Brian Burke Fired by the Leafs

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:Dreger said this morning that Burke would have been fired somewhere around this time if it had been a full season and the team was not in a playoff position. He also said that this had nothing to do with Luongo.

Heh. Interesting...

Maybe they figured that if the Leafs still weren't competitive by a certain date, then they'd can him. So they added a reminder in their Outlook Calendar, with a link to the NHL standings page. So yesterday morning the reminder pops up, they click on the link, find out the Leafs are 13th in the East and fire Burke.

It's as good an explanation as any.

That's outstanding!

Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

shabbs wrote:
John Shannon also reported in the summer that the Luongo deal was "done" and that the next jersey Bobby Lou would be wearing was a Leafs one.

So... we shall see...

Yeah I know but pretty much everyone is saying Lu is going to Toronto.

He's stuck his neck out a lot lately so it's interesting to see if he is correct.

SpezDispenser wrote:Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

Steve Simmons gets my vote, for sure. It may be his incredible annoying face that makes me want to punch him so much.



We don't hate him as much as this guy though...look at his blog going on about Simmons:

http://trevorpresiloski.com/2009/12/toronto-sports-media-makes-my-head-hurt/

SpezDispenser wrote:Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

Simmons by a LONG shot. C'mon now...

SpezDispenser wrote:Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

I wouldn't put Kypreos in that list. He definitely doesn't spit nonsense ad nauseum like the other 3 and has insider knowledge

LeKid wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

I wouldn't put Kypreos in that list. He definitely doesn't spit nonsense ad nauseum like the other 3 and has insider knowledge

I just don't like him. Have no idea who Simmons is.

Hoags wrote:

shabbs wrote:
John Shannon also reported in the summer that the Luongo deal was "done" and that the next jersey Bobby Lou would be wearing was a Leafs one.

So... we shall see...

Yeah I know but pretty much everyone is saying Lu is going to Toronto.

He's stuck his neck out a lot lately so it's interesting to see if he is correct.

...or Florida. Both are mentioned as possible destinations.

spader wrote:
...or Florida. Both are mentioned as possible destinations.

Florida does not need him, they have Markstrom, plus Theodore for now. Luongo would love to go there though.

It'd be like us getting Luongo when we have Lehner in the wings, makes no sense for them.

SpezDispenser wrote:Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

what were the deciding criteria? because i'd like to add my own candidate to that list. Damian Cox

Hoags wrote:

spader wrote:
...or Florida. Both are mentioned as possible destinations.

Florida does not need him, they have Markstrom, plus Theodore for now. Luongo would love to go there though.

It'd be like us getting Luongo when we have Lehner in the wings, makes no sense for them.

Markstrom is putting up some pretty average numbers in his AHL season and he hasn't looked like anything special in his time in the NHL thus far.

I've said it before, I think he's the most overrated goaltender prospect in the world. He's so far from being an NHL goaltender that it might take 1/2 the length of that Luongo deal for him to really establish himself. Couldn't stand him at the WJC, hated his game, didn't like it when I saw him play in the NHL last year either. Not sure what the hype is about, he's very ordinary in the way he plays and handles himself in the net.

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

what were the deciding criteria? because i'd like to add my own candidate to that list. Damian Cox

Oh, good one. Simmons and Cox have gotta be my two least favourite sports reporters of all time. I don't mind Kypreos, Shannon or Spector to be honest.

Don Brennan

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

what were the deciding criteria? because i'd like to add my own candidate to that list. Damian Cox

Winner. Cox is the king of tools.

NEELY wrote:

Hoags wrote:

spader wrote:
...or Florida. Both are mentioned as possible destinations.

Florida does not need him, they have Markstrom, plus Theodore for now. Luongo would love to go there though.

It'd be like us getting Luongo when we have Lehner in the wings, makes no sense for them.

Markstrom is putting up some pretty average numbers in his AHL season and he hasn't looked like anything special in his time in the NHL thus far.

I've said it before, I think he's the most overrated goaltender prospect in the world. He's so far from being an NHL goaltender that it might take 1/2 the length of that Luongo deal for him to really establish himself. Couldn't stand him at the WJC, hated his game, didn't like it when I saw him play in the NHL last year either. Not sure what the hype is about, he's very ordinary in the way he plays and handles himself in the net.

Huh? He's posted a .917 in the AHL so far, not too bad at all. .927 last year, .923 in limited NHL action. He's got the goods IMO, why do you say you don't see it?

Big Ev wrote:Don Brennan

Another winner.

shabbs wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Who's the bigger tool, Kypreos, Shannon, Spector or Simmons? My vote is Simmons, but it's close.

what were the deciding criteria? because i'd like to add my own candidate to that list. Damian Cox

Oh, good one. Simmons and Cox have gotta be my two least favourite sports reporters of all time. I don't mind Kypreos, Shannon or Spector to be honest.

spector amuses me. especially his blog which the rumour section only combines the garbage out on the net. once he started quoting Eklund I knew he lost the plot. I mean only Eklund should make reference to himself.

SpezDispenser wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Hoags wrote:

spader wrote:
...or Florida. Both are mentioned as possible destinations.

Florida does not need him, they have Markstrom, plus Theodore for now. Luongo would love to go there though.

It'd be like us getting Luongo when we have Lehner in the wings, makes no sense for them.

Markstrom is putting up some pretty average numbers in his AHL season and he hasn't looked like anything special in his time in the NHL thus far.

I've said it before, I think he's the most overrated goaltender prospect in the world. He's so far from being an NHL goaltender that it might take 1/2 the length of that Luongo deal for him to really establish himself. Couldn't stand him at the WJC, hated his game, didn't like it when I saw him play in the NHL last year either. Not sure what the hype is about, he's very ordinary in the way he plays and handles himself in the net.

Huh? He's posted a .917 in the AHL so far, not too bad at all. .927 last year, .923 in limited NHL action. He's got the goods IMO, why do you say you don't see it?

Gets rattled, lets in weak goals, and doesn't do anything better than the average NHL goaltender for the most part. You can't teach size and that's what's going to allow him to be an NHL goaltender at some point but his path will look a lot like Bishops if he makes it... he has years to go and even then there is no guarantee he becomes a #1.

As for his #'s, a 917 save percentage in the AHL is pretty average.