ollie Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 This was just shown on TSN. Richard Peddie mouthing a portion of Cliff Fletcher's speech like an evil puppet master. Starts around 4:40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'm actually very frightened after watching that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 WOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 And in other news, Brad Boyes scored his 28th of the season last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Great finish last night. Really happy for Sundin. He's definitely showing his value.Nice to see a 3rd period fuckup averted for once.Tonight's game is on LeafsTV ... Caps kickass tonight ... cursed Leafs TV ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 "Fletch was brought in to make trades plain and simple. The Board trusts him because it was the Gilmour and Sundin moves that essentially made MLSE into the mega powerhouse that they are today. The real brilliance of Fletcher is he knows how to rile the marketplace. He could move Kaberle to San Jose and suddenly the entire rest of the West will be force to react. That is when he will get what he wants out of Nonis or Sutter for Mats. Tucker is another guy that he knows is a valuable playoff guy. Another thing about Cliff is that he won't be afraid to deal Mats to Ottawa or Montreal....and that was something that no one thought was possible. If Cliff does it, the fans will be far better with it than had JFJ.from hockey buzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 The LeafsTV curse lives! What's the LeafsTV record at this season??? Ha Just read a bit by Damien Cox. While he often annoys me, he made some great points in his blog: The two mistakes that dogged JFJ were the huge contract he gave to Bryan McCabe and the decision to trade for Andrew Raycroft and try to force feed him to the Toronto market as a bona fide No. 1 goaltender.But of the players he invested heavily in, none let him down more this season than Darcy Tucker. By giving Tucker a four-year, $12 million no-trade deal last winter JFJ believed he was getting a truculent, heart-and-soul team leader and a consistent 20- to 25-goal man. Instead, Tucker has become almost a total non-factor, has six goals in 43 games and seems most intent on making sure people blame all these injuries he's supposed to have rather than him. If Tucker plays like what Ferguson believed he was buying, you could argue the Leaf season never gets quite so desperate and JFJ still has his job. Now, with Alexei Ponikarovsky and Alex Steen both out, Leaf fans better get ready for increased doses of Tucker. Against Washington on Thursday night, he skated 17 minutes and 54 seconds, about double what he was starting to receive on a regular basis. For that, Tucker delivered no points, two shots on goal and another minus. On Washington's winning goal, Tucker was easily banged off the puck by Alex Ovechkin, then seemed frozen as Ovechkin hustled back into a dangerous position to begin the sequence that led to the goal. Other than the big clatter he causes when he misses yet another hit and hits the glass, you'd have little reason to notice Tucker on most nights. He's now been infected by Tie Domi syndrome, a player who consistently vocalizes his value and his determination and his team-first attitude, but rarely actually shows any of it on the ice. It's reasonable to suggest the majority of Leaf fans were happy to see Ferguson go and happy to see Fletcher return. Now we'll see if any of the players truly responsible for the state of this 14th place team - like Tucker - turn their seasons around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Is there any other team in the league with even half the no-trade clauses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Clearly Peddie has to go... then you wait maybe 3 or 4 years, and then you may get a cup.Until Peddie goes, I have no need to kick a dead horse... this will be my last post in this thread until PF day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Clearly Peddie has to go... then you wait maybe 3 or 4 years, and then you may get a cup.Until Peddie goes, I have no need to kick a dead horse... this will be my last post in this thread until PF day.I don't see it happening anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXQ42 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Did anyone else see Gilmour sitting right beside Fletcher in the pressbox lastnight? interesting....GILMOUR FOR GM!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 he's long had a job with the leafs as a player development officer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Whoever the new GM will be, he must be able to be a complete puppet. I think Gilmour has too much integrity for the job... Domi perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Sundin puts Leafs trade talk on iceJanuary 30, 2008 Mark ZwolinskiSports ReporterLeafs captain Mats Sundin issued his strongest declaration to date that he will not waive his no-trade clause, even if new GM Cliff Fletcher approaches him to do so.Speaking after the Leafs practice today, Sundin said he will listen to Fletcher - who plans a meeting with Sundin and agent JP Barry - but that he won't be influenced to waive the clause and agree to a trade out of town that would land the Leafs much needed prospects and draft picks."I can talk to Cliff and I'm sure he has all kinds of things to talk to me about, but it won't change my position," Sundin said before the Leafs jetted off to Carolina for a game tomorrow night against the Hurricanes.Fletcher said during Tuesday's 3-2 loss to St. Louis that he would be meeting with Sundin - likely sometime in early February - to broach the subject of a trade.Sundin becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer, and because his relatively cheap contract - any team acquiring him would pick up the pro-rated portion of his $5.5 million salary - he ranks as arguably the top player potentially available as the NHL's Feb. 26 trade deadline nears.Sundin today refused to budge from his stance - one that he's adopted for more than a year now - and welcomed both the meeting with Fletcher and daily questions from the media about whether or not he plans to waive his no trade clause."Beautiful ...," Sundin said when asked about the repeated questioning. "We're in a market (Toronto) and a winning business, and when you're not where you want to be (in playoffs), changes are expected. It comes with the territory, and I'm not worried about any of that." Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Theres only one explenation for this - a woman. Poor Mats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Not sure if anyone is interested, but I have 2 tickets for Tuesday's game against the Panthers. They are in the reds. I would be willing to sell one or both if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted February 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Sorry, can't take the tix off your hands (almost any price is too much to pay for this team right now). Good to see the win last night in a feisty game. Man, did Ottawa's defence look like the Leafs or what? WIth all the scouts showing up for these Leaf games, it seems to be encouraging them to show that they have at least some talent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 With all the scouts showing up for these Marlie games, it seems to be encouraging them to show that they have at least some talent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 But an injury-riddled Marlies team beat the Sens last night AD.I'm just sayin' is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 Oh really? I had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted February 3, 2008 Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 I speak the truth dude. It was kind of embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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badams Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 8-0?? OUCH!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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