The Official Dave Ayres CC "All Thing Leaves" thread

[Chef Boi RD]

Not Fun????!!!! The comedy that Tuna is providing is pure GOLD! How can it not be fun?

[Strangelove]

LOL @ trying to spin losing Tyler Bozak as a negative. He is NOT one of the leaves top 5 forwards at all. Bozak's a bottom 6 forward on this leaves team. I guess you somehow think he's better than Kadri?

Strangelove: "2 of your top 5 scoring forwards are UFAs in 1.3 years."

Marner .87 points-per-game
Matthews .81
JVR .80
Kadri .74
Bozak .71

Is English your second language?

First of all, no rankings for prospects have come out yet that are current, so you cannot say leaves will be bottom 5. In fact if you knew any facts you would know many of the leaves prospects like Neilson, Dermot, Brooks, etc will be prospects with much higher rankings the next time a current one comes out.

And BTW, Nylander is currently tied with Bozak for points. My point was it's ridiculous to spin losing Tyler Bozak as some horrible negative for the leaves. Would you guys even consider him good? You've knocked far superior players on the leaves in recent weeks.

All of a sudden when it's convenient, Tyler Bozak is great. LOL.

I never said Bozak was great.

I merely pointed out that he and JVR are 2 of your top 5 scoring forwards and UFAs in 1.3 years.

YOU said my statement wasn't true.

YOU were wrong.

(btw Nylander sits alone in 6th spot with .68 points-per-game)

(also btw Bozo is in the top-6 in icetime-per-game among Leaves forwards)

I pointed at this (among other things) in response to you saying the Leaves rebuild is over.

(one of the dumbest things you've ever said in a looong history of dumb things)

Point being, not only do Leaves need to build at goal + dee... but also at the forward position.

(who is going to replace what Bozo and Van Rumpsdick bring in 1.3 years)

(even if they are mediocre players according to you?)

Players like "Neilson, Dermot, Brooks"

... lol...

... most definitely give the Leaves a "bottom 5 prospect pool" moving forward!

[Blob Mckenzie]

I'd assume they would have the cap space when Bozak and JVR depart ..

[Strangelove]

I'd assume they would have the cap space when Bozak and JVR depart ..

Are you implying Tuna meant "Rebuild is over... just needs to add some massive UFA contracts"?

Not sure about Bozo, but everyone has been saying for years that JVR is vastly underpaid.

So yeah good luck finding a vastly underpaid UFA that can replace that offense.

Ain't gonna happen.

Gotta draft/develop players to replace dat dere.

Also in 1.3 years Nylander needs a new contract

... and a GM would have to keep in mind the upcoming Matthews/Marner contracts.

Leaves rebuild has one helluva long way to go.

Is "Blob Mckenzie" a Tuna sock?

[Cornuck]

Is "Blob Mckenzie" a Tuna sock?

Doc, you know we allow a lot leeway on here, but you may have gone too far with that...

[Strangelove]

Meanest thing I've ever said!

[Topper]

Since 1967, trolling with a Tuna Sock has been banned by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

[BigTuna]

No other teams have UFAs next season. I'm beginning to suspect the leaves have a lower cap number than any other team from this talk.

Evander Kane can walk from Buffalo next season. He's been one of the hottest NHL players the past 2 months. And they have less cap room than the leaves. Are they screwed?

[BigTuna]

LOL @ trying to spin losing Tyler Bozak as a negative. He is NOT one of the leaves top 5 forwards at all. Bozak's a bottom 6 forward on this leaves team. I guess you somehow think he's better than Kadri?

Strangelove: "2 of your top 5 scoring forwards are UFAs in 1.3 years."

Marner .87 points-per-game
Matthews .81
JVR .80
Kadri .74
Bozak .71

Is English your second language?

First of all, no rankings for prospects have come out yet that are current, so you cannot say leaves will be bottom 5. In fact if you knew any facts you would know many of the leaves prospects like Neilson, Dermot, Brooks, etc will be prospects with much higher rankings the next time a current one comes out.

And BTW, Nylander is currently tied with Bozak for points. My point was it's ridiculous to spin losing Tyler Bozak as some horrible negative for the leaves. Would you guys even consider him good? You've knocked far superior players on the leaves in recent weeks.

All of a sudden when it's convenient, Tyler Bozak is great. LOL.

I never said Bozak was great.

I merely pointed out that he and JVR are 2 of your top 5 scoring forwards and UFAs in 1.3 years.

YOU said my statement wasn't true.

YOU were wrong.

(btw Nylander sits alone in 6th spot with .68 points-per-game)

(also btw Bozo is in the top-6 in icetime-per-game among Leaves forwards)

I pointed at this (among other things) in response to you saying the Leaves rebuild is over.

(one of the dumbest things you've ever said in a looong history of dumb things)

Point being, not only do Leaves need to build at goal + dee... but also at the forward position.

(who is going to replace what Bozo and Van Rumpsdick bring in 1.3 years)

(even if they are mediocre players according to you?)

Players like "Neilson, Dermot, Brooks"

... lol...

... most definitely give the Leaves a "bottom 5 prospect pool" moving forward!

The leaves need to build at forward? Are you serious? Majority of NHL teams would have Kapanen on their NHL roster this year. Matthews/Marner are the best young 1-2 punch in the entire NHL. The leaves right now have one of the best offences in the entire NHL.
Again, you're embarrassing yourself by trying to sell losing Tyler Bozak as some big loss that can't be overcome. And if they want to sign him, they certainly can.
What team does not have a player who's UFA next season? Most of those teams don't have young players amongst the best in the AHL to replace him.
All Bozak is doing is taking time away from a superior player in Nylander. You're much better giving Nylander those minutes. Babcock has already stated Nylander will be a centre in the future. So you think a team should choose Bozak over a blue chipper like Nylander?

[Strangelove]

The leaves need to build at forward? Are you serious? Majority of NHL teams would have Kapanen on their NHL roster this year.

Kapanen never graduated to the NHL and now his career may be over according to rumours.

We've seen plenty of young shrimps (Vey et al) put up better numbers than him in the AHL

... but couldn't cut it in the bigs.

Again, you're embarrassing yourself by trying to sell losing Tyler Bozak as some big loss that can't be overcome. And if they want to sign him, they certainly can.

Bozo will likely be in decline by then... why do you never respond about JVR?

All Bozak is doing is taking time away from a superior player in Nylander. You're much better giving Nylander those minutes.

Bozo and Nylander are both playing 16+ minutes this year, is Nylander gonna play 33 minutes?

[BigTuna]

The leaves need to build at forward? Are you serious? Majority of NHL teams would have Kapanen on their NHL roster this year.

Kapanen never graduated to the NHL and now his career may be over according to rumours.

We've seen plenty of young shrimps (Vey et al) put up better numbers than him in the AHL

... but couldn't cut it in the bigs.

Again, you're embarrassing yourself by trying to sell losing Tyler Bozak as some big loss that can't be overcome. And if they want to sign him, they certainly can.

Bozo will likely be in decline by then... why do you never respond about JVR?

All Bozak is doing is taking time away from a superior player in Nylander. You're much better giving Nylander those minutes.

Bozo and Nylander are both playing 16+ minutes this year, is Nylander gonna play 33 minutes?

Kapanen is not done.. What rumours are you reading? He'll be fine. And BTW, haven't you learned your lessen about small players yet? ("Marner will be a bust")

Why do you think the leaves can't keep JVR? They likely can't afford both him and Bozak, but why would a management team want to keep him anyways? They can afford JVR no problem. They have a ton of cap $ coming off the books this summer.

[Strangelove]

They have a ton of cap $ coming off the books this summer.

Some of those UFAs need to be replaced.. also raises to Hyman/Brown/Zaitsev will eat most of that up.

Don't forget Cowan is a $650K credit this year, will be a $750K cap-hit next ($1.4M spread).

And Leaves will want to have room for ELC bonuses.

That plus "the sophomore jinx" all add up to a step backwards next year for your Leaves.

Not to mention the law of averages catching up to them in regards to injuries...

[Chef Boi RD]

Kapanen the Saviour. Have there EVER been any player who has put up some decent numbers in the AHL and never matched those feats in the NHL? Hmmmmmm

[Chef Boi RD]

If Laine hadn't missed those games due to a concussion he'd be miles ahead of Matthews in scoring. I'm still taking Laine as the rookie of the year. Just tooooooooooo good. Even missing those few games he's ahead of Matthews on points. Unbelievable!

[BigTuna]

Kapanen the Saviour. Have there EVER been any player who has put up some decent numbers in the AHL and never matched those feats in the NHL? Hmmmmmm

"The Saviour"? He can't crack the lineup.