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Brad wants to “change the DNA”. That is word salad that means nothing.
They weren’t that close. This isn’t a “mindset” thing. The group of players is not good enough in big moments.
Marner is walking out the door with no return on the asset.
Leafs are in a tough spot to try to get better. Not a great pool of free agents and few assets to deal.
And if you let Tavares walk….who is playing center on this team??
The series was not as close as it seemed. Bobrovsky was hot trash in games 1 and 2. If he’s average even, those games are split.
Pelley said in the press release “It was determined that a new voice was required to take the team to the next level in the years ahead.”
That suggests they are going to hire a new hockey president rather than have Tree report directly to Pelley.
My guess is Pelley already has his guy. Wonder who it is?
It’s not just this year. Rantanen is one of the best playoff performers statistically in NHL history. It’s every year with this guy.
Marner earning even the same as Rantanen let alone more is absolute folly. There is zero justification for it.
It’s time for Tree to grow a set with both Marner and JT and give them the Stephen Stamkos treatment: here’s the number, take it or leave it. We’ll see how badly they want to be Leafs.
Marner is walking. The Leafs no longer have any say in the matter.
The mistakes with the management of this core have been ongoing for nine years.
Marner walking July 1 is not the “mistake” – it’s the cherry on top of an ongoing decade long organizational failure.
The boys don’t hate to lose. No dogs. And don’t kid yourselves – 16 is WALKING AWAY from this team.
Look up ‘organizational failure’ in a sports dictionary and you’ll see the Shanahan era Leafs as the first entry.
