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I don't know how this relates but actually Holland played with the 1st line his first shift with the Leafs, I can't remember how the rest of that game went but he sure didn't stick with the 1st line as he shouldn't have and as he shouldn't now. There does appear to be a lot of RC in Babs if...

Try to follow the conversation, I'm talking about when he was brought up? I know he's with the Marlies which has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he wasn't given a proper chance, and try to follow this, when he did play.

I from the old school that the best defense is offense or more precisely possession. Rielly is an excellent possession player and as such for me he hasn't been utilized to his fullest advantage. I fail to see how depriving him of PP time makes him a better defensive player, I don't think TO...

I think there's a huge disconnect between hero charts and analytics and the real world, Gardiner is a poster boy for this disconnect. Gardiner's stats this year 48 GP-3 G-13 A= 16 Pts, -6, Gardiner's ATOI is 19:27 more because of TO's lack of options than his quality of play. I/we need to see...

If TO were able to trade him what do you think they'd get for him? If he was available from another team would you want TO to trade for him even at 2.65 mil. for the next 2 years? The only other scenario I can think of is trading him to another team while taking back their crap, eg trade Lupul...

Babs mentioned in a presser, I think it was Babs, that Keefe was asked who was the Marlies best forward and he said Leivo, that's why he was brought up. It's insane to think that Matthias is in anyway able to replace JVR on any level so why not allow Leivo opportunity to show his stuff?

So why did they bring up Leivo? I'd think they could have brought up Frattin, Arco or whoever which would be in line with the not yoyoing prospects but they brought up Leivo. I would think that if you bring him up and dress him, you play him, 5 minutes isn't playing him nor is it enough to judge...

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...

TO is constantly parking Boyes but they bring up Leivo park him and play Boyes. Is it not possible to upgrade your nonparked players by playing them with upgrades, I'm hoping Leivo might be an upgrade to many of the sad sack players we have now, I think the evidence is already there for...

So why not play him, we know he's with the Marlies now. I think he probably has more of a future with the Leafs than Grabner, Matthias, etc. so why not give him enough icetime to show his stuff. I remember RC, when TO traded for Holland, putting Holland on the 1st line, giving him loads of...

So are you saying that teams shouldn't be signing players of 27, 28 years old to long term contracts because performance declines are inevitable?

Would it kill Babs to actually play Leivo instead of playing him 5 minutes one game then benching him the next? Grabner sucks offensively, Matthias and others, Babs appears to have already written him off, why?

He's getting 1st line minutes and he's 79th in scoring so based on that, his stats are close to the bottom of the league in productivity as a 1st liner he's a C-. If you look at all the other things he brings you could concede that maybe he's a C+ but 1st liners need to score, that has to be...

I wonder how these ratings were derived, are they based on people's expectations of what those players are able to do with the Leafs or are they a reflection of how they would be perceived against their peers that aren't Leafs. I would agree that Reimer is an A, his stats reflect elite, his W-L...

TO has traditionally, since the lockout, been a first half team Kessel, JVR and Bozak have put up the majority of their points in the first half, the 2nd half, well. Let's hope they were toxic together, and are free of that toxic relationship/performance apart. Bozak has had to play the best...

Leo's having a career year, he can and is scoring above what should be expected and he's been doing it basically all year, he also still has his normal ton of intangibles. Is it probable that a career year can continue into the playoffs, I think so. If a team like the Rangers, Islanders or any...

Better team, better team mates, there's all kinds of factors that could explain why Seabrook is considered better than Phanny but most of factors can be rationalized by where they play. I think the comparison is apples(superior players) justifiably, one apple got to play with other apples and...

Seabrook just signed for 6.875 mil and he's also 30 years old and I would call him Chicago's #2. I don't think anyone complains that Seabrook got signed for so much yet he's actually receiving more $s than their #1 d-man, Duncan Keith. Some other strange things that are noticeable if you check...

Wilson was/is one of the most winning coaches the NHL has ever seen, RC had won a cup after Babs did, it's amazing how good coaches seem to forget how to coach once they reach TO?