Former Isles and Sound Tigers Coaches Gordon and Cronin added to Leafs Staff
We should have never let that guy have that secret role in the front office. He was a double agent all along!
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Beat me to it ;-)
How do I delete mine?
"Seriously that's the last time you guys f#@%ing won?" -RSH (about beating the Penguins in '93)
We'll take care of it if you haven't already (though I think you can edit FanShots)
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i thought this was a joke at first? what gives?
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions
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A whole Canadian team’s GM and coaching staff as Americans? That seems weird. Is there fallout from that kind of stuff canadianisleslifer?
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Look, he looks like his usual enthusiastic self
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The Leafs on Overspeed
:::grinning:::
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by mikb on Jun 20, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Needs Don King to hype him up
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I totally do
I miss his grumpy pressers, actually. Impatient coaches crack me up.
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not really, but there is pressure to support canadian teams in playoffs.
at least not that i’ve heard. it will be mentioned but more as a footnote. what you do see here in canada, as was seen in with vancouver, is that the majority of canadians will root for the canadian team to beat the american team in the cup final…even to the point where some will consider you unpatriotic if your not cheering for the canadian team in the cup final. most ppl from ontario i know cheer for two teams, the leafs – and someone else, usually an american team. but in the old 21 team league, 1/3 of the teams were canadian. today, it is 6 canadian vs 24 american (soon 7 -23). when the canadian dollar was exchanging for .60 cents usa, while this was great for our manufactoring, especially auto makers with our free-trade agreement, it killed most canadian hockey teams. this is when i started to see a shift in canada. even someone like myself who always hated the canadiens, there is pressure there to support the canadian team in the playoffs, regardless of differences.
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions
incidently...
it was my affection for the Isles, that made me a Mets fan dating back to the 80s…86 Mets, best all-around team I ever saw, and if not for the drugs and partying, would have won more…the Jays are my American League Baseball Team.
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Jays were my AL team
I was really rooting them on throughout the late ’80s up through the WS and the lockout. Little did I know I was betraying America! ;)
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hey Dom, Jays eh?!
Cool. The Jays GM who built their back to back champion teams in the early 90s, Pat Gillick….was once labelled as “Stand Pat” by th Toronto media, and fans, b/c he failed to make the big trades…i find the similarities interesting. like Bill Torrey, Pat Gillick drafted, relied on development, waiting to see what he had prior to major trades, and again, like Bill Torrey, Gillick did not make a single block buster deal…until he was a contender and seeking the final pieces. He traded 1st base slugger Fred McGriff and short stop Tony Fernedez for right fielder Joe Carter, and second baseman Roberto Alamar. At the time, the trade was not well received by Jays fans – I remember getting into an argument with my father about it…telling him Alamar was the best player in the trade, and Carter may very well be the 2nd best player in the trade…that was Gillick’s “Goring” deal. This is why I think the fact that Isles have not made any blockbusters in this rebuild, relying on draft, development and waiting to see what they have prior to trade (so far) is the right way to go.
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, he had to give up a lot for Alomar
Fernandez declined pretty quickly after that, but McGriff was excellent for many years. I’d call him the second-best player of that trade, ahead of Carter.
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hmm Yeah?
interesting. Carter was a pretty good player and hit some key hits…including world series clincher…right field is harder to play than 1st base, where you hide ppl…but Fred McGriff could really hit the ball…that’s a tough call — McGriff vs. Carter…
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
No doubt
That was one of those trades that was a risk but also really exciting for both teams. I was Tony Fernandez many a day at the sandlot.
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he was a very good shortstop…he did come back and win the second world series with toronto
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
is that the majority of canadians will root for the canadian team to beat the american team in the cup final…
I completely disagree. A lot of media have been trying to tell us this, but all my Flames/Oilers/Leafs/Sens friends seem to wanted VAN to fail as bad as I did.
Only MTL supporters were backing VAN pretty across-the-board, and it was more for Anti-Boston than Pro-Canada IMO.
Crazy would be NOT overanalyzing everything.
by nhlcheapshot on Jun 20, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions
On TSN even the Habs fans were rooting against Vancouver. It was so strange.
Let Us Go, Islanders! (Ever notice how strange that sounds without the contraction?)
by TheMetalChick on Jun 20, 2011 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
guess it depends who you talk to...
most ppl i know here central western ontario were cheering for Van, i lived in northern manitoba for 4 years, moved back here last year…most ppl i know there were also cheering for Van…i know a few long time Boston fans who stuck with Boston though. there is, nonetheless, a certain segment of society that will cheer for the Canadian team. It shouldn’t be taken as a knock on the USA…hockey is the religion of choice here…Canada’s ownership of the game, if you will, has been eroding for many years. Canadians are still the majority of the players, but with most teams in the USA and most Canadian teams small market, for a nation with one-tenth the population of the USA, the cup has not been won by a Canadian team since Montreal won it in 93, and that cup should have been Pens third straight, if not for Isles upset. All this considered, it shouldn’t suprise anyone that there would be many Canadians that would favour a Canadian team winning the cup. Even in Baseball, Canada only has one team.
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
In that context
this isn’t a terribly surprising move, for Gordon at least
He was one of Wilson’s assistants in the Olympics (the other being Torts, who seems unlikely to leave right now), and has probably worked closely with Burke as HC of the National Team at Worlds. They clearly like him
I guess that will depend on the Leaf's first month or so of the season
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Wilson would not be missed here...
the media and fans do not like Wilson. he is about as social as a wet blanket at best…if the team sucks, might start hearing more about it…canada, and the worlds largest hockey hotbed – southern ontario – and the only pro-team there is run by americans. lol irony
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
can't wait for someone to ask Burke about that
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so, Gordo...
What can you tell me about that Tavares kid? Is he any good? You think it might be worth our while to trade for him?
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by mikb on Jun 20, 2011 1:10 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I knew it was an inside job
damn you Brian Burke…daaaamnnn youuuuuu
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i guess Leafs were not satisfied...
with former Isles, Mad Mike Milbury, Kelly Hrudey, Glen Healy and Kevin Weekes working Hockey Night In Canada…Goalies sure seem to make great analysis, why hire a team’s worst ever GM though to teach fans about hockey?
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 1:11 PM EDT reply actions
I do wonder...
whether Kessel the younger will now sign with the Leafs as per Phil.
by CanadianIsleslifer on Jun 20, 2011 1:20 PM EDT reply actions
I Would Think JT Would Be Less Likely to Want to Go to TO
I never got the impression he was much of a Gordon fan.
Thats all part of the LONG CON.
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by TheMetalChick on Jun 20, 2011 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
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