Open Thread - Vacation Announcement
by PPP
on Jun 20, 2008 11:52 AM EDT
The life of a Leaf fan is not always gloom and doom. Granted, it's mostly gloom and doom. This evening's entry draft could provide an instance of when the sun can shine on the visage of long-suffering followers of the blue and white. For me, the next three weeks will be filled (hopefully) with sun, sand, adult beverages, and scantily clad women as I depart on a trip through the Mediterranean Sea which apparently has a lot of other names according to that map.
Never fear though, the site will be in good hands. Chemmy, Greener, and MF37 will be splitting the editing duties. I hear that Chemmy has an epic introductory post and he has already outlined his platform. The beauty of the new platform is that while this murderer's row of guest bloggers will keep things ticking over with their unique approaches to suffering the rest of you have ample opportunity to keep the site up to date. FanShots are a great place to post breaking news, favourite videos, interesting links, or hilarious images. FanPosts are there for longer items. For example, a re-writing of a popular movie's theme song or for posting your thoughts on the Leafs' draft picks/trades. I'll probably drop in one in a while just to make sure that Chemmy hasn't moved the site to DarcyTuckerIsGod.com but you guys basically have the run of the place anyway.
Back to the draft, Wyshynski! has a round up of mock drafts and here are the results for the Leafs' 7th pick:
| My NHL Draft | Mikkel Boedker |
| Draft Nation | Cory Hodgson |
| The Hockey News | Cory Hodgson |
| The Milford Daily News | Alex Pietrangelo |
| The National Post | Nikita Filatov |
| TSN | Mikkel Boedker |
| Illegal Curve | Luke Schenn |
| NHL Draft Site | Kyle Beach |
| Sportsnet | Mikkel Boedker |
Update: JP passed along this aggregator of mock drafts. Wow.
So, consider this my last post (time permitting) before my vacation so sit back, enjoy the day, use this as an open thread to post news, and try not to think too hard about the beautiful European women (NSFW) that I'll be meeting.
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Have a great trip!
Feeling a few deadly sins here: Envy: a Mediterranean vacation; Lust: beautiful European women; Sloth: you should see the way I’m dressed. same as yesterday, if yesterday was Monday; but also Pride: having made your acquaintance. Cheers to when you come back!
by general borschevsky on Jun 20, 2008 12:34 PM EDT 0 recs
also...
... gluttony, greed, wrath. I expect to see these at the draft. (There that’s all of them)
by general borschevsky on
Jun 20, 2008 12:36 PM EDT
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Seven Deadly Sins
I’ll probably hit all of them except wrath (unless Italy wins Euro).
Thanks for the good wishes.
It’ll be weird not writing for three weeks!
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 12:49 PM EDT
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I think it’ll be weird writing for a few weeks.
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by Chemmy on
Jun 20, 2008 1:34 PM EDT
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Not hockey related but...
I was going to write a post about how Jays fans should never bad mouth the Leafs again and this is just a cherry on top of the “HA-HA” sundae.
by PPP on Jun 20, 2008 1:30 PM EDT 0 recs
HOLY SHIT
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT
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by eyebleaf on
Jun 20, 2008 1:37 PM EDT
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are you being sarcastic?
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by eyebleaf on
Jun 20, 2008 1:48 PM EDT
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No
I am actually incredibly shocked. Forget bringing back Cito (crazy enough on its own) but JP actually fired his best buddy after repeatedly saying he’d never do it.
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Jun 20, 2008 1:52 PM EDT
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this is nuts, man. i made a bet with my brother that if the jays were swept by milwaukee, the axe would fall on Gibby…turns out i was right, but wow, never did i imagine that Cito would be coming back to take over. i’ve always loved gaston and he’s finally getting another shot. but to fire almost the entire staff is unprecedented…unreal…
must have been a real tough call for JP…considering, like u said, his relationship with Gibby, and how popular Whitt is in this city…
what a day.
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by eyebleaf on
Jun 20, 2008 1:55 PM EDT
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Huge Day
It’s a massive day for sports fans in Toronto now.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 2:03 PM EDT
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bringin' Cito back
Funny thing is I had that idea, but I don’t write about baseball. Instead I write about bringin’ back Todd Gill and Pat Burns and making Sundin the GM, but it’s basically the same idea. Finally there’s a compelling reason to cheer. Good luck, Cito.
by general borschevsky on
Jun 20, 2008 2:12 PM EDT
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cox
is going to have a field day on this one…the leafs aren’t the only ones who reach back into their past…
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by eyebleaf on
Jun 20, 2008 1:41 PM EDT
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My bet is that his take will be ridiculously hypocritical. (ie great move)
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 1:52 PM EDT
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I though it was The Onion
No kidding, that’s what I thought! Goes along the lines of bringing back Conn Smythe :-)
by leosc on
Jun 20, 2008 2:36 PM EDT
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NHL Buyouts
Two overrated goalies that cost their coaches their jobs. I bet teams will be lining up to sign the pair.
by PPP on Jun 20, 2008 1:31 PM EDT 0 recs
They could stage a PPV fight event where they duke it out in full goalie attire.
Pretty much the only stuff the two of em were good at anyway!
by LeafFanInVan on
Jun 20, 2008 1:33 PM EDT
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Sell the rights to CBS and have it as the undercard to Kimbo Slice’s next fight.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 1:36 PM EDT
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awesome image
Duke it out in full goalie attire…
Have a good trip PPP, and as one of my friends wrote in my yearbook “WATCH OUT FOR THEM NYMPHOS!”
by loser domi on
Jun 20, 2008 7:36 PM EDT
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I’ll be on the lookout to make sure that they catch me.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 8:21 PM EDT
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not joking
I think the Leafs should grab Emery if they can. First, he’s better then Raycrap, and second, just to give Ottawa the bone when we play them, start Emery every time. I think it’d really mess with their heads… then send him down to the Marlies.
by general borschevsky on
Jun 20, 2008 2:25 PM EDT
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Emery
We can sign him after he gets bought out. Signing him now would be helping Ottawa get better.
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by Chemmy on
Jun 20, 2008 2:34 PM EDT
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upon further review..
..point goes to Chemmy. Well played.
by general borschevsky on
Jun 20, 2008 3:36 PM EDT
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If he’d take a one-year contract at less than a million I’d do it.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 2:52 PM EDT
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PPP
have a good vacation, player…well deserved, i’m sure.
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by eyebleaf on Jun 20, 2008 1:41 PM EDT 0 recs
Bring me back something nice. ;)
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by Chemmy on
Jun 20, 2008 2:03 PM EDT
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put me down for one, or five, european woman. and thanks.
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by eyebleaf on
Jun 20, 2008 2:05 PM EDT
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Motherf-----
Mats’ agent talking to Montreal Canadiens.
The good news is that this means Mats is ready to leave so teams will have to give up something good to avoid the avalanche of teams that will go after Benedict Arnold.
by PPP on Jun 20, 2008 3:44 PM EDT 0 recs
I hate to say I told you so…
Here’s the worse news: Mats can still veto any pre-FA deal, so there’s no guarantee the Leafs can get anything for him. He could talk to the Habs and tell them he’s only interested in playing in Montreal and will be happy to sign with them on July 1. That will cut the Leafs off at the knees as far as getting anything other than a late-round courtesy pick, if that.
This is the end game. It won’t be pretty.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 3:58 PM EDT
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If, and that’s a big if, he does something like that, which seems more plausible now than before, it’ll be a shame that he already sold his Forest Hill house and we’ll have nothing to egg/burn down July 2nd.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 4:01 PM EDT
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Burn down his house in Sweden. Mr. I Love Toronto spends most of his time there anyways.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 4:08 PM EDT
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Or sink his precious fishing boat. Either way, I’ll be in the neighbourhood so I’ll take care of it.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 4:11 PM EDT
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I for one would like to see Mats get a cup and even if it means-ARGH I CAN’T DO IT! Nope, if he goes to the Habs he is dead to me. I will never trust a european player again, and don cherry will have been right all along!
Fiddlesticks
by LeafFanInVan on
Jun 20, 2008 4:08 PM EDT
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Don Cherry
If this happens then it’s our fault for not believing him about Europeans. I hope the Leafs don’t draft Filatov. I don’t need him going back to Russia.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 4:12 PM EDT
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I propose
The jersey #13 be assigned to the stickboy or possibly the assistant zamboni driver.
by LeafFanInVan on
Jun 20, 2008 4:15 PM EDT
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Or a burning Effigy
Of course, that’s only if he doesn’t waive his no-trade and get the Leafs some good assets. In that case his boat can keep floating.
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Jun 20, 2008 4:15 PM EDT
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how do you guys really feel about him?
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by eyebleaf on
Jun 20, 2008 4:24 PM EDT
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mats
still owes us nothing. if he didn’t at the deadline, why does he now?
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by eyebleaf on
Jun 20, 2008 4:24 PM EDT
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Yes, he got a contractual right and he can exercise it.
However, he didn’t owe us anything at the deadline because he said how much he loved Toronto and never wanted to leave and was building an apartment in the attic at the ACC.
Now, he’s looking to move to either an Original Six juggernaut that could catch the Leafs in Cups (Detroit) or to our greatest rival (Montreal) and the team he loves with all of his heart and that he wants to retire as a member of would get nothing. Is it fair to hate him? Maybe not. Is it fan-a-rrific to hate him? You bet.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 4:28 PM EDT
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he wants to win a cup on his own terms. it ain’t happening here. he’s free to now go where he thinks it may happen.
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by eyebleaf on
Jun 20, 2008 4:42 PM EDT
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And I am free to hate him forever. It’ll be like the anti-Popes in the Catholic Church. The roll call of Leaf Captains will forever show a gap for these years.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 4:45 PM EDT
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CKAC Montreal radio reporting Habs have traded 1st round pick.
They haven’t said where, but speculation is Toronto (e2).
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 4:36 PM EDT
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My media buddy is also saying there are rumors going around that the Leafs may have moved up to #5. But everything is chaos right now, people chasing stories left and right.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 4:42 PM EDT
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Holy Crap
So a player and the 7th for 5th overall is most likely right?
Bob McKenzie is earning his paycheque…
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 4:45 PM EDT
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Bob’s pretty much the only analyst guy I put any stock into.. He seems pretty good at separating fact from fiction!
by LeafFanInVan on
Jun 20, 2008 4:58 PM EDT
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I’d assume it would be the 7th and an additional player or a pick. No way the Leafs have the ammo to walk away with both the 5th and the 7th.
Again, this could just be the day-old (and shot down) McCabe rumor coming back around.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 4:59 PM EDT
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That McCabe rumour is the first one that popped in my head. Although maybe Mats leaving would make him change his mind…
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Jun 20, 2008 5:02 PM EDT
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Wow, think of the rage that would be directed Bryan’s way if Mats does bolt. He’ll be the priciest Leaf then, right?
To think the #1 guy on the team is Bryan Freakin McCabe? Guh, makes my head dizzy just thinking about it.
by LeafFanInVan on
Jun 20, 2008 5:06 PM EDT
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I’d be shocked if he stayed if Mats left and Darcy gets bought out.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 5:11 PM EDT
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Actually, McCabe was the highest paid Leaf last year even with Sundin on the club.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 5:15 PM EDT
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Son of a..
Well that doesn’t make sense! Suddenly my world is crashing down around me..
by LeafFanInVan on
Jun 20, 2008 5:18 PM EDT
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25th and McCabe wouldn’t be enough? He’d be a top line defenseman on their team.
by rob m. on
Jun 20, 2008 5:10 PM EDT
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It would have to be McCabe and the 7th to get the 5th and McCabe would have to change his “I wanna get paid” attitude.
McCabe would definitely become the Isles’ best defenceman but that wouldn’t justify them moving down 18 spots.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 5:11 PM EDT
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Nowhere near enough. Factoring in his cap hit, McCabe’s value is barely above zero right now.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 5:16 PM EDT
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I read something recently that some teams might be interested in McCabe because of his high cap hit.. Gets them up over the $40 mil cap floor.
I did not, however, check in to the validity of these points. Could be quite the weird little quirk of the CBA, though!
by LeafFanInVan on
Jun 20, 2008 5:20 PM EDT
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That’s true. Because cap hit is averaged out while actual salary can vary, McCabe’s cap hit is actually much higher than his paycheck. So a team that wanted to get up to the cap floor at a discount may be interested.
Still, there are lots of options for a team looking to spend some cap space. I doubt any team’s are going to be knocking down the Leafs door on a CBA technicality.
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 5:25 PM EDT
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18 spots is a lot. But at the same time, McCabe seems like a high price just to move up two—although if it’s the difference between Filatov/Pietrangelo vs Boeddker I’m certainly not complaining. Honestly I wouldn’t mind giving McCabe away for free.
by rob m. on
Jun 20, 2008 5:28 PM EDT
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You hit the nail on the head. From the Leafs perspective, trading McCabe is addition by subtraction (both in terms of salary and attitude).
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by Down Goes Brown on
Jun 20, 2008 5:34 PM EDT
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Attitude being the big one. It’s a clear sign that the Leafs are serious about re-building this team and not looking to get back to contention in time for McCabe/Sundin/etc to be able to still contribute.
by PPP on
Jun 20, 2008 5:39 PM EDT
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