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  • #77996
    PrinceLH
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    for those interested, Dom put out his most improved teams so far.
    net rating, whatever that actually means. Leafs 4th.
    worth noting, that doesnt include Mckenna. he has Mckenna as similar to Michkovs rookie season.

    1. Nashville Predators
    Net Rating added: +27

    2. New York Rangers
    Net Rating added: +26

    3. Washington Capitals
    Net Rating added: +23

    4. Toronto Maple Leafs
    Net Rating added: +21
    In: Jack Roslovic, Nick Paul, Teddy Blueger, Colton Sissons, Brandon Duhaime, Darren Raddysh, Emil Andrae, Sergei Bobrovsky
    Out: Matias Maccelli, Nick Robertson, Calle Järnkrok, Brandon Carlo, Simon Benoit, Joseph Woll

    If “improvement” means going from a lottery team to a wild card pretender, sure. Obviously, the worst teams have the biggest margin to improve by but if you look at what they did, they didn’t really do much except splash a bunch of money on older players and take a bunch of risks to hope they can keep Matthews happy in his final two years.

    Roslovic: Worst UFA signing the Leafs made. One-dimensional player, soft as shit, overpaid, trash in the playoffs.
    Paul: Overpaid for 7 goals. Already have Joshua doing the same shit for the same price. Lorentz, same player, half the price.
    Blueger: Solid 4C option, good price. Zero offense.
    Sissons: Good player but overpaid. Zero offense.
    Duhaime: Good 4th line winger, hits everybody. Zero offense.
    Raddysh: Grossly overpaid for his first and only good season. Can’t skate or play D. Another Rielly contract situation sooner rather than later.
    Andrae: Tiny 7th D, probably won’t do shit until injuries hit.
    Bob: Was once great but coming off a horrid season and 38.

    Woll was the best goalie in the system and should have stayed over Stolarz. Also, Rielly is still not gone which is a defensive disaster.

    Leafs are still one of the oldest teams in the NHL and in one of the toughest divisions. If “improvement” means they can be a wild card team, the bar is low because the goal should still be a Cup and this team is nowhere near that.

    The trick is getting off to a fast start, since again this year, they have a lot of home games to begin the season. Where should they improve? The bottom 6. It’ll be better depth-wise. If they can improve by 21 points, it probably gets them into the playoffs. Not a big deal, but it will make the lost 1st rounder worth less to whoever gets it. I’d give it to Boston, since the next year could be not as good to surrender. Detroit will be worse, so will Ottawa; with Boston being stagnant, it might allow them to get into the playoffs.

    #77973
    Unholy_Goalie
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    for those interested, Dom put out his most improved teams so far.
    net rating, whatever that actually means. Leafs 4th.
    worth noting, that doesnt include Mckenna. he has Mckenna as similar to Michkovs rookie season.

    1. Nashville Predators
    Net Rating added: +27

    2. New York Rangers
    Net Rating added: +26

    3. Washington Capitals
    Net Rating added: +23

    4. Toronto Maple Leafs
    Net Rating added: +21
    In: Jack Roslovic, Nick Paul, Teddy Blueger, Colton Sissons, Brandon Duhaime, Darren Raddysh, Emil Andrae, Sergei Bobrovsky
    Out: Matias Maccelli, Nick Robertson, Calle Järnkrok, Brandon Carlo, Simon Benoit, Joseph Woll

    If “improvement” means going from a lottery team to a wild card pretender, sure. Obviously, the worst teams have the biggest margin to improve by but if you look at what they did, they didn’t really do much except splash a bunch of money on older players and take a bunch of risks to hope they can keep Matthews happy in his final two years.

    Roslovic: Worst UFA signing the Leafs made. One-dimensional player, soft as shit, overpaid, trash in the playoffs.
    Paul: Overpaid for 7 goals. Already have Joshua doing the same shit for the same price. Lorentz, same player, half the price.
    Blueger: Solid 4C option, good price. Zero offense.
    Sissons: Good player but overpaid. Zero offense.
    Duhaime: Good 4th line winger, hits everybody. Zero offense.
    Raddysh: Grossly overpaid for his first and only good season. Can’t skate or play D. Another Rielly contract situation sooner rather than later.
    Andrae: Tiny 7th D, probably won’t do shit until injuries hit.
    Bob: Was once great but coming off a horrid season and 38.

    Woll was the best goalie in the system and should have stayed over Stolarz. Also, Rielly is still not gone which is a defensive disaster.

    Leafs are still one of the oldest teams in the NHL and in one of the toughest divisions. If “improvement” means they can be a wild card team, the bar is low because the goal should still be a Cup and this team is nowhere near that.

    #77915
    senstrolltwo
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    for those interested, Dom put out his most improved teams so far.
    net rating, whatever that actually means. Leafs 4th.
    worth noting, that doesnt include Mckenna. he has Mckenna as similar to Michkovs rookie season.

    1. Nashville Predators
    Net Rating added: +27

    2. New York Rangers
    Net Rating added: +26

    3. Washington Capitals
    Net Rating added: +23

    4. Toronto Maple Leafs
    Net Rating added: +21
    In: Jack Roslovic, Nick Paul, Teddy Blueger, Colton Sissons, Brandon Duhaime, Darren Raddysh, Emil Andrae, Sergei Bobrovsky
    Out: Matias Maccelli, Nick Robertson, Calle Järnkrok, Brandon Carlo, Simon Benoit, Joseph Woll

    #77853
    PrinceLH
    Participant

    Stevie Yzerman was overrated as a GM. Sure, they drafted some good young talent, but they never drafted a significant super-youth. When you look at the Sharks, Ducks, and Hawks, none of those top-end players ended up in Detroit. They look destined for the basement this year, probably behind Ottawa in 7th. Maybe that’s the ticket for both of those teams…..a massive trade of top-end talent to see if they can break free of their doldrums.

    #77847
    dmnted
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    So Stevie Y is out as GM of the Detroit Red Wings!!!
    WOW!!!

    #77843
    PrinceLH
    Participant

    man, the sky in Toronto is orangy red today
    quite eerie I would say.

    Yeah, looking at the sky here in Kingston, that orange hue is kind of Martian-like. It makes it hard to go into the swimming pool. Outside of that, it’s deadsville in the sporting world. Where’s UG to throw a box of hand grenades?

    #77808
    dmnted
    Participant

    man, the sky in Toronto is orangy red today
    quite eerie I would say.

    #77681
    Unholy_Goalie
    Participant

    looks like Rogers is getting rid of people and stations to pay the $$4+ billion to have full control of MLSE.

    They could fire the entire staff in the company, they still won’t get back the 4 billion.

    They’re most likely going to sell stock to get back what they spent to buyout Tanenbaum so they still own a giant majority but dilute the ownership among small investors.

    #77680
    Unholy_Goalie
    Participant

    you do realize Leach who they just hired away from Dallas to run the Leafs draft is also gone.

    That’s probably a bad fire especially given the fact his draft record is significantly better than anything Chayka has ever shown.

    #77628
    dmnted
    Participant

    Chayka is cleaning house……

    Which would be better if he himself was a great GM capable of hiring other great people.

    Hayley Wickenheiser was a DEI hire so no big loss there.

    you do realize Leach who they just hired away from Dallas to run the Leafs draft is also gone.

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