Leafs Prospect Update: December 17

Our window is stocked for now, and the future, thats the beauty here. Our prospect depth is better than the rest of the divisions still, and our lineup is the best in the division (on paper). No lockout to eff that up this time =).

25 million.  The team lost 30 million last season, I believe. 

Yeahh…Steady improvement doesn’t mean much. So right 0.o. Just because it’ll take time, doesn’t mean he’s a long shot. His skill set is very much NHL capable, and his assets are a huge necessity for our club. Long shot he is not.

The NHL  could contract in a NY minute (whatever that is ) if it chose too and the players would have little too say about it. The Phoenix debacle is proof of that. That is one the sorriest episodes in sports business  history and it has cheapened the leagues reputation

Confidence from junior leagues also makes a HUGE difference in becoming a big leaguer. Also take into consideration his team sucks and currently we don’t have a prospect in our system quite like him, (PWF winger with the ability to play with the puck ON his stick), outside of JVR. Unless you consider Colborne a PWF lolll. Leivo will make our club at some point, and i don’t think its a matter of will he, more as when he.

50% is too high, imo. There should be at least 5 teams making serious offers to Getzlaf. He’s going to consider more than just the Leafs and Ducks. Even if they are the two teams on the inside track to sign him, you can’t rule out the possibility of him signing elsewhere. Even if the Leafs have a better chance to sign him than any other team, it’s still with less than a 50% chance, meaning it is more likely he signs somewhere else than in Toronto. Not worth the risk, if a deal can be made ahead of time, imo. 

Also, i forget what the real stat was but i think i remember reading Leivo has taken like 20% of the teams shots, or is on for a high % of the teams goals or something, but it was a stat that really showed how much more effective his team is with him on the ice. 

That’s the kind of risk you need to take, and be successful, in order to take the next step.  You don’t get anywhere by paying fair market prices for everything.

you know the Jays are the world series favorite right? Why am i having another one? I was talking baseball, did you think i was talking Leafs?
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http://www.freep.com/article/20121218/SPORTS02/121218068/detroit-tigers-toronto-blue-jays-las-vegas

Yeah true.
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Edit: Who does that favour in do you think?? I know it might favour Henriques numbers when he was younger..but in transition to the big leagues, learning how to win (what Henrique did) might be more important than learning how to be the star of a team and or learning how to carry a team on your back (what Leivo’s doing). Maybe i’m wrong though.

yeah true. I have a weird sense with him. Always been kinda biased towards him since we drafted him. Called him as the darkhorse of all our prospects when we did, i think he’s really proving me lucky/right there. 

McNall, Rigas , werent old guys, they were FELONS. And Boots Del Baggio , another stand up guy. Thats just of the top of my head.  Need I mention our very own Harold B.

These owners are not all the Ayn Rand Captains of Industry . there are lots of SCUM BAGS amongst them

That NBC -Phoenix stuff is equivalent to the toothbrush -asshole schtick . Its popular legend. Just because BB said it , it doesn’t mean DIDLEY.

If the President of NBC said it , Id  believe it , otherwise , no way