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I was speaking with Mary-Jane last night about the Leafs and if they win the Draft Lotery.
That would mean the Leafs would have to give up their 2027 1st round pick to Boston with no condition attached to the pick.But what if Toronto trades the 2026 1st over all pick for a later pick say 4 to 6th pick in the 2026 draft and 2027 1st and a 2026 2nd round pick.
Then they could draft the RHD UG was talking about …. and recoup some draft picks.
how cool would that beThe biggest issue is the odds of winning the lottery for the Leafs are very small; between 6-10%. Even the worst team in the NHL, Vancouver, is 75% more likely to draft 2nd or 3rd than 1st.
The second issue with that idea is that Keaton Verhoeff probably won’t drop further than 3rd. I don’t think there are many, if any, teams out there that would give up a 1st round pick in 2027 just to move up from 3rd to 1st. Especially because, if a terrible team is a lottery team this year, the 2027 1st round pick is probably going to be another lottery pick and they won’t want to give that up. Neither McKenna nor Stenberg are good enough to justify that type of trade up value.
Maybe you could convince Boston to accept a deal where they keep the top 5 pick this year but have to give you the 22nd overall pick this year and the 2027 1st round pick. But would you want two late 1st round picks for a 1st overall pick? Probably not.
Like I’ve said many times before, the problems this team has can’t be fixed with just one lottery pick or one prospect anymore. The foundation of this team is clearly not going to change enough to make this team a winner or even a contender. Their window has closed. They need a full tear down and rebuild.
The Leafs have individually talented players but collectively are a terrible team with no 1st round picks. This has turned into the Phil Kessel era all over again.
Subtract Marner, add Sullivan and it improved. So Stevie even made up for the loss of PP and 3 on 3 overtime specialist MM
Marner would be #1 on the Leafs in assists, PP points and total points. Matthews also wouldn’t have a career worst 27 goals and 53 points either.
So congrats, you’ve won retard of the week.
I was speaking with Mary-Jane last night about the Leafs and if they win the Draft Lotery.
That would mean the Leafs would have to give up their 2027 1st round pick to Boston with no condition attached to the pick.But what if Toronto trades the 2026 1st over all pick for a later pick say 4 to 6th pick in the 2026 draft and 2027 1st and a 2026 2nd round pick.
Then they could draft the RHD UG was talking about …. and recoup some draft picks.
how cool would that beI don’t get the love for this team last night. They hurt themselves in every way possible. We need them to lose, not win. We need to see some grit and toughness, but they shit all over the ice after Matthews got taken out. It took a rookie to go to war with Anaheim, yet the so-called toughness never materialized cowering on the bench. I’m so tired of retreads and trading away futures. This team needs a total tear down. Matthews being traded will allow them to replenish their draft picks and start rolling again. Enough of the dumbness in the front office. How about a bit of the Clash…..London Calling. Let’s see if the Hunter’s pick up.
And AGAIN, too retarded to realize that the addition by subtraction (getting rid of Savard) is the real reason for the increase in production (and yet still losing games like crazy). Reality is, 66% of the PP being run by Berube and Lalonde with Steve Sullivan there to go on Tims runs.
Did you know the Marlies PP was operating at a 16% (22nd in the AHL) clip before he was hired? That’s not promoting somebody because of great success. That’s just calling up the next warm body. That’s why he wasn’t given full control of the PP; because he wasn’t qualified to actually run it and improve it. Credit to Berube and Lalonde for simplifying the PP but that’s, once again, eliminating the real source of the problem which was Savard.
Technically, Savard ran the 9th best PP in 2025 but the Leafs had elite talent that was scoring in spite of his stupid PP setup, not because of it which is why when things got tough in the playoffs, their PP looked useless (and failed to adjust) vs. Florida with only one PP goal the entire series. Much like how the Leafs PP is scoring now that the games don’t matter and will miss the playoffs. The “improved” Leafs PP is so powerful that it got a 60+ goal scorer that couldn’t score a PP goal for 10+ games. Not exactly utilizing their best weapon to it’s maximum potential.
Give Sullivan an acknowledgment that he is doing better job than the person he replaced for a green NHL coach.
Your hate is blinding you because you did not like who the Leafs choose to replace the PP coach.
Actually, the only time I’ve seen you happy here is when Roy got traded.carry on[/quote]
I think you killed his brain. One of the biggest goal post shifts of all time. Who cares how successful your PP is if the top players are not getting enough goals. Not to mention some of those goal totals have to do with the Leafs getting the least amount of PP in the league. I guess Stevie ain’t doing a good enough job showing them how to take dives. LOL
Guess who said all these dumb things.
Hint the guy went on and on and on about how Sullivan hire was stupid and wont help the PP, but now that the Leafs have a top 6 power play over a period of 3 months Sullivan has nothing to do with it. LOL. Change the argument or shift the goal posts much?
“Lol Steve Sullivan, was Gary Valk busy?”
“Steve Sullivan had 75 career PPG goals in over 1000 NHL games.
William Nylander has 77 career PPG goals in 718 games. Matthews has 107 career PPG. Tavares has 157.
Just let Nylander be the PP coach while he’s on the LTIR.
Steve Sullivan can be Nick Robertson’s personal coach so he can teach him how to survive 1000+ NHL games being a midget.”
“I am going to guess that hiring a guy who has zero NHL coaching experience is probably going to end as poorly as it did last time when they hired a guy with very little NHL experience and even less NHL success.”
“The Leafs are doing what they always do; hire the most mediocre people to do the most important jobs. It’s no wonder they get mediocre results.”
And AGAIN, too retarded to realize that the addition by subtraction (getting rid of Savard) is the real reason for the increase in production (and yet still losing games like crazy). Reality is, 66% of the PP being run by Berube and Lalonde with Steve Sullivan there to go on Tims runs.
Did you know the Marlies PP was operating at a 16% (22nd in the AHL) clip before he was hired? That’s not promoting somebody because of great success. That’s just calling up the next warm body. That’s why he wasn’t given full control of the PP; because he wasn’t qualified to actually run it and improve it. Credit to Berube and Lalonde for simplifying the PP but that’s, once again, eliminating the real source of the problem which was Savard.
Technically, Savard ran the 9th best PP in 2025 but the Leafs had elite talent that was scoring in spite of his stupid PP setup, not because of it which is why when things got tough in the playoffs, their PP looked useless (and failed to adjust) vs. Florida with only one PP goal the entire series. Much like how the Leafs PP is scoring now that the games don’t matter and will miss the playoffs. The “improved” Leafs PP is so powerful that it got a 60+ goal scorer that couldn’t score a PP goal for 10+ games. Not exactly utilizing their best weapon to it’s maximum potential.
Subtract Marner, add Sullivan and it improved. So Stevie even made up for the loss of PP and 3 on 3 overtime specialist MM
Leafs won, thats no good
also just paid 1.60 for gas. amazing! cant wait for it to go much higher
Keep voting for carbon taxes.
Give Sullivan an acknowledgment that he is doing better job than the person he replaced for a green NHL coach.
Your hate is blinding you because you did not like who the Leafs choose to replace the PP coach.
Actually, the only time I’ve seen you happy here is when Roy got traded.carry on
He’s not fully doing the job of Savard. He’s doing 33% of the job as the PP is run by committee. His PP in the AHL was bad and the Leafs PP in the NHL isn’t being fully run by him. He gets 33% of the credit on a losing team until he does 100% of the job. Also, in case you haven’t noticed, Matthews has been worthless on the PP, regardless of who the coach has been. He only has 5 PP goals. The PP% going up in a bunch of games they’re losing in a lost season isn’t cause for celebration yet. If the PP takes a guy like Matthews, who should have 15-20 PP goals and turns him into a 5 PP goal scorer, they’re obviously still failing. Knies only has 4 PPG. Nylander only has 6 PPG. Tavares only 8 PPG. It’s not just about the PP%. Their best weapons are floundering. These guys use to have 10-20 PPG each in previous seasons. They took an elite group of offensive weapons, turned them into the worst in the NHL and now celebrating because they’re kind of average?
That Bérubé had to hang his team for there being no immediate response to the Matthews hit is embarrassing. He was clearly disgusted with their response, saying “there should have been four guys on him”. It shows once again how utterly lacking in character this group is. They got shamed into it by Bérubé between periods.
One has to wonder, perhaps Matthews has given up on his team (the goalless streak was ridiculous) and in turn, they’ve given up on him as the leader of this team. A disconnected group of guys that don’t care about each other (and I mean really show action, not just serve platitudes to fans in the media) can’t play well enough together to win anything in the NHL. Berube was just stating the obvious that every hockey fan and definitely every hockey player should already know.
The players on this team ultimately won’t care. Berubue will be fired, probably replaced by somebody like DeBoer and they will recycle the same team with whatever scraps they can find on the UFA market. The results will be the same and the retards will beLeaf “this is the year” again, next year.
