The Official Dave Ayres CC "All Thing Leaves" thread

[BigTuna]

Do you miss the fact they're purposely bad and tanking?

A "purposely bad" team that spends to the cap max! (and beyond if needs-be with Horton on-board)

Yup, you leaves fans… a l w a y s… drink the koolaid dontchya?

Last year the leaves were by far the worst team in the league

… and ended up with the 7th best player in the draft IMHO.

(they finished 4th-worst due to a string of ridiculous luck early in the season, but they were the worst!)

And now they go a’tankin’ in the first year with 3 (three) draft lotteries + no McDave/Eichel??

Leaves management should be busy trying to figure out why they are cursed by the hockey gods

... rather than mass-producing toxic koolaid.

They'll end up in the cellar, lose the lotteries, and draft 4th.

Again.

And they'll screw that up.

Again.

Awesome!

This makes no sense. They're spending a lot based on players that have been there for years. And BTW, they are not at the cap max at all.

[BigTuna]

Even with a Mathews or Chycrun added to the pool it will not be close to the leagues best . It's about average now and one player won't change that

ESPN just ranked it #2 in the entire NHL.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comment ... _prospect/

And that's before the 11 draft picks in next June's draft (2 first rounders).

And of course, they'll add many more.

[BigTuna]

20 years ago, well 22 actually, I remember thinking that the best thing that happened to the leaves was the Jays getting into the post season. No one in Toronto cared about the leaves, sports shows were all about the Jays. The leaves bad start, hopeless team, could go about being useless and no one cared.

Funny thing, history.

True fact: the leaves set an NHL record for best start ever the night the Jays won the 93' world series.

They didn't need any overshadowing from the Jays. They were very good.

We'll enjoy our parade. You guys worry about your little Canucks and whatever city your NBA team plays in now.

[Tciso]

20 years ago, well 22 actually, I remember thinking that the best thing that happened to the leaves was the Jays getting into the post season. No one in Toronto cared about the leaves, sports shows were all about the Jays. The leaves bad start, hopeless team, could go about being useless and no one cared.

Funny thing, history.

True fact: the leaves set an NHL record for best start ever the night the Jays won the 93' world series.

They didn't need any overshadowing from the Jays. They were very good.

We'll enjoy our parade. You guys worry about your little Canucks and whatever city your NBA team plays in now.

Yup. Hands down, that was their best season since 1967, and until now. And they lost to the Canucks in 5. Sweet. Tuna, why do you come to the Canucks group? Isn't there enough intelligent life in the tarana groups?

[Topper]

Dinsdale emerges from the hedge rows to pat himself on the back and bad mouth his ex employer.

http://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/841402

Being in Toronto, he of course talked about the Maple leaves, the team he presided over as president and general manager for almost five years.

"The team I left here was a playoff team, people forget that," he said. "And the energy that went into that, and the abuse you take to get there, and the sleepless nights and the driving home after losses, it's enough."

Burke also addressed the current Maple leaves - the front office, in particular.

"You've got Lou Lamoriello ... who's never taken an order from anybody, Mike Babcock - who's a great coach and a good guy - who doesn't think he should take an order from anybody, and you've got Brendan Shanahan in the middle, who's a very bright, stubborn Irishman.

"Now, how does this work? How many hands can you have on the wheel?"

[BigTuna]

I always like Burke but i'm a little troubled by his "Left the Team A Playoff Team" comment. He was fired before the season started and it was only 48 games. And he keeps telling the media this.

[damonberryman]

20 years ago, well 22 actually, I remember thinking that the best thing that happened to the leaves was the Jays getting into the post season. No one in Toronto cared about the leaves, sports shows were all about the Jays. The leaves bad start, hopeless team, could go about being useless and no one cared.

Funny thing, history.

True fact: the leaves set an NHL record for best start ever the night the Jays won the 93' world series.

They didn't need any overshadowing from the Jays. They were very good.

We'll enjoy our parade. You guys worry about your little Canucks and whatever city your NBA team plays in now.

Can I have some of what you are taking? It seems to obliterate reality completely and I am all for that.

[Arachnid]

Go Blu Haze! It's still baseball season here!

The only ones that talk about the leafless leaves are those that can't speak anglish (or those that use butt plugs for ear plugs ).

Unless of course...you just plain sock....http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/toro ... cks-101515

Go Canucks! 24/7 All the way to June!

[Strangelove]

This makes no sense.

It makes total sense.

They're spending a lot based on players that have been there for years.

That makes no sense.

And BTW, they are not at the cap max at all.

They are less than a million from that cap, which is as close as most cap-max teams like to get.

[Strangelove]

Even with a Mathews or Chycrun added to the pool it will not be close to the leagues best . It's about average now and one player won't change that

ESPN just ranked it #2 in the entire NHL.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comment ... _prospect/

And that's before the 11 draft picks in next June's draft (2 first rounders).

And of course, they'll add many more.

The "writer" is some schmuck named Corey Pronman.

He is a computer programmer who has never watched a live game.

It's not like he's some kind of scout or something, he reads articles, watches video like the rest of us.

(I had to look him up)

It's not like he's a scout or something.

He only mentions 2 Leaf prospects (same 2 I did).

The fact he ranks the Penguins #32 out of 30 teams is all you need to know about him.

[Blob Mckenzie]

20 years ago, well 22 actually, I remember thinking that the best thing that happened to the leaves was the Jays getting into the post season. No one in Toronto cared about the leaves, sports shows were all about the Jays. The leaves bad start, hopeless team, could go about being useless and no one cared.

Funny thing, history.

True fact: the leaves set an NHL record for best start ever the night the Jays won the 93' world series.

They didn't need any overshadowing from the Jays. They were very good.

We'll enjoy our parade. You guys worry about your little Canucks and whatever city your NBA team plays in now.

Your baseball knowledge is worse than your hockey knowledge . Blue Jays are the third best team left and will need a shitpile of luck to win the WS . Fuck you are a dummy ,but I love slapping the shit out of you . Thanks for coming out .

[BigTuna]

20 years ago, well 22 actually, I remember thinking that the best thing that happened to the leaves was the Jays getting into the post season. No one in Toronto cared about the leaves, sports shows were all about the Jays. The leaves bad start, hopeless team, could go about being useless and no one cared.

Funny thing, history.

True fact: the leaves set an NHL record for best start ever the night the Jays won the 93' world series.

They didn't need any overshadowing from the Jays. They were very good.

We'll enjoy our parade. You guys worry about your little Canucks and whatever city your NBA team plays in now.

Can I have some of what you are taking? It seems to obliterate reality completely and I am all for that.

So the leaves did not set an NHL record for best start in a season the night of Joe Carter's HR?

[BigTuna]

20 years ago, well 22 actually, I remember thinking that the best thing that happened to the leaves was the Jays getting into the post season. No one in Toronto cared about the leaves, sports shows were all about the Jays. The leaves bad start, hopeless team, could go about being useless and no one cared.

Funny thing, history.

True fact: the leaves set an NHL record for best start ever the night the Jays won the 93' world series.

They didn't need any overshadowing from the Jays. They were very good.

We'll enjoy our parade. You guys worry about your little Canucks and whatever city your NBA team plays in now.

Your baseball knowledge is worse than your hockey knowledge . Blue Jays are the third best team left and will need a shitpile of luck to win the WS . Fuck you are a dummy ,but I love slapping the shit out of you . Thanks for coming out .

So I have the same crappy baseball knowledge as the Vegas oddsmakers and ESPN? They've all picked the Jays to win the world series.

[BigTuna]

This makes no sense.

It makes total sense.

They're spending a lot based on players that have been there for years.

That makes no sense.

And BTW, they are not at the cap max at all.

They are less than a million from that cap, which is as close as most cap-max teams like to get.

So they aren't rebuilding because of contracts Dave Nonis gave?

[Strangelove]

So they aren't rebuilding because of contracts Dave Nonis gave?

This little argument started when you called your leaves "a purposely bad team".

The leaves will never do a proper rebuild because the fans (YOU) won't let them.

With the shape they're in, a proper rebuild would take 5 years minimum.

YOU PEOPLE don't have the patience for that (and neither do Babs nor Lou).

But hey it's just as well, because the hockey gods will never allow the leaves to be a contender anyway...