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Any of Pinango, Sanchez, Valenzuela or Lukes deserves to be in the lineup before Springer. And the fact that Springer is not only in the lineup, but hitting first, is absolutely bonkers. (Sadly, each of those aformentioned players could take Vladdy's spot too).

Knuckle, and eaten by any member of the Tkachuk family

Stuck on a desert island...kill the guy next to you to get ONE bottle of water? Then die beside him in 3 days? What answer do they hope to get that gives them insight with this ridiculous scenario?

In over 200 at bats Vlad has 3 home runs. Man, something needs to change here. He isn't adjusting or changing his approach, can't touch the ball anywhere near the barrel of the bat...Imagine if Matthews was sitting at 3 goals after 30 games or so? Media would be going BONKERS

Sanchez has 2 more home runs, the same amount of RBI and almost exactly same OPS as Vladdy-in 40 LESS at bats... Which is to say he certainly isn't anything special (his fielding is awful) but it's a decent bat, particularly when compared to the rest of the abysmal offense this year.

Vlad 0-3 today. Anemic numbers still. 2 home runs? A low .700 OPS heavily relied on pounded groundball singles? It's really unbelievable how atrocious he can be for long stretches. Bizarre.

He's making a salient point and you're stubbornly making a dumb, sweeping generalization....and yet you're attacking HIS intelligence? :LOL:

So what's this consulting firm's recommendation for 2nd choice? Jeffrey Loria and Hakan Loob?

Shot predictions: Ottawa- 41 Toronto- 16 Me- Half bottle of rum's worth by Period 2 That Berube returns next year- NONE

Oh, but what a versatile 4th liner that guy will be!

And yet he still manages to shoot more than an entire Leafs squad?

Yea, wouldn't they have had a leg up on him?

So is the feeling here that three games isn't enough? 2-3 games (on top of the game misconduct on the play) seems to be standard for these types of hits, but maybe I'm missing something?

I don't really see the benefit of a full-on tank this year, since that will most likely result in Boston getting a better pick. It just makes so much sense to get a new (i.e. good) coach in and see what this roster actually is/has. If they go on a streak, great, nothing to lose and Boston gets a...

I don't think so either. I'm just putting it in the context of that fact that his price was elevated due to having an extra year of control and 50%/max salary Cap retention, which weren't part of the price for L.A. And his numbers have taken a nosedive from Philly to Toronto. Take the 3rd round...

Leafs just need another year to become more familiar with Berube-style hockey. They'll be dumping in pucks on breakaways in no time!

Toronto acquired Laughton with 50% salary retained and an extra year of control on his deal, expecting him to be a 3C. L.A acquired with him no salary retention and an expiring contract, playing as a 4C. It didn't work out, obviously, but this isn't as mind-blowing, fire the GM type of an...

Not like this would or would have made a lick of a difference, but I'm curious as to why the effective McCabe-Stecher pairing was ditched a while back and (to my recollection, at least) never re-established? McCabe playing his offside, and Myers in seems like..a much worse...

hockey reference has that. Just search a player and click on the relevant year, it will show all the list of games and their stats for ex: https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/n/nylanwi01/gamelog/2022/

CBC just showed a replay that had 8 Czechia skaters on the ice prior to that 3rd goal :oops: