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In an ideal world I feel this would happen regarding JT. We aren’t in an ideal world and JT absolutely played as a 2C in the league last year. He’s slowing down but I feel with the cap opening up in the next few years I bet we see some longer contract for him. It also depends on what JT wants.
Ideally, for me, it’s similar to giroux. Something like 3 x 6 – 7. That’s what I think will happen.
Similarly, I wonder if Tree is trying to get Knies on a long term deal. I’d like to see 7 x 8 or even 8 x 8. However, if I were Knies and looking at the cap going up, I’d do like 4years x 6 million.
Would love Tavares to sign the Duchene deal
Marner and his mercenary attitude won’t be missed. He’s a manipulating little b!tch! Good riddance. Get players that want to win here. Tavares should not see more than $5M per season on a 2 year deal. Get a good 2C that is defensively sound.
In an ideal world I feel this would happen regarding JT. We aren’t in an ideal world and JT absolutely played as a 2C in the league last year. He’s slowing down but I feel with the cap opening up in the next few years I bet we see some longer contract for him. It also depends on what JT wants.
Ideally, for me, it’s similar to giroux. Something like 3 x 6 – 7. That’s what I think will happen.
Similarly, I wonder if Tree is trying to get Knies on a long term deal. I’d like to see 7 x 8 or even 8 x 8. However, if I were Knies and looking at the cap going up, I’d do like 4years x 6 million.
If there was any good UFA C, I’d say yeah but there isn’t. He isn’t signed yet by the Leafs so he may go to market.
I think he’ll be offered a 3 year deal with a cap hit of 7.5M by NJD if not signed by the Leafs.
That’s a big hole to fill at #2C.Leafs don’t have that much trade capital, so its going to be interesting these next few weeks.
To match the money, Leafs would need to go 5x 4.5m or 4x 5.6m
who is the LEafs 2/3C options otherwise?
Tavares should not see more than $5M per season on a 2 year deal. Get a good 2C that is defensively sound.
If there was any good UFA C, I’d say yeah but there isn’t. He isn’t signed yet by the Leafs so he may go to market.
I think he’ll be offered a 3 year deal with a cap hit of 7.5M by NJD if not signed by the Leafs.
That’s a big hole to fill at #2C.Leafs don’t have that much trade capital, so its going to be interesting these next few weeks.
Cup has been handed out. Time to move on to the free agency and draft! Less than 10 days away from the draft!
buy out window to open soon
the draft
all the speculation of free agency!!!.
Will players be moved after the Leafs have paid their bonuses…..More to Come!!!
Marner and his mercenary attitude won’t be missed. He’s a manipulating little b!tch! Good riddance. Get players that want to win here. Tavares should not see more than $5M per season on a 2 year deal. Get a good 2C that is defensively sound.
Cup has been handed out. Time to move on to the free agency and draft! Less than 10 days away from the draft!
The crying and whining about the Leafs being doomed because they are “losing a 100 point player for nothing” is just chicken little talk.
The back to back Cup Champs didn’t have a single player anywhere near 100 points nor even 50 goals for that matter.
IN fact the Panthers didn’t have a single player who scored even 40 goals (highest was Reinhart at 39 goals) nor anyone near 100 points (again Reinhart with 81 points led the team).
After Reinhart the next highest goal scorer was Sam Bennett with 25 goals.
https://www.nhl.com/panthers/stats/20242025/2
Beyond that what exactly are the Leafs supposed to do when the player and his agent flat out say they don’t want to negotiate during the season and then go radio silent when the Leafs season ends?
To me the narrative isn’t that the Leafs are “letting him go for nothing” (we know they tried to trade him once for sure and he nixed that deal), it’s Mitch walking away and jamming it to this team and fanbase – again. Sure he is exercising his right and that’s fine but to position him as the victim in all this and the Leafs and the fanbase as the bad guys is just a joke.
Teams that build a balanced roster, get good to great goaltending, have a good system and stick to that system have success in today’s NHL. Loading up on offense doesn’t work – the Oilers have proven it twice in the cup finals now and the Leafs for several years in rounds 1 and once in a while 2.
Bye Mitch and good luck wherever you end up but this is the start of Tre having the flexibility of 13-14 M in cap space to really start to fix what is wrong here, I hope he can & getting JT to come back and finish his career as a Leaf at a team friendly price would be a great start.
The most telling thing for me about mitchy came in a ‘fun’ interview type thing. It was one of those for the fans deals where players are asked questions about teammates, other teams, etc.
Every Leafs player stated Mitch is the most talkative and friendly to opposing players during warmups and game…Mitch asked:’did they say me?”. Then said they probably will try to say I talk so much cause I dot want to get hit. That made me nauseous to hear a hockey player say that. Brutal. Sublime offensive skill – sublimely puffy player.
