LittleHockeyFan
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cw said:
such bad language! You'd think he was talking to that potty mouthed Rob DelMundo or sumpthin'??..
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Grabovski Bought Out
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such bad language! You'd think he was talking to that potty mouthed Rob DelMundo or sumpthin'??..
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Bullfrog said:
Well, as long as all of Carlyle's first line-up choices take pucks to the face, we'll ice the team that plays to our strengths. No worries.
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From the Siegel interview:
This doesn't really support the view that Carlyle is a "great communicator." With Kadri, maybe. Throughout the line-up, not so much. Looks a lot like Wilson, but with different favorites.
Though, of course, ice time could've told you that...
This doesn't really support the view that Carlyle is a "great communicator." With Kadri, maybe. Throughout the line-up, not so much. Looks a lot like Wilson, but with different favorites.
Though, of course, ice time could've told you that...
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LittleHockeyFan said:cw said:
such bad language! You'd think he was talking to that potty mouthed Rob DelMundo or sumpthin'??..
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Now, imagine Bozak's interview after he leaves to sign in Dallas because the Leafs wouldn't destroy their salary structure to retain him.
Well you cannot put up those [expletive] numbers (by which I mean [expletive] goals, [expletive] assists and [expletive] contract) and expect to [expletive] stay or that some [expletive] GM elsewhere in the[expletive] league will be [expletive] stupid enough to trade for you.
That should be [expletive] clear to even the casual [expletive] observer.
That should be [expletive] clear to even the casual [expletive] observer.
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Yeah he should have said thank you mr. Carlyle for putting me in a situation where I was going to struggle and then cut me loose from a place where I actually enjoyed playing. People should be allowed to wear their heart on their sleeve more and say what they really feel. Its one of the beefs I have with mr hom hum kessel who is possibly one of the worst leafs interviewees ever behind the borschevsky interview post game 7 vs detroit.KW Sluggo said:
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Grabovski is going to come back and bite us in the [expletive]. Figuratively and possibly literally.
Looking only at what's happened so far, I think the Leafs mismanaged how they applied the asset, across the board. The compliance buyout should not have had to be used on this guy.
I'm not entirely on board with Grabbo's latest comments after the fact but at least it gives a little insight into the situation and, for that kind of candor too, I'm going to miss him in blue and white.
Nonis really needs to have something more than a sideways move up his sleeve here.
I'm not entirely on board with Grabbo's latest comments after the fact but at least it gives a little insight into the situation and, for that kind of candor too, I'm going to miss him in blue and white.
Nonis really needs to have something more than a sideways move up his sleeve here.
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KW Sluggo said:
Because putting it in words and numbers seems to be asking too much of some:
Yes, let's all blame Carlyle for grabbos inability to produce. Sure he played a different role, but for 5.5 you percervere(sp). So we over paid for a one dimensional player and nonis fixed that. Kadri can easily replace grabbs. Listen to him now, how well of a teammate was he in the dressing room? My gosh people, we haven't gotten that much worse but can get a lot better with the money saved.
Ps no one is trading for an overpriced second line player when the caps going down.
Ps no one is trading for an overpriced second line player when the caps going down.
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Lee-bo said:
Wow. You do know, I hope, that you're posting these deep thoughts on the internet, where several sources can be found to conceal you tenuous grasp on the language, no?
Zee said:
Normally, I agree wholeheartedly. But in this particular case, it reminded some of Grabbo as a player. When he got knocked down, as he often did, he got back up feisty and charged back into the fray. He doesn't have great command of the language and I think he's wears his heart on his sleeve. So I'm cutting him some slack.
Between the defensive role forced on him, his situation & drop in ice time he was given and his intestine issues (losing weight, etc), I'm prepared to cut him a bit of a mulligan. I do not believe this season fairly represents his ability and it wasn't all his fault.
I think he'll come back and do decently as a 2nd line scoring center.
As for the knock on his not dishing the puck, he is a shooting center. But the offensive chaos the Kulemin-Grabbo-MacArthur line created in transition in seasons past led MacArthur & Kulemin to career highs offensively and I sincerely question that Grabbo doesn't deserve some credit for that.
JohnK's Revenge said:
Since you appreciate the candid shoot from the lip interview style how about this:
Perhaps Gabbo could offer thanks to himself for playing his way onto the fourth line in the first place and then being unable to carry out fourth line duties while expecting an other uninterrupted four years being paid as a first line centre.
Of course not.
It is so much easier to presume that Carlyle wanted him to fail by banishing a thoroughbred scorer to plough horse duty.
The numbers are what they are and in this instace, they're not all good. In fact none of them are good.
Grabovski did not produce at a level remotely commensurate with expectations (including his own). Today's result should have been obvious to everyone.
In fact the only question I had was:what the [expletive] took them so long??? (the answer is they tried to trade him but couldn't).
Now that last circumstance ought to tell you and Grabbo something, namely, that this is not merely the judgement of David Nonis, of KW Sluggo or of a handful of malcontent know nothings, it is the value placed on Grabbo by the marketplace...and that marketplace does not see him as a $4.5M centre over the next four years whose shortcomings were the result of a coach's vendetta.
Now that would make for an interesting interview.
In the interim maybe he can use some of that buy-out cash to polish his vocabulary.