Post by justingilders on Dec 29, 2008 15:19:17 GMT -5
Why are players such as Mark Bell, Bates Battaglia, Boyd Devereaux and Justin Pogge wasting away play for the Toronto Marlies.
Meanwhile we have people such as Stempniak ( fine once he gets it together) Poni (you'll never convice me this guys any good) Hollweg and Blake, playing for the big club. We need an insurgence of desire. Wilson initial "keep the afraid for their job" tactica has worn off and people are becoming complacent. The Leafs mentioned above need to be scratched/sent down and we need to call up the Marlies listed. I dont care if Wilson likes Bell or not ( He evidently didnt like Marleau either and he got a regular shift), it isnt his place to let personal feelings get in the way of the club. Battaglia, Devereaux and even Earl and Newbury will fit in perfectly with this hard nosed, hard work game they are trying to play.
With the hiring of Burke I believe the initial reaction of us Leafs fans our expectations were a hell of a lot higher than they should have been. We were expecting a mass exodus of players and I dont think this is necessarily, ummm, necessary. we have a lot of bright spots on this squad but they are being mismanaged.
The lack of a captain is killing us. the rotating A was fine during the Sundin saga but know that hes gone its time to move on. There isnt really a stand out front runner for the job but its gotta go to someone. Probably Mayers or Kubina theres no rule stating the C has to go to a superstar.[img src="[/img]![]()
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Its time for VeTo to VeGo
Theres no denying this guy is a good goalie, but he has the wrong attitude for the Toronto market. The ooops oh well attitude isnt going to fly with Leafs Nation and until he adjusts that attitude hes going to be no better than a career backup. Its time for Wilson to get over his mancrush on Toskala and put him in the pressbox.
The goalie options from there are two fold- #1 Give Joseph a regular game and he will likely regain MOST of his former self- #2 Play Pogge people can speculate and scout him in th A all they want but until he plays we will never know and it will be another prospect that the Leafs will lose:
Ex. Brad Boyes. Brenden Bell, Scott Thornton, Shawn Thornton, Kyle Wellwood, Luke Richardson
So in summary to that long winded diatribe into a topic i'll never haver any real input into below is a "dream" roster of what we have to work with. And yes I know th D-list is the same as what is used.
Lemme know what you think
Goalie : Pogge
Joseph
Forward:Bell
Antropov
Grabovski
Stajan
Moore
Devereaux
Battaglia
Williams
Hagman
Kulemin
Mayers
Deveaux
Defense:Kaberle
Kubina
Schenn
Finger
Van Ryn
Sifers
Stralman
Meanwhile we have people such as Stempniak ( fine once he gets it together) Poni (you'll never convice me this guys any good) Hollweg and Blake, playing for the big club. We need an insurgence of desire. Wilson initial "keep the afraid for their job" tactica has worn off and people are becoming complacent. The Leafs mentioned above need to be scratched/sent down and we need to call up the Marlies listed. I dont care if Wilson likes Bell or not ( He evidently didnt like Marleau either and he got a regular shift), it isnt his place to let personal feelings get in the way of the club. Battaglia, Devereaux and even Earl and Newbury will fit in perfectly with this hard nosed, hard work game they are trying to play.
With the hiring of Burke I believe the initial reaction of us Leafs fans our expectations were a hell of a lot higher than they should have been. We were expecting a mass exodus of players and I dont think this is necessarily, ummm, necessary. we have a lot of bright spots on this squad but they are being mismanaged.
The lack of a captain is killing us. the rotating A was fine during the Sundin saga but know that hes gone its time to move on. There isnt really a stand out front runner for the job but its gotta go to someone. Probably Mayers or Kubina theres no rule stating the C has to go to a superstar.[img src="[/img]
Its time for VeTo to VeGo
Theres no denying this guy is a good goalie, but he has the wrong attitude for the Toronto market. The ooops oh well attitude isnt going to fly with Leafs Nation and until he adjusts that attitude hes going to be no better than a career backup. Its time for Wilson to get over his mancrush on Toskala and put him in the pressbox.
The goalie options from there are two fold- #1 Give Joseph a regular game and he will likely regain MOST of his former self- #2 Play Pogge people can speculate and scout him in th A all they want but until he plays we will never know and it will be another prospect that the Leafs will lose:
Ex. Brad Boyes. Brenden Bell, Scott Thornton, Shawn Thornton, Kyle Wellwood, Luke Richardson
So in summary to that long winded diatribe into a topic i'll never haver any real input into below is a "dream" roster of what we have to work with. And yes I know th D-list is the same as what is used.
Lemme know what you think
Goalie : Pogge
Joseph
Forward:Bell
Antropov
Grabovski
Stajan
Moore
Devereaux
Battaglia
Williams
Hagman
Kulemin
Mayers
Deveaux
Defense:Kaberle
Kubina
Schenn
Finger
Van Ryn
Sifers
Stralman
