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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 21, 2021 at 12:39 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 18, 2021 at 3:17 p.m.
Thread: Why didnt Leafs go 7-3-1
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MatthewsFan</b></div><div>I hear you that top 4 D’s are hard to come by (Holl) but is he really a top 4 Dman? If not paired with Muzzin he is terrible, really bad. I get that the cost to keep the roster in tack was probably going to be higher than Hallander and a 7th, hence why they got McCann, but going 7-3–1 and exposing Holl and Dermott was the right play IMO.</div></div>

My guess was :

in this years 1st Round exit MTL exposed Flaunt No3 if you want to build Stanley Cup winning Roster

Flaunt no1 : inproperly built D for decades - adressed with bringing in Muzzin &amp; Brodie ( with honorable mention of Bogosian ) where at least 2 D-men are able to excel in their own end

Flaunt No2 : no decent Backup - adressed and panned out beyond expectations, mainly cause of the things written above, sadly Andersen went down before he was able to wear himself off during 70 Games which would be No7 Game in 1st Round...but now the problem re-occures with only one above average Backup signed to the Team

Flaunt No3 : presented to you by MTL where their tactics focused on completely shut down first two lines ( same with WPG and VGK ) and exactly there is TBL excelling in last 2 years, having their bottom 6 as best as it can be, and those are bringing victories to home bay when playing against MTL and similar.

TML goes 7-3-1 after fleecing for McCann, leaving to SEA : F are Engvall &amp; we know how Spezza draft would end, D are Holl and Dermott and G would be Hutchinson.

Hopefully Hakstol is blindsided about Holl as much as 98% of TML fan base, him being "TOP 4 D", so they pick him, Dermott fills next to Jake "the workhorse" Muzzin with same effect and for 500k less and also 5 years longer or even Liljegren can finally jump up, cause even Zaitsev looked decent next to Muzzin.

Andersen signed 2 x 3,8M, so he pushes his shares back up, finally playing behind decent D and being back to 2,38 GAA instead 2,8 GAA as he was in those years behind....., well you know behind what
Foligno signed 2 x 2,6M, orelse this years TDLs "all in" was one of the dumbest ive seen in last years where you shed 1st for a 33y old rental, where Hall costed 2nd


2021 / 2022

Mikheyev - Matthews - Marner........it went well till kid cut his wrist
Galchenyuk - Tavares - Nylander......it went well till infamous Overtime pass failure
Kerfoot - McCann - Foligno..............attempt of channeling Barclay - Gourde - Coleman
Simmonds - Semyonov - Spezza.....and Brooks

Rielly - Brodie......................................tho i would "dump" Rielly for Sandin and bring another Muzzin over off-season
Muzzin - Dermott
Sandin - 1,6M left in my simulation

And now Dubarelli went with protecting Holl, i mean really ?

To those who are backing the ED decision as "if we only lose 7th and Hållander, we are ok with Team left intact"....well that "intact Team" just failed in 1st Round....again
Forum: Toronto Maple LeafsMay 23, 2021 at 7:53 a.m.
Thread: What are Matthews and Marner doing?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GenXHockey</b></div><div>I still think marner looks awful. But Matthews has looked great in both games.</div></div>

One thing about Marner...its Play-offs against MTL who are leading League hitters, so you can imagine how they are shutting them down.....half of TML Team is playing like walking on eggs when they are in puck possesion cause they know its coming for them. Marner with his height and weight looks as great as he can in those conditions.

When they are off the puck, i hope every game will look like that Game 2 yesterday, tho some of those hits still looked pansy.

Im yielding here about Matthews in the moment and my eternal criticism of him ( on top of everlasting salary bitterness on my side )..kid finally stopped acting as movie superstar amassing his Points for the Stats pages and he started to throw himself around....Ovechkin analogies and comparisons can finally take place as justified, tho still on diapers level, but if he will keep progressing in mentioned element of game....
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 29, 2020 at 9:06 a.m.
Thread: this might be it
My guess is ( have the simulation but wont publish cause to many of the same "opening lines" ones spammed already ) :

Hyman - Tavares - Marner
Nylander - Matthews - Simmonds......... ( not that Simmonds is top RW but you need a grinder in that line and nothing more )
Kerfoot - Engvall - Mikheyev ...................( by wasting Simmonds on 2nd you got yourself a strong 3rd Line tho Engvall and Kerfoot doesnt make up together for competent 3C )
Barabanov - Thornton - Spezza

Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Dermott.......................................( Lehtonen and Dermott can be swaped )
Lehtonen - Bogosian .................................( and ofc Holl in the mix to fill his 70 Games )

You ppl are constantly neglecting 2021 Expansion Draft. Thats why I believe Engvall will play his 40 Games so he will meet the Expansion Draft conditions to be exposed, same Holl, cause if you check, Kerfoot, Engvall, Malgin and Holl are the only ones to meet the demand out of the obvious Protected Players. So you pump the three to reach the required Games.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 18, 2020 at 1:28 p.m.
Thread: Stack the 1st Line
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafs_and_Sens_Fan</b></div><div>It was no worse than our normal lines... we ran into a hot goalie...</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>leafs101</b></div><div>I mean the line was gross, it just got robbed by Korpisalo. But I'm not sold on Kerfoot/Thornton at 2C</div></div>

Other Teams didnt have tin can as their Goalies either but those others made it all the way, so i take this as bad excuse....

True about 2C, even Nylander didnt look well. 3C will be hard to find, Kerfoot is there by force, we missed on Wallmark for 900k. Im assumig Engvall will play his 30 Games as 3C so he will meet the requirements to be exposed for Expansion Draft which would make more sense cause Kerfoot is LW by default.