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Do the Jays have an elite closer that they can rely on to win Game 7 of the World Series with a 1 run lead in the 9th inning vs the 9th batter yet?
No?
Fantastic.
They might have one in Varland
Glad the Jays are winning more now, but 2-1 wins are not sustainable. Still need to get more offence going.
Currently in a wild card spot.the CBA talks are starting, could get ugly.
2026 Tax Payroll
(In Millions of $, With Luxury Tax):
589 LAD
509 NYM
414 NYY
366 PHI
342 TOR
276 BOSIt’s true, most drafts don’t which means when you have a draft that doesn’t, trading down can be advantageous because having multiple picks (especially when the Leafs have so few) is better.
Generational players almost always eventually win a Cup. That’s always Plan A. But the teams that win without one usually have a foundation of players that play a certain way in the playoffs. McKenna doesn’t fit that mold. Stenberg does.
The Leafs need to be drafting with the mindset of players that play correctly when it matters. They’ve gone down the road of “best player available” with clear defensive flaws (Nylander) and it hasn’t worked. Time to change the priorities.
Mckenna would not be coming to the Leafs as a savoir, like in the past. they have AM, WN and Knies..also JT. as vets already in place. not many #1 picks get that.
Bedard is on an island, still . and hes about to get paid.Nylander was #8 pick, not the same. they could have taken ehlers, and he has all the same questions and critisims, now hes on a team going to the finals. the BS cant win with them nonsense…Leaf fans have seen it over and over
also looks like he was made from the same mold as Keefe was a coach
digging into it a bit more, looks like it. Good underlying metrics with Edm.
spent the last year with Quenville, which will give some a boner.
Data minded coach, sounds like a fit for ChaykaLeafs are looking at woodcroft which is interesting. not sure how I feel about that.
But the positives are the one full season he coached Edmonton was when they popped off offensively, Mcd 153pts, rnh had 104 pts, Dria etc.
was also basically the only season the Oilers had a positive xG% from players while not having Mcd/Drai on the ice.basically the anti-berube
Bo went 0-3 with a walk last night.
Saving 80 million in Free agents that are far far far underperforming allows them to add better players at the TDL.
most drafts do not have a generational talent. Mcdavid was the last one and he has yet to win a cup.
I think teams can still win a cup with non generational players. just a guessAlexis Lafreniere was not as highly touted. Many believed that it was a poor draft year. Something like Rielly’s year. This draft seems to have 6 really good players at the top. 3 defensemen, 2 wingers and a center. The Leafs have an important couple of decisions to make. Keep the pick and hope for the best, or trade the pick and draft a defenseman and get another 1st rounder or equivalent in return. Vancouver, Chicago and Calgary seem to be the teams that want to play, so go see what each is willing to give up.
Lafreniere didn’t score at the level Mckenna did.
Mckenna last WHL season d-1 season he had an NHLe of 57 points, Lafreniere in his same season QMJHL d-1 was 40
huge difference, even in Lafreniere Draft season his NHLe is 50
Its safe to say if Mckenna played last season in the WHL he puts up big numbers, 160 points+ which would be an NHLe of 66Celebrini was not considered one of the high end #1 picks.
“Six NHL scouts and executives were polled”
granted not a big sample, but gives an idearanked after Jack hughes
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5367202/2024/04/23/macklin-celebrini-nhl-draft-connor-mcdavid/I think he would rank #2 now after Mcdavid
So far, not going back to the World Series.
It was just about time for you to move some goal posts. lol
