Real Olympic thread [[[[NO HOCKEY ALLOWED]]]]]

[Smitty-48]

I'm biased against the It's All About PK thang, PK is what he is, off the ice away from the bright lights, he's a very decent fellow, a wonderful human being, but in the show, on the team, making the big bucks, he's a clown.

I stand with Babsariello, Babsariello says you're not good to go, you're not good to go, and if PK was the Real Norris, the Preds would be Stanley Cup Champions right now, but he ain't, and so they ain't, if Preds fans are OK with that, that's their call, but I think they could do better than PK, at half the price, and I would rid themselves of that contract before he ages out.

Good luck finding a team to take him tho, because I don't think the Montreal rumours are false, and I don't think the league thinks they are false neither, PK at 4.5 maybe, but PK at 9.0, no thanks.

[StCapps]

I'm biased against the It's All About PK thang, PK is what he is, off the ice away from the bright lights, he's a very decent fellow, a wonderful human being, but in the show, on the team, making the big bucks, he's a clown.

I stand with Babsariello, Babsariello says you're not good to go, you're not good to go, and if PK was the Real Norris, the Preds would be Stanley Cup Champions right now, but he ain't, and so they ain't, if Preds fans are OK with that, that's their call, but I think they could do better than PK, at half the price, and I would rid themselves of that contract before he ages out.

Good luck finding a team to take him tho, because I don't think the Montreal rumours are false, and I don't think the league thinks they are false neither, PK at 4.5 maybe, but PK at 9.0, no thanks.

PK being the real Norris would not have won the Preds the Stanley Cup, and Babsariello isn't always right. The rumors are false, and your bias won't let you see the obvious, that it was Montreal that dragged Subban down, not the other way around.

[Smitty-48]

I don't believe Montreal is toxic, they just don't have any Centres, nobody knows better than Leafs Nation what it's like when there is a void down the middle, soon as Mats Sundin went away, the Leafs spiraled down for a decade, soon as Auston Matthews arrived and Babcock muckled on to Kadri, the Leafs went from disaster area to competitive, practically overnight.

[StCapps]

I don't believe Montreal is toxic, they just don't have any Centres, nobody knows better than Leaf Nation what it's like when there is a void down the middle, soon as Mats Sundin went away, the Leafs spiraled down for more than a decade, soon as Auston Matthews arrived and Babcock muckled on to Kadri, the Leafs went from disaster area to competitive, practically overnight.

They have terrible management, and they have no centers, sounds toxic to me. You blame it for dragging down Weber but don't apply the same logic to PK. You are not seeing straight, PK hate too powerful for you to overcome apparently. Montreal is one of the most toxic franchises in the league right now, and anyone with eyes can see it, blaming PK instead, that's just the bullshit scapegoat to excuse their obvious incompetence.

[Smitty-48]

I don't believe Montreal is toxic, they just don't have any Centres, nobody knows better than Leaf Nation what it's like when there is a void down the middle, soon as Mats Sundin went away, the Leafs spiraled down for more than a decade, soon as Auston Matthews arrived and Babcock muckled on to Kadri, the Leafs went from disaster area to competitive, practically overnight.

They have terrible management, and they have no centers, sounds toxic to me. You blame it for dragging down Weber but don't apply the same logic to PK. You are not seeing straight, PK hate too powerful for to overcome apparently.

Getting a big horse down the middle is easier said than done, you can have the best management, but if you don't win the Generational Centre in the lottery, there's not much you can do about it.

As Babcock said about the lottery win "when we got to three, I was up off the coach, when we came up one, there was tears. . ."

Man I jumped right out of my chair, Auston Matthews changed my life, in the blink of an eye.

[StCapps]

I don't believe Montreal is toxic, they just don't have any Centres, nobody knows better than Leaf Nation what it's like when there is a void down the middle, soon as Mats Sundin went away, the Leafs spiraled down for more than a decade, soon as Auston Matthews arrived and Babcock muckled on to Kadri, the Leafs went from disaster area to competitive, practically overnight.

They have terrible management, and they have no centers, sounds toxic to me. You blame it for dragging down Weber but don't apply the same logic to PK. You are not seeing straight, PK hate too powerful for to overcome apparently.

Getting a big horse down the middle is easier said than done, you can have the best management, but if you don't win the Generational Centre in the lottery, there's not much you can do about it.

As Babcock said about the lottery win "when we got to three, I was up off the coach, when we came up one, there was tears. . ."

Yeah, but Montreal doesn't have the best management, they have Marc Bergevin. Combine that with no centers and trading away any assets that can help get you that center, well you see how that's working out. Every move they make is fucking stupid, it's next level incompetence, not even run of the mill. Stop making excuses, that's a toxic franchise, they just want to pass the buck to PK so people won't point the finger where it belongs and it worked like a charm on you.

[Smitty-48]

You can't trade for Connor McDavid, you can't trade for Auston Matthews, you can't trade for Nate MacKinnon, you could get PK Subban, that's not a stretch, but there is no trade that gets Bergevin his big horse down the middle, any way he slices it, and can't say I shed any tears for them, they wouldn't shed any for me.

[Smitty-48]

It's like the Avs, last year when you were crying in your beer, what did I say? They're not that bad, and you have MacKinnon, so buck up, you're in the game, you don't need to win the lottery, you already won.

Montreal is going to be mediocre, for a long time, franchise big horse down the middle, is the hardest thing to get, look how many times Edmonton won the lottery, and they only hit on it once, good luck with that, Montreal, Leafs Nation knows, you're in the ditch, and there is no way out, lest the Hockey Gods save you.

[Smitty-48]

Persuant to that, the Leafs should inquire about Shea Weber, not giving them Nylander or whatever, but if they retain half the salary, then would give them something worth their while, a first, a top prospect, and a roster player not in the core, free Shea Weber, he's just gonna age out in Montreal, they got no need for him, they need to get the big horse down the middle or they're just spinning their wheels, and that's gonna take awhile, in the meantime, they can't get rid of that contract, but they could split it in half if they come to their senses in time.

Shea Weber at $3.925? Done and done, here's Jeremy Bracco and bucket of pucks, who else do you think is going to touch that contract with a ten foot pole? Only MLSE can afford to bury it when the time comes.

Right now Habs Nation is in the denial phase, they think they're getting something good for somebody to take half that contract off their hands, but they ain't getting Nylander nor anything like dat, sooner they come to realize the reality of the situation, the sooner they can move on to rebuilding.

That was the best thing about the Leafs rebuild, they didn't hem and haw and try to force the issue with Kessel and Phaneuf, just get them out of here, they're not part of the future, so they're doing you no good, just get the cap room back and move on soonest.

[Fife]

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