Spezza had 8 goals and 19 assists last year, and that's with 2:12/game power play time.

That's not that great.

Looking at 5v5, Spezza had 15 points (76 games played) with 11:02/game.

Gauthier had 14 points (70 games played) with 8:09/game.

Quit thinking of 2008 Spezza. We aren't getting him.
- Atomic Wedgie

Don’t put words in my mouth, I never said that once.

I did say, the Goat is a black hole for driving any sort of play. And it shows the last few years.

Spezza is an improvement, pretty easily.

Muzzin kinda sucks.
thank god we didn't give up a 1st round pick for him...

- MaximusAurelius

Your takes are awful

Your takes are awful
- Santo_44

Muzzin won't be back next season.
too slow.

Rielly - ??
Dermott - Liljebust
Sandin - ??

I'm already older.

P.S. Go frank yourself
- Atomic Wedgie

Is everyone excited for Spezza to kill penalties? Babcock is trying to transform a 55 year old offensive centre into a defence first shutdown guy. Yay!

He’s a great #3.
- Steven_Seagull

Right behind Ceci?

Is everyone excited for Spezza to kill penalties? Babcock is trying to transform a 55 year old offensive centre into a defence first shutdown guy. Yay!
- aminnes

We'll have guys taking turns sucking, i'm sure 1 of them will suck less and voila....4th line C.

Kinda makes you wonder if Dubas brought Spezza in, and Babsy wasn't on board.
- Atomic Wedgie

That was my first thought too.

Maybe they agreed to give Spezza the extra year to push the Goat, and give him a chance to pay for his hometown team. Win/win for the team in a not so expensive way.

Who knows...never played pro sports so don't really know what goes on behind closed doors. Wish I did.

I know, you guys pay 400K for something the size of my hunting cabin.. Crazy housing prices.
- bixll

It's a good thing if you're a seller!

It's a good thing if you're a seller!


- .HOHO.

Are you selling?

Spezza bein groomed to be a shutdown centre, Ceci to be a shutdown defensemen. Woah.

Spezza bein groomed to be a shutdown centre, Ceci to be a shutdown defensemen. Woah.
- aminnes

When in doubt, dump it high and hard off the glass.

As long as he doesn't get burnt pinching and giving up 2 on 1's....he'll be fine with this group.....at least for the reg season.

When in doubt, dump it high and hard off the glass.

As long as he doesn't get burnt pinching and giving up 2 on 1's....he'll be fine with this group.....at least for the reg season.
- Garnie

Won't happen. Babs is all about possession. This would be pretty hard for Ceci anyway based on his previous play. The amount of work needed to get this team ready to defend is enormous.

Spezza had 8 goals and 19 assists last year, and that's with 2:12/game power play time.

That's not that great.

Looking at 5v5, Spezza had 15 points (76 games played) with 11:02/game.

Gauthier had 14 points (70 games played) with 8:09/game.

Quit thinking of 2008 Spezza. We aren't getting him.
- Atomic Wedgie

We can only hope that the sports science department evaluated his former diet of smoke brisket and baked beans and made him make a switch to something reasonably healthy, which will in turn improve his game

Are you selling?
- Garnie

Eventually, yup!

new blog everyone

Right behind Ceci?
- Garnie

Ceci is a steaming #2, alright.

Spezza had 8 goals and 19 assists last year, and that's with 2:12/game power play time.

That's not that great.

Looking at 5v5, Spezza had 15 points (76 games played) with 11:02/game.

Gauthier had 14 points (70 games played) with 8:09/game.

Quit thinking of 2008 Spezza. We aren't getting him.
- Atomic Wedgie

(frank)ing finally said it.

That being said, it's entirely possible Spezza is the 4C and Gauthier becomes the 4RW.

Muzzin won't be back next season.
too slow.

Rielly - ??
Dermott - Liljebust
Sandin - ??
- MaximusAurelius

~13 Milly to spend on Dermott + those question marks.

Rielly - 7 Milly
Dermott - 3 Milly
Sandin - Lil.Busty

Is everyone excited for Spezza to kill penalties? Babcock is trying to transform a 55 year old offensive centre into a defence first shutdown guy. Yay!
- aminnes

That "a" way to look at it.

Another way is that he has a 'serviceable' young guy in Gauthier that he doesn't hate and is giving a slew of others like Spezza and Shore a chance to steal the spot.

On the give a poop scale it's really really low priority.

That "a" way to look at it.

Another way is that he has a 'serviceable' young guy in Gauthier that he doesn't hate and is giving a slew of others like Spezza and Shore a chance to steal the spot.

On the give a poop scale it's really really low priority.
- The Law

They traded away almost all their penalty killers and better defensive players. It's a team wide issue.

~13 Milly to spend on Dermott + those question marks.

Rielly - 7 Milly
Dermott - 3 Milly
Sandin - Lil.Busty
- The Law

This is why it's so important the Leafs need Nylander to have a good season and to move him.

Imagine if it looked like this instead...

Rielly / 10 million
Dermott / 7 million
Sandin / Liljegren

That's a significant difference in quality.

Both sound equally awful. Were you in one of the Saw movies?
- Monkeypunk

Ha ha. My family's Scandinavian so cold is in my blood. I'm looking forward to sub zero temps.

I used to do the Polar Bear Dip in Oakville every New Year's Day. In, out, dry off, head to a guy's house who had a hot tub and a pot of chili. I'm the toughest of tough guys, but it was nasty.

I took my dog to Cherry Beach on New Year's Day this year. She was happy for about 30 minutes (she's a Lab, so she can't resist the water). At a certain point she just gave me a look and started walking back to the car. By the time we got there, she had icicles on her fur.
- Atomic Wedgie

You know it's cold when the dog's had enough. Fun trying to get dressed on a beach when your hands don't work anymore.

They traded away almost all their penalty killers and better defensive players. It's a team wide issue.
- aminnes

Wasn't their PK and D kind of bad last year? Maybe there's other guys that can have a go at it, it's not like the Leafs lost Guy Carbonneau and Scott Stevens in the offseason.