Recent content by CarltonTheBear

As bogus as it still sounds to me the red light stuff apparently seems to be legit and more common place. The wifi-blocking amulets are still beyond stupid.

Ya I'd agree with that. Could probably stand to get cut in half. Everything else seems to look and be working well.

Hard to see Samsonov getting a NHL spot in that situation.

Worth noting that 50 includes Tinus Luc Koblar. As a 19-year old if he's loaned back to Sweden for the season he will not count against the limit while he's there. He would if he plays with the Marlies though, or if he joins them later in the season. At least that's how it worked when Nylander...

I could absolutely end up being wrong but I still think Minten got a little overhyped last season and isn't likely to be a true 2C. He had one massive hot streak mostly in January that saw him record 16 points in 15 games (Leafs happened to have a 1-6-2 stretch during that time). But he started...

Mark Stone's a UFA next season too...

It's been rumoured that the Leafs new 3rd/hometown remix jerseys this year would be an off-white/beige and blue colour scheme. This would seem to confirm that.

Ya this is just Hughes with Vancouver all over again.

My guess is all these big guys in the next two years (McDavid, Makar, Hughes) settle in at or just around $20mil. Nice round number that will represent the new ceiling for a number of years to follow. Whether Matthews gets himself back into that tier obviously remains to be seen.

This should have been an obvious fake as he's definitely getting more than $18mil even on a short term deal I'd guess.

McCabe's rumoured to be going to New Jersey with Mehta. POS is a weird one. Always seemed like a dick online when he was trying to be more of a media guy. But that doesn't mean much about his player development skills.

I didn't really make the connection at first but yeah having O'Brien here full-time to continue working with Bob should hopefully be very fruitful for him.

Maybe Andy O'Brien was the 1 person in hockey who Simmons spoke to that was supportive of the hiring.

It's just that easy.

I wonder how many AHL teams have their own dedicated assistant GM, let alone two of them. Presumably this will lead to Bourque taking over the Marlies GM job in a year-ish with Hardy moving to more full-time Leafs responsibilities.