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Capitals land Tuch for 8 x 10.5.
Leafs dodged a huge bullet there.
Would much rather land Arvidsson for half the price with the Sundin Swedish discount.
Draft ranking
#1 Stenberg – noted as 1st Line Forward
#2 Mckenna – Elite/Franchise Player
#3 MaholtraBukala has heaped praise on Stenberg saying he does Barkov things as a winger. If the Leafs drafted him, they’d be wise to see if they can make him a center which is a huge mistake they made with Marner despite trying it with Nylander seemingly half a dozen times.
With Barkov being brought up, it’s interesting revisiting his draft year where he was taken 2nd overall behind MacKinnon. Barkov has been the bigger winner in the NHL despite MacKinnon scoring more goals and points. Why? Because the way Barkov plays the game is what wins you more playoff games and wins more Cups despite both teams being absolute stacked. That’s been the missing ingredient with the Leafs for a very, very long time. Scoring points is nice but winning is nicer which is why drafting the guy who can play in more than one zone of the ice is vital to building a winner. Just look at Carolina and how their leading point scorer this year had 80 points and leading goal scorer had 32. It’s the same thing McDavid wants to happen in Edmonton because winning is what matters.
Leafs should be throwing money at Bukala to be on their draft team. He worked with Nashville and Florida and has made some great decisions. He’s from Alliston and works for Sportsnet so it’s not like he’d have to go very far to work for the Leafs. Clearly he’s helped build a winner so it’s not like he’s a failed nobody like Chayka.
I think I visit here once in blue now
Sure thing there Retard Ranger aka 23BigIQ. Make another five or six socket puppet accounts to agree with yourself.
Rielly has given the Leafs 4 Western Teams he’d accept a trade to.
I think they are: Anaheim, LA, San Jose and Seattle.I thought Vancouver would be in that list.
Nobody knows what the list is yet, he’s just guessing. But Vancouver doesn’t make sense as they are horrible and Rielly probably would at least like to make the playoffs.
I’d say Seattle is on his list because they’re close to home and close to the playoffs.
Sometimes players use the list to squeeze one singular location so perhaps he has 3 teams that the Leafs absolutely will never be able to make a deal with because they have either no cap space, need or desire to acquire Rielly, like let’s say Vegas, Colorado and Florida and then pick the one team they DO want to force a trade to as the final team. That’s kind of what Brady Tkachuk did with his list as he was pretty guaranteed to land in Florida given his choices of Vegas, Carolina or Minnesota knowing full well those teams didn’t have the cap space, the assets or the desire to acquire him. And if they did acquire him, he’s instantly on a contender. Rielly doesn’t have that type of value or market but he could still squeeze himself into the most desirable location.
Keep hearing Matthews to a California team for 2 1sts. Seems like San Jose.
I don’t believe it. That would mean they are rebuilding, which I think they have no appetite for. Instead, they will keep Matthews and fail miserably, again. I would not be surprised if they eventually let him walk for nothing. That would be the stupidest move, so it’s perfectly Leafy.
I wish they would make that trade for #2 AND #9. The problem I have is the Knies roomors. I would prefer they keep knies. He is young enough to be part of a rebuild. Now that Byram is gone, maybe those roomers go away.
Looking at what teams are getting right now, the Leafs could blow the doors off with the offers they’d get for Matthews and Nylander with 50% retained. 2nd and 9th would only be the start of what they could get for Matthews with 50% retained. Every contender in the West would be throwing offers at the Leafs and the highest bidder would win. It would be a gold mine.
The “rebuilding” could be something like Montreal. They went from drafting 1st overall to Conference Finals in 3 years. The Leafs would have to get back young roster players under 23, top prospects and elite top 10 picks to make it work that fast but it’s possible. They would all be young and cheap. They’d have plenty of cap space to acquire more 1st round picks for bad contracts. They’d also have many other assets to sell off like the entire blueline.
I agree, keep Knies because he’s young enough that he could survive a rebuild. You could always trade him later and his value would only increase.
Dummy, 2-3 late round picks (one was the 9th) is a far cry from 6-7 1st rounders.. youre just too stupid to tell.
You literally said it yourself one post prior you retard. “Matthews to San Jose for 2nd and 9th plus more”. Guess what? If the Leafs retained 50% of the salary, every contender in the West would be bidding for him. You could get Misa or Will Smith + 2nd + 9th and a 2027 1st EASILY for Matthews with 2 years left at 6.5 AAV. Nylander would get them a easily another three 1st round picks, maybe even four with 50% retained. The Leafs wouldn’t need the cap space anyway with so many players on ELC.
And that’s just two guys. It’s literally a full rebuild on steroids if the Leafs sold off OEL, Tanev, McCabe, eventually Tavares would get the hint and waive his NMC too…they could stock up not only on 1st round picks but top prospects, young roster players and turn the entire team over much faster than a normal “tank” rebuild.
Yes, it sucks we don’t have our own 1st round picks but if the return is big enough, it doesn’t matter. The Leafs would be fully stocked up on top draft picks, top prospects and young roster players that it wouldn’t matter. The Leafs could set themselves up for a decade if they played their cards right.
jesus christ the oilers hired babcock.
you have to be shitting me. fucking babcock?
was barry melrose or don cherry not available.
mcdavid and drai should both pack their bags and gtfo.
what a joke.
Yup and it was McDavid and the leadership group who asked for it and approved it. They know they need a hard ass coach. The only piece missing is a goalie.
Ya, not 6-7 1st rounders stupid.
Washington gets a couple of ok players and 16th.
No one ever said Nylander and matthews wouldn’t bring a decent return.
But the leafs arent rebuilding…THEY DONT HAVE THE NEXT 2 YEARS OF THEIR 1ST ROUNDERS.
For the dummy in the backAgain, you’re a libtard. These returns for lesser players is proof the Leafs could easily get four 1st round picks for Matthews and three 1st round picks for Nylander. With 50% retained salary, contenders would be bidding each other up for a chance at Matthews for 6.5 AAV. It would be a gold mine of a return.
Easily another five or six by selling off the rest of the depth pieces at the deadline. Then they could acquire more 1sts by eating bad contracts like Hill and Gallagher.
Not having their own 1st sucks but letting Matthews walk as a UFA is worse. Then they’re stuck with literally nothing and would take 5 years of tanking to try and recover the lost assets. The Leafs could also easily get back young roster players instead of pure draft picks which would mitigate their tanking.
This has been explained many times already you’re just too stupid to understand it.
The Washington Capitals have acquired forward Jordan Kyrou from the St. Louis Blues for forwards Connor McMichael and Milton Gastrin and Washington’s first-round pick (16th overall) in the 2026 NHL Draft.
More evidence the Leafs would get a great return on their most valuable pieces.
