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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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Man, you can dish it but can't seem to take it any longer. It was just a bit of ribbing.

At any rate, I was genuinely interested in what it takes for Scrivens to be a legit NHLer in your books.
 
BeLeafer said:
Man, you can dish it but can't seem to take it any longer. It was just a bit of ribbing.

At any rate, I was genuinely interested in what it takes for Scrivens to be a legit NHLer in your books.
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A time machine

So he can go back to when he was 22-23 and maybe be relevant
 
Kuly is putting 40pt ish type offense, with an excellent all around game, on a very affordable deal. plenty of value.
 
thornton was never blazing fast, and he has lost some speed.

but allison was still a lot slower, and a lot fatter.
 
Metalleaf said:
Allison had 17 goals and 60 points in 66 games. Sure he was slow and defensive liability but he put up points.
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Allison was a power-play specialist in his final NHL campaign, and lucky for him there were an incredible number of hooking/holding penalties during the post-lockout crackdown.

It was his -18 at even strength, and painfully slow shoot-out attempts that eventually ended his comeback.
 
While it may be a stretch to say defenceman John-Michael Liles is on borrowed time with the Maple Leafs, it’s not out of the realm of possibility.

We’re not suggesting Liles, who has an annual salary cap hit of $3.875-million US through the 2015-16 season, has played his last game as a Leaf. But he has been a healthy scratch for three consecutive games and could be out again on Saturday night in Ottawa against the Senators.

Jake Gardiner won’t be with the Toronto Marlies forever, and Morgan Rielly, another slick young defenceman, will be given every chance to make the Leafs out of training camp next September.

Leafs coach Randy Carlyle prefers big, physical defencemen. Liles is neither. Gardiner and Rielly aren’t physical, but they’re faster and have greater offensive upside. In the long run, Carl Gunnarsson also might not be safe.

“He has to continue to work hard,” Carlyle said of Liles. “I told those guys who are not getting their number called, their games are their practices and they better be prepared to come and work and give us what you have in practice, because when the time comes for you to be called upon, the opportunity is a window. Somebody is going to have to falter.”

Why did Liles come out of the lineup?

“We just felt other people were playing better than he was and I told him so,” Carlyle said. “Not that he was playing drastically poor, but we had other people we had rated ahead of him.”
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http://www.torontosun.com/2013/02/22/liles-in-limbo-with-maple-leafs
 
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