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It appears that Carolina’s Captain may steal Mitch Marner’s Conn Smythe trophy. It’s going to take a lot for Vegas to come back in this series. Vegas appears to be grinding down. They’ve played many more playoff games than Carolina and the constant grind of the playoffs is taking it’s toll. I figure Carolina will take them in game 6, probably in overtime. Carolina has out chanced them in this series and the young goaltender seems to be stealing the show. The first 10 minutes of game 6 will tell the story. Vegas will throw everything at them in period 1. If it’s tied or Carolina is ahead, Vegas is toast.
Captcha is for losers!
Get IPTV. You’ll see everything you could dream of watching including high school table tennis in 4K.
I’ve been watching ONTV on the computer. It’s not the best quality, but it’ll do in a pinch. I’m an audio/videophile so it would be nice to watch it on my top end television.
One more Carolina goal might put an end to the game tonight.
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Marlies/Wolves for the Calder Cup is going to run a week past the NHL playoffs. I don’t know why they’re not going to telecast those games on our Cable sports packages. TSN has 5 channels, Sportsnet 6. They could at least use the Toronto area market to show those games. Of course we get the World Cup stinking up the dial, as well as the dismal Jays. Such a lost opportunity for MLS&E to promote one of their franchises, even if it’s for a week to 10 days only.
Captchas are for losers!
Get IPTV. You’ll see everything you could dream of watching including high school table tennis in 4K.
Marlies/Wolves for the Calder Cup is going to run a week past the NHL playoffs. I don’t know why they’re not going to telecast those games on our Cable sports packages. TSN has 5 channels, Sportsnet 6. They could at least use the Toronto area market to show those games. Of course we get the World Cup stinking up the dial, as well as the dismal Jays. Such a lost opportunity for MLS&E to promote one of their franchises, even if it’s for a week to 10 days only.
Captchas are for losers!
As iv said before, i think if Mckenna stayed in the WHL, he would have put up silly numbers and had a higher NHLe
going to be fun on draft nightThere is really only a couple of scenarios if you move the first pick. Our 1st to Vancouver for pick 3 and a second first (24th overall), this year. It could also be a top draft pick from a year ago. Second Scenario is Calgary. The Flames 1st (6th Overall) and Calgary’s first next year.
If it’s Vancouver, it gives the Leafs a shot at Stenberg, if the Sharks take a defenseman, or the Leafs get the best defenseman in the draft. If it’s Calgary, they still get a shot at one of the top 3 defensemen, or Malhotra slips to 6 and they gain the best Centre in the draft. Either scenario gets you a second first rounder, or a top end prospect.
Food for thought.
Fuck these stupid Captchas
a close race
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As iv said before, i think if Mckenna stayed in the WHL, he would have put up silly numbers and had a higher NHLe
going to be fun on draft nighthere are the combine results (top 10) in each category
lots of names iv never heard of
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/2026-nhl-combine-results-top-10-prospects-in-every-drill/You’re missing something. Montreal had all of their first rounders plus 1st rounders they acquired when they did their rebuild.
Let’s go through this point by point to make it really simple for everybody here.
Montreal drafted 1st overall (Slav), 5th overall (Reinbacher) and 5th overall (Demidov) then made the Wild Card and then the Conference Finals. Their best players were not the guys they drafted in the lottery. Those guys will boost them as they develop but they were passengers for the most part. Their best players were Caufield who they drafted 15th (2019), Suzuki (former 13th overall pick) who they got in a trade for Patches and Hutson who they drafted in the 2nd round (2022). Are you following along so far? Okay, good.
So, right now, the Leafs are about to draft 1st overall. If they keep the pick, they have their lottery player. If they trade down, they still have a top 5 pick plus another 1st round pick. They also have Cowan, Knies and Danford in the system under 25. Still following? Good.
If they trade just Matthews and Nylander, they can easily acquire seven 1st round picks worth of value. That means any combination of assets. It could be a top-six player that is under 23 (Will Smith), that means a top prospect ready to jump to the NHL from junior or the NCAA that was a top pick (Misa). That means a lottery pick like 2nd overall from San Jose. That means any combination of those assets. And all of those players can become impact players either right away or within the next 3 years.
Additionally, they could easily acquire bad contracts for 1st round picks. They could also easily trade their blueline for 1st round picks (or prospects under 25) at the deadline. All of those assets could be used to draft 18 year olds or they could be trades that bring in players that are already drafted, rookies or young roster players. That means players that can contribute in the NHL right away or within 3 years.
The Habs could control the narrative due to being able to manipulate their positioning in the draft, to fall further down and draft in the top 5. The Leafs don’t have this for the next 2 years. They can’t just bottom out and get a top 5 pick by tanking and playing their AHLer’s.
The sports media owns the Leafs. They can control whatever narrative they want. But it wouldn’t matter anyway because MLSE could dress 20 monkeys throwing shit at each other and the tickets would still all be sold out. The players and the assets the Leafs acquire would NOT automatically drop them to 32nd overall. If they use Matthews and Nylander to acquire young, up and coming roster players or top prospects, those players will be in the NHL immediately. It would be closer to what the Leafs were like when Matthews and Marner were 60-70 point rookie / sophomore players. The Leafs didn’t tank those seasons, they were actually a wild card team.
Those picks are gone.
Yup, they are. That doesn’t mean you have to wait two years while Matthews walks to UFA status to demolish your chances at cashing on his maximum value.
No one’s gifting you a top 5 pick without a substantial piece going the other way.
Who the fuck ever said the Leafs would be given a gift of a top 5 pick? How many times does it need to be said that trading Matthews and Nylander with 50% retained is what you are sending the other way. If Matthews and Nylander got you two top 5 picks in this draft right now plus 5 other 1st round pieces, it’s as if the Leafs are drafting in the lottery three times in one year. Or three times in two years. Whatever combination you want to conjure up, the Leafs are bringing in high value assets for Matthews and Nylander. That’s their draft lottery but all at once, not spread out over 5 years.
Damage control for 2 years in necessary.
The “damage control” is a plan and that plan should be to maximize their draft capital to do a full blown rebuild to add to their under 25 assets. Leafs fans will beLeaf just about anything the media will serve them. They are blue no matter who (like Democrats). It’s the easiest sell job in history if you get the correct returns on your top assets.
Keep those picks later in the draft and deny your conference foes a star player due to fucktard Treliving.
The scenario you keep endorsing walks Matthews to free agency just like Marner. So congratulations, Boston and Philadelphia get shit picks and the Leafs lose their most valuable asset to kick start a major rebuild. And then what comes after that? Then you have to sit there for 3-5 years of bottom feeding and praying you win more lotteries to recover the assets you could have just got by trading Matthews and Nylander at peak value. Boston and Philadelphia could get a top prospect but the Leafs would be swimming with an entire team of 1st round picks in less than 3 years time. Advantage would still be for the Leafs.
The Leafs need to play their cards, this year.
There are no more cards to play. It’s over.
Run Matthews with whoever they draft and Knies.
Pointless. They already shat the bed last year and the division is only getting younger, faster and stronger. The Leafs throwing an overhyped rookie into the 1st line and praying for a miracle is exactly how you ruin a top prospect which is precisely what the Leafs are masters of doing. Time to change that pattern of failure, not repeat it expecting different results.
Try and salvage a playoff spot, or at least be in contention and keep that pick from being the next Tukka Rask, or Dougie Hamilton.
Yeah right, playoffs. Nice fantasy. Again, you can put your wasted energy in trying to spite your rivals but it only hurts the Leafs more. It only delays the inevitable and it only lowers the value of the players. Keeping Matthews long enough into the season to boost his value (January) is the maximum he should be kept for.
It’s stupid to kill yourself for the vultures to pick your dried bones.
What’s stupid is expecting this team to be any different or any better with no realistic UFA options, no trade options and no major changes. It’s over. It’s time to blow it up. They have nothing left to keep the Titanic from sinking; it’s already smashed the iceberg.
Besides, MLS&E will never allow it, due to needing playoff ratings.
False. MLSE needs to create a winner. A 1st round exit means fuck all to them and fuck all to the fans. It’s time to get serious about making sacrifices to be champions. And it starts with blowing up this team and starting over. This team will end up rebuilding, it’s just a question of will they trade their assets now and do it the easy way or will they run their players into UFA status and have to do it the long, slow, retarded way you yourself suggest they have no interest in doing.
Montreal just went from drafting 1st overall to the Conference Finals in how many years You’re missing something. Montreal had all of their first rounders plus 1st rounders they acquired when they did their rebuild. The Habs could control the narrative due to being able to manipulate their positioning in the draft, to fall further down and draft in the top 5. The Leafs don’t have this for the next 2 years. They can’t just bottom out and get a top 5 pick by tanking and playing their AHLer’s. Those picks are gone. No one’s gifting you a top 5 pick without a substantial piece going the other way. Damage control for 2 years in necessary. Keep those picks later in the draft and deny your conference foes a star player due to fucktard Treliving. The Leafs need to play their cards, this year. Run Matthews with whoever they draft and Knies. Try and salvage a playoff spot, or at least be in contention and keep that pick from being the next Tukka Rask, or Dougie Hamilton. It’s stupid to kill yourself for the vultures to pick your dried bones. Besides, MLS&E will never allow it, due to needing playoff ratings.
I was reading this trade proposal:
The Maple Leafs would send Knies, Jacob Quillan, and a 2nd-rounder to Chicago, and get back the No. 4 pick (Reid if available), plus Oliver Moore and Kevin Korchinski.
I don’t know man. It would be hard for me to trade Knies as I see him as a Kreider type player.
Trading Knies could really help fix the Leafs blue line.Trading Matthews and Nylander would really help fix the Leafs blueline with a full rebuild.
