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2nd Rnd '25 Playoffs: Leafs vs Panthers - Flo-Rida them onto the ECF - LFG!

MindzEye said:
To the day that I die I will never understand the fascination coaches have with "veterans" who provide zero positive impact on a game pretty much ever, but are considered "safe" because they play so fucking risk averse that they don't hurt you often. Those guys are almost always net negatives over the course of even just a playoff series and do nothing but put more pressure on players up the lineup to outright win their matchups. I can squint and see the utility when it's a guy who can play like a fucking neanderthal and "set the tone" and all of that, but when it's just a bottom 6 cardio merchant like we've had here over the years (Jarnkrok, Kerfoot, ZAR, Kampf, Gregor, Dewar, etc) I just don't. Depth players need to check at least one of 3 boxes to be useful. Skilled (within reason, within the boundaries of a bottom 6 role), puck/possession dominant, angry.

I would much, much rather take a swing on players who generate positive events but might burn you than run with these "safe" players who do nothing of positive value but burn you less often.
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95% of coaches don't play to win, they play not to lose. And that approach, while rarely translating into championships on the ice, seems nonetheless to be a safe way of staying employed and in gaining employment with other clubs down the road.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Like in addition to keeping a steady flow of kids into the lineup introduced in 4th line roles with the potential to grow into larger ones, it's also wildly more economic than FA
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When you have an expensive core 4 that you won't get rid of and who aren't getting any younger, you don't have the time or the patience to develop anyone. You are always in "win now" mode. The Leafs won't pay attention to drafting and development until they are no longer in this current mode. But it will take management to accept that it's over and that it needs to be dismantled and built back up from scratch.

And, of course, the minute that they make that decision those managers are basically quitting their jobs because they won't be put in charge of a rebuild.
 
His dog 100% knows

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A friend was with the Argos when they won in 2004. Apparently O’Shea (still playing at the time) put the whole team on lockdown days before the final, and in the 2 days leading up booked conference rooms in the hotel and had the entire team in there with him, part of that to review tape and plays but largely to together as a cohesive unit.

Mitch Marner game day: finally 25+ / chill in the backyard
 
mbow30 said:
A friend was with the Argos when they won in 2004. Apparently O’Shea (still playing at the time) put the whole team on lockdown days before the final, and in the 2 days leading up booked conference rooms in the hotel and had the entire team in there with him, part of that to review tape and plays but largely to together as a cohesive unit.

Mitch Marner game day: finally 25+ / chill in the backyard
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Those 19 million dollar Patty Marleau life lessons are really paying off for the organization.
 
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