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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 4 at 12:51 p.m.
Thread: What about this version 2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FireShanahanTrelivingKeefe</b></div><div>On what planet is Brodie better then Borgen? Brodie can NOT play on the right side, he is a left defense and everyone else but Keefe and you knows this.
Brodie is 100% more physical and exactly the partner Rielly needs so you pay for it and plus Borgen has term cheap.
Look up Bogosian stats a true stay at home physical defender exactly what we need for playoffs plus he was already a TML so we know what he brings!Yes his physicality has come down but stilla solid 3rd liner or depth if you use Giordano.</div></div>
This logic just screams that you don't watch Seattle - but their hit totals is all you care about. Brodie doesn't hit but he defends in other ways and while he is having a down-year he is still a top-4 defenseman and it makes no sense to trade him. I like Borgen and I would want him on our team but at the expense of giving up roster players instead of prospects and picks? It makes no sense. Bogosian statistics are ass so I don't know what you're getting at. We literally watched him in the bubble and he wasn't this stay-at-home defenseman at all. Did we get past the first round that year when we had Bogo in the lineup?
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 26 at 12:00 a.m.
Thread: Larsson and Borgen
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Brad_Treliving</b></div><div>I could care less what his analytics are and what the calculators say. He hits, he can fight, and he can defend from the eye test. There is a reason why calculator boy Dubas failed as GM here in Toronto</div></div>

We can ignore analytics if you want, it doesn't matter - and Dubas made terrible moves that had nothing to do with analytics. Your reasoning here has no credibility and just blatantly proves my point that if even a rock would hit and fight you'd give up a first for it. Your supposed "eye-test" was either from previous seasons or you just made that up, because most honest SEA fans will tell you straight-up how he's doing; if you watched him play this season you'd know he's struggling and the odds of him getting back to form on a new team is too risky.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 25 at 11:29 p.m.
Thread: Larsson and Borgen
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Brad_Treliving</b></div><div>Wrong on Larsson, analytics is useless (Dubas doesn't run this team anymore). Grit and heart wins cups, numbers and calculators wins participation and regular season awards. As for Larsson, he's strong and physical and if ever available, teams will be lining up

As for Brodie, he's soft and can't defend hence why Dubas signed him and Tre let him walk as quickly as possible from CGY. Leafs aren't missing much by trading Brodie</div></div>

Analytics aren't useless but they should be factored in with the eye-test. Also, Dubas made several moves that made no sense analytically so you're wrong on that too. Grit and heart indeed wins championships, but you also need to be good at hockey. Larsson has grit but his lack of impact negates that. Brodie defends in other ways and reduces chances better than Larsson. If you want someone with grit and actual good defense, you have players like Connor Murphy, Oleksiak, etc. My point isn't that we don't acquire grit, my problem with your take is that you just go for anyone and anything that hits.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 23 at 10:27 p.m.
Thread: should they spend their best picks n prospects this deadline
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>batman</b></div><div>Brodie. Don’t understand why he isn’t appreciated here. Solid top4 dmen. And at 2.5M, he’s certainly worth that price.</div></div>

Genuinely don't understand the Brodie hate either. Arguably our best DFD we've had in recent years and he has a down-year this season most likely due to personal problems of his own that I won't dig further out of respect. Leafs fans want a defenseman that either hits, is taller than 6'3, or someone who racks up points - all flashiness and bravado and have zero respect to the guys that hold it down and aren't in the highlight reels but do all the work no one seems to care about (decision making, stick checking, positioning, etc).