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Originally Posted by tkflames
I dont envy the leafs
Hot Take Incoming: Their window is already closed...they just haven't realized it. On paper they have a worse (less deep team) in a division with Boston and Tampa. Hockey is not a strong link sport...especially in the playoffs. It's a weak link sport. In a game one or two mistakes make the difference, so you are far more dependent on your 3rd and 4th line than a sport like basketball where stars matter. Have a look at the 3rd and 4th lines of the last 10 SC winners (let alone defense). The leafs are not even in the ballpark of competing. From this point onward, unless there is a major bump in the salary cap, their teams will become progressively worse. Next year they are down Rielly or equivalent. This year they need to either have an injury or dump players to welcome McDermott back.
For comparison, the flames can dump Brodie and/or Hamonic and/or Frolik next year and reload with another 15M in cap space.
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This is true, and important. It is an interesting challenge for Tre to make this case as player agents are out for one player at a time.