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Absolutely nuts. Raleigh's OPS is about 120 points higher against LHP. And he needlessly burned Dominguez in the 9th inning of an 8-2 game the preceding day. His bullpen usage just makes things so much more difficult :mad:

That being said, hyperbole to the effect of "the team is a joke" is pretty silly, considering the team has consistently made the playoffs and battled the NHL's best team(s) repeatedly. I'm not sure why everything is always 100% one way or the other... Also, I'd argue that "the future is bleak"...

Ugh, slow and laborious with an inability to shoot; all the while giving up many more shots against...After the trudge of that type of hockey last regular season, I'm not sure how long I can keep watching this for...

Well, with his inclusion in that game 2 pitching-management debacle, this will be Varland's 4th appearance in 5 days. This is actually a pretty good bullpen but the continual needless draining of the arms is really making things dicey.

Bennett played 6 seasons in Calgary and never once hit (or would have been projected to hit) 20 goals or 40 points in a season. He was then traded away, after lots of opportunity to produce. Not exactly concerning. As for the first two guys on your list...well...it's Calgary...I'd put more...

Yea, he's been atrocious since coming back from that groin injury so that could still be an issue. I haven't seen him look too out of place on the basepaths though; he's even beaten out a few infield grounders the last few games.

You know, it would be nice to see Vlad actually hit the ball out of the infield one of these games...Another thing that isn't boding well... he looks absolutely lost at the plate...

I'm really not sure why they keep beating Hoffman into the ground. Velocity down, command all over the place. He pitched a shaky inning yesterday (20+ pitches in a non-save situation), then luckily saves it today (25 pitch inning). I don't see this working in the playoffs..

Well, apparently you can't question anything you're told, now that the FCC has managed to oust Kimmel. Very scary situation over there...

Yea, and further to this point about situational pitching, it seems as though the Jays (or Schneider?) are very big on having a LHP facing a pivotal (and, for some reason, not so pivotal) LHB, which is why we tend to see so many pitching changes. This irked me yesterday in particular, when a...

I believe that is also the over/under line for John Schneider pitching changes this post season...

15 homeruns against in only 62 innings for Hoffman; that is ugly! But his usage has also been pretty crazy. This was his 3rd appearance in 4 days, which was preceded by a 4 appearances in 5 days stretch. He needs regular rest, not a few days off in a row then back to the grind. Jesus.

Yea, Varland has the makeup but he's been scuffling alot. It looks like the Jays are doing some tweaking with his pitch selection, etc, so I wonder if that's causing some issues. Domiquez has been really good and I thought he was going to come in for the 9th last night, considering he only...

Yea, and Bieber is definitely more of a question mark too, considering how long he's been off for. Definitely worth making this deal, though. Potential ace for a young, non-elite prospect.

Ok, I'm going to try this....from this season..maybe Easton Cowan straight up for IR Aaron Ekblad?

What Carlton said. And I know this probably means next to nothing but I do like the idea of a right-handed RW; I think the rest of our wingers/centres (save Nylander and Roy) are lefties? Knies Matthews Konecny :love:

I mean....if the Leafs actually win the Cup this season, wouldn't that undoubtedly mean, in some way, shape or form, it WAS because of his disappearance?

I was a big fan of picking up Konecny before the Flyers signed him long term; is there a hint of chance he's available? Like, we gave them a 1st and a pretty good prospect for what appears to be a 4th line winger, they have to be willing to help us out a bit? :unsure:

I think there are alot of folks who are angry that Marner didn't sign and either blame him (anti-Marner), or the team (pro-Marner). Obviously the plan was to extend him, and it just didn't work out.

Oh, I understand people who wanted to see Marner traded years ago, before the NMC clause kicked in, bemoaning how this turned out, absolutely. They have carte blanche to criticize management's decision to keep the core 4 together. The ones who always wanted Marner re-signed; however, no rue for you!