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Core 4 No More: The Motherfucking Off-Season Thread

Berube being described as "not an Xs and Os guy" falls well short of being inspiring as well.

An Xs and Os guys is precisely, and extremely obviously, what they've been missing for the last decade.
 
McClellan falls in line with zeke's "you could get worse than Keefe" concern. Anyone but him would be fine.
 
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Berube has a lot of Quinn vibes. Tough, former goon, with a ton of success as a coach. People say he's not an x and o's guy, but literally everyone who knows him loves him.
 
leafman101 said:
Berube has a lot of Quinn vibes. Tough, former goon, with a ton of success as a coach. People say he's not an x and o's guy, but literally everyone who knows him loves him.
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But can't you just envision that face being the eventual final nail in the coffin of the Matthews window?

I have a horrible feeling about it.
 
blkngldbabe said:
And to that, WeHave would rub himself raw while he’d gleefully type out a war and fucking peace novel about why we were so stupid to send him packing.

Hard pass thanks
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I'm more apt to rub myself raw if you keep Marner and extend him for another 8 years. That will buy me close to a decade without any worries about the Leafs accidentally winning anything.
 
Habsy said:
Still don't get it. He won something in a team sport 30 years ago and that makes him a champion at running at team? Or just reminding everyone that once upon a time he was on a team that got a ring?
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Oilers when Lowe was president
Kevin Lowe won 5 cups.
 
The more and more we watch and experience the NHL, the more it feels like there is no such thing as a proper formula for success. You see winners come in all shapes and forms, with no real rhyme or reason.

It all probably just boils down to BPA under the cap. Can you get the best player available. No scrounging around for shit like Kampf and Reaves. No more "defensive specialist" who can't otherwise play, or goon who can't do shit. Legit skill and speed all the way up and down the roster, and to the extent you can get some skill and speed that comes with grit/physicality, then all the better.

If you've got that, it probably doesn't make a lick of difference who your coach is because he'll be deploying the best players suited for success in this era of the league. So really the GM is probably the most important piece of the puzzle because he's responsible for assembling that roster.

And ours looks like he's been selling shoes his whole life.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
The more and more we watch and experience the NHL, the more it feels like there is no such thing as a proper formula for success. You see winners come in all shapes and forms, with no real rhyme or reason.

It all probably just boils down to BPA under the cap. Can you get the best player available. No scrounging around for shit like Kampf and Reaves. No more "defensive specialist" who can't otherwise play, or goon who can't do shit. Legit skill and speed all the way up and down the roster, and to the extent you can get some skill and speed that comes with grit/physicality, then all the better.

If you've got that, it probably doesn't make a lick of difference who your coach is because he'll be deploying the best players suited for success in this era of the league. So really the GM is probably the most important piece of the puzzle because he's responsible for assembling that roster.

And ours looks like he's been selling shoes his whole life.
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