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Long time no see everyone, glad to be back! I think this move will bite TO in the ass. Dubas did a bad job constructing this roster, and I see this is as him giving himself a second chance. Maybe Sheldon Keefe meshes better with these particular players, but I worry that TO is about to go down the road of the Oilers a few years ago, a team with great talent on paper, that just can't win. Not to mention, they are likely loosing their entire blueline in the summer. They couldnt have handled the Nylander/Mathews/Marner situation any worse. They should have traded Nylander for a young D-man, the a lesser deal with Marner first, then a larger deal with AM. But hindsight is 20/20.

If Zadina and Seider are ready to go straight out of next year's training camp *AND* we get Lafreniere or Byfield...all these brutal losses will have been worth it. Ahhh. I've missed LGW cope posting. I'm ready for the Howard era to be over. He's been a good soldier for the past decade, but it's been a long decade and it's time to turn the page.

I will admit... Zadina has REALLY heated up as of late And his hot streak has coincided with me missing Griffins games, so IDK what this streak looks like for him, but I really hope I'm being proved wrong. Would be amazing to add a legit elite goal scorer soon. And if I am indeed 100% wrong plz rub my face in it, bc I would have done the same to any of you lol. Seider has a norris in his future

Yeah but Blash woulda been fired after two loses in a row in Toronto. Two dif situations.

Blashill outlasted him

WE'RE BACK I MISSED YOU, FAM WINGS TAKE A 3-2 LEAD INTO THE THIRD HYPE! LGRW!

I would rather not.

No you are 100% right. It began with Nylander. They folded and gave him max dollar... that led to folding and giving marner max dollar... meanwhile loyal depth players are getting traded off. You cant do that and then not cater to those players demands... aka firing Babs. Yzerman would have told Nylander to figuratively f*** himself and he would've been traded for a reliable Dman. Then Marner wouldn't have the balls to ask for a bajillion dollars and the culture would be in check. It's classic management v labor and Dubas has the foresight of an 18 year old community college student. Should be fun to watch lol

He’s won at every level. What could go wrong?

I think long term they should have stuck it out with Babs and forced their players to conform and grow But they cater to every whim of their snowflake players so ur probs right, this is the best course for the next few years of success. doubt this leads to them winning s*** thou

Yup - Keefe has been suckling at Dubas' teet some years ago in Junior hockey. Best of luck to them - this is a soap opera at it's finest.

I would’ve agreed with you on Howard as a backup last season, but at this point I’d definitely rather have Bernier. Howard may just be slowing down. 35 ain’t exactly young by NHL/goalie standards. Surprised Bernier got a three year deal, but it could be worse, I guess...? In the meantime, this is starting to feel like a more pressing situation in a weird way. If you’re pro-tank, there’s no reason to make a move and maybe Howard reverses course at some point, but it’s tough losing games like this where you feel like the team found a way to win in spite of being outplayed but the goalie didn’t.

I'm assuming Yzerman will let it play out. He has zero trade value and we don't have a better internal option, and, in Howard's defense (pun), he's playing behind literally an AHL-caliber D group, one that could've driven us to a win tonight but decided to play some of the laziest hockey I've ever seen at the NHL level. But I hear ya. A bad goalie can singlehandedly wreck a young team's development curve. ANYHOO I GOTTA GO 2 BED FAM. I'M GENUINELY STOKED THAT LGW IS BACK. WE SHALL TALK SOON. G'night!

So far I'm the only one who voted 'Yes'... The Leafs have been a .500 team since January - the snotty twats that wear the Leafs jerseys have clearly checked out on him...The only way this team has a shot at making the playoffs, and getting past the 1st round is to play to what they are capable of - hi-end offense, and screw any idea of defensive minded hockey. This basically falls of wunderboy Dubas - now he has his man Keefe in control - lets see what happens.

You’ve got to wonder if Yzerman doesn’t deal with the Howard situation. I don’t know how committed we are to the tank, but it’s starting to feel like we’re bound to lose when Howard starts, and Bernier can’t be relied upon to be the starter. We didn’t play great but we played well enough to win this game if we had a halfway decent goalie who didn’t give up back to back to back goals so consistently. Bernier will give up the first goal or a bad goal and tighten it up and not give up the next and keep us in games. Howard doesn’t seem capable of that this season. I know we’re not thinking playoffs this year, but how long can the Howard situation go on like this? Did anyone tell KRSmith we’re back?

Don't talk about him like that or you'll anger "the family"

Well f*** a duck, we’re back. Stupid game. Not all on Howard but f***, he can’t come close to keeping us in a game let alone winning one at this point it seems. He gives up a goal and then gives up two more. That Bernier hasn’t been very good yet so much better than Howard is very telling of how dire this situation has become. Bert’s a real stud; he’s gonna be expensive but I predict he takes the most team-friendly deal with all my wishful thinking. Why wasn’t Fabbri on the ice at the end? We put out the 2-3 point or so collective line but not Fabbri? I don’t get it. Bums me out. This feels like one of those games we should’ve won even though we didn’t quite deserve it, but we gave up five goals again. This is a win with Bernier in net, which is a sad sentence to write.

No kigo.

That entire Glendog breakaway goal sequence I was saying "HA that's not gonna be a goal" But then it was. Hronek played 27 min tonight BEAST

Oh I know, just fun to toss that around.

Wings pull within one. WHY DO YOU BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP

SCORE!

Jackets take the lead. SHUT IT DOWN, MATT!

Why is there 10,000 songs about Christmas but only one about the boys being back? BJ's score tie game

I didn’t realize there was ten months difference in age. That’s significant. Something else to factor in when I make my choice lol