Last edited by theIceWookie; October 2, 2013 at 10:38 AM.
14T BiWeekly H2H. 4 C/RW/LW, 6 D, 2 G
Cats:G(3), A(1.5), PIM(0.2), PPP(1), SOG(0.2), GWG(1), SHP(2), Hits(0.3), BkS(0.4). W(2), SO(2), OTL(0.5), SV(0.2), GA(-1), L(-1). 9 Keepers in Bold. 12 player Farm team (skaters under 110, goalies under 80 gp) in italics
LW - Gaudreau, Forsberg, Parise, Hyman (C)
C - Backstrom, Getzlaf, N Foligno (LW/RW), Kotkaniemi, Carter (LW/RW)
RW - Tarasenko, Rantanen, Arvidsson, Atkinson, Gourde (C/LW), Mikheyev (RW)
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Ellis, Klingberg, Fox, Andersson
G - Murray, Grubauer
Prospects -Rossi, Turcotte, Kravstov, Tippett, Bouchard, Lehtonen, K Miller, Addison, DeSmith, Kahkonen, Ingram, Gustavsson
This thread is depressing. It's exhausting being a leaf fan and I'm not even participating in the discussion.
The Kessel deal is slightly high, let's say $500k
Leaf's fans are happy because we locked up an elite player long-term.
12-team, H2H, Keep 4. Categories: G,A,+/-,PPG,PPP,Hits,PIM,W,Sv,Sv%,GAA
C: Kopitar, M. Koivu, Oshie (C)
LW: Zuccarello, , Elias (C), Duchene (C)
RW: Iginla, Pominville, Ovechkin
D: Karlsson, Chara, Doughty
G: Crawford, Halak, Bryzgalov
Farm: Kuemper, MacKinnon, Lehner, Schwartz, Nyquist
Kessel had all the leverage...this was a signing the Leafs just had to make. They have nobody to replace Kessel, and they finally look like a playoff team for the first time in ages. Not to mention how badly Toronto would be mocked for that trade if they ended up having nothing to show for it.
In an ideal world, they get him signed for $7 million, but again, this is just a deal Nonis had to make.
I've question a number of his moves this summer, but not signing Kessel.
There is no statistical evidence to suggest that Bozak has helped Kessel's production at all, in fact it's quite the opposite. Not sure where the assertion that a better Centre would make Kessel a 100+ point player came from but it's fairly simple to see that his production would/should go up. Kessel has outpointed Bozak by 30ish points consistently so how is it that he's helping his production when 40% of Kessel's even strength points are being scored without so much as a secondary assist to Bozak?
Kessel is carrying Bozak....but....they're buddies and Kessel likes playing with him. It's sad that the Leafs pandered to this sort of relationship but alas we bought out Grabo to sign Bozak for Grabo money so that Kessel would agree to sign an 8 x 8 contract.....GAG!!!!! I don't dislike the contract per se, as I think it's fair market value, but Kessel is not the guy I'd have hopped we'd be signing as our anchor for the next 8 years.
10th year Keeper League, Fantrax
14 teams, H2H, keep 10, daily starts
G (3), A (2), +/- (1), PIM (0.1), PPP (1), FOW (0.1), FOL (-0.1), BLK (0.5), HAT (3), W (5), SO (3), SV (0.1), GA (-0.5)
C (3) - Schmaltz (LW, RW), Mercer (RW), Norris (IR), Domi (LW), T. Johnson (RW), Nosek (LW)
LW (3) - Keller (RW), Hagel, McCann (C), Zacha (LW), Kubalik (RW), N. Foligno (IR)
RW (3) - Fiala (LW), Vilardi (C), Ehlers (LW), Kakko
D (4) - Theodore, Orlov, Grzelcyk, T. van Riemsdyk, Clifton, Skjei, Weegar
Util (1)
G (1) - Montembault, Allen, Halak
Bozak = very underrated