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The Mother-fucking goddamn Off-season Thread

This is what I hate about Kyle's annual pressers. He lost confidence in himself and keeps trying to adapt and change the "Dubaplan" when there was nothing wrong with the original.

 
Preston said:
This is what I hate about Kyle's annual pressers. He lost confidence in himself and keeps trying to adapt and change the "Dubaplan" when there was nothing wrong with the original.

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then again, he needs to feed the media something..and this cliche is as good as any other jargon
 
Preston said:
This is what I hate about Kyle's annual pressers. He lost confidence in himself and keeps trying to adapt and change the "Dubaplan" when there was nothing wrong with the original.

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Yep.

He was right the first time. Just because Kappy, Johnson, Connor Brown, etc, etc weren't the right mix of skill depth, doesn't mean the philosophy itself was wrong. But we've gone over to a bunch of depth players who can't get a shot on net on a 4 on 1 for fuck sakes.
 
MindzEye said:
Yep.

He was right the first time. Just because Kappy, Johnson, Connor Brown, etc, etc weren't the right mix of skill depth, doesn't mean the philosophy itself was wrong. But we've gone over to a bunch of depth players who can't get a shot on net on a 4 on 1 for fuck sakes.
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There’s probably a deceiving amount of reassurance that comes with vet plugs who are tough, and hit more, and can produce stiff farts. Especially if that’s all your coach ever fucking talks about.

He let the voices get too loud. Question is if he can drown them out now, and remove the loudest one.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
Fuck, I’ll need to watch later to get my own impressions but this is some morose summary here.
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He was jittery, stuttered a bunch, didn't make a ton of eye contact, made something resembling an apology for recent behaviours, took some mild pokes at the media, talked about how hard this season had been on his family and said that if he wasn't in Toronto next year he was basically taking a sabbatical from hockey. Emotions seemed raw and pretty close to the surface.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
There’s probably a deceiving amount of reassurance that comes with vet plugs who are tough, and hit more, and can produce stiff farts. Especially if that’s all your coach ever fucking talks about.

He let the voices get too loud. Question is if he can drown them out now, and remove the loudest one.
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Veteran plugs are the warm safety blanket most coachs adore. Coaches never remember the 6 times the guy fumble fucked a puck in the offensive zone, but heaven forbid a kid with a set of hands turns the puck over once in the D zone trying to make a play...
 
MindzEye said:
He was jittery, stuttered a bunch, didn't make a ton of eye contact, made something resembling an apology for recent behaviours, took some mild pokes at the media, talked about how hard this season had been on his family and said that if he wasn't in Toronto next year he was basically taking a sabbatical from hockey. Emotions seemed raw and pretty close to the surface.
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Eep. That sort of sounds like someone who’s going into a meeting with the Board after having heard from someone off the record that they’re leaning towards letting him go.

I want him to stay pretty bad. I think he can course correct and get back to the LOF approved version of Dubie.
 
MindzEye said:
Veteran plugs are the warm safety blanket most coachs adore. Coaches never remember the 6 times the guy fumble fucked a puck in the offensive zone, but heaven forbid a kid with a set of hands turns the puck over once in the D zone trying to make a play...
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He was vulnerable to some external mind control. All those first round ousters coming so close, you can’t help but start to lose yourself a bit and start asking around what others think you’re doing wrong. That’s the usual career poison - listening to others instead of sticking to what you know yourself and what got you this far.
 
MindzEye said:
He was jittery, stuttered a bunch, didn't make a ton of eye contact, made something resembling an apology for recent behaviours, took some mild pokes at the media, talked about how hard this season had been on his family and said that if he wasn't in Toronto next year he was basically taking a sabbatical from hockey. Emotions seemed raw and pretty close to the surface.
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Yeah those press box tirades on national television just prove that he crumbled under the pressure (because this time his job really was on the line) and he's in over his head. He can't function in a media fishbowl like Toronto. He needs to go and so does Shanahan and Keefe. If they can't bear to fuck with the core four then they need to clean house upstairs and behind the bench. This stay the course BS won't get them anywhere. The needle has barely moved in 7 years. At some point you simply have to admit the reality that it didn't work and that doing more of the same won't work either. Cosmetic changes will only produce cosmetic results.
 
CH1 said:
Dubas talking family again, "this year was very hard on them" -- might be into Joel Osteen more than I thought

he said, it's either Leafs or a sabbatical...pretty strange, as if other GMs don't have families
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He got old
 
Assuming we can dump murray this offseason we have a ton of flexibility... biggest key is figuring out what Matty and Styles will cost in the following years.
 
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