Comments on: Tucker out indefinitely….

By: MogilnyFan1990

MogilnyFan1990 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:45:59 +0000

The first comment said that not having Tucker will kill us... DONT THINK SO! What we need to do is fix/ shake up our D. We are leading the league in GF as of today, but we are dead last in GA. does anyone else see that as a problem? i do!!!

giving up that two goal lead to Chicago was BRUTAL... and for the people that are going to argue that McCabe is a good defender, i remember watching a play this year (it was the Buffalo or Florida game) where McCabe lost his man in the corner, and McCabe goes to the front of the net, and points his arm at the guy he lost and he screamed at someone else to cover that guy. If you are getting paid 5.75 mil a year, and your not scoring that many goals as offensive defensemen should, and you're terrible on D, get lost! Luckily JFJ messed up and gave him a no movement clause...

NYI's Berard is out 2-4 weeks, maybe we can trade McCabe to the NYI for Andy Sutton?

By: leafy

leafy — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:17:24 +0000

To be sure, there was a time years ago when Tucker was a valuable player. But those days are long gone.

By: leafy

leafy — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:15:26 +0000

This is where things have come to. We're rooting for the Thrashers against the Leafs. It's a real tragedy.

By: Militant

Militant — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:38:19 +0000

Major gutting is required in Leaf-land, but I hate to say it will never happen. Problem goes all the way up to the top!

MLS is owned by a pension fund.

Successful franchise is defined completely different in MLS than in other franchises. Whereas one would call the evil empire (Yankees) a successful francise - winning championships, fielding skilled teams, sold out stadium, high revenues; to a pension fund successful stops at high profit margin.

This is why the Leafs will sign a Domi for 2 mil in a cap environment?? Overpay for Tucker and McCabe. Overall, these guys sell jerseys.

It's all been said many times before, but there is no one to blame but ourselves. We continue to pay to see the games, we continue to buy the jerseys; so from the perspective of ownership everything is great! Every now and then make a meaningless splash to show you care, but really! The Leafs are in bad need of re-building, that is the only option. Every team must go through it. The problem is that a pension fund cannot afford it. Too many future pensioners to answer to if they do not get optimal profits.

Only hope is for the RIM guy to buy MLS.

By: Militant

Militant — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:24:20 +0000

Sorry…meant Quinn, not Burns!

By: Militant

Militant — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:21:02 +0000

Hate to say, I hope they lose!

By: Militant

Militant — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:19:22 +0000

NHL.com stat page has been terrible…lol…and they want to be a major sport!

By: Militant

Militant — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:16:22 +0000

Why would you take Tucker? That is banking on Burns being around to have him play with Sundin!

By: Militant

Militant — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:14:11 +0000

Yes, putting Tucker on IR would be the best transaction the team has made since Cliff Fletcher was around. This is a third line player, that has benefitted by playing beside an elite player (Sundin). Playing in any other city besides Toronto (where popularity is rewarded more than skill - I'm from Toronto), Tucker would have had some brief stints on a second line but mostly on a third.

Every now and then, when the Leafs are up by a bunch of goals, or down by a bunch of goals, you see Tucker throwing a check. Otherwise just nowhere to be seen. The only problem with Tucker on IR, is that it makes him impossible to trade, as if it wasn't hard enough already.

By: KingCanada

KingCanada — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:25:32 +0000

Its too bad we never traded him when the entire league wanted this guy on their roster. I do recall a Tucker for Torres rumor, would have been nice because im sure we would have gotten Torres and a pick/prospect.