MHF - Hockey Thread

[Smitty-48]

They remind me of the Washington Capitals when they first drafted Ovechkin and Backstrom

They have the franchise stars, but they don't have the supporting cast to surround them

Took Washington 13 years to get it right, this is year 4 for the Leafs

[Smitty-48]

At least Matthews picks up a goal in the Rocket Richard race

This team is not winning the cup, Matthews winning the scoring title is the only prize they can win this year

[Montegriffo]

Leafs have 25 shots to 15 but Pens have scored 5 out of those 15.

[Smitty-48]

Luckily for the Loafs, Florida has been sputtering as well, so they haven't blown by the Loafs

It's not that they can't make the playoffs

They're just not going to get through Tampa, Boston, Washington/Pittsburgh to get to play for the Cup.

Therefore do not go all in and trade assets to pad this line up

Although if they did go spiraling down, that could force Dubas to trade Barrie for a 1st round pick

[Smitty-48]

Bear in mind, the trade for Campbell was a good one

They didn't give much up for him, and he's under contract for two more years at a reasonable $1.65 million AAV

So that was a hockey trade, they needed to replace C-Mac, mission accomplished.

But unless it's Josh Manson, don't bother trading for a defenseman just to have another defenseman

[Smitty-48]

Lulz

All you can do is laugh, I mean, they are laughable.

[Smitty-48]

Recap: Toronto Maple Leafs aren’t half as sick as we all are of them

The Leafs were so bad against the Penguins again that Kyle Dubas called Babcock to fire him again

https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2020 ... at-was-bad

lol

[Smitty-48]

What a pathetic display.

[Smitty-48]

Dubstep doubles down on small.

Trades Mason Marchment to Florida for Denis Malgin

No term on the contract, so it's just a rental, maybe he's just trying to change up the vibe in the room

[Smitty-48]

Leafs 2019 53rd overall 2nd round pick Nick Robertson continuing to light it up in the OHL

14 game goal scoring streak, leading the OHL with 46 goals in 40 games

That's DeBrincat pace

He's got every different type of shot, wicked release, one highlight reel goal after the next

He's dominating the O, he's on pace to surpass DeBrincat actually, DeBrincat had 65 in 63 games