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This thread is actually a good idea. Should probably have one every month so it’s easier to track down older posts.
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.
Nice win by the leafs.
Leafs back to being 3pts out of a playoff spot.Gonna be an up and down year….on pace for 92 pts – as of today.
Nuts, so much for a top 5 pick at the draft.
Alright, well…..a run to the playoffs it is.Or they could still leaf it.
Either way, good win.
Problem is, everybody is “only 3 points out”. People have been saying that all year. Every other team is competitive which only makes it harder for the Leafs, regardless of the illusion that they’re “only” 3 points out. Buffalo won 10 in a row and they’re still barely a playoff team.
The Leafs absolutely suck on the PP for most of the year, they suck on goals against, they suck on the road, key players are injured perpetually and they have the 3rd hardest schedule left in the NHL (with more road games than home games).
They have a 15-20% to make the playoffs and then have their asses kicked in the 1st round.
No matter how much people want to BeLeaf, this team is not a true contender. People pretending that being a wild card team is an accomplishment are a joke.
We’re outshooting Florida 15-6. UG must be thrilled with the team right now.
Barkov and Tkachuk are invisible tonight.
Leafs look like it’s Game 1 of a series. Too bad it’s never a one and done in the NHL.
Look at the western conference, the leafs won’t be top 5, if the season plays out as is they’ll be sitting around 20th overall or thereabouts.
Boston is currently drafting 13th overall and it’ll probably stay there in the mid teens area. 13th to 18th range, depending on which teams (and when) sell off players.
But if memory serves me correctly, it is top 5 protected. So if they finish top 5 worse or their lottery ball gets moved up to top 5 they can keep their pick
Which means the 2027 pick goes to Boston and the 2028 pick goes to Philadelphia.
And if the Leafs suck balls again next year (which they will because this team is fundamentally flawed) it marches them one year closer to losing Matthews and getting nothing out of it.
They have to punt on 2026 and 2027. Tank 2028 and 2029.
Just have to get as many 1st and 2nd round picks as possible to make up for it in 2026 and 2027.
Which is actually pretty good because then you can draft all your depth players before your franchise players instead of your franchise players pulling you out of lottery picks too early which is what happened with this current (previous) core players.
Don’t what Boston to have a good 1st round pick curtousy of the Leafs.
The best way to do that is to win the Stanley Cup but we all know that ain’t happening.
Best case returns at the trade at the deadline 2026:
Laughton – 2nd round pick
McMann – 2nd round pick
Maccelli – 2nd round pick
Robertson – 2nd round pick
Jarnkrok – 3rd round pickStetcher – 2nd round pick
Best case returns at the trade at the deadline 2027:
Roy – 1st round pick
Domi – 2nd round pick
Joshua – 2nd round pickOEL – 1st round pick
Carlo – 1st round pick
McCabe – 1st round pickStolarz – 2nd round pick
(Maybe a few extra 1st or 2nd round picks if you sign left over veterans in the offseason to plug the gaps then trade them at the deadline)
Best case return at the 2027 draft:
Matthews – two 1st round picks, top prospect, young roster player
Nylander – 1st round pick, top prospect, young roster player
Tavares – 1st round pick
Rielly – Another bad contract, whatever, doesn’t matterTank for lottery pick 2028. Try to sign McDavid in 2029 (10% chance he even considers it) otherwise, tank for lottery pick in 2029. Compete 2030.
Yup, no more over the cap BS in the playoffs.
But hoping this leafs team doesnt make the playoffs this year, trade assets at TDL and get a top pick in the draft. This team desperately needs to refill the cupboard.
Retool in the off season and go for a run next year.With no draft pick in 2026 and 2027, this team is fucked.
They aren’t bad enough to be a lottery pick. But they should start trading everybody over 25 until they get to Matthews, Nylander and Tavares traded in 2027.
Tank in 2028. Tank 2029. Try to sign McDavid to the max deal in 2029. Make a run in 2030.
Wrong on all fronts but not surprising considering the source.
Zero interest in talking hockey with you at all and I made that clear yet you had to reply and ramble with insanity.
Happy to hear anyone else’s perspective mind you.
Back to the lurking shadows you go, retard.
Happy to talk hockey with adults who can carry a conversation and have differing opinions without defaulting to acting like an 8 year old – something you clearly are not able to do.
So to anyone else out there besides the King of the Retards –
Says the retard who is offended by the word retard but keeps saying retard.
if Tanev is in fact done for the year should the Leafs throw in the towel on this season and trade off assets other teams want on expiring contracts and/or guy who are not a fit in Toronto and may be willing to go elsewhere?
With or without Tanev, this team is terrible. They should trade Tanev, OEL, McCabe; literally everybody over 25 with any value.
I see some saying they should blow it up (ok one who keeps preaching it) but as an outsider to me trading Matthews would be a huge mistake that would come back to bite this team in the backside. Same for Nylander, Robertson seems like something you could trade & get something back for same with some of the D if you are throwing in the towel on this season.
The intelligent Leafs fans know this team is done for and should be blown up and rebuilt.
You guys have Matthews, Nylander, Knies + Tavares on a killer team friendly contract, how many teams would love to have all that to build around?
Matthews and Nylander are significantly more valuable to be traded away to accelerate the rebuild. Having them score goals and points on a losing team does nothing for this franchise today and the longer they wait for them to march to free agency, the worse it is for their value, as we saw with the retarded handling of Marner. Tavares’ contract “value” is worthless because the team sucks and he’s actually fallen off a cliff since his hot start. He’s useless to the Leafs in the playoffs and his cap savings did nothing to help the team other than be last in the division for most of the year because he can’t play two-way hockey. Scoring 2 goals and 4 points but losing 5-4 is still losing hockey, no matter how many goals and points you score.
Your goaltending doesn’t seem to be the issue, in fact Toronto seems deep in goaltending from my POV, despite injuries.
Goaltending is a big issue because the goalies, at times, have sucked but more importantly, have been off the ice due to injuries and other problems. The Leafs can’t build around or rely upon goalies that miss half the season on a regular basis. Effectively, the Leafs have a collection of unreliable back-up goalies and do not have a proven, dependable starter.
You calling yourself an “outsider” who calls himself Ranger makes it significantly more likely you’re a Galactic Retard.
