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Why does anyone even listen to what this guy says. Didn't he say just yesterday that this roster needs more time to prove if they can get it done? He talks out of his ass 100% of the time.

I'd rather he put everyone on the no interview list.
 
zeke said:
well, when the words say that he definitely WILL do something which he said he wouldn't do just a few weeks ago, then that should probably make you a little bit happier.
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Except he refuses to acknowledge that key problem with the team - its coaching. Wilson is a shitty coach. I'm sure Burke is looking at his overall record and thinking ... can't be him. But his record ain't very good. He's got a truly awful record with the Leafs and prior to that was totally hit and miss each year.

If Wilson were in his second season, then I could maybe understand. But he's well beyond that point and there is no sign that he's going to solve this. None at all.

Moreover, trades are very difficult to come by and we are trading from a position of severe weakness (due, imo, to Wilson's constant misuse of players).

He's going to wait until it's too late, as I said last week. The Leafs are done.
 
I still think the key problem is goaltending.

Though Wilson's inability to improve the special teams should be enough to get him fired, I agree.

and I beat you to the punch there - I said the Leafs were done with that loss to Edmonton. barring a miracle run at some point, of course.
 
Yeah, goaltending is undoubtedly a big problem.

Here's the thing though ... if Zippy had of given Reimer a shot this year, things could be different. But we'll never know because he's leaned almost exclusively on the two subpar guys he refuses to lose faith in.

Gus shouldn't have started the last game, imo. Then, when he coughs up two quickies should have been hooked instantly. But, no, Zippo wants to see if this totally unreliable guy can battle through it.
 
zeke said:
I still think the key problem is goaltending.

Though Wilson's inability to improve the special teams should be enough to get him fired, I agree.

and I beat you to the punch there - I said the Leafs were done with that loss to Edmonton. barring a miracle run at some point, of course.
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Listen to Dave Poulin's interview with the FAN.

Paraprasing here but he said: "It is NOT a systems issue with the special teams. Its the execution."

Ummm, Dave, thats 3 straight seasons this team has been the BOTTOM, and I mean the bottom of the NHL in special teams categories, and the only consistency between all those three teams have been - yea you guessed it - Wilson and co.
 
here's a consistency for you. The Leafs are the youngest team in the league and should be counted on to be inconsistent. How are we supposed to ice top a PK and PP unit with such a young group? It's not going to happen very often.
 
I like the team myself. I wish Aulie were here. He is a reason to get excited to some extent. That is a FIRST ROUND top TEN talent imo.
 
No one is asking for a top special teams system.

And this "youngest team" stuff should not be an excuse for icing yet another sub standard team on the ice with piss poor special teams play yet again. Not sure what the excuse has been for 08-09 and 09-10.

And for reference:

Average Age of the Colorado Avalanche (exclude goalies) - 25.48
Average Age of the Maple Leafs (Exclude goalies and counting Aulie and Caputi etc) - 25.23

And the Avalanche seem to be consistent enough to make it within a hair being the top team in the western conference.
 
I'm guessing it'll be about halfway through the season before we finally see the team I wanted to see from the start - our available capspace used on another quality top-6 winger, Kadri in the lineup full time, and our young goalies fighting over the starting spot.

ah well. maybe we get super lucky and one of our young goalies pulls a bobrovsky.


Kulemin - Grabo - MacArthur
Langs? - Kadri - Kessel
Versteeg - Bozak - Armstrong
Brown - Brent/Mitchy - Orr/Sjostrom

Beauch - Phaneuf
Kaberle - Schenn
Aulie/Lebda - Komisarek

Gusto
Reimer


Gunnar for Langs?
 
yeah that will make things great for when Burke trades our first round pick next year plus other stuff for Parise whom the devils hopefully won't be able to resign. You see that would be a smart move, but the media and many others will just see it as another Phil Kessel deal and they will lose it... meanwhile it's Parise.
 
Mega said:
This is astounding: "We're very confident in James," Wilson said. "He might and he probably should play a game in here somewhere."

Probably should!?! What the **** is it going to hurt?
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Awesome quote, LOL. I can see the gears shifting inside of Ronnie's head. At some point around mid-2013 it will click in that it's okay to take a look at a young goalie for a game or two, on A TEAM WITH TWO SHITTY GOALIES IN 28TH PLACE OUT OF 30 TEAMS.

I just don't understand anything that this guy does.
 
yeah, it's much better to leave 22 year olds who are playing top notch in the ahl cold on the bench, not playing...
 
zeke said:
Gunnar for Langs?
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too bad they didn't capitalize on gunnarsson playing in over his head last year and trade him in the offseason. i do think he's maybe their best (and most tradeable) trade chip right now. and i also think he's being showcased a little bit. but if anybody is a good candidate to be dealt it's him. he is a pretty solid defenseman but he isn't particularly strong offensively, doesn't bring size and isn't physical. he's serviceable... hopefully burke can get a gm to bite on the fact that he's 'young and improving.'

but ultimately they have to find a spot for aulie to see some action, and between aulie, mikus, holzer and gysbyrs you have to think that at least one of them will be, at a bear minimum, serviceable in the way that gunnarsson is.
 
Metalleaf said:
Honestly, if it wasn't for the the draft pick the Bruins have, everyone would be a lot less on edge.
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This and the coaching are the two biggest problems IMO. These two things have sucked the life right out of this organization. And they are both 100% Burke's fault.
 
msun30 said:
too bad they didn't capitalize on gunnarsson playing in over his head last year and trade him in the offseason. i do think he's maybe their best (and most tradeable) trade chip right now. and i also think he's being showcased a little bit. but if anybody is a good candidate to be dealt it's him. he is a pretty solid defenseman but he isn't particularly strong offensively, doesn't bring size and isn't physical. he's serviceable... hopefully burke can get a gm to bite on the fact that he's 'young and improving.'

but ultimately they have to find a spot for aulie to see some action, and between aulie, mikus, holzer and gysbyrs you have to think that at least one of them will be, at a bear minimum, serviceable in the way that gunnarsson is.
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Agreed that Gunnarsson is expendable, and does have some value. I'd think if we are going to get any kind of an impact forward that it probably will be Beachemin though.
 
Hoss said:
yeah that will make things great for when Burke trades our first round pick next year plus other stuff for Parise whom the devils hopefully won't be able to resign. You see that would be a smart move, but the media and many others will just see it as another Phil Kessel deal and they will lose it... meanwhile it's Parise.
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Pretty sure Parise is in a whole different league than Kessel.
 
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