NHL 2009 Off Season Thread

[Gertner]

He went from 37 to 24 to 12.

[YOUR Hero]

He'll score 25 ish I believe. He needed a change of scenery.

[Gertner]

He has the worst balence I've ever seen. His skating is terrible. He skates like he's out of control half the time.

[Gertner]

lol Leafs v Bruins game was everything I could have asked for and more. 5 fights! Rosehill pounded Bitz. Why Bitz wanted that fight since Rosehill pounded the shit out of him in the AHL is beyond me. Stalberg and Bozek looked great, although Stalberg's defensive zone play needs work.

[parkmania]

Had a lady come in the store yesterday that said she had gone down to the Pens practice and accidentally dropped a Starbucks on Eric Godard's car. When she told the security guard, he made her freak out by saying something like "He's gonna KILL you!" Godard shows up and is really cool about it, since there wasn't any real damage.

If I had been her, I woulda punched the security guy for trying to make me have a heart attack.

[Gertner]

lol of all the possible players to do it to it had to be Eric Godard

[weather vane]

BYE BYE PHILLY

Fuck him. Just made Toronto a lot better though.

[El Fangel]

Yeah, now they have a top line consisting of

LW - Kessel
RW- Kessel
Center - Kessel

[Gertner]

Kessel makes us alot better. People keep saying that we can't score. The Leafs were 10th in scoring last year.

[weather vane]

Yeah cause everyone gave up after the first period cause they were up by 20.

[Gertner]

Hardly.

[Zen v.W.o.]

They gave up a tad too much for the guy.

[Gertner]

That's if those picks actually pan out.

[YOUR Hero]

Leafs didn't need Kessel at this point. But whatever, Burke is trying to sell this team as re-tooling not re-building.

[Blitz]

I love how Icebox went from a Toronto fan a couple of years ago to just utterly hating the Leafs. Pretty funny.

[Gertner]

FA is a fan of whatever team won the cup last.

And the Leafs do need Kessel because we are sorely lacking a finisher.

[YOUR Hero]

A finisher that costs 2 1st round picks and a 2nd round pick. Pretty high cost for a finisher on top of his salary. Anyway, Burke wanted something to give to the fans in terms of a good news story.

[YOUR Hero]

Aso, Kessel is out for @ half this year. Also there is always the chance that he'll 'not be the same'. Very high priced all the way around.

[Gertner]

A finisher that costs 2 1st round picks and a 2nd round pick. Pretty high cost for a finisher on top of his salary. Anyway, Burke wanted something to give to the fans in terms of a good news story.

What has a better chance of panning out: a guy coming off a 36 goal season( Kessel will be back by mid november) or two draft picks?

[weather vane]

He's out for a month actually. If somehow Toronto can get somebody to feed Kessel the puck they will look pretty decent.

[CSL]

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Ah ha

[Gertner]

That replay was the speed of Allison's skating.

[Gertner]

He's out for a month actually. If somehow Toronto can get somebody to feed Kessel the puck they will look pretty decent.

He'll get the puck, not too worried. The Leafs supposed to be able to score last year, but they managed well. I think Kadri looks like a solid playmaker, but he's a couple of years away.

[El Fangel]

I love how Icebox went from a Toronto fan a couple of years ago to just utterly hating the Leafs. Pretty funny.

A couple of years is around 15?

FA is a fan of whatever team won the cup last.

And the Leafs do need Kessel because we are sorely lacking a finisher.

Yes, because I am a Pens fan this year and a Detroit fan last year.

He's out for a month actually. If somehow Toronto can get somebody to feed Kessel the puck they will look pretty decent.

They need Jason Blake to learn to pass, not just shoot.

[Gertner]

Finally FA admits it. Switching favourite teams is the biggest sin in fandom.

[YOUR Hero]

Was it ever revealed why Kessel didn't want to play in Boston anymore? -It is said it wasn't the money...

[weather vane]

Nobody liked him except Krejci

[El Fangel]

Haha

[El Fangel]

Oh, I just sent you a trade in the fantasy league by the way

[weather vane]

that is the worst trade ever

[Blitz]

A couple of years is around 15?
If the search function wasn't fucked, I'd gladly go back to earlier NHL threads in which you commiserated with me over how bad the Leafs were. Threads that took place a lot earlier than 15 years ago.

[El Fangel]

If the search function wasn't fucked, I'd gladly go back to earlier NHL threads in which you commiserated with me over how bad the Leafs were. Threads that took place a lot earlier than 15 years ago.

Christ, I talked about them last year or the year before last, whenever it was. I however have not been a fan of theirs for around 15 years. Hope that was made a very easy to understand statement that much easier for you.

[El Fangel]

http://tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?t=80173

There is the thread that I talk abit about the leafs.

You will find that I do not openly support them or like them, I just commented on how they were rebuilding and how I liked that. I like what the Islanders and Kings are doing because hockey is not as fun to watch when you see Detroit/Washington playing these teams and utterly destroying them. I quite enjoy watching teams rebuild, which at the time of this thread is what Toronto was doing and continues to do. Again, I dont like them but would like to see them more competitive (THN this year doesnt predict a single player will break 60 points, this is pre-Kessel)

If you want to look through the thread, dont waste your time after page 4 as I only posted 1-2 times after about pre-season games.

[Gertner]

FA is working hard to cover up his lies. Did you buy your Tavares jersey this year?

[El Fangel]

Nah, sold out.

[Gertner]

Gretzky steps down as Yotes coach. About fucking time.

[Splaya]

yo guys, I'll move a top forward for a goalie. LET ME KNOW

[Gertner]

Going to the Leafs/Wings pre-season game tonight. Should be a good one.

[El Fangel]

Leafs will win, somehow...

[Gertner]

What a game!!!!

[YOUR Hero]

yo guys, I'll move a top forward for a goalie. LET ME KNOW
team name?