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Nice to see the Marlies finally getting the ship righted tonignt. Now, just win one of two and you’re in the finals.
I’ve seen enough. John Schneider needs to be fired. His handling of the pitching staff is what’s killing this season. Fire him now, or there won’t be any coming back this season.
Pretty strange that Chayka flew to the Yukon to meet McKenna but can’t go to Arizona to meet Matthews. You’d think that Matthews would have been front and center the day they hired Chayka.
Hopefully it’s a sign of a rebuild but the Leafs are retards so it probably won’t go the right way.
It’s funny how almost everyone excoriated the Leafs when they hired Sundin and Chayka. After Pelley stepped into the background, I haven’t really seen any major faux pas by the new Management team. It seams like they’re doing their due diligence in regards to front office moves and how they’re trending towards some of their more senior players. If they do indeed move Rielly for assets, then you have to call it a win. The cap space would make it more viable to take on bad contracts. Let’s see who they do hire for head coach. I’m hoping a young, teaching coach gets hired, and start developing the assets that the do have and will acquire. You can have an accelerated rebuild, if you make a series of good moves and overturn most of your roster. The issue is the two 1st rounders that will come back and haunt the Leafs, if they do get down in the bottom 10 spots.
Who do the Leafs beat out for a playoff spot? I think they are easily the worst team in the Atlantic next year.
It is time to sell Matthews and Nylander for whatever you can get that is young, particularly defensemen, and start over. Re-tooling is a joke.
Boston is catchable, as is Ottawa. Retooling is the only option, considering that they don’t have their own first rounders for the next 2 years. You’re just strengthening your opposition (Boston + Philadelphia) in the East by giving them top 10 first round picks.
The Leafs defense was decimated through injuries last year and should be better this year. Addition through subtraction is also a must, to get back into a playoff spot. Rielly must be moved and a UFA defenseman should be injected into this lineup. Adding a top draft pick like McKenna should help the offense and a healthy Matthews could push the Leafs into a playoff spot. Trying to pry a player like Mason McTavish from the Ducks is doable, if they’re willing to take someone like Easton Cowan as an even trade. Having someone like McTavish would solidify the 2nd line center position. The Ducks might bite on such a deal, due to salary cap constraints. Cowan is on a ELC and would be cheaper for them.
Larkin would cost too much for the Leafs to acquire. Unless it’s for someone like Rielly, then it’s not worth it.
He had 7 goals in 77 games for 6.5 million. His contract is so bad and he’s so bad he won’t have too many options. The Leafs can offer him ice time to rebuild his value and continue his career after this contract ends. They could also make him a deadline rental to a playoff team to give him a chance to play in the playoffs and get more draft capital.
I agree. His contract is putrid, but that makes it good for extracting draft capital. Let him play in the bottom 6, somewhere were Domi would usually play. Some team, at the trade deadline, might need someone to fill out the bottom 6 for a playoff run. You eat what’s left of half of his salary and take on a second rounder or a prospect. Force the Habs to offer up a first rounder to get rid of him and voila! He turns into a 1st and a 2nd rounder for the rebuild.
Imagine him and Patrick Roy on a Saturday Night vs the Habs. Leafs do need to take on a bad contract to grab some draft capital.
That dope Schneider should be fired. He left Hoffman in and blew a 5 run lead in the 9th inning on the weekend. The Jays were on a win streak and it totally deflated the team. They haven’t won since. One lazy, stupid decision may have sunk this season. Hockey season isn’t even over yet, but the Jays season is on life support. What’s up next? Buffalo Bills Football? Of course, the draft and free agency will be a moderate distraction.
There could be misdirection at work here. Get everyone sniffing over there, while your making your move over here. It maybe someone off the board.
