GDT: Around the League 2023-24: The Marathon Becomes A Sprint

[Oilhawks]

PDO-Fraudnucks fans with some serious delusion on the mains about these two series

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

That Makar goal was outrageous.

 

[RandomGuy79]

Figured I should share it here too.

 

[oobga]

Figured I should share it here too.

Same energy as this "man"

Maybe that manly man is even in the crowd in your video

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Figured I should share it here too.

Lol obsessed.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Figured I should share it here too.

“We want Florida”

 

[Shanahanigans]

Colorado is looking like a problem. Them and Florida are currently the class of the league IMO.

 

[K1984]

Colorado is looking like a problem. Them and Florida are currently the class of the league IMO.

I feel like the advantage the Avalanche have over other teams is to blitz teams for a 5-7 minute stretch where they rack up a bunch of goals in short order. If teams can manage that blitz they aren't terribly scary most of the time otherwise.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

BuT hE dId ScOrE sEvEnTy GoAlS!!!

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

Colorado is looking like a problem. Them and Florida are currently the class of the league IMO.

It would be a good series. Long way to go before that though.

 

[K1984]

I feel like the Leafs would open up a lot of opportunities for themselves if they moved on from Marner and opened up some cap room in the process. Only problem with that is the only teams with cap room that would allow them to take on Marner without sending money back all suck, so Marner won't likely waive to go.

It's a problem they have that I am enjoying watching from afar.

 

[jesusbuiltmyhotrod]

If I'm a rebuilding team I'm the guy 'helping' the Leafs shed the Marner contract. It is absolutely unfair the kind of criticism he's taking in that market. And it's going to lead Treliving into making another horrendous series of moves.

Marner is a good hockey player who plays for a team that had gotten shallower and shallower year over year.

Yeah the media and fan base there are toxic

Colorado is looking like a problem. Them and Florida are currently the class of the league IMO.

Those two are the favourites imo will be tough . Let’s worry about them if we have to play them.

 

[McShogun99]

If they made players sign contracts for the playoffs then the Leafs core would dominate. Why try when they're playing for free right now. Free hockey doesn't buy designer man purses.

 

[oobga]

BuT hE dId ScOrE sEvEnTy GoAlS!!!

The Leafs dynasty once again delayed ... by a bad case of diarrhea.

 

[K1984]

If they made players sign contracts for the playoffs then the Leafs core would dominate. Why try when they're playing for free right now. Free hockey doesn't buy designer man purses.

Also, "hitting the griddy" is frowned upon in the playoffs, so Mitch is out of his element.

 

[bellagiobob]

 

[bellagiobob]

The Leafs dynasty once again delayed ... by a bad case of diarrhea.

Too much KD.

 

[Stoneman89]

The Leafs can't afford to keep shedding talent. That's a huge contributor to why their team just can't get over that hump.

They need to target a similarly maligned big name player and hope that they can rehabilitate and put into a place to succeed.

Zegras, Laine, Necas, Seth Jones...

I don't think that the playoff urgency criticism is a thing. Marner's game isn't built around mucking it up. A big part of his game is built around speed and the Bruins have done a tremendous job nullifying their speed through the NZ in this series.

Maybe guys like Edmundson and Lybushkin weren't the right guys to add to a roster that already had McCabe, Brodie and Benoit. Transition wasn't going to be the strong part of their game looking at that D core.

The reason they can't get over the hump is not due to lack of talent. They added guys this year to give them some grit and sandpaper. Their problem is that the talented core group that they have simply don't have the nads to get it done when it counts most. Your best players have to play the best, as the saying goes.

Love it. Was hoping he'd really stumble this year and push him back on the Gretz record, but it looks like he'll hang around until he gets it.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

The reason they can't get over the hump is not due to lack of talent. They added guys this year to give them some grit and sandpaper. Their problem is that the talented core group that they have simply don't have the nads to get it done when it counts most. Your best players have to play the best, as the saying goes.


Love it. Was hoping he'd really stumble this year and push him back on the Gretz record, but it looks like he'll hang around until he gets it.

His steroids wore off. He will juice back up in the off season and be back in October ready to go.

 

[oobga]

His steroids wore off. He will juice back up in the off season and be back in October ready to go.

Smart to end his playoffs early. Longer time before next season means more juice options that can work out of his system in time.

 

[fireantz]

So Leafers, if you’re spotted a one goal lead vs the Kings(or Bruins) but are only allowed 12 shots, Can you win? The real question is whose the contender, Edm or TO

 

[Fourier]

I feel like the Leafs would open up a lot of opportunities for themselves if they moved on from Marner and opened up some cap room in the process. Only problem with that is the only teams with cap room that would allow them to take on Marner without sending money back all suck, so Marner won't likely waive to go.

It's a problem they have that I am enjoying watching from afar.

For next year Marner could be cheap. After the Leafs pay his signing bonus he is only owed $775K in real money. They could do a deal where the Leafs retain say $3M and then a second team retains 50% of the remaining contract. The actual cost in money would be minimal for the third party. The issue would be following year.

Honestly, I could see Vegas trying to make this work. But Nashville might be the team that could use Marner the most.

 

[Oilhawks]

So Leafers, if you’re spotted a one goal lead vs the Kings(or Bruins) but are only allowed 12 shots, Can you win? The real question is whose the contender, Edm or TO

I was shocked to see that Oilers hater and Leaf apologist poster that starts with a D (we all know who), was lamenting that the Oilers and Canucks can win with goaltending where the Leafs cannot. Was the closest I’ve seen to them admitting the Leafs are worse, rather than the usual mental gymnastics to make excuses for the Leafs

 

[syz]

For next year Marner could be cheap. After the Leafs pay his signing bonus he is only owed $775K in real money. They could do a deal where the Leafs retain say $3M and then a second team retains 50% of the remaining contract. The actual cost in money would be minimal for the third party. The issue would be following year.

Honestly, I could see Vegas trying to make this work. But Nashville might be the team that could use Marner the most.

Nashville or Carolina came to mind but I think he'd be better off somewhere where he isn't relied on as heavily. Dude is a headcase and the pressure seems to get to him. He wouldn't have to deal with the media in those places but he'd still have to carry the offense.

 

[joestevens29]

For next year Marner could be cheap. After the Leafs pay his signing bonus he is only owed $775K in real money. They could do a deal where the Leafs retain say $3M and then a second team retains 50% of the remaining contract. The actual cost in money would be minimal for the third party. The issue would be following year.

Honestly, I could see Vegas trying to make this work. But Nashville might be the team that could use Marner the most.

There really is no trying when it comes to Vegas. They'll make it work if they like him enough