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LeBrun states the following:
– The odds are higher the Leafs hire both a President and a GM.
– The search for the next President / GM will be more expansive as the previous one was limited. (Hence why they ended up with a dumbass like Treliving.)
– The early candidates are applying with the intention of a rebuild, NOT a retool. This means the outside hockey world is giving them the answer they don’t want to hear.
– The retool / rebuild question will be answered by Matthews.
– The person hired might just be a “yes man” like Dubas was when Pittsburgh hired him to follow marching orders.Another goal post shift. He said he prefers a retool to a rebuild.
He prefers to get retards (you) high on hopeium rather than build a team properly.
He also prefers to dye his hair blonde and wear blue framed glasses. He’s a retard (like you).
Keith Pelley is retarded. He thinks this team has a good foundation, plans to retool and thinks these guys can contend soon.
This franchise is fucked when these guys all walk as UFAs, leaving this franchise with nothing.
Another goal post shift. He said he prefers a retool to a rebuild.
Marner quitting on his team.
When exactly did he “quit” on the team? When they wanted to trade him to Carolina and he said no because he didn’t want to leave the team or Toronto and proceeded to lead the team to 1st in the division?
Oh damn, you’re too retarded to know what “quit” means.
The Leafs management pushed him out the door. The Leafs media, which owns the team, created a story to make him the scapegoat. And the most retarded of Leafs fans (people like you) believed it enough to pressure him into going somewhere else with less retards and a less shitty place to live and play hockey in.
Its not JTs fault the results of the team. Bad coaching, bad trades, lack of heart and too many injuries. Even with soft marner the results would be pretty much the same.
I didnt blame marner for vegas’ results. Youre reading into that.
Wrong. Tavares destroyed this team with his first contract. His latest contract saves cap space but his play on the ice hurts the team just like his dog shit display in the playoffs year after year hurt the team. -25 is a fact. He has always sucked defensively and his inability to play at both ends of the ice is a big reason why this team lost games and missed the playoffs. He could play for free and he would still lose games for this team.
Lack of heart comes from leadership which includes Tavares. You want to talk soft? Tavares is soft. Nylander is soft. Matthews is soft. Injuries is a bullshit excuse, Vegas has way more injuries than the Leafs. The Leafs had plenty of injuries last year and they were still 1st in the division. Matthews was playing at 50% and Marner carried the team.
No matter how much you want to lie to yourself, reality is reality; Marner quitting on his team.
Its not JTs fault the results of the team. Bad coaching, bad trades, lack of heart and too many injuries. Even with soft marner the results would be pretty much the same.
I didnt blame marner for vegas’ results. Youre reading into that.
Wrong. Tavares destroyed this team with his first contract. His latest contract saves cap space but his play on the ice hurts the team just like his dog shit display in the playoffs year after year hurt the team. -25 is a fact. He has always sucked defensively and his inability to play at both ends of the ice is a big reason why this team lost games and missed the playoffs. He could play for free and he would still lose games for this team.
Lack of heart comes from leadership which includes Tavares. You want to talk soft? Tavares is soft. Nylander is soft. Matthews is soft. Injuries is a bullshit excuse, Vegas has way more injuries than the Leafs. The Leafs had plenty of injuries last year and they were still 1st in the division. Matthews was playing at 50% and Marner carried the team.
No matter how much you want to lie to yourself, reality is reality; Marner being run out of town destroyed this team.
Does anyone seriously believe the Leafs are this bad just because Marner chose to left?
Yes, he chose to leave he wasn’t run out of town or any of the other bullshit the biggest retard ever on here spouts off about endlessly.I find it hard to belive that if Marner was still a Leaf they are in any better a place right now, they likely would have missed the playoffs anyway.
I don’t believe Matthews issues this year aren’t because Marner is gone, they are a combination of injury, new coach & systems and perhaps simply a decline in his play.
He wasn’t a dominant force in the Olympics, the US won the gold on the back of their goaltending FFS.
That being said I’d take him as a Ranger in a heartbeat because I think he’d thrive playing in one of the biggest US markets.
Ffs Matthews and Marner are just a fucking tag team like The British Bulldogs, trade Auston to Vegas for a bunch of picks and prospects and call it a day
Way too late for that, they already signed Eichel.
The list for Matthews trade partners is interesting. San Jose, LA Kings, Anaheim Ducks among many other options.
Ffs Matthews and Marner are just a fucking tag team like The British Bulldogs, trade Auston to Vegas for a bunch of picks and prospects and call it a day 👍
They might as well have just admitted that the team will continue its slow and torturous death spiral.
Yes, I agree he did say that, however, he did also say that the new Hockey Ops Leader be that a President or GM will actually decide that. If they hire a new guy and he determines this team can’t be salvaged, he will leave it up to that new hire to deal with it accordingly.
Pelley is an idiot when it comes to hockey. He doesn’t understand that the UFA market won’t save this team. He also probably doesn’t understand that the Leafs development system won’t help this current group fast enough either. An intelligent President of Hockey Ops would understand this quickly. Add to that fact there are only two years left on Matthews’ contract and all that needs to be said from him is “I’m not sticking around for this anymore”. The entire franchise has to pivot to rebuild mode immediately.
Trade Matthews + Nylander at the 2027 draft. Tank 2027/28. Tank 28/29. McDavid is a UFA in 2029. Rod Brind’Amour is a free agent in 2029.
I have to think Berube is gone. I would love to see them grab Cassidy, but they’ll almost certainly let a new GM make that decision… and by the time they hire a new GM, I expect Cassidy will be signed elsewhere.
The new GM / Hockey President could be hired in just a few weeks. There are a lot of guys lining up to take the job according to EF and some of them are good names, others aren’t so much. Pelley wants a new guy running the team before the combine and the draft. Could see a new hire by the middle of the playoffs. I’d consider Pronger as perhaps President (not sure if he has the contract knowledge to be GM), he knows what it takes to win, seems intelligent and has already said in public he would tear this team down to the studs and start over.
Cassidy, DeBoer (career runner up coach) and Laviolette are all available. Cassidy did well in Boston and Vegas but both organizations were very strong “top down”. If the Leafs hire him without the same sturdy structure, he won’t work out like people think he will. DeBoer will take this team back to pretender status. Probably lose in the Conference or Cup Final multiple times. Laviolette is similar to Cassidy, he’ll need reinforcement around him or his discipline won’t work with this core.
I don’t think it matters at this point which coach they hire, the core is broken, the support cast doesn’t exist, this group can’t be fixed, saved or retooled. It’s the Kessel era all over again. Individually, great pieces but collectively, not going to win with this group.
