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Originally Posted by united
From the other thread:
As of now, the Maple Leafs won’t be picking in the first round again until Backlund is 39 and Wolf is 27. Treliving signature asset discipline.
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Now do Florida.
It's obvious that the Leafs' upper management have decided to go for it while they still have their big four forwards. That's their core and they are going all-in. The difference between the Leafs blowing all their futures to reinforce their core and the Panthers doing the same is merely that the Leafs haven't won a Stanley Cup for their troubles – yet.
(For clarity, I do not expect them ever to win the Stanley Cup with this core, and I would be quite happy if they never won it again. But if they have any chance at all, this is it and they should make the most of it.)
It doesn't much matter who the GM is when the team is in its window and the GM's boss wants to win now.