"Jamal doesn't need to prove anything. We want to build a really good grind line and he's capable...

"Jamal doesn't need to prove anything. We want to build a really good grind line and he's capable of doing that and killing penalties. He's in great shape and works hard in practice. You can't ever have enough of those guys."

Ron Wilson explains, for the 1000th time, that Jamal Mayers will be a Maple Leaf come October 1st.

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I BELIEVE IN JAMAL MAYERS.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JAMAL MAYERS, THINK ABOUT HOW HE STEPPED UP FOR MIKE VAN RYN LAST YEAR. WHEN MAYERS WAS SPECIFICALLY TOLD NOT TO FIGHT TO PROTECT HIS DAMAGED HAND, HE DID JUST THAT – FIGHT. THOSE ARE THE LENGTHS THAT HE WILL GO TO IN ORDER TO DEFEND THE HONOUR OF HIS TEAMMATES WHEN THEY’RE LEVELED WITH DIRTY HITS FROM DIRTY HABS.

LONG LIVE JAMAL MAYERS.

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by eyebleaf on Sep 22, 2009 12:08 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Hear Hear!

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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 22, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

YOU GET EVEN LOUDER BY BOLDING THE CAPS!

I’m with you on Jamal Mayers. He’s a top notch team guy.
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by Hungry Leafs Fan on Sep 22, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t, Jamal Mayers sucks.

That Kostopolous fight was the only good thing I saw from him all year.

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by Jo4nny on Sep 22, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Jamal Mayers gave me a puck at an Islanders game that I gave to a little kid.

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by Chemmy on Sep 22, 2009 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Good man. Always give the puck to a kid

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by leafer1984 on Sep 22, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t doubt he’s a good person, it’s just that the most he elicited from me all year was a resounding “meh”

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by Jo4nny on Sep 22, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

prove Ron right, Jamal, prove Ron right…

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by kessticle on Sep 22, 2009 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

I'm with eyebleaf

I like Jamal Mayers, he is a role player and he does his job

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by leafer1984 on Sep 22, 2009 12:22 PM EDT reply actions

and does it well!

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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 22, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Anyone think Wilson is taking a new approach – public praise – in an effort to light a fire under Mayers? One fight aside, he’s been pretty dreadful on the ice. I wonder how much he has left in the can.

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by mf37 on Sep 22, 2009 12:34 PM EDT reply actions

He was a lot stronger after the trade deadline. Apparently he asked for a trade because he was unhappy with his role so you could be right that this is an attempt to get him going.

Greg Brady thinks it’s plumping him up for a trade.

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by PPP on Sep 22, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m all in favour of a pump and dump for Mayers. His cap hit isn’t too prohibitive at $1.33M and he’s a pending UFA.

Maybe there’s a team out there willing to throw a pick at the Leafs in return for some veteran leadership and, um, yeah, veteran leadership.

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by mf37 on Sep 22, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d like to pump and dump Carlton the Bear. Oh you mean this as a trade scenario. oops! nevermind.

by 6rick6 on Sep 25, 2009 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions

We need to get Brady to join PPP. He is one of the few toronto sports media guys I actually like

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by leafer1984 on Sep 22, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I just owned Brady on Twitter.

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by Chemmy on Sep 22, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

I saw that, too bad I beat you by 11 minutes

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by leafer1984 on Sep 22, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Nobody reads your Twitter.

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by Chemmy on Sep 22, 2009 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

SURE PEOPLE DO!!!…

you’re a dick

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by leafer1984 on Sep 22, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Hockey psycho lady or something rather is following you, right? That right there means someone is reading/stalking your tweets.

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by bkblades on Sep 22, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL

Thanks brother!

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by leafer1984 on Sep 22, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

He can start all he wants, we need to get next year’s second round pick back (and hopefully much higher than we would have had), so that the first of the 3 major reasons to hate the Kessel trade dies. :)

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by kidkawartha on Sep 22, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions

Wouldn’t that be the third reason? Or are you more irked about the second-round pick for some reason?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 22, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions

No, there’s just no way we’re getting a first for Mayers, let alone Mayers alone for a second. However Bryan “The Genius” Murray just publicly trashed Neil after signing him, so, you never know……..

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by kidkawartha on Sep 22, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions

“He needsh to sshape up of I’ll ssship hissh assh outta here ssho fasssht it’ll make hissh head sshpin”

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by clrkaitken on Sep 22, 2009 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

/wipes face, thanks Murray for soundbite

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by kidkawartha on Sep 22, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

"I'm sorry Kulemin...

…you’ll have time to finish in a second, but Jamal Meyers is one of the best of all time!"

by theothervatican on Sep 22, 2009 1:19 PM EDT reply actions

Hey guys, I know this is way off topic but I have to ask.

I was watching Leafs Lunch on Leafs TV on saturday and they were interviewing Brian Burke, one of the callers said he wasnt sold on the trade just yet and gave a shout out to pensionplanpuppets.com. Anyone know who that was?

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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 22, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions

It was awesome.

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by PPP on Sep 22, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Somebody who knows what time it is.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 22, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Farry, check the fanshots.

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by kidkawartha on Sep 22, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions

the persons name is ‘awesome’? and he knew what time it was..?

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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 22, 2009 1:35 PM EDT reply actions

They probably knew how to click “reply” too

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Sep 22, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions

hardy-har…… so sorry

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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 22, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I like Jamal Mayers, I guess, but…

Jamal doesn’t need to prove anything.

… doesn’t this go exactly against the whole Burke/Wilson “accountability era” thing?

Doesn’t everyone on the team need to prove something, even if they’re veterans? Isn’t that the whole point?

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by Down Goes Brown on Sep 22, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions

Didn’t even think of that, that is quite true

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by leafer1984 on Sep 22, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions

As usual, excellent point.

So yeah, Ron, what the hell?

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by Mabel on Sep 22, 2009 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I read this on yahoo yesterday

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I think DGB makes that five.

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by Hungry Leafs Fan on Sep 22, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions

He’s in great shape and works hard in practice.

Seems like he’s proving it.

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by PPP on Sep 22, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree, im sure Mayers is working as hard as anyone else, he has always been known to be a guy who works hard. I think the 4th line needs veteran experience anyways, I dont see why you would have a kid on that line who would be better suited for full time AHL duty or top 6 minutes with the Leafs.

Orr – Primeau – Mayers is a solid 4th line

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by Matt_Roberts on Sep 22, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

The only kid I could see slotting into that line occasionally (due to the inevitable injury) would be Hanson.

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by Tom Kurvers on Sep 22, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

maybe, I see them bringing up Rosehill or Greenop even if they are going for toughness

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 22, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I love Mayers character and all he stands for, but I think he is over the hill and should be replaced with someone younger who can handle the job a bit better.

by 6rick6 on Sep 25, 2009 3:13 AM EDT reply actions