buddha

i love watching marner stand there while pastrnak glides right past him for the winning goal.

leaf nation in an uproar!

i dont really want brandon ingram on this team, but it would be better than zach lavine, i guess.

7 hours ago, MichiganCardinal said:

Can you elaborate on the differences?

theyre the most popular team in canada and also the most hated.  they have the biggest budget.  they are all the canadian media ever talk about and are constantly the focus of reporting.  their players live in a fishbowl.  they are overrated every year by their kiss ass media in toronto, the same media that dominate the sport's coverage so its all they talk about.

and the one team that actually did win all the time - the one team that can rival the yankees for sustained success - is in a market that speaks a different language than the rest of the country: montreal.

ras scores have gone from being very interesting to being very overrated.  people treat those things like theyre 100% accurate predictors of success.  plenty of 9 ras scores flame out because they cant play football.

On 4/21/2024 at 2:06 AM, lordstanley said:

Game 1 final: Boston 5  Toronto 1

this is why everyone hates toronto.

the yankees of canada except they NEVER WIN and talk **** like they have montreal's tradition.

Just now, lordstanley said:

I felt a twinge of empathy going into OT but knew full well I would regret showing any compassion if the Leafs ended up scoring. 

just imagine how unbeliveably obnoxious they would be if they won.

i guess their announcer was WRONG that this time they were going to win it?  lol.

Just now, lordstanley said:

Have to admit the sadistic side of my brain and my merciful side were duelling it out during the OT intermission.  Can’t say I’m sad about the outcome though, but man, how much crushing losses can one fan base take. 

i hope they take 1000 more losses like this.

1 hour ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

Great game between Toronto and Boston. I'll be honest, I am rooting for Toronto tonight.

what the **** is wrong with you?  lol.

happy maple leafs elimination day to all who celebrate!

4 hours ago, casimir said:

I'd take Allen and Mobley on the Pistons.  I was hoping the Pistons traded down from 1-1 in order to draft Mobley plus get other stuff.

cade is better than mobley.

1 hour ago, Betrayer said:

I don't know, when you start assaulting fans - twice in one incident - that's a major line you've crossed. Very different from choking out a fellow employee (although I think Draymond should've been suspended for the entire season for that). I have to imagine that the league still has PTSD from the Malice at the Palace. If I'm Silver I set an example an suspend him for the entire next season.

silver has been very weak with player discipline so far.  he's let them do whatever they want for the most part.

10 minutes ago, Betrayer said:

At some point apologies don't cut it. When it's the same person, acting the same way, over and over again apologies mean absolutely nothing and further actions are required.

agreed, but seeing how the league ignores draymond do you really think they'll do anything with patbev?  maybe suspend him for a game.  since he did it to a female reporter maybe they'll make it three games?

lavine will cost nothing but money if theyre smart about it.  the bulls have been openly trying to get rid of him and had no takers.  (im not advocating for lavine, but i can see these idiots dealing ivey for him when theyre basically the same player only lavine is the fully developed version and ivey is still a pup)

last year you had guys like divencenzo and coby white available.  two years ago malik monk was available.  guys you could have had for less than $10m who dramatically outplayed their deals and would have brought shooting to a team desperate for shooting.

these are the types of guys they should be looking for this year, not taking on joe harris for two seconds.

5 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Why do teams keep signing Beverly? What does he provide? I can't believe he's still in the league because he doesn't appear to be a good player. 

good defender.  agitator who gets under the other team's skin.

i hate him.  he's a cancer.

and what real difference does adding a president of basketball operations on top of all this mean?  JUST FIRE WEAVER!  why add another layer of bureaucracy on top of the multiple layers you already have?  

tom gores just doesnt care.  i dont understand how a guy who made billions by taking distressed properties, stripping them of excess management and labor and making them profitable, is doing the exact opposite in detroit.

makes me wonder if they just got lucky with the other businesses too.  bought them at the right time for cheap and then naturally watched the value grow?  that's all he's done with the pistons.  he's done nothing but make one bad decision after another for 15 years and the team has increased in value 10 fold.

10 hours ago, NYLion said:

Tobias Harris 0 points. His performance in the playoffs might save the Pistons from themselves.

he'll be a piston.  3 years $70 million.

JEIII's latest is the ol' make an offer to the beat writer for another team for a trade.  each beat writer basically said "no way."

the pistons dont have the assets to trade for an available GOOD player, much less an available STAR player.

duren and this year's #1 for ingram and the pels' #1.  nope.

duren and fournier for poetl, bruce brown and a #1 pick this year.  nope.

duren, ivey, and this year's #1 pick for lauri markkanen.  nope.  with a big ol' laughing emoji that this wouldnt even be CLOSE to what they would want for markkanen.  five frp/frs is what it would take or maybe 3 first round picks and cade. similar to the donovan mitchell trade.

these are just beat writers, but the overall tenor is that the pistons' assets are not looked at as valuable other than cade and maybe isaiah stewart.  this year's number one is not worth much because the draft class sucks, and ivey, duren, etc are not seen as valuable players.

and we cant trade future ones because we still owe one to the knicks.

we are four years into the worst rebuild in nba history and we have very few assets and NEGATIVE draft capital.

the incompetence of this front office is amazing, matched only by the incompetence of ownership in keeping it around.

46 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

I don't know that there is a "star" out there to be had this offseason. In previous offseasons you had the likes of Johnny G and Matthew Tkachuk out there and few seemed to have the appetite to pay what it costs to get one of those players. Maybe Toronto gives up one of their big three, but beyond that, whose else would really be on the trade block for us to even look at?

one of toronto's big three if they lose game 7 in boston.

winnipeg may be willing to trade a player to get off some salary.

sign guentzel?

31 minutes ago, casimir said:

What the heck kind of hugs you got going on there?

no hugs allowed.  you might get sued.

47 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

If Lalonde's comments at the end of the season are any indication then he would probably want Danielson up on the main roster. Lalonde's comments indicated he wanted to give more kids a chance. It would be something to see all of Edvinsson, Mazuer, Wallinder, and Danielson all up on the main roster early on in the season next year.

the wings could use the cap space to chase a difference maker.

or deal some prospects for a star.

i thought danielson stood out in the preseason games LAST year.  like some here, i almost expect him to make the team out of camp next year.  and if not, he'll be up sometime in the season.

then again, they made edvinsson wait all year when he was a clear upgrade on what they had.

i forgot about justin holl on defense, lol.  easy to forget him.  

47 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said:

I'm expecting it honestly

theyre going to have to make some deals or eat some money to get all the kids up next year.

berggren and johannson are out of options.  mazur and kasper are chomping at the bit.  danielson looks amazing.

who are your lines?

debrincat-larkin-raymond

blank-compher-blank

fabbri-copp-rasmussen

blank-blank-blank

that's taking out kane, perron, fischer, sprong, and veleno because theyre all free agents.  i dont know if you want that many rookies.  it looks like they want perron back, maybe on kane, yes on fischer, and maybe on veleno, no on sprong.

defense:

walman-seider

edvinsson-chairot

petry-maata

johannson

that's with ghost being a free agent.

goal:

husso/lyon

i'm thinking that cutting husso or ltir may be his destiny.  he's hurt an awful lot.

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53 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

And none of them have really moved the needle for me.

Should start a pool to guess when he mentions JJ Redick.  

well.....arn tellum was jj's agent so...

2 hours ago, slothfacekilla said:

 

Nate is on another level right now, no surprise moving to a better team made his points explode but he's leading the team too.  I think he's tied for 3rd for WHL playoff points overall right now too.  For a guy that plays a complete game this is great to see.

jonathan toews.