Just finished watching the highlights and they showed these 6 Dbag leafs fans taunting the Boston crowd after the 1-0 goal. I wish they showed those same weenies after Boston's game winning goal.
Leafs have done enough for Marner. They tell him to submit a list of teams he's willing to go to or he can play on the 3rd line. They've overpaid him, no reason to go out of the way so he can put up big regular season numbers on this team.
I feel Keefe isnt the problem, roster construction and top players other than Nylander not rising to the occasion. Shanahan must have dirt on the MLSE top guys, what has he done?
I saw the 4th line getting filled in in the third period, and sure enough they were scored against with less than 10 minutes to go. Questionable coaching.
They have 5 D men signed, only one of which is any good.
Their top 4 forwards (almost all their offence) make 11+ each except for Marner who makes 10.9. Bertuzzi and Domi are UFAs. They only have one goalie signed.
They have room but not to sign a lot of good players.
You can't be serious that only one of their d-men is any good.
Reilly - ideally a #2, two way dman at this stage who comes with foot speed wrinkles and should be paired with a stay at home guy
McCabe - perfect #3 stay at home
Benoit - #3-#4, shut down dman who blocks shots and doesn't let anyone off the hook. He was every bit the role of Tanev the second half of the year. Solid.
Benoit was particularly impressive. He didn't mess up at all and was mobile enough to hit guys mercilessly. I think they found a gem. Anyway, the Leafs then should find a #1 two way dman similar to Pietrangelo with maybe another #3 two way dman and a filler guy. Certainly getting that star will be hard, but finding another #3 and a bottom pair guy shouldn't be hard.
Bertuzzi's probably a goner, and Domi said he'd take a haircut to be a Leaf. If you look up this years UFA crop it's looking really do-able to get some good run-through-everyone, players. So I do think between the Marner trade, and the UFA market they'll be able to make some sizable moves. Add in next year Tavares' contract coming off the books and that's a huge book of money to work with. As long as Treliving doesn't offer middle guys big contracts, they should be fine.
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I thought Reeves was making $3.5 for three years, but it's actually $1.4 but comes a UFA in 2027. So yeah, buying him out is unlikely.
Looks like Leafs will have a boatload of money - $34M from what I can see from Capfriendly. So they'll have a ton to spend on whomever they want (that figure includes their LTIR folks).
Not sure where you're getting that number - they have $18M of space, with 16 players signed
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You can't be serious that only one of their d-men is any good.
Reilly - ideally a #2, two way dman at this stage who comes with foot speed wrinkles and should be paired with a stay at home guy
McCabe - perfect #3 stay at home
Benoit - #3-#4, shut down dman who blocks shots and doesn't let anyone off the hook. He was every bit the role of Tanev the second half of the year. Solid.
Benoit was particularly impressive. He didn't mess up at all and was mobile enough to hit guys mercilessly. I think they found a gem. Anyway, the Leafs then should find a #1 two way dman similar to Pietrangelo with maybe another #3 two way dman and a filler guy. Certainly getting that star will be hard, but finding another #3 and a bottom pair guy shouldn't be hard.
Bertuzzi's probably a goner, and Domi said he'd take a haircut to be a Leaf. If you look up this years UFA crop it's looking really do-able to get some good run-through-everyone, players. So I do think between the Marner trade, and the UFA market they'll be able to make some sizable moves. Add in next year Tavares' contract coming off the books and that's a huge book of money to work with. As long as Treliving doesn't offer middle guys big contracts, they should be fine.
I'm totally serious. McCabe has lost it. Reilly is slipping. The rest are plugs.
I'm totally serious. McCabe has lost it. Reilly is slipping. The rest are plugs.
We can disagree. McCabe is a solid #3 on any team. Reilly is very debatable. He didn't contribute much, I agree, and foot speed costs him every now and then badly. So I get it. But it's the mix overall that's the problem. There are too many skilled guys who go around guys and not through them and that's been an issue for a long time. It's great in regular season but they never get out of their comfort zone to do much to get a scrappy goal. So that venn diagram where you need skilled guys to get dirty and take the puck to the net, just isn't there. Marner is the answer for what you should be dealing (and I think he'll relent but it has to be a team he'll want to go to). You need a proper mix of speed, skill and determination. Too many of their guys are skilled but refuse to get dirty. They can't give up on skill. They just need a different mix of skill, speed and more determination to get dirty. The dirty part is missing with Marner. Tavares will go down the middle here and there and can be clutch. He isn't too bad. Marner really is the answer for what you have to drop.
You're probably right - I was just adding up the numbers under the UFA tags, including the LTIR folks.
That doesn't work because you're not accounting for the fact that they were well over the cap this season and used over $14 million in LTIR to remain compliant. It also doesn't account for the raises on new contracts some players have already signed for next season, Matthews and Nylander especially.
Also, you don't need to go through all that work anyway if you're already on CapFriendly. Just scroll down to the Roster and Cap Hit Statistics sections. It shows that the Leafs currently have 16 roster players signed for next season, with a combined projected cap hit just over $69 million. Which gives about $18.5 million in cap space on a projected $87.7 million cap.
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