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Would Barry Trotz consider not retiring and joining the Leafs ….
Then see if Torts would want to coach …..[/quote]Both old school mentality and Trotz wasnt a great GM.
I heard that Tre was working on a deal with Montreal that included Knies.
Would Barry Trotz consider not retiring and joining the Leafs ….
Then see if Torts would want to coach …..Trotz retired to spend more time with his family but he was a failure as an executive. Excellent coach but not made to be a team builder.
Torts wouldn’t work here either. He demands way too much accountability from his players and this core is blameless. That would end the same way it did with Babcock.
Word out there among insiders is that Tree was shopping Knies on Friday, possibly to Montreal.
Tree is the same guy who said on Friday that they don’t have a plan yet moving forward.
Enough of the indecisiveness.
Pump the goddam brakes and fire Tree NOW.
They need a new president and GM, NOW.
Would Barry Trotz consider not retiring and joining the Leafs ….
Then see if Torts would want to coach …..Word out there among insiders is that Tree was shopping Knies on Friday, possibly to Montreal.
Tree is the same guy who said on Friday that they don’t have a plan yet moving forward.
Enough of the indecisiveness.
Pump the goddam brakes and fire Tree NOW.
They need a new president and GM, NOW.
Won’t happen until Pelley is fired. The same Pelley who has no qualifications to run the Leafs other than being a media executive so all he knows how to do is spin media.
Knies was also requested by Carolina for Rantanen when Marner said no and Treliving, at the time, said he was untouchable.
Word out there among insiders is that Tree was shopping Knies on Friday, possibly to Montreal.
Tree is the same guy who said on Friday that they don’t have a plan yet moving forward.
Enough of the indecisiveness.
Pump the goddam brakes and fire Tree NOW.
They need a new president and GM, NOW.
That was supposed to say attached not attacked but yet again this site won’t let me edit a post 😐 lol
Meh, we’ve heard the matthews is leaving thing before, all conjecture.
Supper time is the perfect time to watch a hockey game as a kid, Im sure some of the coyotes games were actually on at that time.He’s the captain of the leafs, during good and bad times. Its good for him to go through some bad times as the captain, this is where we will really see what he’s made of.
He’s not a fan of Berube, so the leafs will probably have a new coach this off season.But lets be serious, this will be the first year in Matthews career that he wont be in the playoffs, thats a good run for him.
Also, Matthews has 1 goal in the past 15 games, he’s 36th in goals scores this season, 61st in points….so he wears some of the results as well.Tre really screwed the leafs with trading those 1st, I didnt like the moves then…absolutely hate them now.
The Leafs are leafing!I think you believe hockey players are attacked to their teams emotionally far more than they are.
His favourite team was the coyotes, stayed watching their games when he was 2, with fav players like Doan and Brière. He’s a western boy, the end.
Even Sundin left the leafs, and the leafs have next to nothing in their prospect pool, next to no picks coming up, and basically nothing young to trade for some desperately needed younger D that’s stuck with Rielly who is collapsing talent wise til when they’re willing to hold onto some of his salary to move him.
Sorry, I highly doubt Matthews will stick around for what will turn around into another rebuild. This team won’t be looking good enough by July 1 2028 so move him 364 days earlier.
It’s looking like won’t take that long, remember Matthews is a western American boy so he didn’t grow up watching the leafs, their games would have been on at f’n supper time for him, so if they don’t get their shit back together in a hurry he’ll bail, head back to the US, and likely play over in the west.
And when that happens the leafs will be a bunch of old guys, Nylander, some half decent younger guys and that’s it, nobody decent will sign here because of it and they will forced into a rebuild. I’m guessing 1 more year tops and if they suck ass again they sell Matthews July 2nd 2027 in his final year at half the cap hit once everything but $900K has been paid to him. The return would be sweet.[/quote]
Meh, we’ve heard the matthews is leaving thing before, all conjecture.
Supper time is the perfect time to watch a hockey game as a kid, Im sure some of the coyotes games were actually on at that time.He’s the captain of the leafs, during good and bad times. Its good for him to go through some bad times as the captain, this is where we will really see what he’s made of.
He’s not a fan of Berube, so the leafs will probably have a new coach this off season.But lets be serious, this will be the first year in Matthews career that he wont be in the playoffs, thats a good run for him.
Also, Matthews has 1 goal in the past 15 games, he’s 36th in goals scores this season, 61st in points….so he wears some of the results as well.Tre really screwed the leafs with trading those 1st, I didnt like the moves then…absolutely hate them now.
The Leafs are leafing!None of that will work. Too many holes, too few assets.
I agree, however, if Pelley tells Treliving to go full steam ahead on this team, it could very easily get much worse, very quickly in terms of long term cap commitment. We’ve seen with the Tanev signing or the Carlo trade, Treliving has no problem destroying the future for short term gain especially when the guy above him gives him the green light and there is zero accountability for failure as was evident this year.
The Leafs have about 25 million in cap space. The UFA market is horrid. It’s filled with former stars who are too old to really make a difference (Ovechkin, Malkin, Carlson etc.) and potential contract anchors looking to hit the career year pay day.
Assuming the Leafs fire Berube and hire DeBoer then splash every penny they have left on UFAs, they could try to convince Matthews and the dumbest of Leafs fans that they can “re-tool on the fly”. It won’t actually work but it would be great for headlines and sell hopeium.
If they can’t get rid of Rielly (they probably won’t) or anybody else but they swing at every UFA they can and splash that 25 million on players like Raddysh or Andersson, Coyle or Schmaltz and Tuch or Schwartz. Throw in another “home town kid” story like Laughton or Boone Jenner and then the team could look like this…
Knies | Matthews | Tuch or Schwartz (@8.25 AAV)
Cowan | Tavares | Nylander
Joshua | Coyle or Schmaltz (@6.25 AAV) | Domi
Lorentz | Jenner or Laughton (@2.25 AAV) | RobertsonOEL | Tanev
McCabe | Raddysh or Andersson (@8.25 AAV)
Rielly | CarloWoll | Stolarz
Coach: DeBoer
That’s a pretty mediocre team (wild card potential but not a contender or a Cup winner) but that’s what Pelley and Treliving would try to sell as a best case scenario on a UFA re-tool if they hit every UFA home run they can hit. And that really is the best case in terms of price and the only “quality” players out there. That’s how weak the UFA market is for 2026. Odds are though, those guys don’t want to join this dumpster fire of a franchise as the ship is sinking. Trades will be limited considering how few picks and prospects the Leafs have.
