Holymakinaw

I'm under no illusion that Murray will be the "Saviour" for the Leafs. Even tho he's doing very well right now, I don't have much faith in him or the core to get over that hump and winning anything any time soon. Still tho........the team is way, way, WAY better than the Flyers at least.

We don't want your bad players. Sorry. You have to keep him. Y'all should trade just about everyone else tho, and really bottom out for a chance at Bedard. You won't be winning any time soon with Atkinson, JVR, Hayes, Laughton, Provorov (he's youngish but he stinks defensively too). Fire sale. Everything must go. And then the healing can begin one day soon.

I agree. Of the two, I bet the Leaves() hold on to Marner the longest, and he'll end up being the one who owns all the big Leaf records, except maybe goals, which Matthews will take. Ron Francis is a good comparable, based on skill, and impact. Marner is pure skill. Now the Leafs just need a Tkachuk on the team, to offset that and bring some grit and hart/soul to the team. Pure skill just ain't enough, as they have proven in their youth. Luckily, they are still very young and have time.

Give it time.

Bunting totally won that fight.

"He could use some work on his skating, decision-making, awareness and positioning". LOL.

Tis thread is not about the Leafs at all, is it? As far as I can tell, it's about the Colorado/Philly game? I'll go with..............6-2 Colorado.

Colorado is going to destroy Philly tonighht. 6-2.

Who's better? Traditionally, everyone says Matthews. He scores a million goals, had a 106 point season, won a few Rockets, a Hart and a Ted Lindsay. But..... Marner has gotten 94+ points, or PACED for 94+ points for four years now, and looks to be doing it again for a 5th year in a row. Marner also owns the all-time Leaf record for consecutive games with at least a point, with 19(and counting). Matthews has not done either of these things. Marner is also the best passer/playmaker on the Leafs, by far. Matthews is really just a pure scorer. And without Marner feeding him this year, his goals are down. Marner is also the best two-way forward on the team, and should get a lot of Selke votes this season. Matthews probably does edge out Marner overall, but does anyone else think it's WAY closer than many say? I think there are a lot of good arguments for Mitch being our best player. If you disagree, you are a horrible person.

He's doing very well............right now. Give it time.

Hmm............I'll say no.

Yeah he's pretty good.

I haven't watched it. What is it?

LOL. This is all CLEARLY scripted/staged. Mo is a helluva thespian tho.

With the new Goalie tandem & forward additions of Aube-Kubel, Jamkrok & Gaudet..........get ready for 7 straight years.

I wonder what draft picks Dubas will have to send away NEXT summer, to unload Murray's contract?

Meh. At least 2.1M is a low number, for a guy who is good defensively. It's much better than the Murray and Samsanov pickups.

To those who said "Flyers"........LOL. No chance in hell. Boston would have been my bet.

So.........we're 4-2 so far, from your little "the sky is falling" schedule post. Do you ever have any GOOD takes?

Here's a fun fact for you, Chief....... Only two teams in the league have more man-games lost to injury than the Leafs: Pittsburgh and Columbus. And the Leafs will make the playoffs in spite of it all, with their "kids" leading the way. You are clueless.

LOL. Another hand-wringing thread. The FACT is, the Leafs......like ALL teams.....have ups & downs. Surprise, surprise. Since Keefe took over, they are 22-11-4. That is not bad, no matter how hard you try to spin it all the time. Yes, they've struggled a bit lately. Remember the early part of the season, when Tampa was sucking so bad? They seem to have recovered, haven't they? You seriously think the Leafs are incapable of having any GOOD stretches? Only bad, huh? You keep crying, whenever things are tough. Lame.

Please don't flame other members.

LMAO. The Leafs have lost almost 150 man-games to injury this season, and have had to do without many key guys. Marner(top line player) was out a month. Rielly(#1 D-Man) is currently out more than a month. Starting Goalie missed a bunch of games. Johnsson will miss two months. Hyman, Dermott, blah, blah, blah.......they are never iced a completely healthy team this season. Not one game. We have so many guys injured long-term right now, that the team suddenly have 10.6 million available in cap space if they want, for the trade deadline. That is significant at this time of year.......in a very bad way. Only two players......Matthews & Barrie......have played in every game this year. That's hurts a team, even if you try to slough it off. And not young, eh? Lets look at many of our guys that we rely on for major minutes out there, all year long. Sandin - 19 Liljegren - 20 Matthews - 22 Marner - 22 Nylander - 23 Kapanen - 23 Dermott - 23 Engvall - 23 Timashov - 23 Gauthier - 24 Johnsson - 25 Rielly - 25 Kerfoot - 25 Mikheyev - 25 Of course, not EVERY player is very young. No one said that. But this is 14 players 25 or under, and many are KEY guys(our entire top line is 22/22/23). So yeah. JESUS. Some moaning Leaf fans need to relax and see the bigger picture. And stop writing idiotic threads about how embarassing it is they've been struggling. Any team would struggle, given this.

Show some patience. We're still full of super young players and have been almost destroyed by injuries this year. Don't look at a bad stretch and wring your little hands and cry & moan all the time. This is what happens. It's a process. Jesus. ---- Let's skip the insults.