The Official Dave Ayres CC "All Thing Leaves" thread

[ukcanuck]

Boy do the Canucks suck. And unlike the leaves, there's no future.

spoken like a true leaf fan

Gloating after a rare win...

[BigTuna]

Let's hope Friedman was wrong. If Canuck owners don't want to rebuild, ouch. It's going to be a long, ugly ride.

[Meds]

Let's hope Friedman was wrong. If Canuck owners don't want to rebuild, ouch. It's going to be a long, ugly ride.

On that there is no argument.

[Hockey Widow]

Let's hope Friedman was wrong. If Canuck owners don't want to rebuild, ouch. It's going to be a long, ugly ride.

I think he's wrong. There is no indication that ownership and management are at odds. We had rumour that he was a meddling owner under Gillis but no real proof. We had rumour that he told Nonis to make a trade that he refused to make and that cost Nonis, in part, his job.

While I do think there may be some truth to the notion he vetoed some of what MG wanted to do, may even have been in on the Torts hiring, I also think he has been pretty hands off with Linden and Benning.

I think all three of them are on the same page. No full blown deliberate tank for picks. Every year the goal has to be make the playoffs. So I don't see a conflict. I think if Benning decides to sell he has the green light, the choice will be left up to him.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Let's hope Friedman was wrong. If Canuck owners don't want to rebuild, ouch. It's going to be a long, ugly ride.

The sad part is this post and the recent pauser post are the best posts at this place in the last week .



Run for cover the orange oranguatans will round your ass up for speaking against King Elmer Benning . Look here they come now on their horses with their guns . The humans did this .

The ape crew would have you believe that making the playoffs as an 8 seed ,getting raped in 4 games and getting a shitty draft pick would be a good thing for the franchise . They will probably blame the refs and cbc for the Canucks getting bitchslapped and out shot 45-20 tonight because hey everyone hates Vancouver .

[Island Nucklehead]

1/82. But an embarrassing performance by a team supposedly full of "winning culture".

If Benning was sour about last seasons' playoff performance, he should be livid after sitting through that experience.

No way around it... that was putrid.

[BigTuna]

Let's hope Friedman was wrong. If Canuck owners don't want to rebuild, ouch. It's going to be a long, ugly ride.

The sad part is this post and the recent pauser post are the best posts at this place in the last week .



Run for cover the orange oranguatans will round your ass up for speaking against King Elmer Benning . Look here they come now on their horses with their guns . The humans did this .

The ape crew would have you believe that making the playoffs as an 8 seed ,getting raped in 4 games and getting a shitty draft pick would be a good thing for the franchise . They will probably blame the refs and cbc for the Canucks getting bitchslapped and out shot 45-20 tonight because hey everyone hates Vancouver .

Leaf ownership did this for years. This is the first time in the 30 years I've been following them that Shanahan stood up and said they need and will do a proper rebuild. In just a year they've made huge strides. Their prospect pool is more than just 2 guys, it's got terrific depth. The Canucks need to blow-it-up now. It's just a massive waste of time right now.
And yes, the "Whaa Whaa We're Vancouver we're getting screwed" is getting old.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Frank Aquilini = Harold Ballard .

[Chef Boi RD]

Let's hope Friedman was wrong. If Canuck owners don't want to rebuild, ouch. It's going to be a long, ugly ride.

I think he's wrong. There is no indication that ownership and management are at odds. We had rumour that he was a meddling owner under Gillis but no real proof. We had rumour that he told Nonis to make a trade that he refused to make and that cost Nonis, in part, his job.

While I do think there may be some truth to the notion he vetoed some of what MG wanted to do, may even have been in on the Torts hiring, I also think he has been pretty hands off with Linden and Benning.

I think all three of them are on the same page. No full blown deliberate tank for picks. Every year the goal has to be make the playoffs. So I don't see a conflict. I think if Benning decides to sell he has the green light, the choice will be left up to him.

You are RUINING IT for the conspiracy theorists! Enough with the common sense Logic will ya!

[BigTuna]

Frank Aquilini = Harold Ballard .

As long as little boys don't get touched he won't be as bad as Harold.

[Strangelove]

Let's hope Friedman was wrong. If Canuck owners don't want to rebuild, ouch. It's going to be a long, ugly ride.

The sad part is this post and the recent pauser post are the best posts at this place in the last week .

This is a man who hates his team.

[Strangelove]

Frank Aquilini = Harold Ballard .

As long as little boys don't get touched he won't be as bad as Harold.

Yeah, we figured you had a rough childhood...

[Strangelove]

TSN usually couldn't care less about what Brooksie has to say

... but here's their lead story today:

http://www.tsn.ca/trade-talk-leaves-coul ... e-1.437971

Trade Talk: leaves could target Tavares down the line

Patience, leaves fans

All the talk leading up to the Trade Deadline in Toronto has centred around the Maple leaves' chances of landing pending unrestricted free agent Steven Stamkos.

But for a number of reasons, mainly that Stamkos likely isn't willing to go through another rebuild during his prime years, and signing Stamkos would put a wrench in Brendan Shanahan's plans for a proper rebuild, Larry Brooks of the New York Post doesn't see Stamkos landing in Toronto.

But that doesn't mean the leaves won't soon be without a superstar free agent, it's just going to take a little more patience.

Brooks speculates New York Islanders star John Tavares, who could be frustrated with the situation in Brooklyn, could sign with the leaves in 2018 when his contract is up. It's still a ways away and a lot can change, but the Mississauga native would be as big a coup to leaves fans as Stamkos.

Yeah, nothing is ever going to change in Leavesland....

[Hockey Widow]

Wow, talk about a great top 3 centres. Stamkos, Taveres and Matthews. Scary good that team will be. They just need a goalie, still.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Reminds me of when people thought Sakic and Kariya wanted to return home when they were ufa .

Can't see it with Ladd or Lucic either .

Why would a guy want to play here with the media glare , the state of the team or the weather . No thanks would be my answer .