Studious Ambivalence
by Mattblack on Feb 13, 2009 7:37 AM EST
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4 on 12. 16 minutes and 43 seconds. 0.666. If the numbers maketh the man…
I’ve had an idea – let me run it up the flag pole to see if anyone salutes it. Since we are quite numerous as a group now, we could pool our resources , (that means you too, lurkers – we know who you are) to pay for one of the PPP retinue to be cryogeneically frozen for five years – at which point the Leafs might be at least competitive. We’ll hold a raffle to see who our lucky ‘freezee’ will be – then at least one of us won’t have to suffer any more of this. How’s about that for a slice of fried gold? Pension Plan Puppets – Where our links are as blue as our jerseys.
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TSM reports on Burke making waives and the stunning revelations of Herr Cox.
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Dr Steve gives his interpretation on the wire activity
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And Bitter Leaf rounds it off by starting all poetic and ending up all reasonably logical.
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For the strict masochists amongst you, relive last night with the Hot Stove
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Lastly but not leastly, la Domi has been Youtube Yoinking again.
The Stop Press Shuffle
- Eyebleaf and Vesa won't be having a happy Valentine.
- The Torontoist has a great take on the 10th anniversary of leaving MLG - worth a look for the photography on its own.
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I gotta say
I’m liking the links up so early Matt. Keep up the good work.
As for the freezee, I volunteer my fiance.
+1
We no longer have to wait for those other two guys to crawl out of bed and get over their hangovers for our daily read. As hard as it is to imagine, PPP just got better.
Excuse me every morning I got over my hangover and had to stop at the methadone clinic.
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I just wan to say
thank you for all the times you’ve given me rides to the clincs over the years
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing
quiters!
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
Oooooo
Pick me! I can skip the terrible twos of the twins and this whole teething thing!
Pick me! For gods sake pick me! I haven’t sleep in weeks!
I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it. - Dogbert
The whole no sleep thing is really just a training period for when they come hope 2 hours late without calling as teenagers. Embrace it and take advantage of the fact that you can still vent your hostilities without worrying about how it will fuck up their minds as adults
by blue with age on Feb 13, 2009 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
You FORGOT ME!!!!!
Sadness
I broke up with Vesa…
http://www.sportsandthecity.com/2009/02/exit-stage-right.html
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wait, you arnt a pens fan yet? ;P
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
between the Pens, Canucks and Leafs, I’m just so confused these days.
A Toronto sports blog, where we unequivocally and unapologetically support the home team...
Is someone gonna have to go all Dr Phil on your ass?
or are you just drawn to crappy teams?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:06 AM EST up reply actions
In my defense, eyebleaf
That didn’t come up in the RSS reader until about an hour after I posted this. So nur!
I have undertaken to check back during the day and I’ll add in any (worthy) late breaking news.
oh and i hope i’m worthy!
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If deemed unworthy Mattblack will be replaced by another cheap writer who lives in GMT+0.
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I’m going the opposite direction of eyebleaf. Vesa Toskala is going to be the best thing that ever happened to this team.
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true enough....
and Ottawa is a roll, too. only behind us by 2 points now.
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this is a dangerous road you are treading, cause next, its that the muskoka 5 were the best thing to happen, and then that JFJ was the best thing to happen.
dont go there Chem, dont go there
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
The Muskoka Five seriously killed our ability to get draft picks and prospects in addition to being good players that won games for Toronto down the stretch – long after the Leafs had been eliminated.
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yeah, but would we have drafted Luke Schenn had they all gone?
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
Probably, and we wouldn’t have needed to give up a 2nd and 3rd rounder to do it.
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damn you and your logic ruining my poorly veiled attempt at levity!
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
Er, no.
Prior to last night, The Vesa had picked up points in his last six straight starts. POINTS! 3 wins and 3 overime losses. 9 Points! That ain’t helping anything.
by general borschevsky on Feb 13, 2009 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
to be honest, that was more Jason Blake and Domi Moores fault
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
I’m going to punch Moore in the face, and I’m going to punch Blake in his red blood cells if all this scoring doesn’t get him traded.
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heres food for thought
Moore makes the players around him better players than Sundin did
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
This appears to be true.
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Blake and Moore deserve recognition, not blame.
Toskala could easily have killed a few of those games before they went into overtime. What’s the difference to him? Less then 5 minutes. The damage is costing us years.
by general borschevsky on Feb 13, 2009 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
but then, those few tiny points may be the difference of getting a 5th rounder for Toskala or having to add him to the buyout band that may soon take up half the cap at this rate
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:39 AM EST up reply actions
I don’t think we’ll ever get anything for Toskala now.
Those few points in the standings may cost us the difference between 25th and 26th and our ability to move up in the draft lottery to 1st. Imagine if the team that finished one point below us wins the lottery and gets the number 1 pick?
by general borschevsky on Feb 13, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
Vesa would share a grave with Kerry Fraser
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions
Yes. With JFJ as well, all 3 of em in a Grand piano, with the grave site at the bottom of the ocean.
by general borschevsky on Feb 13, 2009 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
strap em to a sub for the next titanic exploration
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Hossa
Can he join them for blinding Berard? I still maintain that hurt us more than we’ll ever truly appreciate.
nah, we’re gonna display his head on a sharpened Sherwood in front of the ACC
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
Anyone
Listen to Healey on the Fan590 this morning? He spoke briefly about how the Leafs need to keep core players during the rebuild and proceeded to name every trade-bait players on the current roster… although I didn’t catch Antropov’s name…
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
that loss was awesome...
I’m with Chemmy on this one. Vesa’s the only one doing his job right…losing.
beyond Kaberle, we don’t have the assets to start trading out for high picks and top prospects. Kubina is a decent top 4 d-man, but at $5M per and the cap heading south, that’s a tough pill to swallow. MVR can’t stay healthy enough to be considered part of the team, but he’s a good (not great) addition when he is.
Antropov is a good peripheral player, but not someone who can carry an offense or be built around. Poni has peaked and 15-20 goals is about as high as can be expected from him, although he’s priced reasonably, he’s not exactly at the top of every GM’s wishlist. Stajan has been exposed as overproducing during the first half and has quickly come back to reality.
Kulemin and Grabovski are fun to watch, but need some polish to their game. Stempniak is about to become incredibly overpriced, and will put him in the same camp as Blake, untradeable. Moore has been fun this season, but Wilson’s assessment is bang on, he’s not top 6 material.
Nik Hagman is awesome (seriously, another highlight goal last night,) and has a NTC this season, so he’s here until at least March 2010, unless he becomes captain and retires a Leaf (please please please.) Luke Schenn is Luke Schenn.
The rest of the team is muckers and grinders (Hollweg, May, Mayers etc.)
And the cherry on top, Vesa Toskala being the worst statistical goalie in the league, being backed up by the second worst (just a random guess…)
Ladies and gentleman, your Toronto Maple Leafs!
I for one am getting used to this rooting for losses.
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Feb 13, 2009 10:38 AM EST reply actions
Maybe I'm naive but....
I still maintain hope for Stemps, if not to produce quite admirably as a Leaf, then to at least create some trade value in the next year+ and be shipped out himself. I know he’s struggled mightily since we got him, save for a minute or two here and there, but half a season in a new system could do that possibly. Perhaps as he gets more comfortable he’ll develop his game more. One can hope anyway.
I think he relies to much on particular line mates and combinations, unless he is playing with the right player (Boyes in St. Louis) he is all but invisible.
What I am really likeing about this team is Moore. He has shown the ability to turn anyone into a point producer
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
Moore has really impressed me over his performance last year. He was hardly noticeable to me last year, but now he’s starting to step up a bit, which is nice
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing
but...
he’s not a top 6 guy. This is exactly what Wilson’s talking about. A guy shows up and has a half decent year, not amazing, not mind blowing, not head of the pack, just half decent. And we accept that.
Screw that noise gang. I want Richard winners, Art Ross winners, Hart winners, Norris winners. Cup winners…
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Feb 13, 2009 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
ya...that's what i'm saying.
if you want to be complacent and root for piss poor teams, then the next time you get ridiculed for being a leaf fan, think about waiver wire pickup Dominic Moore and his scorching irreplaceable 36 points in 55 games…
I’ve said it 1000 times. I don’t root for the names on the back of the jersey, I root for the Maple Leafs. And these Maple Leafs are some of the worst we’ve seen since the 80’s. If losing is the only way we’re going to get better, then I’m all for it.
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Feb 13, 2009 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
of course, I want me a Tavares / Nash combo too, but we need guys like Moore in the lower ranks too
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Moore
is expendable. he’s nice, i like him, seems like a great guy, but i’m not tied to him and I certainly won’t cry if he gets traded. not if it means thee team gets better…
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
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by blurr1974 on Feb 13, 2009 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
naturally. but unless he is part of a package, I don’t think we’ll get something of equal value back.
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
Mitchell can do the same job as Moore...
and he’s 5 years younger. Might as well give him the ice time and move Moore out if that’s our expectation for a second or third line center.
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Feb 13, 2009 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
MItchell brings a similar type of play, and may well turn into everything Moore is and more. But Moore has some intangibles its going to take a while for the kid to get. Leadership et all. Also, Moore may be the reason someone takes Blakes contract off our hands
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
I never said he was a top 6, just that he was more noticeable than last year, which to be honest doesn’t take a whole lot
Making stuff up since real Leafs news is far too depressing
i don't want nice.
i want wins. lot’s of them. resulting in a stanley cup. lot’s of them…
"We’re looking forward to building the type of team the Rangers are able to buy."
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by blurr1974 on Feb 13, 2009 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
sound like...
you need to pick a new team to root for.
:P
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by blurr1974 on Feb 13, 2009 11:27 AM EST up reply actions
and more greasy than grease
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 13, 2009 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
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