Yep, I don't think that anyone has disputed that over the past 3 seasons.
Leafs - Sens - Habs 2013-14
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Wayward DP
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Too bad he can't play defence particularly well
corksens
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Doesn't need to be the best defensive player in the league. The puck is usually on his stick.
hockeylover
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No, but the Sens need him to be better than he was this year defensively, IMO.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
If he was one of the best defensive blue liners as well he'd be at $8M plus per season. Can't have it all. If anything, he's a bargain at $6.5M just for the offense he brings.
Volcanologist
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Weird how a guy like Kessel doesn't get that same latitude.
corksens
Legend
Sure. That will likely come with a healthy off-season of training.
But what the Sens really need is a true #2 defenseman to help insulate Karlsson better. Let him do his thing.
corksens
Legend
He's at 6.5m because he signed a deal as an RFA, no other reason.
corksens
Legend
I think he does, largely.
Volcanologist
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you've got to be kidding me.
MyNameIsJonas
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Karlsson would be magnificent if he had a partner.
The Real Leafs missed the playoffs again. How they ended up with 84 points doesn't really matter, that is what they were this year. As has been stated, the real leafs are no more than 6 straight win Leafs than the 8 straight loss leafs. However, the 84 point Leafs are the real 13-14 Leafs, a team that missed the playoffs again.
hockeylover
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Uh okay. None of this is what I said though.
You were implying the real Leafs were not the team they were at the end of the season. Fine. They also were not the six straight win team from earlier in the year. Ultimately, they are what they are, a team that was only two over .500 this year.
Volcanologist
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Nobody give a shit about that though.
The point is they were comfortably in in Mid march.
Of course no one cares about that because it was to their benefit. They were only comfortably in because they won six in a row at one point.
No one expected them to lose what 12 of their last 14 or whatever the number was. It was a total choke, even more epic than the last ten minutes in Boston last year.
They should have been in. However, overall, they are a two games over 500 team.
No one expected them to lose what 12 of their last 14 or whatever the number was. It was a total choke, even more epic than the last ten minutes in Boston last year.
They should have been in. However, overall, they are a two games over 500 team.