Jamal Mayers: Ex-Blue

To me the only negative to Mayers was when he dyed his eyebrows in stripes during the playoffs. I think that’s probably part of his scouting report now: “Gritty, hard-working, speedy, willing to drop the gloves when needed, but dyed his eyebrows in stripes.”

My favorite Mayers moment came last season during pre-game warmups when a puck fired high off the netting came straight down on his helmetless bald head and he had to leave the ice for repairs. I just found it funny.

ironic, that we trade a black player to Toronto the same weekend that “The Love Guru” opens…

hey ryan johnson, they just openned a slot for you!

but if no one else is going to say it, I will.

Great deal!

you take someone who averages 8 goals a season, take the best decade out of his playing career, then turn around and trade him for a pick higher than he was taken and a milion and a half.

i suppose we might iss his grit and his community service, but come on that is why we traded fro Cam Jansens!

if janses does half what mayers did (4 goals and a fight a week while celebrity bartending once a month) we still come out ahead cos cam makes only a third or the jammer slush fund!

Jamal Mayers, the only player I’ve ever seen take an unobstructed shot from the face off dot, and shoot so wide that the puck didn’t even cross the goal line.

His toughness will be missed.

Wow. Most blog responses by Leaf fans are very hostile.

/Bye Jammer.

Combined with the Chris Mason deal, this means the Blues essentially dealt Mayers to fill a glaring need (backup G) and also moved up a round in draft picks. Mayers, as much as I love him, is a totally replaceable player.

Smooth move, JD.

but who will punish the goalies’ crests now? in all seriousness, it would appear that j.d. is stockpiling draft picks. can’t wait to see what he does with then.

I always will feel like Mayers should have been a much better player. Sure he has speed to burn, but it was never in a directed fashion. He would skate and chase the puck and chase and chase and never get the realization that if he could figure out where the puck was going to end up and skate there, he’d beat most guys to the puck that way. Most of his goals were scored from ridiculous angles along the end red line and along the boards. And as Jessica said, he could hit the goalie’s chest like nobody’s business.

It’s interesting that the Blues probably could have gotten a little better deal at the trade deadlin in 2007 but chose to sign him to a contract extension.

This does open up a forward roster spot on the team for next season which is a good thing.

I know that this deal will save the team some money and free up a roster spot for DJ King, but I was still disappointed when I heard the news. I know that Mayers wasn’t the most talented player in the world, but I liked his heart, hustle and the good things he did for the community. And for a fourth-liner, his stats weren’t bad either.

I always have a soft spot in my heart for guys who stay with one organization their entire career and he was the only player even close to doing that on this team.

That stated, I can see wy the Blues made the trade, I just wish it had been one of the 57 other grinders on the team to go.

they used up the savings already, mason is a 3 million which is mayers and ears combined. still mayers and a 4th for mason and a 3rd is probably in the best blues interest for next season. the only orignal concern i could have had was if the blues were stockpiling picks they may be planning on losing again next year, instead the two deals have the blues spending a bit, getting unger AND filling a gaping team need.

again, i’m not sure how this can be seen as bad news for blues fans

younger, althougfh perhaps the blues will get unger too

I’m going to say this now: if Mayers raises the Cup over his head before this franchise does, I’m leaving the country. For good.

CT – I agree – does this mean RJ gets a chance to re-sign with the Note?
Someone has got to be a penalty killer willing to dive in front of shit – without both of them – are we going to rely on Jay McC, Cam and a rookie to do it??? That’s a little scary!

I hope he scores 40 for the Leafs.

Blues have too many players of Jammer’s ilk [not that I’m saying he should have been the one to be moved] but at least he’s going to the center of the NHL universe.

I always have liked his free skating speed and his willingness to do whatever it takes, but always decried his lack of agility and points. Someone funnier than I said that we could send him onto the ice with a shovel and he’d score the exact same number of goals.

Scoring 40 for the Leafs, is that in a season or a career?

or on the east side when the leafs come to town again?

I can even begin to bring myself to understand this shit. Jamal was a great Blue. ’Nuf said I guess.