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Forum: Armchair-GM19 minutes ago
Thread: get better defensively and in terms of grit without harming the offence
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div><a href="/users/JaredOfLondon" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@JaredOfLondon</a> according to you, the Leafs don't need grit but clearly your brethren don't agree and as you know, I don't agree with you either</div></div>

I think they could more grit and better defensive forwards, but NOT at the expense of the offence of this team. This team is still just as scary offensively, but brings an element that makes them versatile enough to match up well in pretty well any playoff series. Would also take the load off the D quite a bit, which I think has improved with the defensive-defensemen that I brought in - Zadorov, Braun, and Demelo
Forum: Armchair-GM22 minutes ago
Thread: Leafs Fans after losing 1 game
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Boomer125</b></div><div>Ya I watched it, I watched a well disciplined defensive team clog up the Neutral zone and slot 58 mins of the game and a starting goalie (as good as Freddie was last night) let a clean clear shot squeak through (Freddie should of had that) and completely take away all the momentum the Leafs had created in the first shift of the 3rd period - that's what I saw anyway</div></div>

Ok but Freddie let in just one goal. I don't care if he should have had it, his team should have been able to come up with more than 1 goal. With a team as gifted offensively as Toronto, I don't care how disciplined defensively CBJ is, this offence ranked #1 in the league in goals score after Keefe took over. They should be able to do better than ZERO goals and the very few scoring chances that they produced, there's no question about it.
Forum: Armchair-GM58 minutes ago
Thread: Leafs Fans after losing 1 game
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Boomer125</b></div><div>It wasn't brutal, brutal is losing 4-0 and not being in the game, Leafs were in this game the whole way, I'm curious to see if CBJ can keep up the torid pace of fore check and back check without starting to slow and crack - CBJ had an aweful lot of bounces land on thier sticks</div></div>

were you watching the game? It was utterly embarrassing! They weren't bounces, they were stupid puck bobbles by the leafs. The score didn't show just how bad it was. Jackets had like double the scoring chances - there were just a handful of shifts where the leafs actually got something going in the offensive zone.

They have to be much better next game, and actually play the way we all know they are capable of. They didn't show up at all aside from Matthews and Andersen, for the most part anyways.
Forum: Armchair-GMSun at 2:47 pm
Thread: NHL Top 10 D Men With biggest impact on game
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Rob32sjsharks </b></div><div>2017/2020 both these players still make a HUGE impact on the game and their team! Burns is still a top 10 offensive D man even at 35 and Karlssonn when healthy is top 5</div></div>

Both players barely scrape top 20 D, if even. Burns EXCLUSIVELY plays offence. Karlsson is only an impact for like half of the season because he's always hurt, looks so much worse than before, and is not close to top 5 anymore- maybe top 20, but you'd have to really convince me on that. Both have awful contracts that the Sharks won't be able to get out of. Even if both were exposed to Seattle I bet they don't get touched with a ten foot pole

Defensemen I'd rather have, in no order:
Makar
Hughes
Fox
Rielly
Muzzin
Letang
Werenski
Jones
Theodore
Carlson
Hedman
Josi
Ellis
McAvoy
Krug
Dahlin
Ekblad
Weber
Petry
Chabot
Slavin
Hamilton
Provorov
Klingberg
Heiskanen
Pietrangelo
Parayko
Morrissey
Giordano
Theodore
Among others...