ECR2: Florida Panthers (A3) vs Toronto Maple Leafs (A1) - PANTHERS WIN 4-3

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by Ped

The Leafs should have traded Marner before his NTC kicked in. Every year they fail, and everyone says there needs to be change, and then the summer goes on and they start talking about giving it another chance.


Even now, I'm willing to bet there will be more than a few willing to point at the fact they took the defending Cup champs to Game 7 without their starting goalie and argue that they're getting closer.


Rinse and repeat.

Sounds like canada politically

Joking aside the Flames should try and pick off some of their offensive talent. Like a vulture.

[Erick Estrada]

Has any GM wasted more draft picks over the years for depth rentals like Treliving? Wasted some quality draft picks again for two players that barely contributed. You have to go big or save your picks for another day.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

It’s an internet peeve of mine - so many posts saying someone is “the worse”. Right up there with “he was so bias”.

I seen that and was thinking the same thing.

[FlamesNightmare]

Haha, suck it toronto! And justin beiber can touch grass.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Rhett44

You know Berube was probably stunned seeing what was happening. Considering how hard his Blues coach team played when they won the cup.

Matthew's just really isn't a good playoff player. He has all the physical make up to be dominant, but folds under pressure. Tavares is overrated. Nylander has his moments. Marner I think could thrive if he had some help from Matthew's.

Overall, it's pretty grim for the Leafs. They are stuck with Matthew's for the next few years. And he clearly isn't good enough. When they lose Marner they are likely a bubble playoff team.

While we're nitpicking grammar, I'm super curious what you think apostrophes mean.

[BigFlameDog]

Originally Posted by Itse

As Steve Dangle put it, how do soccer players in Europe even get out of the bed in the morning. And in soccer, you don't get to hide behind a helmet or get to sit on the bench to collect yourself if you get booed.

Canadian hockey fans can get intense, but they're extremely well-mannered compared to a LOT of other fan bases around the world.

Haha, except in the '04 playoffs when Fraser was reffing.

[WideReceiver]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

While we're nitpicking grammar, I'm super curious what you think apostrophes mean.

He has no clue.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Thanks, tips. Posts aren’t essays

Both are generally written in English around here.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Both are generally written in English around here.

Wonderful. That’s not the point though

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Has any GM wasted more draft picks over the years for depth rentals like Treliving? Wasted some quality draft picks again for two players that barely contributed. You have to go big or save your picks for another day.

It’s his thing. He is the “who is” jeopardy response to that habit.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Wonderful. That’s not the point though

Well, the point was that “one of the worse” is not a phrase used in English so yes, it was.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

It’s his thing. He is the “who is” jeopardy response to that habit.

They were doing that in Toronto long before he got there. Foligno, McCabe, O'Reilly, Campbell.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Has any GM wasted more draft picks over the years for depth rentals like Treliving? Wasted some quality draft picks again for two players that barely contributed. You have to go big or save your picks for another day.

Some people would have you believe it was all Murray Edwards making Treliving mortgage the future like that, and not Treliving that sold Edwards on a vision that he couldn't bring to fruition. But he is managing the exact same way in Toronto now.

[Weitz]

They wouldn’t trade Knies for Rantanan so I don’t see why they would trade him now. He’s being resigned 100%.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Well, the point was that “one of the worse” is not a phrase used in English so yes, it was.

No it wasn’t

Somebody took exception to the phrase as a grammatically incorrect pet peeve. Much as you can say a player was one of the better players on the ice, you could say they were one of the worse players

The point about posts not being essays was related to the idea that context is often not fully spelled out in a post. In this case, sure, ‘one of the worst’ is more commonly used but ‘one of the worse’ is not entirely wrong

Just strikes me as a weird thing to be bothered by, of all of the opportunities available to the grammar police

Maybe I should of not bothered commenting


Yes that was deliberate

[Shazam]

I blame all grammatical errors on my part to autocorrect which I have not enabled.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

Tavares and Marner are both coming back imo. The leafs have no draft picks, so they need to address their holes via UFA and trades. That means bringing back Marner and Tavares.

Knies is the most likely to be moved for help on the back end.

From what I have heard Marner does not want to come back. Tavares will take a pay cut and they will get Knies signed. There is also a lot of noise that even if Bennett doesn't end up back in Florida which is his first choice that he has no interest in playing in Toronto. I expect the Leafs will sign Knies and Tavares and then make some 1 year value deals. I could see a guy like Mantha ending up there on a 1 year.

[WideReceiver]

It’s maybe an unpopular opinion but I think Toronto fans have to share a big part of the blame for the Leafs’ playoff failures. They put intense pressure on the team, which affects the team’s play. It gets worse with every game 7 loss or first-round exit. It’s different than in other Canadian cities.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Did Knies play yesterday ?

[Coach]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

It’s maybe an unpopular opinion but I think Toronto fans have to share a big part of the blame for the Leafs’ playoff failures. They put intense pressure on the team, which affects the team’s play. It gets worse with every game 7 loss or first-round exit. It’s different than in other Canadian cities.

Actually it's not. We pestered the best players this team has seen in a generation away from our team. Fretting them leaving for home, crying about how they couldn't get it done. Meanwhile Ovechkin spends 15 years without a cup in the same organization until he gets one. If he played in Canada he would have been gone after year 5.

Zero patience or chill. "We need the next Kipper/Iggy/Johnny". Yeah, well it may never happen, and when it does, they won't be this picture perfect thing that delivers you effortless cup after effortless cup. It's hard to win.