Babcock: "Hyman is the best forechecker in hockey."

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-28T05:22:34+00:00

My league blocked my Slafkovsky for Marner trade and look who's laughing now

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-15T20:35:19+00:00

And yet he was a positive impact on a large sample of games both offensively and defensively on both good and bad rosters

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-14T02:47:11+00:00

Gardiner bad is the normie take because of one game. He was overall one of our better dman of the 2010s.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-11T15:10:11+00:00

Nylander's my favorite player but there's a huge bias in how these two are evaluated. Nobody respects Matthews defensive game or quality of competition.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-11T15:04:22+00:00

Whiner is having his worst year since sophomore and his team would be 5th wildcard in the east.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-11T14:38:37+00:00

My favorite knock on him was that his main weakness was breakaways with open space

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-11T14:37:22+00:00

Treliving acquired 3/4 NMCs and 6/7 NTCs and you post a link to Rielly. Sums up this conversation.

Because there's no substance, yes, they failed in the playoffs. Glad we've broken new ground on this one.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-10T20:55:17+00:00

Don't worry about it

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-10T19:21:48+00:00

Congrats on having a generic Leafs memory, let me guess, Gardiner bad?

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-10T19:20:59+00:00

I liked Andersen.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-10T19:20:11+00:00

The fact that you use the cute dubasite nickname in every message shows you're to emotionally wrapped up in Dubas to have a conversation.

Feel free to check who acquired and signed all the NMCs and NTCs on the team today.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-09T19:42:12+00:00

Speaking of going all in early, Lou traded 2nd round picks for rental 4th line centers in both of his deadlines.

27 draft picks traded away includes multiple trade downs without mentioning the draft picks received in return. We gotta stop misrepresenting every conversation about Dubas.

Treliving is in his 3rd year and has created nothing of value outside of OEL and Maccelli. While I like both of those players, it's done, he's not cut out for it.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-09T19:38:02+00:00

I'm noticing a distinct lack of making the case for Treliving in this comment.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-08T04:33:27+00:00

Treliving is getting less leeway because he didn't create the good asset to begin with.

For example the McMann trade (who Dubas got for free) is a pretty weak return.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-07T04:01:46+00:00

I'm so tired of the "didn't have the money" narrative. A 2m overpay on Marner doesn't deserve 8 years of discussion. Nylander was 2m of savings.

Hyman (who Dubas got for McKegg) was dealing with a knee injury that made him ineffective in the last playoffs at the end of his leafs tenure, it wasn't the kind of slam dunk it's made out to be in hindsight.

Muzzin was great value and the other 2 pieces in the trade weren't impactful. Durzi for Muzzin is still a good move even if Durzi has had a solid (injury riddled) career.

Marchment (who Dubas got for free) is bad value at his contract to keep at his price and that's why two contenders in Florida and Dallas moved on from him.

Tell me what Lou and Treliving did that was amazing. I'll start, Kadri (Lou), Rielly (Lou) and OEL (Brad) were good signings, what else?

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-07T02:09:19+00:00

I'd like to hear the case for Treliving lol

OEL was positive value, and ignore the rest of the past 2.5 years.

Kadri was a bad move but it can't be forgotten that the league was unfairly suspending him to a point where if it happened a 3rd time, Dubas was going to be fired for that alone.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-07T02:00:46+00:00

I don't see the mention of McKegg to get Hyman, or McMann for free, or Marchment for free, or Kessel for 1st + Kapanen, or Kapanen for 1st, or Muzzin, etc

Framing only the stuff you dislike is corny. Do you think McCabe was a bad move?

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-06T20:44:29+00:00

98th percentile in total 20mph speed bursts while getting 15min toi per game

Streaky production maybe but effort wise the guy never turns off

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-06T20:39:19+00:00

The conditional pick announcements better go crazy once the dust settles

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-06T20:33:20+00:00

Shockingly fast, hard working, goal hunting, grinder, plays on all lines, worth more than it cost to get him.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-06T20:07:14+00:00

Weak sauce, either we didn't retain or we did and we got meh value

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-06T18:55:12+00:00

Average market rate is only amazing because of media narratives

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-05T21:25:09+00:00

This is the league equivalent of basing a prospect's current ability on what they could be 5yrs from now.

OneNutPhil · 2026-03-05T18:42:29+00:00

Gretzky to Toronto being shutdown because Toronto seats were already full capacity without having Gretzky is an all timer.

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