The Mother-fucking goddamn Off-season Thread

[MindzEye]

Im sure top 6 Lafferty is a thing that will go over well around here.

Eh, Jarnkrok on the 4th line isn't something that will stick for long and Holmberg will get a shot in the top 9 eventually as well.

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Eh, Jarnkrok on the 4th line isn't something that will stick for long and Holmberg will get a shot in the top 9 eventually as well.

Keefe doesn't know who Holmberg is.

 

[axlsalinger]

he did praise him last year, this is one of the young guys more likely to get a chance

 

[MindzEye]

Keefe doesn't know who Holmberg is.

Keefe didn't know Willy was a centre either.

But yet here we are.

 

[zeke]

I mean Keefe made Holmberg a fulltime C last year once he was done giving Dubas' boy Malgin his last chance and up until the RoR trade.

 

[Preston]

This was in response to a bait question in the media scrum, basically implying that their d isn't good enough to win a cup. So of course Tree is gonna defend them here.

Unsurprisingly it was Steve Simmons who asked the question

 

[zeke]

looking at Mirtle's wording again (because the dude is always a slimy worder), and assuming the leafs were split into two "groups", there's a lot of reading in being down by Mirtle to make those lines.

we can assume that two of those complete lines are in each group, but as to how they're put together i think he's acknowledging he's guessing.

and I imagine the fact that Jarnkrok played on the left a lot last year, while Lafferty is nominally listed as a RW, is playing into his guessing a bit.

so we could guess which of those two "lines" is in each "group", and then do our own guessing at how each line will shake out to start.

 

[MindzEye]

Yeah, anyone who trusted Mirtle prior to his "it's literally armageddon here at MLSE head offices, multiple suicides, bodies hanging from rafters in the aftermath of the Dubas firing" bit, they shouldn't now.

 

[Preston]

looking at Mirtle's wording again (because the dude is always a slimy worder), and assuming the leafs were split into two "groups", there's a lot of reading in being down by Mirtle to make those lines.

we can assume that two of those complete lines are in each group, but as to how they're put together i think he's acknowledging he's guessing.

and I imagine the fact that Jarnkrok played on the left a lot last year, while Lafferty is nominally listed as a RW, is playing into his guessing a bit.

so we could guess which of those two "lines" is in each "group", and then do our own guessing at how each line will shake out to start.

With this part, he mentioned that Jarnkrok is just in a different group than Tavares and Knies and I believe different than the Nylander line as well, so he can't be on those lines to start. And he's definitely not on the Matthews line. So I sorta buy that bit.

 

[Wayward DP]

Im sure top 6 Lafferty is a thing that will go over well around here.

top-12 Laff is offensive enough to start with

 

[Wayward DP]

he did praise him last year, this is one of the young guys more likely to get a chance

it's cute you think any of our young guys will get a chance under Keefe

 

[Wayward DP]

also aren't we still well over the cap?

 

[CH1]

Yeah, anyone who trusted Mirtle prior to his "it's literally armageddon here at MLSE head offices, multiple suicides, bodies hanging from rafters in the aftermath of the Dubas firing" bit, they shouldn't now.

Suicides were covered up to improve morale

 

[Preston]

Listening to the presser it sounds lot like Murray has been "eligible" for this surgery for quite some time. Obviously with the Leafs cap crunch, now's the time for them to push for it harder. Not exactly cheating since he kinda may need the procedure, but if they wanted to rely on this goalie at all this year, it sounds like something that could have been kicked down the road.

 

[MindzEye]

Suicides were covered up to improve morale

Gonna be super awkward at the hospital when Wickenheiser's body double shows up and doesn't know anything about being a doctor....

 

[Wayward DP]

Listening to the presser it sounds lot like Murray has been "eligible" for this surgery for quite some time. Obviously with the Leafs cap crunch, now's the time for them to push for it harder. Not exactly cheating since he kinda may need the procedure, but if they wanted to rely on this goalie at all this year, it sounds like something that could have been kicked down the road.

just to go ahead and pat myself on the back a bit (and apologies ME), this shoots a pretty big hole in the 'his brain is irreparably broken' narrative being used to pre-emptively shut him down.

don't get me wrong, he's being sent to Robidas Island. just not for the reasons many of us thought he would be.

 

[Preston]

just to go ahead and pat myself on the back a bit (and apologies ME), this shoots a pretty big hole in the 'his brain is irreparably broken' narrative being used to pre-emptively shut him down.

don't get me wrong, he's being sent to Robidas Island. just not for the reasons many of us thought he would be.

Pick a surgery from a hat, he's probably eligible for it in one way or another. Dude is broken.

 

[Wayward DP]

Pick a surgery from a hat, he's probably eligible for it in one way or another. Dude is broken.

agreed that he is broken. the previous disagreement was about exactly why we could expect him to be broken for this season!

I was on team 'seems unlikely to be his brain if he's been cleared for playoffs'. so just taking a moment to appreciate my hot take, if you'll allow it.

 

[mbow30]

Well Babcock made it known loud and clear in every public appearance that Kyle was working for him, as opposed to the opposite.

Do you think he also made glasses show him his phone?

 

[Preston]

With this part, he mentioned that Jarnkrok is just in a different group than Tavares and Knies and I believe different than the Nylander line as well, so he can't be on those lines to start. And he's definitely not on the Matthews line. So I sorta buy that bit.

Nvm Mirtle is dumb. Jarn is in the same group as Willy