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No Excuses No Limits! The mother fucking goddamn season thread

LeafOfFaith said:
When I saw the news pop up at the top of my FB feed last night, I dismissed it as one of those stupid fan page Leafs rumors crap that appears from time to time. Then I saw that it was Sportsnet and I fucking just felt my soul slip out of my body. I can't believe they could be so dumb.

And this shit is starting to cement in my mind that Keefe is running this fucking organization somehow. There's no way two different GMs go out and acquire the same fucking Babushkin for us because both GMs thought he was great. This is the dumb fuck coach somehow exerting influence when it makes no sense for him to have any. This is a guy we all figured was 1.5 steps out the door when Dubas left. How the fuck a new GM comes in, immediately rewards the total failure of a coach, and then caters to his every whim even worse than the guy who originally hired him is absolutely mind-boggling.

Why even have a GM? How long before Keefe just takes that position too like Quinn did back in the day? How many more playoff flameouts before someone in ownership decides that a great regular season record which is 110% achieved on the backs of like 5 guys maybe isn't enough to warrant more time for this guy?

I have zero confidence in Tre now, and don't think anyone knows what the fuck they're doing over there. So, of course we will win the Cup now, but it'll be because 34 + 16 + 88 + 91 + 44 = more than the impact of some fat schmuck stuck behind the bench.
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or its all Shanny, and always has been.

not that either option is good. both are shit.
 
zeke said:
tweeted at me re: defensive "denials"

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okay now that is fucking hilarious.
 
Ok, so hear me out. What if McCabe is a placeholder for Lilly, Lagesson is a placeholder for McCabe, and Boosh is paired with Reilly?

Brodie - Lilly
Benoit - McCabe
Rielly - Boosh

And Keefe plays them in that order? Since Timmins is always hurt and Gio is done, Boosh as the defensive caretaker for a sheltered Reilly isn't Rielly - Klingberg.

As for Robertson, smh.
 
Pwner said:
Ok, so hear me out. What if McCabe is a placeholder for Lilly, Lagesson is a placeholder for McCabe, and Boosh is paired with Reilly?

Brodie - Lilly
Benoit - McCabe
Rielly - Boosh

And Keefe plays them in that order? Since Timmins is always hurt and Gio is done, Boosh as the defensive caretaker for a sheltered Reilly isn't Rielly - Klingberg.

As for Robertson, smh.
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Not bad....but Timmins should still play over boosh!
 
Wayward DP said:
does bubbles realize that 'killing plays' also impacts the plays our team is trying to make? and leads to the other team getting more opportunities to make plays? gah
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Not saying boosh is the solution but maybe there’s some data out there that rielly benefits from playing next to guys who can control the outside of the ice and slow down zone entries.

he’s had consecutive great playoffs playing next to two shitty slugs.
 
LeafGm said:
I mean, it’d be pretty damn hard work to be even shittier than deadline Dubas. But Treebitch very well might be up to the task.
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We’ll see. Dubas did the same shit with the d but also loaded up on no skill 4th line f’s. Of all of his notable moves this one is only the second by Tre that didn’t prioritize offense.

And, to be fair about the reaves pickup… that 4th line has looked really good lately and he’s been a part of that.
 
mbow30 said:
but maybe there’s some data out there that rielly benefits from playing next to guys who can control the outside of the ice and slow down zone entries.
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Or maybe it's this:

Last 3 post seasons combined:

Defensive Zone Faceoffs/60: 14.9 (literally 8th among Leaf defenders in this over that time period)
Def Zone Starts/60: 5.4 (9th, lol)
xG% 53.1%

This season

Def Zone Faceoffs: 18.9
Def Zone Starts: 8.0
xG: 48.2%


Maybe it has very little with who we're putting next to him in the playoffs and more about how we're using him? Maybe having him drag dogshit defenders around in the playoffs is actually bad for him, but his usage is light enough that it doesn't matter and he crushes it anyway despite it?
 
Dubas always big-brained the deadline, and seemingly overcomplicated everything.

Those multi-party cap-limiting deals take a tonne of time to develop, and I'm sure that once you've committed to them you are locked down. It's the exact opposite of being a nimble manager.

I do think Tre is going to bring in something big, and not a rental - but the question will always be the cost and surely one of Robertson/Liljegren are going out IMO.

Honestly hoping that we can get another building block defender for a 1st/Minten. Would be awesome to pair Rielly up with another excellent two-way guy and have a true top-pair that can absorb heavy minutes.

Rielly - XXXX
McCabe - Liljegren
Benoit - Brodie
Boosh - Timmins
 
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