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Leaf Rumours

Well yes, it's a truly stupid thing to say. You were a 'I can neither confirm nor deny I'm trading the entire line' away from really sealing the deal.
 
Dumping assets after a dozen games, without a training camp, in a shortened season seems a little, I don't know, short-sighted.
 
Oh stop.

Kuley, 8 goals in 86 games. Enough said.

Grabo 13 points in 36 games since his new deal. Enough said.

Mac, never was good enough to begin with.

This "line" was huge two years ago but clearly that was a fluke year.
 
kulemin looks like his 30 goal 60 point year was a fluke.

that doesn't make him a bad player, though.

fortunately the team didn't get overzealous and give him too much money because of that season, so he has stayed a manageable salary. which means the problem here is your expectations.

if you are only expecting kulemin to be a 30-40 point player who is smart defensively and solid physically you won't be disappointed with him. if you expect him to score 30 goals then you will be. but you shouldn't expect him to score 30 goals.

grabovski needs to play better but he has always been up and down.

and macarthur had back to back 20 goal seasons and over 100 points through his first two years, playing almost exclusively on the 2nd or 3rd lines, as a maple leaf. he was pretty damn good to begin with. a slow start this year doesn't negate the excellent 2nd line production they have gotten from him the past two years.




i'ts amazing how ridiculous people get because the leafs lost a game.

it was one ****ing game. so far, despite subpar performances from kessel, grabovski and macarthur and despite injuries to lupul, gardiner and reimer, this team is a respectable 10-7-0. in fact, if the season were to end today they would make the playoffs.

they lost a game on the second night of a back to back where they had some problems converting on their opportunities and hteir goalie compounded matters by letting in two total stinkers that let the game get away from them. tough to be too down on the team right now.

if you are it's because you are just senselessly bitching, imo.
 
mbow30 said:
kulemin looks like his 30 goal 60 point year was a fluke.

that doesn't make him a bad player, though.

fortunately the team didn't get overzealous and give him too much money because of that season, so he has stayed a manageable salary. which means the problem here is your expectations.

if you are only expecting kulemin to be a 30-40 point player who is smart defensively and solid physically you won't be disappointed with him. if you expect him to score 30 goals then you will be. but you shouldn't expect him to score 30 goals.

grabovski needs to play better but he has always been up and down.

and macarthur had back to back 20 goal seasons and over 100 points through his first two years, playing almost exclusively on the 2nd or 3rd lines, as a maple leaf. he was pretty damn good to begin with. a slow start this year doesn't negate the excellent 2nd line production they have gotten from him the past two years.




i'ts amazing how ridiculous people get because the leafs lost a game.

it was one ****ing game. so far, despite subpar performances from kessel, grabovski and macarthur and despite injuries to lupul, gardiner and reimer, this team is a respectable 10-7-0. in fact, if the season were to end today they would make the playoffs.

they lost a game on the second night of a back to back where they had some problems converting on their opportunities and hteir goalie compounded matters by letting in two total stinkers that let the game get away from them. tough to be too down on the team right now.

if you are it's because you are just senselessly bitching, imo.
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the problem was not giving kadri an opportunity. they really had no choice but to keep grabo and because of that they had to overpay to do it.

the team would have taken a huge hit on paper if he wasn't brought back, with nobody on the market who could replace him.
 
i said it before last night's game, too.

and i will keep saying it unless he proves otherwise. which, given his age, is pretty unlikely.
 
Just wondering what he'd have to do to prove otherwise?

He's still got a .926 save percentage even after last night's game.
 
maybe because i just enjoyed a few good performances from a backup when we needed it the most, and have better things to do than bitch about his long term potential after those (well played) games?

i can tell you what else you didn't hear from me: a bunch of overzealous excitement about a mediocre goaltending prospect because he strung together a few good games.
 
BeLeafer said:
Just wondering what he'd have to do to prove otherwise?

He's still got a .926 save percentage even after last night's game.
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are you kidding me?

so according to you a guy with 21 career games under his belt (the first 3/5 of which he posted a .903 sv%) has proven that he's an elite goaltender (which he would be, if he were to post a ,926 sv%).

i mean he has a .926 sv% from game 13 through game 21 of his 21 game career. he has nothing left to prove. i mean.. waht the ****?
 
mbow30 said:
maybe because i just enjoyed a few good performances from a backup when we needed it the most, and have better things to do than bitch about his long term potential after those (well played) games?

i can tell you what else you didn't hear from me: a bunch of overzealous excitement about a mediocre goaltending prospect because he strung together a few good games.
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Like bitch about people being optimistic about a goaltending prospect?
 
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