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The Official TOTA Toronto Maple Leafs/Hockey Talk Thread (pg. 97)
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| ChemEnhanced |
| is it Thursday yet? |
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| c-mal |
| Yeah seriously.. I'm pretty pumped for this season |
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| urban_legend |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
he looked good in his two starts.....I still don't think he will be the starter but Toskala does have some competition from both goalies.
Personally, I would have McDonald be the back up this year and let The Monster get more play time with the Marlies. |
The monster only signed a one year contract with the Leafs, why would they do something like that? |
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| Jer |
| quote: | Originally posted by urban_legend
why would they do something like that? |
He'll obviously have a hot year - Once the season's nearing an end and they're STILL a few points out of the playoffs, they'll trade him for picks.
Just watch. |
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| urban_legend |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jer
He'll obviously have a hot year - Once the season's nearing an end and they're STILL a few points out of the playoffs, they'll trade him for picks.
Just watch. |
No way, if he has a good year and they show him he's their number one he should sign, if we do well enough.
Only time will tell.
Is it Thursday yet? |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by urban_legend
The monster only signed a one year contract with the Leafs, why would they do something like that? |
why sit him on the bench for 75% of the games.....the leafs have already said Toskala is the No. 1. If you put him in the minors at least he gets some play time. They can worry about resigning him once they've seen him play. |
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| lenazi |
i bookmarked the avatar post chem.
after seeing this team on the ice, i am confident that we will be battling for a division title against boston come march. toronto will be 20 pts behind;)
i bought the whole smurf thing and was pissed at the moves at first, but now that i see them on the ice i can say that bob gainey might be a genius.;)
the habs have a ton of depth and people on the farm who can step up if they have to. this camilleri kid is for real, he can get a shot off from almost anywhere and has such a quick release. If gomez can get him the puck (man that guy can pass) he will hit 40. As small as they are up front, the rest of the team got bigger. Moen is a beast and probably one of the smartest moves.
If laraque sticks to his code of fighting only heavyweight, moen and mara will kick a few asses. The defense first mentality will make this team hard to beat. No more cherry picking and long passes. Now comes the time of 5 guys behind your own blueline and quick outlet passes. The speed is there, keep the golf clubs ready chem:p
i can't wait until the season opener. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
Toronto - 88 points
Montreal - 84 points
my prediction right there |
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| lenazi |
it is going to be funny seeing you with a habs avatar.
i get to choose which one too. You are insane. If you think kessel is going to make toronto's offense good enough (he will make it better if he stays healthy because he is one hell of a player...but come on it isn't hard to make your offense better), remember that there are 3 other lines with as much scoring prowess as the italian national hockey team.
the d is good though, and toronto will win more games this year because of it. i hope to hell you guys can kill penalties though;) |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by lenazi
it is going to be funny seeing you with a habs avatar.
i get to choose which one too. You are insane. If you think kessel is going to make toronto's offense good enough (he will make it better if he stays healthy because he is one hell of a player...but come on it isn't hard to make your offense better), remember that there are 3 other lines with as much scoring prowess as the italian national hockey team.
the d is good though, and toronto will win more games this year because of it. i hope to hell you guys can kill penalties though;) |
I have no problem with you choosing which habs avatar.....you forget that Toronto was 10th in the NHL last year for offense.....its defense and penalty killing that killed Toronto. Rickard Wallin is a penalty killing specialist and the defence is 10 fold better then last year. The real question for the leafs is goaltending. |
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| lenazi |
post the leafs starting lineup for me please. :)
seriously i have no clue other than the first line who they are putting together.
do defense too.
this is who the habs have been running in practice.
Pacioretty-Gomez-Gionta
Cammalleri-Plekanec-A. Kosyn
Latendresse-Lapierre-D'Agostini
Moen-Metropolit-Laraque
Maxwell-Chipchura-Stewart
Markov-Spacek
Gill-Mara
Gorges-O"Byrne
Hamrlik-Weber
they just sent down s kosyn, but i bet it was to spark a fire under his ass. he will be back when he realizes that his talent takes him nowhere without work ethic.
this is a team that is well rounded in all aspects imo:)
either way keep the discussion up, even if i might not agree at least we are talking about hockey again:) |
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| ChemEnhanced |
Forwards
JASON BLAKE**
TYLER BOZAK
MIKHAIL GRABOVSKI**
NIKLAS HAGMAN
PHIL KESSEL**
NIKOLAI KULEMIN
JAMAL MAYERS
JOHN MITCHELL
COLTON ORR
ALEXEI PONIKAROVSKY
WAYNE PRIMEAU
JAY ROSEHILL
MATT STAJAN**
VIKTOR STALBERG**
LEE STEMPNIAK**
JIRI TLUSTY
RICKARD WALLIN
** Most likely top 6 forwards
Defencemen
FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN**
GARNET EXELBY**
JEFF FINGER**
CARL GUNNARSSON
TOMAS KABERLE**
MICHAEL KOMISAREK**
LUKE SCHENN**
MIKE VAN RYN
IAN WHITE
** Most Likely top 6 defencemen
Goalies
JONAS GUSTAVSSON - Back Up
JOEY MACDONALD
VESA TOSKALA - Starter
I can't wait to see what Burke does with the extra Defencemen he has....I expect another addition up front by using either White or Van Ryn in a trade. |
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