Comedy Platinum out of Toronto - "Canada's Team" quest for the Cup

[Darth Dawkins]

It also blows my mind that Spezza is kind of winding up his career. I feel like it wasn't that long ago that he was in Junior.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

It's still amazing to me that we have JT and Spezza on the Leafs and neither one of them are arguably even our best player. We have at least 4 players in the conversation. Inconceivable...

I mean, Spezza's basically done at this point but, yeah, it's a nice roster right now for the most part.

It's going to be tough until Hyman and Dermott get back though. Fans are going to have to keep their cool if they stumble a bit out of the gate. Freddy might have to play on his head. I have concern about the bottom six and especially the third line so long as they're trying to get Kapanen to play LW in Hyman's stead. Ceci is going to play big minutes. There's a lot of worries here.

But if they can get through that, and Matthews stays healthy, and Marner & JT combine for that same magic...hoo boy.

 

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I like Matthews with the duster.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I like Matthews with the duster.

It's given him a new dimension - cheeky bastard.

 

[BGDave]

It's given him a new dimension - cheeky bastard.

Trolling...its not just for online any more

 

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BizNasty tweeted out the following in response to the above video clip...

That’s Calder Cup champion Scott Sabourin. He was my line mate in the AHL. Someone tell Pablo to show some respect to the depth players.

Pablo has a chance of sticking lol

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

BizNasty tweeted out the following in response to the above video clip...

That’s Calder Cup champion Scott Sabourin. He was my line mate in the AHL. Someone tell Pablo to show some respect to the depth players.

Pablo has a chance of sticking lol

Calling a Mexican guy named Auston "Pablo" should endear "BizNasty" to his adoring fans.

 

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Calling a Mexican guy named Auston "Pablo" should endear "BizNasty" to his adoring fans.

I was thinking Colombia - The Leafs are playing Narco-hockey

 

[Darth Dawkins]

I mean, Spezza's basically done at this point but, yeah, it's a nice roster right now for the most part.

It's going to be tough until Hyman and Dermott get back though. Fans are going to have to keep their cool if they stumble a bit out of the gate. Freddy might have to play on his head. I have concern about the bottom six and especially the third line so long as they're trying to get Kapanen to play LW in Hyman's stead. Ceci is going to play big minutes. There's a lot of worries here.

But if they can get through that, and Matthews stays healthy, and Marner & JT combine for that same magic...hoo boy.

Oh I know, I agree with everything you say. I should have been more clear on my point.

I'm in my early 50's, I have seen a lot of bad Leaf teams, I've also seen some pretty good ones.

I was referring to the dark decade we went through recently just before Sundin was done. The Leafs fans I hang with used to sit around trying to figure out how we might be able to draft both Spezza and JT (and Stamkos of course). I just find it hilarious that we now have both and there are four other guys on the team who might be better. I mean imagine that 8 years ago. Now having said all that, I don't expect this to be a team that makes it past the second round. Hopefully we can win the first round as I think we may have home-ice this year vs Boston.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

So Sandin's gonna break camp with the big club isn't he.

 

[DragonfromTO]

So Sandin's gonna break camp with the big club isn't he.

If they can fit him I might prefer that. If they're going to try to slip depth defensemen through waivers anyway it might be better to try and get away with it now rather than when Dermott returns and teams have had injuries and/or an opportunity to sour on the guys they like right now. And it might be fewer than 10 games.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

If they can fit him I might prefer that. If they're going to try to slip depth defensemen through waivers anyway it might be better to try and get away with it now rather than when Dermott returns and teams have had injuries and/or an opportunity to sour on the guys they like right now. And it might be fewer than 10 games.

I've missed most of the preseason; what are we making of Timoshov?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Infuriating.

 

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Infuriating.

They haven't factored the tax differences into that calculation, have they?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

They haven't factored the tax differences into that calculation, have they?

No but there's no guarantee that Point's next contract is in Florida.

Also no sponsorship money factored in either.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Every RFA deal that gets settled is going to infuriate me so I should probably just get offline for the next two weeks.

I won't, but I should.

 

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No but there's no guarantee that Point's next contract is in Florida.

Also no sponsorship money factored in either.

I say he should return to his hometown with his next contract

 

[DragonfromTO]

I've missed most of the preseason; what are we making of Timoshov?

I think in that particular practice lineup he is just holding a spot for the forward (who is playing tonight) that "wins" it.

But never forget what he did to Elizabeth, we know that Philip never has

 

[BGDave]

According to CapFriendly, the Leafs "Estimated Salary Expenditure" this year is a whopping $113,349,167.

Who needs a cap?

 

[puckhead]

According to CapFriendly, the Leafs "Estimated Salary Expenditure" this year is a whopping $113,349,167.

Who needs a cap?

Shoe gonna drop...