Buds Board Keepers League

Bruyns wroteCOLONI remember it being discussed on TSN during the intermission last night too if I recall correclty. Also enjoyed Duthie introducing the panel as "3 prominent hockey analysts" in light of the Gawker article on Ford.

I also can't believe people could think Carlyle was shunned or overlooked or whatever. Therrien in MTL was more deserving and I dislike MTL more than any other team and can admit that. I thought Carlyle did a terrible job of personnel management, Gardiner and Grabovski having a great 1st round further reinforced how badly he mismanaged them and he has driven another quality FW in MacArthur out of town although he isn't that important to the Leafs future.

IMO the Leafs made the playoffs in spite of Carlyle not because of him. They rode a high PDO and remarkable goaltending to the playoffs and were severely outplayed and outshot down the stretch as Randy continued to dress McLaren and Orr nightly while sitting Gardiner and relegating Grabovski to low minutes while inflating Bozak's value by continually playing him with our best wingers.

There's no chemistry there. If anything, there is biology, in the respect that Bozak is in a parasitic relationship with Kessel.

Chuck Norris wroteCOLONYeah you want to talk shunned you should talk about Therrien....worst in the East to 2nd in the East in one season is no mean feat.

Tony wroteCOLON

Chuck Norris wroteCOLONYeah you want to talk shunned you should talk about Therrien....worst in the East to 2nd in the East in one season is no mean feat.

I was absolutely shocked when I didn't see his name ... I thought for sure he would win the damn thing. LAME.

Bruyns wroteCOLONI remember it being discussed on TSN during the intermission last night too if I recall correclty. Also enjoyed Duthie introducing the panel as "3 prominent hockey analysts" in light of the Gawker article on Ford.

I also can't believe people could think Carlyle was shunned or overlooked or whatever. Therrien in MTL was more deserving and I dislike MTL more than any other team and can admit that. I thought Carlyle did a terrible job of personnel management, Gardiner and Grabovski having a great 1st round further reinforced how badly he mismanaged them and he has driven another quality FW in MacArthur out of town although he isn't that important to the Leafs future.

IMO the Leafs made the playoffs in spite of Carlyle not because of him. They rode a high PDO and remarkable goaltending to the playoffs and were severely outplayed and outshot down the stretch as Randy continued to dress McLaren and Orr nightly while sitting Gardiner and relegating Grabovski to low minutes while inflating Bozak's value by continually playing him with our best wingers.

SuperMario wroteCOLONWe can - under almost 95% of circumstances - not let Bozak walk. The only situation in which I say no to him is 5M+ which I don't think he needs. We need to give him 3.5 ish (Kyle Turris is a good comparable here).

1. He is amazing at Faceoffs
2. He is a great equalizer vs teams with great Cs - in that we don't need a huge #1 C with Bozak (I mean we do but we can do damage still. Without Bozak - this becomes a huge challenge)

Now if we land a player like Weiss, the picture changes a little.

In a realistic scenario: We land 1F + 1-2D and that is our off season. Keep this roster in tact.

If that 1F is Clarkson + that 1D can provide us with stability on the backend, we will be ready to go into next season. I doubt we see a lot of turnover this year.

I really hope Bozak signs for 3.5-4.

Nick wroteCOLONClarkson yes. Weiss I want to make sure he's still the same player as he was 3 years ago. Maybe other options/trade out there.

I still want us to signs bought out Lou. Biggest difference between us and a longer run.

MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONBozak is expendable without Weiss...

SuperMario wroteCOLON

MSP4LYFE wroteCOLONBozak is expendable without Weiss...

You're insane.

bills09 wroteCOLONImo bringing back Stalberg to replace Clarke MacArthur wouldnt be bad.