It's a trade that was done to repair a big error made 16months before.
Can't believe you actually give credit to Dubas to wait so long to do something about the backup goalie issue.
(instead of keeping McSavey - Leafs had to give up a load of assets as well to eventually get a guy that is similar to the goalie they already had, but was considered 'too old').
- MaximusAurelius

Hindsight is this year, but Sparks deserved the chance.. It failed, and we paid for it, but he deserved the chance..

this was pretty much me against my 4yo nephew playing mini sticks in the basement.
just dominated him, complete ass whopping.

i feel like he learned a valuable lesson that day

https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1226899926472437760
- senstroll

Take the f'n body!

No.
She wasnt overweight.
She was wearing too much makeup, doesn't seem to be in this recent vid.

She seemed to have aged without foolishly using botox or surgery.

Nice to see
Plus woman get sexier with age.
- Fakepartofme

Helen Hunt looks like an alien.

Hindsight is this year, but Sparks deserved the chance.. It failed, and we paid for it, but he deserved the chance..
- PatC80

dubas needs to adjust his spreadsheets when it comes to goalies.

sparks struggled tracking the puck. it was painfully obvious to this guy over here who knows next to nothing about being a goaler.

hutch had several shortcomings as a goalie that made it clear he is not nhl quality.

It's a trade that was done to repair a big error made 16months before.
Can't believe you actually give credit to Dubas to wait so long to do something about the backup goalie issue.
(instead of keeping McSavey - Leafs had to give up a load of assets as well to eventually get a guy that is similar to the goalie they already had, but was considered 'too old').
- MaximusAurelius

oy-vey
Ah come on man

Sparks just won the AHL goalie of the year award and was fresh off an AHL title win.

He was due and was younger than McBackup

Sparks failed miserably at the back up roll and could not hang on to it.

Doing my CPR and first aid retraining. Some douchebag in back of the room feels he needs to demonstrate his superior knowledge by loudly agreeing with everything instructor says and interjecting his own facts. I’m about to drill him in his (frank)ing head so hard he goes into cardiac arrest and needs CPR and first aid.
- Atomic Wedgie

He brought his franking laptop.

No.
She wasnt overweight.
She was wearing too much makeup, doesn't seem to be in this recent vid.

She seemed to have aged without foolishly using botox or surgery.

Nice to see
Plus woman get sexier with age.
- Fakepartofme

He brought his franking laptop.
- Atomic Wedgie

It's worse when a Director is in a meeting, constantly feels the need to interject when she knows absolutely zero about the subject... and then is promoted to VP a couple months later.

I can't wait to retire Wedgie.

Doing my CPR and first aid retraining. Some douchebag in back of the room feels he needs to demonstrate his superior knowledge by loudly agreeing with everything instructor says and interjecting his own facts. I’m about to drill him in his (frank)ing head so hard he goes into cardiac arrest and needs CPR and first aid.
- Atomic Wedgie

Or

Kap,Barrie,Bracco

For

Parayko

If STL wants to sign Petro they probably look to trade a D and their RS is loaded with 3 top 4 D.

They can shelter Barrie is D situations given their RS is the best in the league.

Helen Hunt looks like an alien.
- Atomic Wedgie

Got too skinny, the hairline receded.
It happens. Shouldnt have gotten so skinny.
Loved her in the late mad about you and twister years.
Loved her.

Or

Kap,Barrie,Bracco

For

Parayko

If STL wants to sign Petro they probably look to trade a D and their RS is loaded with 3 top 4 D.

They can shelter Barrie is D situations given their RS is the best in the league.
- Santo_44

Bracco, they new 3rd toss in.
Stl will be going for a cup run again this year, or at least trying to.
I doubt their gonna trade a great dman for kap, and a soft dman in barrie.
I mean, great if they did.

Dermott here is a head scratcher. i cant see how he is overall #2 on the leafs in overall contributions.

then i look at Ceci and it does make sense.

Also, spezza ...what a nice little add
Mickey is missed, he was a good positive driver...I was wrong early on about him

Bracco, they new 3rd toss in.
Stl will be going for a cup run again this year, or at least trying to.
I doubt their gonna trade a great dman for kap, and a soft dman in barrie.
- Fakepartofme

Usually what happens to expendable players who have value.

And yeah you didn’t listen to a thing I said. They can afford to have a guy like Barrie because they can limit his defensive situation mins and reap the huge upside he provides offensively.

With question marks around Tarasenko they have been on the lookout for a forward.

Kap gives them a long term option that also fixes a short term need. And is much cheaper so they can afford a Petro re signing.

Helen Hunt looks like an alien.
- Atomic Wedgie

I recorded the new mad about you for my wife but she didn’t get past the first 5 minutes. She couldn’t stand looking at hunt.

This is unbelievable.


- Aetherial

Looks 30 at age 60. Fml what a babe

Dermott here is a head scratcher. i cant see how he is overall #2 on the leafs in overall contributions.

then i look at Ceci and it does make sense.

Also, spezza ...what a nice little add
Mickey is missed, he was a good positive driver...I was wrong early on about him


- senstroll

dermott's positives fly under the radar. makes a lot good plays to start the play going forward; you have to focus on him to see it.

e.g., guess who started the tic-tac-toe goal in dallas that matthews and marner made ridiculous passes on?

Have we blown (4) 3rd period leads in a row?
I think we've blown (4) 3rd period leads in a row

Or

Kap,Barrie,Bracco

For

Parayko

If STL wants to sign Petro they probably look to trade a D and their RS is loaded with 3 top 4 D.

They can shelter Barrie is D situations given their RS is the best in the league.
- Santo_44

Dermott+Kapanen for Parayko

Dermott+Kapanen for Parayko
- Steven_Seagull

Would also explore using Kap/Dermott package for Severson/Zacha

I could see them re-signing Clifford, if they qualify for the playoffs. I don't think Clifford was a 'throw-in' he brings something we don't have..

I'd guess a 2 yr deal for $3.5M
- PatC80

Boy, I hope not. I like the early returns on him and the physical play (which we otherwise lack), but that puts him near the top end of what are you doing here (?) Money. Forwards who make between 1-2 million should be avoided. They make less than a useful producer, and 2-3x league minimum. I'd rather take two guys who are physical for 800k apiece.

Why are people shocked that Kovalchuk is good? He left for 6 seasons and is still 4th in goals among active players. He's not some scrub...he's Ilya Kovalchuk. Did these people just start watching hockey?

Dermott here is a head scratcher. i cant see how he is overall #2 on the leafs in overall contributions.

then i look at Ceci and it does make sense.

Also, spezza ...what a nice little add
Mickey is missed, he was a good positive driver...I was wrong early on about him


- senstroll

also - i feel like a lot of these GAR or total value measures understate star player impacts. partially because these guys consistently out-perform expected goals.

Matthews is carrying the team on his back this year.

68 points, 40 goals.

on ice:

- pp, 29 goals, 4 against. +25
- es: 64 goals for, 47 against. +17

on the ice for 42 more goals for than against between pp and es time.

next best is marner at +25.

Doing my CPR and first aid retraining. Some douchebag in back of the room feels he needs to demonstrate his superior knowledge by loudly agreeing with everything instructor says and interjecting his own facts. I’m about to drill him in his (frank)ing head so hard he goes into cardiac arrest and needs CPR and first aid.
- Atomic Wedgie

Get someone to video it. It could be right up there with Angelo Mosca vs. Joe Kapp.

Have we blown (4) 3rd period leads in a row?
I think we've blown (4) 3rd period leads in a row
- BestRapperAlive

It sucks I know. Hopefully Leafs figure out how to shoot the (frank)en puck again. Hate to pick on Marner - he's been so effective on the PK, but if he would rather eat poison than shoot the (frank)en puck at the net, maybe time to give some else a shot at the power play that is willing to shoot. I counted five clean looks (in the Habs game) in the slot by Marner, where he chose to pass it either into the corner or to the side of the net when he had a clean look at a shot from the slot.