Recent content by hobarth

I didn't like what TO did last year during the summer, it seemed like TO was trying to become a Nashville clone, all defense, and was expecting that 5 players only were going to provide all of the offense, TO's regular season was again great, with the 5 player strategy, but the lack of offensive...

Bertuzzi-$5.5 mil. per for 1 year- This is possibly a great signing, he has the right qualities to help TO considerably in the playoffs however his ability to remain healthy has been an issue his entire NHL career. 30 points, last year, in 50 games were his lowest PPG total in 4 years, his type...

It almost sounds like Matthews is dictating to the Leafs what his next contract should be, is he worth McDavid money, $12.5 mil., McKinnon money, $12.6 mil.? Has Marner ever been worth Kucherov money, $9.5 mil., Pastrnak money, $11.250 mil.?  Nylander, it's rumored is asking for north of $10...

I'm watching the Edmonton game, I see their core has taken over the game, we watched the TO series against TB, TO won but Kucherov, Point and the rest of TB was enabling TB to outshot TO 2 to 1 in some games and basically outside of one game TB way outplayed TO, thank you Samsonov. I would say...

The teams that TO has faced in the playoffs in the Matthews/Marner years has been: Tampa .692% Boston .688% Washington .636% These %s are their records during that time, TO winning % .649, these are the top 4 teams over this period. If a team is going to be the best then they have to beat the...

Bunting-Matthews-Kase Mikheyev-Tavares-Marner Kerfoot-Kampf-Nylander Engvall-Spezza-Simmonds Extra: Ritchie, Clifford These were the lines from practice yesterday, Keefe said these were something that they wanted to try since the beginning of the year but injuries have got in the way. I...

Rielly has one more year left in his contract, Dubie has threatened to trade him if a contract isn't worked out this summer. What is Rielly worth, basically he's supposedly a speedy, nonphysical, leader with offensive talent but not the greatest defensively. As for being such a great offensive...

Lupul should be bought out, he's being played as a 4th liner and recently his icetime is going down, Babs doesn't seem to have any faith in him. He makes far too much coin for his value. If TO bought him out they'd be on the hook for approximately 1.75 mil. for the next 4 years, add his total...

I'm thinking we should expect the process to take around 7 years if everything falls into place perfectly. Chicago before they became a perennial Stanley Cup contender needed 10 years of basically being out of the playoffs before they were able to reverse their fortunes and then they needed to...

I don't think most of us really valued tough guys that had no skill, I know I didn't so is TO in a better place because skill be it ever so humble has replaced Orr and the boys. I still think BB was right, all teams need the agitators and the bullies but because he went to such extremes we have...

People were quite excited about the Robidas signing last year because they all know and agree that Phanny is not a leader and therefore naturally not a mentor, this appears to be a significant issue with Leaf fans at least especially in regards to Phanny. Who are the leaders/teachers/mentors of...

Neil Smith the GM of NYR's Cup team was approached by Keenan and told that the NYR could win the Cup but needed some tweaks, Smith was in agreement so he traded potential youth to get players that could and did help them win the Cup, Larmer comes to mind. It was an all in scenario and not long...

I question the validity of this, basically it's the summation of shot attempts, the differential. I remember TO having Jason Blake, he was a shot attempt machine, I believe he even took 400 shots one year so how many attempts would he have taken as well? Anyone playing with this human shot...

The Hockey News-Draft Preview (2015) issue had Bracco listed as #74, fine this is just their opinion but their summary of him was: "Skilled points machine soured scouts with his attitude" Sure would like to know what this means?

http://theleafsnation.com/2015/6/29/should-the-leafs-be-active-in-free-agency Some decent ideas, I think.