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Hoffman is sh!t, and so is Schneider who just let him blow the game. After 2 got on, the hook should have come out. Hoffman needs to be dealt for a broken bat and some used chewing tobacco.
Its a tough spot, the Jays BP is heavily used, could have brought in seabold earlier, but he looked like a terrified deer in headlights. he wasnt shutting the inning down either.
SP keep getting injured, killing the bullpen
Hoffman is better suited at the 7th inning guy, seems to crumble under the 9th inning pressure.But its not always going to work out that way.
Sounds like the leafs are hiring Brackett
not sure how I feel about that, rep seems good, but mixed results
Get through the injury issues and a lot of teams ahead of them will start to sweat. Bieber will be of help, when he finally gets over his injury problems. Someone needs to send pork chops to Vladdy to get him motivated.
With Vlad, I would never say its about motivation. He comes off to me as the most give a shit player on the team.
Its probably more decision based , plate discipline and he is chasing more, making more contact but its leading to less power.https://x.com/JoshuaHowsam/status/2060364388876312911?s=20
weird this comes up almost every season for him. in 2021 his best season he has the lowest chase contact. so yeah
the Jays were 2 games under .500 on May 27, 2025
over a month from now. 54 games into the season.
thats 33 games from now.ill wait a little longer
now 1 game under .500, 57 games in.
105 games to gotrending up
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
I can see moving Nylander, if the package includes a top prospect and at least another 1st rounder. As a winger, he’s easily replaceable with a free agent. Defensemen and centers are another matter. Willy is 29 and he’s at his peak. A contender would gladly move a young asset, if it meant making their team a Cup contender. Leafs should look at Anaheim and see if they could shake Mason McTavish from them, in a Nylander trade. They may get a pick with that trade. That kind of deal makes perfect sense, as McTavish would slot in at 2C with Tavares moving to the wing.
then you might as well try to get a top pairing D with Nylander. unlikely, but
Adam Fox would be a top target for me, but he doesnt want to play in Canada? not sure. someone like that
