Originally Posted by Gertner
K, people shit on Kessel and although I'm not his biggest fan.....HE'S PLAYING ON A FUCKING LINE WITH JOEY CRABB AND TYLER BOZAK!!!!!
Wasnt he supposed to be the savior of the Leafs, skyrocketing them towards playoff contention? Did they not finish in the league basement? Why would anyone believe that he alone could make the Leafs so good that trading two first rounders wouldn't look like a bad idea? If you think about it, the picks would have have had to be 20th overall or below for the deal to look even slightly fair. That would have meant a jump of 13 places in the standings. Instead they regressed farther and ended up in 29th and look to be in the bottom 5 again this year. Thats two top 5 picks for Kessel. They could easily have gotten a better player from those picks. And please dont hand me the "well who thought they would be that bad" crap, because every non leafs fan believe that, they all mostly thought that the leafs would do worse not better. Its frustrating as most leafs fans will stubbornly defend the trade saying teh FA and College signings make up for picks. Fact of the matter its mostly players no one else wants. Example being Bozak.
They shell out all this cash and picks for him and then basically give him a toothpick and an elastic band and say "build a house".
They are responsible for the blueprints and supplies, he isnt.
It's not possible. FA, they are horrible on paper. They have 1 good line: MacArthur-Grabovski-Kulemin and that's it.
Agreed
Kessel is basically on a line with nothing. Versteeg sucks (I remember saying numerous times I hated that trade), Bozak has been bad, Armstrong has been bad, Sjostrom, Mitchell, Brent and Boyce are all terrible.
I smashed the Versteeg trade from the start, he was a product of his environment not a product of being an immensely skilled player.
Orr does his job as does Brown but they are fourth liners.
A guy whose sole duty is to beat the shit out of other goons being one of the few doing their job is really saying something.
They sent down their only good faceoff man in Zigomanis and kept friggen Mitchell.
Retarded, as you would agree.
Kaberle and Schenn are excellent, Komisarek is a disaster, Beacuchemin isn't much better, Phaneuf is always out of position, Gunnerson is meh and Lebda blows.
Kaberle is gone, Im sure of it. He wants a cup and he wont see one anytime soon in Toronto. Schenn, if smart wont resign with them either, he is a prime player and would be much better elsewhere. Beauchemin...yeah...
Phaneuf? I thought the Leafs traded for Bourque... Or thats the way they made it seem. Captain Fantastic there.
Gunnerson is meh like you and said and Lebda is horrid.
Their goaltending is good but it's offset by their terrible defence and their forwards not backchecking.
Gustavsson and JSG are ok, Reimer looks good. But look at all the half decent goalies whose careers went to shit in Toronto.
Belfour, Joseph, Pogge, Toskala, etc. Once there and playing their numbers were horrible compared to elsewhere.
Their pk and pp is terrible. Joey Crabb is on the power play. Enough said. Their forwards are under-sized and the team doesn't hit.
Yeah, thats another thing.
Ron Wilson should be fired as should Brian Burke. There has been no fucking progress whatsoever
There wasnt before BB showed up either.
and the only reason I watch is to see Colton Orr fight. There FA, did I answer your question?
Mostly yes.
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