Quoting: JaredOfLondon
I didnt try to flame you , I pointed out how you were acting high and mighty and then you bungled your reply because you were so excited to strike back at a Leafs fan you disagreed with.
You can twist it as much as you want, but you did in fact call both Mitchell and Murphy LHD, intentionally or not.
If you want people to talk more respectfully towards you like you insist I do, then you really gotta start doing it to others and stop playing the victim card at the slightest pushback.
And as far as Dermott goes, he has shown that he is capable of being a solid 2nd pairing defender who is in fact capable of playing both sides (while being significantly stronger on the left), and it's not just one game, it is actually a couple seasons, but he's been pushed down the depth chart by Muzzin and Rielly. De Haan hasnt been good for like 2.5 seasons and is trending downwards, i dont really care what people who watched him when he was good and still think he is good thinks. .
I never once said the Hawks would do it, just that anyone pretending Alex Nylander has more value than him is kidding themselves.
I may be verbose but I’m factual and objective and non emotional or warm and fuzzy (I know that) but rarely so I insult someone with intent. For a fan of one team not to understand another teams depth, especially prospect depth, is totally normal and I simply clarified it as it is clear that individual doesn’t understand. Nowhere did I insult, it was simply a direct verbose response. While AI love the Hawks and hockey, I don’t care about hockey that much to get overly emotional to the point that there is a need to “attack” or “flame” with intent strangers on the internet which is exactly how you responded to me that initiated this interaction and why I said be better because historically I know you are.
Of course I know that Mitchell and Murphy are right handed D men. You know, or should know, I’m probably one of the top 3 biggest Hawks fans on here and not only can tell you every player, their strengths and weakness, but also pretty much every prospect in the system; I’m sure you can do the same for the Leafs so suggesting otherwise is a tired excuse for trying to insult...you know I know better, that’s like me saying you didn’t know Marner plays on the RW...silly. Like I said, I was addressing an earlier Leafs fans comment about Dermott playing both sides (you again reiterated here) and demonstrating he’s still be 6th or 7th behind Mitchell, Boqvist, Murphy, Keith, Beaudin, De Haan, competing with Zadarov for ice time. Further, in the very near future Carlsson, Kalynuk, Regula and maybe even Vlassic (who I’m personally not that high on) could bump him even lower. Dermott isn’t better or has more upside then the first six players I mentioned though, and We don’t have to agree on De Haan, but the last 2.5 years he’s had a ton of injuries and 3 surgeries but since being back (playoffs last year...pretty sure Dermott didn’t play all the games for the Leafs) De Haan is looking like his old self as a shut down, net front defender that’s pretty good at clearing the zone. I’m also not a big De Haan fan which tells you what I think of Dermott...nothing more then a #4. Again, objectively speaking maybe because of De Haan’a age and injury history Dermott has slightly more value but to say he’s hands down better, well we can agree to disagree.
Again, the trade makes no sense for the Hawks. Nylander, is more valuable then Dermott to the Hawks. On paper maybe it’s probably close but most trades address needs and Hawks don’t have the need for another bottom 3 defender.
Have a good night; cheers