He brought in a 40 goal scoring all star and traded ahl'ers for Muzzin.
Good moves.
The only thing he missed and I mentioned this before was more depth D (5/6 dman that could be moved up in case of injury) to replace the garbage we had. However, we don't know if he tried to acquire some and just wasnt able to.

But....Muzzin and JT were good moves.
- Fakepartofme

Both easy moves - literally anybody on these boards was able to see those were the obvious moves to make.
How is Grundstrom an AHL'er? He'll be in NHL coming year already.
That first round pick is likely to turn out a NHL player as well.
Overpayment in my book.

I dont see hysterics.
I see the usuals going a bit too far and the usuals deflecting a bit too much.
So just another day.


- Fakepartofme

Well yeah, just another day lol.

I mean, it is a (frank)ing bummer. I hate Boston. I hate their stupid jackoff uniforms and I hate Marchand's stupid jackoff face. So it goes. We'll get them next year and it will be all the more beautiful lol

🤮😂😭

It's hard to quantify, but the Leafs are terrible at sustaining pressure. This is a 5vs5 thing too. You watch the Bruins PP and they gain the zone and work. You watch any good PP (Caps) and it's all about movement and tiring the opponent to make them make a mistake. The Leafs PP is all about going in, pass it back, then hope a wrister causes a rebound. No sustained pressure.

They don't seem to have a lot of chemistry on the PP...which is weird because of the talent.
- AdamFrench

I think it's patience. Maybe it's something you can attribute to veteran leadership or presence? I don't know either. But when the Leafs are on the PP I find they will try to force something that's not there, whereas better power plays will be patient and move the puck around. They'll tire out the opposition D, and that will expose holes they can exploit.

The Leafs 5v5 have very little cycle game, so most of their offense still has that "off-the-rush" one and done approach that we grew sick of under Carlyle. The difference is that we have better finishers now, and better puck retrievers, so there are more chances for, and less chances against when the one and done fails.

Both easy moves - literally anybody on these boards was able to see those were the obvious moves to make.
How is Grundstrom an AHL'er? He'll be in NHL coming year already.
That first round pick is likely to turn out a NHL player as well.
Overpayment in my book.
- MaximusAurelius

I'm assuming this is your book, given that letters and even the basic levels of logical thought confuse you

Both easy moves - literally anybody on these boards was able to see those were the obvious moves to make.
How is Grundstrom an AHL'er? He'll be in NHL coming year already.
That first round pick is likely to turn out a NHL player as well.
Overpayment in my book.
- MaximusAurelius

I think statistically it's actually not all that likely.

I'm assuming this is your book, given that letters and even the basic levels of logical thought confuse you

- UsernameUnknown

Oooh that looks like a good colouring book.

seems that it was Lou-Babcock-Hunter

vs

Shanahan - Dubas.

not sure what happened between Shanahan and Lou for Shanahan to pick a guy with 0 NHL GM experience over a guy that has done a great job for your team over last few years.
- MaximusAurelius

I cant find the exact quote, but Shanny said something along the lines of after watching things play out over the last 4 years, it was Dubas who he thought was on the right side of the decisions most of the time (i am paraphrasing)

“Certainly I believe in Kyle’s ability, and I believe in his ability to use a lot of the other assets that we have in the organization, that people might not know all of their names,” said Shanahan. “Four years ago I was in the position to bring people in from other places based on what I had seen them do in other organizations. I’ve seen enough big things and small things with Kyle to believe in him enough, to have this kind of faith in him.

“I’m comfortable with Kyle having people around him that support his vision. I think that his vision, for our team and for the game of hockey, is most reflective of the direction we’ve been going from day one.”

I dont think this team is close to what Dubas wants yet. lots of left over parts from Lou/Hunter

also, hunter drafting doesnt look great

Trading him will leave us with 0 NHL RHD.
- walshyleafsfan

Meh, quality D can play either side.

Oooh that looks like a good colouring book.
- Zezel

Finally a chance to use my yellow crayon

Didn't they score 4 goals on that major? (heard that this morning) Yeah, pretty sure a 2 min pp would not have yielded 4 goals.
- Aetherial

No no it wouldnt have. but 1 goal and that could have turn things around.

Still , 4 goals in a 5 min major was unheard of.

Meh, quality D can play either side.
- Fakepartofme

We don't have many of those either.

No no it wouldnt have. but 1 goal and that could have turn things around.

Still , 4 goals in a 5 min major was unheard of.
- Fakepartofme

That's some Leafs level PK work right there.

come on.
only reason SJ came back yesterday was that they were gifted a 5minute major penalty.
they were 3 goals down..

if that's a 5 minute major, leafs could have been on the PP for a good 30mins every single game vs Bruins.
- MaximusAurelius

the point is they took advantage of it. kept going.

Morning folks, we can start finally worrying about our real lives instead of pretending to do a job that we're not qualified for. I for one look forward to it.

here is a list of Hunters drafting

https://mapleleafshotstov...officially-leave-toronto/

I wont give much credit for Matthews or Marner, those were easy picks

also the 2015 draft you can credit some to Dubas. As it was him and hunter running things. 2016-17 is very very meh

new blog everyone

The Leafs weren't gifted a 5 minute major. I think you're ignoring how well Marleau and Nylander would have done for 4 minutes of that PP time.
- Monkeypunk

Yes true.

My bad.

facking marleau and nylander

Morning folks, we can start finally worrying about our real lives instead of pretending to do a job that we're not qualified for. I for one look forward to it.
- TheMussel

(frank) that, if the Leafs did what I think it would totally work!

I think statistically it's actually not all that likely.
- Zezel

pastrnak
roslovic
tufte
poehling
bokk

#25 overall draft picks of last 5 seasons.
could argue to take a look at 25-35 to see what players are still available then.

seems like that quality of scouting has gone up significantly in last 10 years and that teams are better at predicting which players will become nhl players, improving their 'hit rate' on first round picks..

wonder whether some writers have looked into that.

here is a list of Hunters drafting

https://mapleleafshotstov...officially-leave-toronto/

I wont give much credit for Matthews or Marner, those were easy picks

also the 2015 draft you can credit some to Dubas. As it was him and hunter running things. 2016-17 is very very meh
- senstroll

He might have an eye for a goalie, but not a great deal else. Grundstrom was a nice pick, Brooks may make the NHL every so often and Zdeno Gordeev is the poopz.

Morning folks, we can start finally worrying about our real lives instead of pretending to do a job that we're not qualified for. I for one look forward to it.
- TheMussel

I was quite distraught for a little over a week when the schedule was first announced that a potential game 6 would interfere with Game of Thrones. Glad it didn't have to turn out that way.
I'm honestly not sure what I'm going to do now that summer is unofficially here.

Colour, maybe?

I felt it was an upset year so I have the islanders, BJs , blues, Colorado and Dallas. Bruins and sharks ruined my perfect bracket. My 4 year old nephew had the jets winning. Poor kid.

I didnt play for money or else I likely dont make as many upset picks.
- Aaron_85

Well I'd say you're lucky damn smart today my friend.

pastrnak
roslovic
tufte
poehling
bokk

#25 overall draft picks of last 5 seasons.
could argue to take a look at 25-35 to see what players are still available then.

seems like that quality of scouting has gone up significantly in last 10 years and that teams are better at predicting which players will become nhl players, improving their 'hit rate' on first round picks..

wonder whether some writers have looked into that.
- MaximusAurelius

something like NHLe
https://public.tableau.com/profile/b.bader#!/vizhome/NHLeThresholds/NhleThresholdDashboard?publish=yes

I am sure the leafs now use something like this

Babcock's ego caused this team to lose.
Constantly pushing back against media narratives.

#firebabcock

FML.... Months of Max going off on Mehlander.
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.