tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post771116496313489566..comments2023-12-26T02:50:32.816-05:00Comments on Bitter Leaf Fan Page: 5 Things I Learned this Leaf SeasonMF37http://www.blogger.com/profile/10238252282255067686noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-9125219238657774462010-04-16T10:27:59.137-04:002010-04-16T10:27:59.137-04:00The Leafs obviously weren't the only ones with...The Leafs obviously weren't the only ones with questions about Myers and his abilities. Buffalo picked him up 12th overall so there were 6 teams after the Leafs that passed on him as well. Hindsight is always perfect, but not always fair. Yes, the Leafs could have picked Myers over Schenn. They also could have picked up Ryan Miller, Sergei Fedorov, and a host of other players that were Paul Steckleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-6898813360250801132010-04-15T11:38:32.550-04:002010-04-15T11:38:32.550-04:00Charlie - The Leafs sent Chicago a 2nd and 3rd rou...<b>Charlie</b> - The Leafs sent Chicago a 2nd and 3rd round pick to re-acquire their own 2nd round pick, which they packaged off to Boston.<br /><br />So yes, Boston "only" got two 1sts and a 2nd in the trade, but the total cost to the Leafs is two 1sts, a 2nd and a 3rd.MF37https://www.blogger.com/profile/10238252282255067686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-73880207035794268032010-04-15T11:17:39.695-04:002010-04-15T11:17:39.695-04:00All through the '80s I told people that real c...All through the '80s I told people that real change wouldn't happen until Ballard, um, moved on. And that was true, for a year or two...<br /><br />And then suddenly Cliff Fletcher was trading the future for things like getting Wendel back, because apparently "the fans wouldn't sit still for rebuilding," a.k.a., ownership was addicted to playoff revenue. The perpetual scooterhttp://www.scottmckay.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-45940692949020339182010-04-15T11:05:05.282-04:002010-04-15T11:05:05.282-04:00It was two first and a second for Kessel. No third...It was two first and a second for Kessel. No third rounder.<br /><br />Feels a little better now, no?Charlienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24746874.post-23485043681577850172010-04-13T09:52:11.267-04:002010-04-13T09:52:11.267-04:00#4 and #1 scare me the most.
I wish Nonis well if...#4 and #1 scare me the most.<br /><br />I wish Nonis well if he gets a gig, but I think you're right that it would be better to have someone with proven credentials talking these things over with Burke. Maybe Poulin would be awesome, who knows, every Scotty Bowman had to get his start somewhere. <br /><br />Of course, as Leaf fans are painfully aware, so does every John Ferguson Jr.Juniorhttp://www.heroesinrehab.ca/blognoreply@blogger.com