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Post by nfld77 on May 11, 2019 19:56:28 GMT -5
Story time So me and my Wife go to buy her a new car today and I walk into a dealership and look around a bit and we decided what car She liked done deal ..Signing the paperwork one of the salesman walks over and says congratulations. I’m like thanks I’m sure My Wife will love the car and He says no on moving on from Columbus?? He coached Josh Anderson a local Kid from Burlington and was not a fan of the hit by Mac ! At the end of the conversation I said did you see the handshake line that is what Sports is all about ..it’s a very small world I had no clue Anderson was from Burlington.. PS I always were Bruins gear in a hostel environment and don’t really care 👊 I'm here for ya buddy. I wear my bruins gear in southern Ontario too. I know there are a couple from the Oakville area. Maybe Anderson is one of them. ?? I wear my Bruin gear in Hostel places more than anywhere else..Just to rub it in or even when they're playin bad...I always got answers for Leaf and Hab fans..I can stay there all day, they will NEVER win against me.. Some Hab fan asked me awhile back,"How come you cant be reasonable and cheer for a Canadian team"?? My reply was," Who gives Canada more trouble, Boston or Montreal, Mass or Quebec"?? Needless to say he was speechless and walked away without another word..
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Post by KSJ08 on May 11, 2019 20:14:41 GMT -5
Wear Bruins gear always when I travel all over the world but ESPECIALLY here in Flyer country where I live (for now, maybe Bolts area some day) !
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Post by nfld77 on May 11, 2019 20:14:56 GMT -5
Must suck NOT being a fan of a GREAT NHL TEAM Eh!?!? !https://www.bardown.com/a-reason-why-you-should-and-shouldn-t-cheer-for-each-remaining-nhl-team-in-the-playoffs-1.1304192?fbclid=IwAR0Gg1H33vpOOZCHtLQ5bosBUjZ0tUJ4D94rA9vtC7n8rDJhjXSauy8QUpo I wish I didnt read that shit..If I knew it was TSN, I wouldnt have bothered.. Bastards, couple of their quotes were-----Yes, I get it, everyone hates the Bruins {End of quote} Is that why Sportsnet shows at least 50% of Boston Bruin games every regular season? No it's because theres so many fans of the Bruins in every province in Canada. They wont show a team on a constant basis to lose ratings..They know how many Bruin fans are watching.. 4 remaining teams they had reasons for why they should win the cup and why not..The other 3 teams were reasonable answers. Boston was the last one. When it came to Bruins, this is all the pricks said..Why you shouldn’t: They’re the Bruins..Enough said {end of shit} What a poor excuse for a SPORTS Network to be going on with HATE remarks like that..Inside they probably boo the American flag too.. No matter of the other 31 teams, Bruins ALWAYS have plenty of fans when they're on the road. More than most, maybe all..I am so turned by the Canadian media, sick to my stomach, so tired of remarks I wouldnt call childish because even a child wouldnt say it. TSN and Sportsnet advertise HATE, same thing, I see no difference in them than terrorism when it comes to displaying hate..HATE IS HATE PERIOD..
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Post by KSJ08 on May 11, 2019 20:26:03 GMT -5
What they NEVER Mention is the Boston Bruins were the 1st, FIRST American NHL Team!!!!!!!!
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Post by Losing my mind on May 12, 2019 6:45:48 GMT -5
What they NEVER Mention is the Boston Bruins were the 1st, FIRST American NHL Team!!!!!!!! Or the fact that the people of Boston are among the friendliest you will find. My wife and I went there a couple of years ago and everybody talked to us and helped us with directions when we needed it. Even the toll booth attendants were great and cracking jokes about my Ontario plates, but wearing hte Bruins Jersey made it ok!
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Post by offwego on May 12, 2019 9:15:23 GMT -5
What they NEVER Mention is the Boston Bruins were the 1st, FIRST American NHL Team!!!!!!!! Or the fact that the people of Boston are among the friendliest you will find. My wife and I went there a couple of years ago and everybody talked to us and helped us with directions when we needed it. Even the toll booth attendants were great and cracking jokes about my Ontario plates, but wearing hte Bruins Jersey made it ok! I remember being in New Hampshire 2 summers ago. I was in a my mustang and the kid was like wow mom look a mustang (I miss that) but as I got out of the car wearing my bruins shirt he was even more amazed. He thought that was so cool. Kid might have 5 or 6. Then the mother noticed the Ontario plates. So I told her to feel sorry for me cause I was surrounded by leaf and hab fans at home
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Post by SeaBass on May 13, 2019 9:39:40 GMT -5
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Post by SeaBass on May 13, 2019 10:23:12 GMT -5
I need to fly on this just released plane. It's first flight was to Boston. It's second is to Raleigh.
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Post by KSJ08 on May 13, 2019 11:10:43 GMT -5
I need to fly on this just released plane. It's first flight was to Boston. It's second is to Raleigh. Nice Paint Scheme, AirBus A320!
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Post by SeaBass on May 13, 2019 11:59:28 GMT -5
I need to fly on this just released plane. It's first flight was to Boston. It's second is to Raleigh. Nice Paint Scheme, AirBus A320! This was from earlier.
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Post by SeaBass on May 14, 2019 6:37:49 GMT -5
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Post by DonnyBrook on May 14, 2019 6:50:30 GMT -5
sports radio making similarities with the pick ups in 11. hmm..what happened then? pevs and kelly. i have to agree.
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Post by SeaBass on May 14, 2019 7:02:28 GMT -5
Bill Burr is a riot. Would rather have him do the games than Doc.
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Post by SeaBass on May 14, 2019 7:28:22 GMT -5
LeBrun: Salary structure of remaining playoff teams highlights the importance of cap balance
This was not my discovery but rather from a Western Conference executive and it certainly makes you think.
The executive reached out over the weekend and pointed out that not a single player left in the Stanley Cup playoffs makes more than Brent Burns’ $8-million cap hit.
Evander Kane and Marc-Edouard Vlasic are next on San Jose at $7 million each a year. The St. Louis Blues are led cap-wise by Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan O’Reilly each at $7.5 million followed by Alex Pietrangelo at $6.5 million.
In the Eastern Conference final, the executive continued, you’ve got David Krejci at $7.25 million then Tuukka Rask at $7 million (then the very reasonable deals of Patrice Bergeron at $6.875 million, David Pastrnak at $6.66 million and Brad Marchand at $6.125 million).
Carolina, with the smallest payroll in the league, is topped by Jordan Staal at $6 million.
Even going back to the second round, the executive pointed out, the only player on the eight remaining teams with a higher hit than Burns was Dallas captain Jamie Benn at $9.5 million.
The point?
“You need depth to win and can’t allocate too much cap space to any individual players,’’ said the executive.
To which a veteran agent countered to me: “There are also teams who don’t spend any money and also have no depth.’’
True, but the point here is evaluating teams that win.
The funniest thing is that when I pointed out Mitch Marner would likely provide the Maple Leafs with a third player on the roster making double digits next season, the executive hadn’t even thought about Toronto. He was solely looking at the final four and what it means for the rest of the league.
Now, let’s forget Carolina here for a bit because the ‘Canes currently have a low payroll for a reason. Where they go from here will be intriguing now that they’re selling more season ticket packages and also need to pay Sebastian Aho, among others. How owner Tom Dundon decides his massive salary cap space should be used remains to be seen, but the future looks bright in Raleigh.
Let’s focus on the other three teams; all perennial playoff contenders who spend to the cap or close to it. Part of what Boston, San Jose and St. Louis have benefitted from in locking up their core players to reasonable deals is not only sound management but the timing of some of those deals as far as it reflected the market place.
If Marchand was up this summer, he’d be looking at least at $10 million if not more. Instead, he signed back in September 2016, a year before his UFA status, but also before he took that next step in his offensive production. He had 61 points in 2015-16 before signing that eight-year, $49-million extension. Since signing that deal, he’s put up 85-, 85- and 100-point seasons.
What if Burns had signed a week after Drew Doughty agreed to his eight-year extension that carries an AAV of $11 million? Instead, Burns signed his eight-year, $64-million contract in November 2016. Not that anybody on either side is complaining. But after Doughty signed last summer, the Sharks must be pretty pleased that they were able to get a deal done with Burns a year and a half ahead of the Doughty deal.
What if Tarasenko was part of this summer’s young group of RFAs’ coming out of his entry-level deal with the market place clearly shifting to bigger salaries? Back in July 2015, when Tarasenko was coming out of his entry-level deal, he signed a pretty big deal at $60 million over eight years. Tarasenko has since averaged 70 points a season over those four years, which I would argue is just about right for $7.5 million. And Pietrangelo has delivered the goods on that seven-year, $45.5-million deal he signed back in September 2013. He’s been a top-10 blueliner throughout, sometimes top-5, and at a reasonable cap hit.
And so not only did the Bruins, Blues and Sharks do a bang-up job of evaluating the market place and the value of their core players in locking them up, but they also benefitted to some degree that the big shift in salaries hadn’t happened yet.
“The market hadn’t popped yet,’’ one agent said on Monday.
None of which will be much help now to the likes of Toronto, Winnipeg and Tampa Bay in particular, but really any team with a core player in need of a new deal this summer.
If William Nylander is worth $6.9 million in the RFA deal he finally negotiated this past season, and I actually think he will live up to that contract, where does that put RFA forwards such as Marner, Point, Aho, Mikko Rantanen, Matthew Tkachuk, Timo Meier, Kyle Connor, Brock Boeser, Patrik Laine or any other young stars that are coming out of an entry-level contract?
The Marner camp isn’t looking as much at the Nylander bar, of course, as it is towards the cap bar set by Auston Matthews ($11.634 million) and John Tavares ($11 million).
Marner’s agent Darren Ferris has kept a low profile of late but my understanding is that the Leafs and Ferris have touched based a couple of times since Toronto’s season ended but the discussions are only at the preliminary stage. My sense is that the focus so far has been more about term conceptually and not hard dollars, yet. Which makes sense. I think both sides need to figure out what length of deal they can both live with before making the more difficult step of attaching an AAV to that.
On five years, for example, I would have to guess the Leafs would love to get Marner at $9.5 million but I can’t imagine the Marner camp accepting less than $11 million at this point. One side will have to give more than they take.
To me, it comes down to how much Marner wants to push here. No question if he wants to go all the way on this there may be a team or two willing to go the offer sheet route. But that could be a point of no return for a player who grew up in the Toronto area as a Leafs fan and has a chance to be a Leafs player for life. Of course, it’s his camp’s job to push the Leafs as far as possible to get him the best possible contract, but at some point, the player himself is going to have to make the final call.
It reminds me a bit of when Steven Stamkos when through the process of talking to other teams as a pending UFA but ultimately left millions on the table to stay put in Tampa. Because it’s what he ultimately felt in his heart once confronted in the 11th hour. It’s that moment that I’m waiting to see what Marner himself will do, either way. I would respect whatever course of action he chooses, I’m just looking forward to that moment when you can tell he’s taking charge.
In any case, as I’ve tweeted before, I can’t imagine the Leafs will want to allow this to drag on past the June 21-22 draft in Vancouver. I believe GM Kyle Dubas has to make his best possible offer to Marner by the draft, if not a week before, and then make a huge decision if it’s rejected. I just don’t see the upside of allowing the situation to get to July 1 and offer sheet territory, even if the draft pick compensation would be huge. You want to stay in control of it if you’re Toronto.
Meanwhile, the Lightning have established a certain culture already which has been helped by their friendly state income tax situation. But it’s also about players wanting to stay together and win a championship there one day. They may be hungrier than ever after the jolting first-round sweep at the hands of Columbus.
Having this season’s likely Hart Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov at $9.5 million starting next season is a win for the team, just as it has been having their captain, Stamkos, at $8.5 million and last year’s Norris Trophy winner Victor Hedman at $7.875 million.
Now they hope to continue that trend with 23-year-old RFA centre Brayden Point, who is coming off his entry-level deal.
There has been some communication between Point’s agent Gerry Johansson and Bolts GM Julien BriseBois since the season ended but it feels preliminary at this point. For whatever reason I have always felt like this negotiation will feature less drama than elsewhere. Whether or not that’s accurate, only time will tell.
Winnipeg (Connor, Laine) and Colorado (Rantanen) have a similar script they can lay out. The Avs no doubt will point to Nathan MacKinnon’s $6.3-million (NHL-best bargain) cap hit as some kind of measure to try and limit Rantanen’s massive raise from his entry-level deal. The Jets have Mark Scheifele under contract for another five years at $6.125 million, another great bargain but very much a fair deal for both sides when the extension was signed. In order to mitigate the damage to their cap, Winnipeg must use the Scheifele deal in negotiations with Connor and Laine, arguing the important aspect of team-building.
The response no doubt from all the agents for these high-end RFA’s across the league is sorry, the market place is shifting. And frankly, they’re right.
What’s fascinating is that veteran agent Mike Liut will be in the middle of it all with Colorado and Winnipeg, representing both Rantanen and Laine. On Laine, I would think a bridge deal makes more sense because he’s better than what he put up this past season where perhaps with Rantanen, I would argue you use his sensational year to see what it’s worth long-term.
Liut, when reached Monday, politely declined comment. But we can use his past history to predict where this is all headed. He negotiated Tarasenko’s deal when at the time that contract represented a new direction for players coming out of entry-level deals. He also did Leon Draisaitl’s deal two years ago, eight years at $8.5-million per, which for a while teams pointed to as the bastard contract ruining the market. But now it’s plain to see the player is easily worth it.
However, both of those contracts shifted the market place and now the same agent is representing two of the big names that need to be signed this summer.
What’s intriguing in all of this is whether everyone involved with all these high-profile RFA’s wants to wait for someone else to go first? Is there a benefit in going first or last?
It’s not like there aren’t comparables out there. The Leafs have provided the freshest ones at both ends with Nylander and Matthews. Those high-profile RFAs cited will fit somewhere in-between those two goal posts. The Jack Eichel deal ($10 million times eight years) is also important in all this as it gets mentioned all the time by both agents and teams.
Who blinks first?
The NHL offseason is about to get mighty interesting over the next four to eight weeks, probably starting when all these agents and GMs are in Buffalo for the draft combine during the last week of May.
And no doubt every GM involved in these high-profile negotiations will look to the eventual Stanley Cup champion in June and point to that payroll structure as a blueprint for moving forward.
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Post by Losing my mind on May 14, 2019 8:51:37 GMT -5
Our run in 2011 and now show that the top line doesn't win the cup. In 2011 we had the best 4th line in hockey and it paid dividends. Now we have at least 3 lines that can produce every night. Our 3rd line is scary right now and the proof is on the score sheet.
I state that to make the point, having all of your money tied up in 3-4 great players isn't going to work. The other team can usually shut down 1 good line. Look at us as an example. When we only have the perfection line, other teams have successfully shut us down. When we get other lines going, the perfection line also gets more space and becomes unstoppable.
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Post by DonnyBrook on May 14, 2019 9:04:17 GMT -5
Our run in 2011 and now show that the top line doesn't win the cup. In 2011 we had the best 4th line in hockey and it paid dividends. Now we have at least 3 lines that can produce every night. Our 3rd line is scary right now and the proof is on the score sheet. I state that to make the point, having all of your money tied up in 3-4 great players isn't going to work. The other team can usually shut down 1 good line. Look at us as an example. When we only have the perfection line, other teams have successfully shut us down. When we get other lines going, the perfection line also gets more space and becomes unstoppable. it also helps that DK that we know and love has returned.
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Post by crafar01 on May 14, 2019 9:05:16 GMT -5
Our run in 2011 and now show that the top line doesn't win the cup. In 2011 we had the best 4th line in hockey and it paid dividends. Now we have at least 3 lines that can produce every night. Our 3rd line is scary right now and the proof is on the score sheet. I state that to make the point, having all of your money tied up in 3-4 great players isn't going to work. The other team can usually shut down 1 good line. Look at us as an example. When we only have the perfection line, other teams have successfully shut us down. When we get other lines going, the perfection line also gets more space and becomes unstoppable. I remember a reporter asking Sinden about contract amounts way back when. And I can't recall who it was in direct reference to, could have been during the soured Juneau negotiations, but I think was another player who had signed one of the biggest contracts ever at that time, $4 million per maybe. His response went something like, 'I'd rather have 2 good players at $2 million than 1 great one at $4 million.' This was, of course, pre salary cap, but rings truer than ever this day in age. CHI currently knows why this is and TOR will as well, in the very near future. And TOR probably more so than CHI as they are potentially going to have three $11 million plus players on their roster with Marner being a RFA this summer. As much as I like Tavares and as good as he is, he may end up costing them a good chunk of youthful talent long term.
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Post by DonnyBrook on May 14, 2019 9:34:52 GMT -5
Our run in 2011 and now show that the top line doesn't win the cup. In 2011 we had the best 4th line in hockey and it paid dividends. Now we have at least 3 lines that can produce every night. Our 3rd line is scary right now and the proof is on the score sheet. I state that to make the point, having all of your money tied up in 3-4 great players isn't going to work. The other team can usually shut down 1 good line. Look at us as an example. When we only have the perfection line, other teams have successfully shut us down. When we get other lines going, the perfection line also gets more space and becomes unstoppable. I remember a reporter asking Sinden about contract amounts way back when. And I can't recall who it was in direct reference to, could have been during the soured Juneau negotiations, but I think was another player who had signed one of the biggest contracts ever at that time, $4 million per maybe. His response went something like, 'I'd rather have 2 good players at $2 million than 1 great one at $4 million.' This was, of course, pre salary cap, but rings truer than ever this day in age. CHI currently knows why this is and TOR will as well, in the very near future. And TOR probably more so than CHI as they are potentially going to have three $11 million plus players on their roster with Marner being a RFA this summer. As much as I like Tavares and as good as he is, he may end up costing them a good chunk of youthful talent long term. could also ask pete chiarelli about that topic as well.
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Post by orym on May 14, 2019 10:44:33 GMT -5
Bill Burr is a riot. Would rather have him do the games than Doc. That was hilarious! That was my exact reaction when Pasta pissed away that chance with about 4 minutes left. I like the "he was imitating Kreggi there" haha! Thanks for posting that!
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Post by crafar01 on May 14, 2019 10:45:32 GMT -5
I remember a reporter asking Sinden about contract amounts way back when. And I can't recall who it was in direct reference to, could have been during the soured Juneau negotiations, but I think was another player who had signed one of the biggest contracts ever at that time, $4 million per maybe. His response went something like, 'I'd rather have 2 good players at $2 million than 1 great one at $4 million.' This was, of course, pre salary cap, but rings truer than ever this day in age. CHI currently knows why this is and TOR will as well, in the very near future. And TOR probably more so than CHI as they are potentially going to have three $11 million plus players on their roster with Marner being a RFA this summer. As much as I like Tavares and as good as he is, he may end up costing them a good chunk of youthful talent long term. could also ask pete chiarelli about that topic as well. Ayup, I concur.
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Post by nfld77 on May 14, 2019 11:22:02 GMT -5
Our run in 2011 and now show that the top line doesn't win the cup. In 2011 we had the best 4th line in hockey and it paid dividends. Now we have at least 3 lines that can produce every night. Our 3rd line is scary right now and the proof is on the score sheet. I state that to make the point, having all of your money tied up in 3-4 great players isn't going to work. The other team can usually shut down 1 good line. Look at us as an example. When we only have the perfection line, other teams have successfully shut us down. When we get other lines going, the perfection line also gets more space and becomes unstoppable. I remember a reporter asking Sinden about contract amounts way back when. And I can't recall who it was in direct reference to, could have been during the soured Juneau negotiations, but I think was another player who had signed one of the biggest contracts ever at that time, $4 million per maybe. His response went something like, 'I'd rather have 2 good players at $2 million than 1 great one at $4 million.' This was, of course, pre salary cap, but rings truer than ever this day in age. CHI currently knows why this is and TOR will as well, in the very near future. And TOR probably more so than CHI as they are potentially going to have three $11 million plus players on their roster with Marner being a RFA this summer. As much as I like Tavares and as good as he is, he may end up costing them a good chunk of youthful talent long term. Crafar, I have mentioned on several occasion and it different places that the Tavares signing was a huge mistake and the Leafs will eventually pay dearly for it. Were they too stupid to see what happened to Chicago when they had to pay 2 players over 10 million. Like you mentioned, Leafs will have 3 plus other high end contracts like Nylander, Marleau ,Rielly etc... To think Matthews, Tavares and eventually Marners contracts will add up to around 33 Million, While Bergeron, Marchand and Pastrnak contracts add up to less than 20 million just blows my mind. There's no way those 3 in Toronto will EVER be worth 13-14 Million more than Bruins 3...HOW can a single fan argue about what Bruins management have done or are doing..
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Post by DonnyBrook on May 14, 2019 11:45:25 GMT -5
Bill Burr is a riot. Would rather have him do the games than Doc. That was hilarious! That was my exact reaction when Pasta pissed away that chance with about 4 minutes left. I like the "he was imitating Kreggi there" haha! Thanks for posting that! LOL..."look at this asshole, standing up..get the fuck out of the way" my exact words yelling at my TV during that game.
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Post by orym on May 14, 2019 11:51:12 GMT -5
That was hilarious! That was my exact reaction when Pasta pissed away that chance with about 4 minutes left. I like the "he was imitating Kreggi there" haha! Thanks for posting that! LOL..."look at this asshole, standing up..get the fuck out of the way" my exact words yelling at my TV during that game. Haha! Yeah that was another one I had the same reaction too. Burr was just telling it like it is! Super funny!
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Post by crafar01 on May 14, 2019 13:16:23 GMT -5
I remember a reporter asking Sinden about contract amounts way back when. And I can't recall who it was in direct reference to, could have been during the soured Juneau negotiations, but I think was another player who had signed one of the biggest contracts ever at that time, $4 million per maybe. His response went something like, 'I'd rather have 2 good players at $2 million than 1 great one at $4 million.' This was, of course, pre salary cap, but rings truer than ever this day in age. CHI currently knows why this is and TOR will as well, in the very near future. And TOR probably more so than CHI as they are potentially going to have three $11 million plus players on their roster with Marner being a RFA this summer. As much as I like Tavares and as good as he is, he may end up costing them a good chunk of youthful talent long term. Crafar, I have mentioned on several occasion and it different places that the Tavares signing was a huge mistake and the Leafs will eventually pay dearly for it. Were they too stupid to see what happened to Chicago when they had to pay 2 players over 10 million. Like you mentioned, Leafs will have 3 plus other high end contracts like Nylander, Marleau ,Rielly etc... To think Matthews, Tavares and eventually Marners contracts will add up to around 33 Million, While Bergeron, Marchand and Pastrnak contracts add up to less than 20 million just blows my mind. There's no way those 3 in Toronto will EVER be worth 13-14 Million more than Bruins 3...HOW can a single fan argue about what Bruins management have done or are doing.. The only thing I can think of that rationalizes the decision to sign him is that they were all in and figured they had the horses to win now. And up front, I would agree, but championships are almost always won with goal tending and defense, both of which TOR is probably average at best.
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Post by orym on May 14, 2019 14:11:39 GMT -5
Crafar, I have mentioned on several occasion and it different places that the Tavares signing was a huge mistake and the Leafs will eventually pay dearly for it. Were they too stupid to see what happened to Chicago when they had to pay 2 players over 10 million. Like you mentioned, Leafs will have 3 plus other high end contracts like Nylander, Marleau ,Rielly etc... To think Matthews, Tavares and eventually Marners contracts will add up to around 33 Million, While Bergeron, Marchand and Pastrnak contracts add up to less than 20 million just blows my mind. There's no way those 3 in Toronto will EVER be worth 13-14 Million more than Bruins 3...HOW can a single fan argue about what Bruins management have done or are doing.. The only thing I can think of that rationalizes the decision to sign him is that they were all in and figured they had the horses to win now. And up front, I would agree, but championships are almost always won with goal tending and defense, both of which TOR is probably average at best. Andersen is a pretty good goaltender but I think that is two years now where they ran him into the ground because they don't have a suitable backup. Even if they got by us, I don't think they can put that many miles on him and expect him to take them all the way. They need a backup goalie (Halak type guy) that can chew up near half the games in the regular season. The defense is a disaster there. I hope they never fix it!
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Post by SeaBass on May 14, 2019 15:24:53 GMT -5
The only thing I can think of that rationalizes the decision to sign him is that they were all in and figured they had the horses to win now. And up front, I would agree, but championships are almost always won with goal tending and defense, both of which TOR is probably average at best. Andersen is a pretty good goaltender but I think that is two years now where they ran him into the ground because they don't have a suitable backup. Even if they got by us, I don't think they can put that many miles on him and expect him to take them all the way. They need a backup goalie (Halak type guy) that can chew up near half the games in the regular season. The defense is a disaster there. I hope they never fix it! I hope they fix it....by getting rid of all of their forwards!
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Post by kjc2 on May 14, 2019 15:38:58 GMT -5
The only thing I can think of that rationalizes the decision to sign him is that they were all in and figured they had the horses to win now. And up front, I would agree, but championships are almost always won with goal tending and defense, both of which TOR is probably average at best. Andersen is a pretty good goaltender but I think that is two years now where they ran him into the ground because they don't have a suitable backup. Even if they got by us, I don't think they can put that many miles on him and expect him to take them all the way. They need a backup goalie (Halak type guy) that can chew up near half the games in the regular season. The defense is a disaster there. I hope they never fix it! I think some of their problem is Dubas and Babcock are not on the same page. They have two different ideas on the type of team they want. Dubas thinks he can fill all four lines with speed and skill while Babcock would be happy with four lines of checkers. No doubt I'm exaggerating but you guys know what I mean. Babcock falls in love with his Zach Hyman's, he's rigid with his lines and he does very little in game adjustments. I honestly think he got out coached the past couple of years by Butch. Babcock got one more season to get it done IMO and then he gets the axe. Dubas will promote his boy Sheldon Keefe next. Also as you guys have said their D is a mess.
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Post by DonnyBrook on May 15, 2019 9:22:31 GMT -5
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Post by offwego on May 15, 2019 11:19:45 GMT -5
Hockey central giving Bruins some love today. Old keprosos must have vomit in his throat.... Lmfao
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Post by orym on May 15, 2019 11:43:36 GMT -5
Hockey central giving Bruins some love today. Old keprosos must have vomit in his throat.... Lmfao Funny how he wasn't saying the refs should "check the monitors in the intermission" and assign Williams a penalty for smacking Marchand off the draw. He only reserves comments like that for Chara when he gives guys like Tavares a shot after the whistle!
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