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No, i'm not saying he won't be resigned but i'm explaining why the decision of his resigning was probably left to the new GM whereas PLF implied he would have resigned Miller before picking a GM

He has 5 on the PP, so they don't count as Kassian doesn't get as much PP time. So Kassian has 8 and Cody has 5

Spitting can result in a 2 minute unsportsmanlike conduct right?

I think that Ott has his role and it is important. However, he is not a star and will never be more than a solid 3rd line guy who can step up to the 2nd line if needed. I think the only players PLF would have signed to an extension would be stars (Miller, or Vanek if he was still here). I think Ott has a specific function and if the new GM wanted to create a team that had a different characteristic he might not fit in. Whereas stars are guys you build a team around and contend for the cup with, character guys like Ott are vets that win you the cup, they are not building blocks. I agree this team needs leadership and Ott offers that. However, he isn't the only guy in the league that can do that and so I think it should be the GMs decision who provides that service The girl-next-door is 195.5cm tall - but thank you for pointing out another reason the metric system is better :P

I'll admit I am warming to this guy. Still unsure if it isn't a single hot season but I am starting to look forward to seeing him play. Does anyone know what is his style? E.g. Miller is positionally very good and reads the play very well to take away the lanes and then aggressively faces the shot

PLF would be unlikely to sign a role player like Ott (he isn't the player that carries you to the cup). Murray probably wants some time to evaluate talent. At least these are my hopes. Let's hope this isn't another Zubrus vs Driere situation where we chase our ex and fail to to see the 6'5' girl next door

lol I don't remember people being hostile to me when I joined, but it seems the last few new guys have complained. Most notably i consider DStebb a broken stallion :P

Look at the talent Kassian has around him compared to Hogson. Not to mention with the Sedins taking the heavy defensive assignments from the other team that opens the game up more. Hodgson is the one who other teams send their best defense out for. Also Kassian has a crazy high shooting percentage (near 20%). That won't last (c.f. Drew Stafford's high shooting percentage year)

Thank you Mrs Kassian I really don't understand why Coho is a whipping boy on this team. He is doing just want he is meant to do, an upper second line centre. I guess he is the new Roy. A player put in a position to struggle by management and bizarrely ridiculed by fans who also ridicule the (former) management. Also, Coho is on a great deal at $4.5 mil and Pommers is on a great deal at $5.5 mil. I'm not sure why people think they are bad contracts. Leino is a bad contract. Clarkson is a bad contract. Phaneuf is a bad contract

Plus if the Oilers are ahead of us (the most likely team to be) they will pick Ekblad. So that doesn't even effect who we would pick

I thought she meant in total! Wow. Well that makes Miller a $7.5+ million goalie

He is saying the opposite. These three names always come up in trade rumours. He would be willing to deal one of the three. Thus he won't be willing to trade the other two

We have their second for the next two years

I'll take Robin Lehner :P sadly i think Murray's first born is an easier target

That FB post has now been taken off his FB page. Interesting

He turns 20 when the season is over

Yeah the guy has really been mucked about by the organisation. Although i think not reporting is wrong. I do feel this organisation hasn't looked after him well. Especially as he is our prospect with the highest offensive ceiling

Hrm. Not good. Hope we don't trade him though. Hopefully it was an emotional reaction. Coming off a decent world juniors to then be demoted to juniors must be tough He said he wanted 50 points this season

Leafs should be used to it by now

If they are traded, it could be a disaster and we lose a good future player, or it could return us a top 10 player in the NHL. There is no point finding a cloud for today's silver lining. Just because he isn't afraid of making mistakes, doesn't mean mistakes will be tolerated. I see no reason to expect him to screw the pooch and trade all our good assets for nothing. After all, this is his first GM job, if he ###### it up he isn't getting another

I hope the trade deadline is fun. Enough time for Murray to evaluate and decide on a direction

Yeah Ullmark is having a good year. My only concern about him is everything describes him as 'raw', which implies he has the skills but is years off being a starter. I'd also like to get him to NA next season. I'm really disappointed by Hackett - I would have rather got a third. Especially when Larsson is hardly holding his own in the NHL (i was hoping we would get a serviceable/reliable third line defensive centre with him)

My thoughts exactly. This isn't a team that relies on the goalie; the goalie gets a ton of help from both forwards and d-men. Although as I said before, it would be nic to have a goalie below the age of 23 who looks like they could have a stab at the NHL soon

I'm not saying it is true. I'm saying that the rumour has been going for a while. People said it was why Morrow fought Gleason (Morrow and Ott are good friends). Obviously there is not an accurate source, it isn't like Ott has tweeted "Gleason is a dick, he slept with my wife" and TSN are hardly going to wade into the debate. I think that if a persistent rumour exists then it is weird to purposefully never mention it simply because it doesn't have a source. I am not suggesting it is fact, simply that the rumour exists. The rumour also got more traction last season when Gleason and Ott fought http://www.thebreaka...teve-Ott-s-wife As for 'proof' - here is an article about Ott saying he has a wife called Candice, and hangs out with Gleason, who is a good friend of his: http://stars.nhl.com...s.htm?id=450396 And here is a tweet congratulating Tim and Candice Gleason on having a baby: https://twitter.com/...147244032274432 And here is an article saying Tim has a step child called Layna, coincidentally, Ott also has a child called Layna: http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/print-edition/2010/10/22/tim-gleason.html?page=all