The MotherFucking Off-Season Thread
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Leafin'
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That’s a pretty good contract for both. He’s a bubble player right now. At worst he’s given himself certainty of 750k. At best he might have just given himself a legit shot at making the team. No knowing how much you’re worth to the NHL as a bottom line guy unless you’re in the NHL.
great signing if he’s any good.
great signing if he’s any good.
Wayward DP
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on a roster like the Leafs, having a lower salary likely gives you an advantage when it comes to securing a spot on the bottom lines.
zeke
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To start:
Thornton - Matthews - Nylander
Vesey - Tavares - Marner
Mikheyev - Kerfoot - Hyman
Barabanov - Spezza - Simmonds
Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Dermott - Bogosian
Lehtonen
Andersen
Campbell
Extra
Robertson - Engvall - Anderson
Malgin - Boyd - Petan
Agostino - Amirov - Korshkov
Sandin - Liljegren
Rosen - Marincin
Dell
Vesey - Tavares - Marner
Mikheyev - Kerfoot - Hyman
Barabanov - Spezza - Simmonds
Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Dermott - Bogosian
Lehtonen
Andersen
Campbell
Extra
Robertson - Engvall - Anderson
Malgin - Boyd - Petan
Agostino - Amirov - Korshkov
Sandin - Liljegren
Rosen - Marincin
Dell
Why is vesey in top six instead of hyman? He needs to really show more than he did in Buffalo to grab that spot from the best Jewish leafs player ever
zeke
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A compliment to Hyman tbh.
Tavares/mitch and matthews/willy should both be able to carry anyone.
So for me id like to see them try to make as good a 3rd line as possible, and then give all the one dimensional guys the chance to fight over those complimentary spots on the top two lines.
I give first shot with Matthews/Willy to Thornton, cuz he's an epic playmaker while they're both speedy snipers good on the boards and in front.
Vesey gets first dibs on that next line because he's got good speed to go with some finish and that line needs a bit of speed. But I'd also give robbie Simmonds Spezza engvall shots there too if need be.
But the basic thing is go make as good a 2-way 3rd line as possible. And tbh that could be closer to 2nd line quality if it works.
that’s Anderson?! He’s an all-star next year, guaranteed
zeke
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Tbh id love to see a Barabanov-Engvall-Anderson 4th line, and Robertson take that spot from Vesey.
Thornton's the only one of those cheap vets I'm really sold on.
But you gotta give them all a chance now.
Even if this might be our actual best lineup:
Thornton - Matthews - Nylander
Robertson - Tavares - Marner
Mikheyev - Kerfoot - Hyman
Barabanov - Engvall - Anderson
Thornton's the only one of those cheap vets I'm really sold on.
But you gotta give them all a chance now.
Even if this might be our actual best lineup:
Thornton - Matthews - Nylander
Robertson - Tavares - Marner
Mikheyev - Kerfoot - Hyman
Barabanov - Engvall - Anderson
LeafGm
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I really have a lot of trouble cobbling together an "everyday starting lineup" out of this roster. Still makes me think Dubas and Keefe are going to rip a page out of their Marlies playbook and have pretty much everybody rotate in and out of the lineup.
And a few points on this roster:
- I can't see Hyman, barring injuries, playing regularly on a line that doesn't have one of Matthews or Tavares on it
- I think Nylander stays on left wing
- I'd be surprised if Thornton saw regular top-6 ice-time. I don't think they'd want to ride a 41 year-old dude that hard.
- I think Thornton's going to mostly play center, and when he and Kerf are both in the lineup, Kerf will play left wing
- Amirov hasn't signed an ELC and can't sign one until March at the earliest since he's signed in the KHL for this season. So you can probably swap him out with Adam Brooks if what you're going for here is our depth chart to start the season
- ****ing Marincin. ****ing cock-a-roach.
