk time of late? If Matthews didn't miss time wouldn't he be in the conversation for rocket Richard trophies? Isn't marner top 3 in nhl scoring?