Marlies re-sign Mike Zigomanis, Will Acton

You still didn’t address the Gardiner thing… I have no idea where that nonsense came from.

The Leafs haven’t made the playoffs since the lockout. They finished 26th this past season. The team doesn’t really look any better heading into the upcoming season. There isn’t much to be positive about right now. Just look at the roster.. it isn’t much different from the one that finished in a lottery position last season.

For the record, I hate that saying. A glass cannot exclusively be half-empty, nor can it exclusively be half-full. If one is true, both are true. I understand the meaning, but it is still dumb.

They need a winning sports team. I could go into the future of television and content delivery here but that’s a thesis. But trust me. Sports are going to a gold mine for content delivery guys. Essentially sports are going to be the bread and butter if Internet television.

Chicago finished out of the playoffs nine out of 12 years before they won the cup. Kings were out six years in a row followed by two lackluster playoff appearances before they won the cup this year. Last fall people were still dumping on the Kings for underachieving. The Team stuck with Lombardi though. Burke’s only presided over three training camps with this team.

It didn’t help that the league stopped calling penalties after Christmas. Be optimistic about the Leafs. Kadri, JVR, Kuli. Frattin. That a pretty good infusion to the lineup.

They won’t play every minute.. But they’ll get the majority of the time there. Gardiner got some solid 1st unit PP time and more ES time due to Liles being injured. If Liles stays healthy, he won’t get as much ice-time, period. He and Franson will still get 2nd unit PP time..

Frason will get traded before the season starts. Just my feeling. I like him but we’ll see.

It’s not like the Leafs just signed those 4 guys.. Kadri and Frattin were already Leafs, and unless other players are moved, they won’t be in the lineup anyways. We also added McClement. The guys they replace will be subtractions. JVR cost is Schenn, improving the forward group in the long run, but hurting the defence in the long run. Every addition comes with a subtraction. And while Kuli should be better than last year, can we really count on another point-per-game season from Lupul? Not really. They likely cancel each other out.

I hope he doesn’t do that on the Leafs. He’d be a good net presence, with Kessel on the wall and Lupul hanging around the other side of the ice, while Liles and Phaneuf man the point. The PP is the one place I think JVR at center makes real sense.

Kessel – JVR – Lupul
Liles – Phaneuf

That would be a very good 1st PP unit, IMO.

I thought Franson would get moved this summer, too, if for no other reason than Carlyle doesn’t seem to want to play him anyways. I’m not so sure now, though. The draft would have been a good time for that, but BB moved Schenn a few days later instead. And BB never signed any dmen in free agency. The D is pretty weak now, and I’m not sure he can justify moving Franson.

LOL on first read I thought it said “Shane Doan signing in Vancouver”.

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BREAKING – Shane Doan sighting in Vancouver. Sources tell CKWX he had meeting with the Canucks this evening.

meh I didn’t mind Van Hagar, had a more mature sound … the album with Gary Cherone on it (VHIII) on the other hand just didn’t do much for me and I like Extreme and Gary