The Marlies train keeps on rolling

I always look chubby in photos. I’m 5’10″ 165. If anything, I’m too thin. Photos can be misleading.

That’s true, I think we all can agree that we want to see the most dominant phil kessel can be, hope he continues to do what has given him success. I just hope Burke can help insulate phil with some other top talent that’ll help him improve . Gonna be an interesting off season

Thinking about all the possible players we can acquire has me excited for this summer. While I like the idea of possibly adding players like Stastny/Luongo/Getzlaf if they become available, I’m not sold on Nash. Not at all.

7.8m is a lot of money for a 60-70 point guy. With a contract that takes him to 35 years old and no guarantee that he’ll ever be a dominant offensive force again, I’d rather Burke stay away, especially if Nash costs us our 1st + Kadri or something similar.

Dammit guys, he cost us all those draft picks. He needs to step up and look like a toned athlete, one that we should have mortgaged our future on. You have to remember 70% is about how you look, 20% is about what the media thinks and 10% is about substance.. #Thriller is King.

You can’t underestimate how much playing on such a terrible team affects a player of Nash’s level, literally every team that plays the bluejackets comes in and targets nash as there game plan because there’s no one else they have to worry about.After all the shit he went trough with people saying he’s a terrible captain and he’s not helping his team win and he was so bad this season he still scored 30 goals.if you put him on a line with kessel he would open up so much room for kess and vise versa, nash would become a top five winger in the game…he’d be like lupul on horse steroids

Really, how terrible is that team? Why can he not play well with that group? He had Jeff Carter, he had Antoine Vermette – both of whom are playing top six minutes on teams in the conference finals. He also had Umberger and Brassard. These are not Joey Crabb’s and Darryl Boyce’s – they’re quality NHL players that a guy making 7.8 million per year should be able to make look even better than they are. He had Fedor Tyutin and Marc Methot on the back-end – two guys chosen to represent their country internationally. Even if depth is poor, there has been enough talent in CLB that his performance should never be as shit as it was this year.
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It says a lot that Vermette looks better next to Doan, and Carter next to Richards.

Only part that throws me is when people say things like “he could show he’s an elite player”. He IS an elite player. He was top 5 in the league. If he played in any other market, he would be considered God-like; completely off-limits….like we do with every decent player on every other team, lol.

Look “boss”, I read all the posts…I happen to think you’re completely wrong. And anyone who agrees with you (not as many as you think).

Some guys no matter how much they work out just look chubby and can’t shed that last bit of body fat. My dad and I are prime examples. He was a courier for something like 5 years. Big dude and built like a truck. He could outlast guys half his size who actually worked out and ran. He was always on the thick side, even in his High school photos when he was on the Rugby. Football and Wrestling team. He just couldn’t drop enough weight to look like a Stamkos or Brindamour.
Even now I’m 5’9 170 lbs but you’d think I’m almost 200 looking at me. I’m also one of the more fit guys you’d find.

Dangle: Never for one minute did I take your posts negatively. I just wanted to be a “smart-ass” and post something sarcastically funny. Apologies for my sense of humor, nothing was directed at you or Bboy or anyone on this site, it was a dig at the haters. Personally, I trust Phil to be where he needs to be. When athletes start doing things outside of their comfort zone, problems can arise. As long as Thriller has the speed and the wrister (and now the vision for “assists”), life is good.

If you’re not sold on Nash getting 60-70 points for 7.8, how will you feel about Stastny at 6.6 and getting 50plus, or even better, Getzlaf getting 11 goals for 5.5, and only for one more year. I’m not a Nash fan either but at least he is a consistent 30 plus goal scorer, has a big body presence and can move for his size, something Getzlaf can’t. He would probably be our best and most talented player since Sundin and if all it costs is our first and Kadri then i think Burke would be crazy not to do it. Nash has at least 8 good years left i believe, and the 5th this year is a crapshoot like the rest of the first round, and although many in here have a love affair with Kadri , i will be surprised if he sees a game with the Leafs.I can’t think of a player the Leafs have drafted in the last ten years(or more) that is a better player than Nash.

Stastny is only signed for 2 more years though – not 7.