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LeafsFanForSomeReason

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Forum: NHLMon at 7:11 am
Thread: 2021/22 NHL Season Discussion thread #2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mondo</b></div><div>Entirely disagree with this. Absolutely no one on this website would be able to be an NHL GM. Posting on a forum doesn't convey the interpersonal skills you need in order to complete two of the three major aspects of the position (signings, trades). I think people forget you're not going to be discussing with a bunch of fans, you're talking with other people who have their own goals. Most of the people on this website can barely manage their emotions during an argument so I doubt they'll be successful when it comes to a hockey franchise..</div></div>

I think you misunderstood what I was getting at. I didn't say that anyone could walk into a GM job and turn a franchise around lol. I know I certainly can't. Like you said, interpersonal skills would be a huge issue for me, among many, many other things. But let's be real, if you were to just do a yes or no vote to transactions

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among what would be considered the most knowledgeable section of non-affiliated hockey followers, there would 100% be times where the poll result would be the better decision than what the GM was going to do. That's all I'm saying.
Forum: Armchair-GMSun at 3:29 pm
Thread: leafs line I wanna see
Yep. I'll just regurgitate what I said in an earlier post that had very similar forward lines.

"I think this is the best option right now. I don't want to pile on the guy, and nothing that has gone wrong this season is his fault, but Ritchie is just not a piece that fits this puzzle. He doesn't fit the mold of a complimentary player that you want in the top 6 on this team, his defensive prowess and ability to breakout and get the puck moving up the ice isn't strong enough for that 3rd line, and there just isn't room on this team for a $2.5m 4th liner.

I know they want that 3rd line to look like Kerfoot-Kampf-Kase, but right now the top priority needs to be getting the top 6 clicking, and moving Kerfoot up is the best chance to do that at the moment. He's had chemistry with JT and Willy before, so even if you don't switch Nylander and Marner, there might be enough of a different feel to get it going.

At the end of the day, if you want this team to be able to play to it's potential, I think you have to move Ritchie."
Forum: Armchair-GMSun at 10:29 am
Thread: Line Change
I think this is the best option right now. I don't want to pile on the guy, and nothing that has gone wrong this season is his <em>fault</em>, but Ritchie is just not a piece that fits this puzzle. He doesn't fit the mold of a complimentary player that you want in the top 6 on this team, his defensive prowess and ability to breakout and get the puck moving up the ice isn't strong enough for that 3rd line, and there just isn't room on this team for a $2.5m 4th liner.

I know they want that 3rd line to look like Kerfoot-Kampf-Kase, but right now the top priority needs to be getting the top 6 clicking, and moving Kerfoot up is the best chance to do that at the moment. He's had chemistry with JT and Willy before, so even if you don't switch Nylander and Marner, there might be enough of a different feel to get it going.

At the end of the day, if you want this team to be able to play to it's potential, I think you have to move Ritchie.