Maple Leafs Free Agent Hindsight with James Mirtle | The JD Bunkis Podcast
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- James Mirtle, Senior Managing Editor with The Athletic, joins JD Bunkis to dive deep into the Maple Leafs' off-season including Mitch Marner's status, Nick Robertson's trade request, the team's July 1st additions, and if it's time to give Auston Matthews the captaincy.
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The huge problem with this team is most of the cap is spent on a core four forwards who have very little battle level when it's needed in the very physical playoffs.
If it wasn't the core 4 this team would still be spending stupidly.
i would rather lose a marner trade then let him walk for nothing
It won't be nothing. Between Tavares and Marner, the cap space next off season is gonna be wide open.
Tavares is the worst contract on this team. Marner gets all the hate, but at least he could actually pull value. JT is worth less than half his cap hit. Unmovable.
@@CC-pj7iy Glad to see a Leaf fan with common sense.
trouble is you can't even loose a trade with a player who dose not want to be traded thanks to the former GM who gave everyone everything they wanted including no trades .
Complain, complain, overreact, overreact!!! THATS JD!!
JD Bumpkin
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He needs something to talk about! LOL.
That's all of these podcaters. Not just JD.
@@wizzerwiser2056 he’s not just a podcaster. He hosts the Fan590 morning show in Toronto and is a “legitimate” radio host or so is believed.
Ask the Oilers if they think a coaching change makes a difference. I believe it was the same roster Knoblauch inherited that was 3-9-1 and then finished 2nd in their division and won the western conference finals and lost the stanley cup by 1 game.
@@willisfigueroa6841 seems to be what Leafs fans are going to be hanging their hope on for 2024 … that Berube will coach this team much better then Keefe did.
It was a fluke run and I bet the Oilers will miss the playoffs in 24-25. It's a flawed team.
@@TMBpkLOL.
The Leafs have a real coach, overhauled D and very promising goaltending. The team is improved, plain and simple - I don’t get the panic.
U have a point but they also have shaky/unproven goaltending and scoring that dries up in the playoffs
The panic is that Mirtle is too emotional to cover the Leafs fairly. He is still angry that his friend Dubas isn't here sabotaging the team.
They still haven't addressed the number one issue when it comes playoff time...scoring 🤣They are improved at D for maybe 2 years, goaltending is still questionable as both their goalies barely play 30 games a season and they are super thin up top
We also have no scoring in the playoffs still probably haha
It’s doomsaying, pure and simple. Literally like the only piece we actually lost on the front end is Bert and his production was absolutely ass for like half the year. I don’t think the team is vastly different or better, but literally just the introduction of Tanev on the backend is an improvement from what we had last season.
Paying these guys more $ doesn’t make them better players.
Buuuuuuuuut, it might? lol
This roster looks amazing to me, honestly. The bottom 6 leaves something to be desired, surely, but the 4th line isn't meant to put up massive numbers. They should pressure and physically acost their opponents, and crash and bang, and our 4th line is suited for that. Our defenseman have improved DRAMATICALLY, Brodie, Giordano gone for Tanev and OEL. I LOVE our defensive pairings, and they're deep. We have about 8 serviceable d-men with Haakinpaa, Timmons (not a great player, but serviceable), Liljegren, Benoit, not to mention our top 4 D-men in Reilly-Tanev, and McCabe-OEL. McCabe has an astoundingly good cap hit for what he brings. Benoit at 1.35M.
We look good, considering out top 6 and the most prolific goal scorer of our era (not to mention Willy, Marner who are ALWAYS gonna linger around 100 pts per season), a very decent decidedly improved D-core and goaltending that will either be tremendous, with Woll having a breakout, career year as the designated starter, and Stolarz as a 1B, or Woll gets injured and we're suddenly below NHL average in net. It's a risk, but they believe in Woll and I think Leafs nation are very hopeful that this guy will be our next Freddie Andersen. Consistent, solid, and able to put your team in a position to win every night! I absolutely love this off-season so far! Sorry for the incredbly long message lol ;)
I know Leafs fans can be fanatic and incredibly passionate, but I do think we expect too much from GMs, coaches, and leadership. I don't understand the very, very high levels of skepticism. The Leafs make the playoffs every single year. They always score tons of goals, they always crack 100 pts a season. This will happen again in 2024-2025. I understand this fanbase needs playoff results, but in order to succeed in playoffs we need to play 82 games, and this roster is better than the one Keefe started with last season. We will be better, and as we push for playoff positions, we can add and build at trade deadline for the playoff run.
TLDR: the team looks good, we look better than last year. We're gonna finish high in the ATL, and playoffs are happening. Big questions will be: Can Matthews push for 70-80G? Can Nylander reach an even higher level and get 110-120 pts? Will Marner do the same? And will Woll ascend to being one of the best goaltenders in the NHL, with a GAA of .920%? Big question, we'll find out! Lastly, off-loading a JT or Marner would have been a game changer and would have enabled us to dramatically re-vamp the roster. It would have made a tremendous difference, but despite that not happening, I'm very happy with what Treliving has done! Go Leafs Goooooo!!!!
You can debate this until the cows come home, however the biggest issue with this team is the fact that the big three (Matthews, Marner and Nylander) are "me first" guys when it comes to money and the salary cap! This was solidified when Dubas and Shanahan caved in during the first round of contract negotiations basically giving them each what they wanted with little to no concessions and the current dye was set! As a result, in the salary cap era, their allocation ratios are all screwed up with too much money tied up in 4 forwards which causes them to be thin in terms of depth. Also, trading away all the picks to dump bad contracts and bolster the line up for another 1st round exit has absolutely caught up to them, as well! Basically, bad management has doomed this franchise once again! It will be another book for Gord Stellick chronicling how the Leafs screwed up again....and the cup drought continues!
The scew up was the tavares signing because, they all know they are as good or better... so that 11 million set the leaf barre. Tavares wasn't needed and I'd bet we're 2 million cheaper on each of them if his contract wasn't here. Not to mention we might still have Kadri and hyman
You're right
@@macleanclassics : I don't necessarily disagree, however Dubas did a very poor job of negotiating with the "big three!" They left NO money on the table in a market where the difference could easily be made up with rich endorsement deals! In a salary cap league this is a killer and we continue to see the results! Like it or not selfish players very rarely win, regardless of their lip service to the media! Teams like Boston and Pittsburgh have won cups because of culture of taking a little less in order to build a more complete team that can win! Hopefully, as a Leafs fan for over 45 years I hope I'm proven wrong but I don't think so, unfortunately!
@@davidhamilton699 he sure did.... Nylander was a good contract.... Marner should've been closer to that. The players have a chip and an argument that the cap isn't thier fault and they should be paid.... otherwise they are letting down future players. The guys to blame are the ones handing them out.
I don't disagree that Shanahan, Dubas and company did a piss poor job of managing the contracts for these three! However, don't give me that baloney about the players and not their fault about the cap! This is clearly a part of the CBA and any team/players serious about winning understands the ramifications of taking a greater percentage of it! So my only conclusion is that they really don't seriously care about winning a cup! It's that simple! Hockey is one of the few professional sports left where some players still embrace a team concept! Hopefully, Tanev can a positive effect on the room but it's really hard to change things with three "me first superstars!" I hope I'm wrong and Berube can catch magic in a bottle for long playoff run!
Bunkis is such a fan
I am a Habs fan but why are the Leafs not doing the same things other Canadian teams are doing ? They are supposed to get Better . You can't be saying it's because of John Tavares contract there are more people who are getting paid like that !! They are the ones who offered him it !! I would say that I think that he would take about 3-4 Million a year and that is a good and a drop of 7 or8 Million a year . The rest of the players should also take a drop till they Win 2 rounds of the playoffs ! Then they would get the money back that they p
JD's brain literally stops functioning when it comes to Nick Robertson.
Maybe the Leafs not being able score enough goals is a good problem to have during the regular season. Hopefully that triggers them to finding ways to scoring meaningful goals that could translate to something during playoffs
these guys are sooooo depressing omg
yea its guys like these that make the Toronto media look like clowns
@@troycul6552clowns?
They were spot on with everything they said
The team is depressing
I would have really preferred a 29 year old D in Pesci or Zadorov over a 34 year old D in Tanev
Zadorov for sure, but not at the contract he got from Boston.
@@iamNotHereB didn't he get half a million more then Tanev??
@@maciekgutkowski8075 for 6 years tho
@@iamNotHereB Tanev also got a 6 year deal and I’d rather give a 29 year old a 6 year deal then a 34 year old
@maciekgutkowski8075 fair point. I was pointing to the extra half million for 6 years on top of the other cap issues.
WAKE UP LEAF FANS!!!!!!….. we signed a bunch of old farts !!!!… so they think their gonna win a cup in the next few years?.
LMFAO!…. Two Dallas players that have no knees and injury prone! Way to go Leaf Management!👍👍👍👍👍
They don’t need knees when we have kneelander
You're not even a leafs fan. Cope harder when the Oilers miss the playoffs this year. 😂
Sorry about that I was not finish ,, the money they are Worth !! The players that take less money so they can get other good players to play on the same team and better chances to win and players that do this are really great players what's to Win !!! Thank you for your time and video! Thanks again Jim Go Habs Go!!!🤔
This is the definition of insanity
JD tells it like it is - full credit unlike most of the other podcasters and Leaf-focused media. I will now subscribe.
Our goalie had a .890 last year and we've replaced Brodie with Tanev. OEL can move the puck better than Boosh and Edmundson, obviously. Just those things are huge improvements but probably not good enough to win.
If Marner has no intention of waiving then I'm OK with letting him walk him and Tavares. It would be bad asset management to sign them. if he has no value like Mirtle thinks. Then he can lose a year in free agency and play for 7-8 mil somewhere else. And take Shanahan with him. So if negotiating is so easy with the leafs. What was Treliving brought in here to do again?🤔
Offensive will improve because OEL and Tanev will be better at getting the puck moved up ice than guys like Edmunston and Lybuskin. Lilly will.benefit from learning d from Tanev and being paired with an experienced fellow Swede like OEL.
the biggest mistake of the matthews era comes off the books next year...captain robot.
I believe lilligren is a liability on the ice your gonna pay a guy this much money to ride the bench.
Little miss Lilly , Kampf and a pick or prospect for a quality 3rd line center. Thats 5.5 mil right there if you get rid of those two plugs
no other way to see it than that... cant make line up..... pay him double ffs
@@Gypsyalchemy333And another team wants 2 plugs in exchange for a 3C because...?
@@people3865 Because A) the prospect or high draft pick will be the sweeter B) teams that sucked so bad last year and have an abundance of draft picks could be involved in a 3 way deal, happened allot last year but have not seen many 3 team deals as of late C) there are some unhappy players centers around the league that want to be moved..... D) right shot D man with youth had overrated perceived value, so there will be teams willing to take on Lilly and his two year deal.
Bunkis talkin like it's easy peasy to change the majority of the team and sign anyone u want within a couple weeks. Very annoying to listen to
Oh and also easily move a guy with a no trade clause cuz all the other teams are clamouring for a guy that can't step up in the playoffs
He has no clue lol hate when kyper isn’t around
Dubas screwed the team with those NMCs and crazy $$$ contracts
100 percent agree. I don't like him or Sam McKee.
@@mikemeaney-k5s I like Sammy, pretty much always agree with him
Draisaitl had 3 points in the final, would you trade him? TKacuk had 3 points in the final, would you trade him?
Is this the best defence of the mathews era?
Not a high bar but best opening night d core 100%
Not a high bar but best opening night d core 100%
as sad as that is yes
If Woll stays healthy, it'll be a great season; defensively.
Bunkis has perfected hand wringing. OEL had a solid bounce back year avg 18 mins a game, and played important mins when Ekblad was hurt, and won a cup. There was no perfect answer this offseason.
Did Marner give four teams he'd take a trade to? I heard Chicago, Dallas, Vegas and Nashville were acceptable?
Trade---Nike Robertson and lilligren to Winnipeg for Rutger McGroarty!!!!
Youth movement is what I have been saying. This team never learns. They wasted prime years of the core by not playing hard ball with them come contract time.
Won’t be as much offence as last season. Matthews probably only gets max 60 goals next year, Tavares probably only gets 55 points, lose 21 goals of Bertuzi without replacement. Hopefully the defence mitigates the Offence reduction.
Leafs are brutal this year lmfao Matthews will lucky enough to 50 goals
Knies will score more, as will McMann.
You have no idea what’s gonna happen 😂😂😂
If Robertson plays a full season and gets more than 11 minutes a game, he can easily replace Berts goals. Will probably get more if you extrapolate the math
I think Berube and Marner's discussion was trying Marner at center this year.
"So many holes" There are not many holes. If Hakanpaa is cleared, they can trade Liljegren for a 3rd line center or use his cap space to get one. If he isn't, moving Kampf, Jarnkrok & Reaves to free cap space is another way they might go. It is premature to judge a work in progress.
Bunkis has a very appropriate last name. He sounds like a total bunkis sometimes when he talks out his ying Yang. What centres made sense there buddy? At this point a trade like mirtle suggests seems like a likely and appropriate option and those take time
This idea of stripping Tavares of the captaincy is pure lunacy. And no way Matthews should be a captain if he's not gonna sign long term with the club
Other than Bertuzzi who else did they lose up front?
You tie the turnover of captaincy with early contract ext with Toronto $4 mil (O Rielly comparable) x 5 years for JT, exchanges C for new deal, acknowledge changing era.
Why the assumptioin that just matching the dollars is enough to get the likes of Roy or Skjei? There's no reason to believe that either wanted to play here. If, like O'Reilly, they preferred to play elsewhere, then Treliving could only go with whoever was willing to come. The UFA centers available were not the answer at the asking price. So, barring the unlikely event of a Marner trade, a significant upgrade at center will probably have to wait until there's a good option available, either via deadline trade, or next years' UFAs, when the dollars can be freed up--letting Marner walk if need be.
Leaf followers always undervalue Leaf players. I'd like to see the Leafs take Robertson, Minten and someone else and offer it to Anaheim for Zegras. I've watched videos of Zegras with team USA and just drool thinking about his perfect set-ups being served to Matthews. Matthews would get 70 every year. He's exceptionally cool under pressure and made many American Jrs look good. If he started in New York or Boston instead of Anaheim he would be untouchable right now.
Zegras loves it in Anaheim. He’d be a nightmare in Toronto with the hype around the team. It would become more of a circus than it already is.
Tavares agreed.
3x8yr.
I'de sign it this summer.
Then give the C to Matthews.
Mitch can see up close the team is moving forward. Tell him with the team. Not early.
He might sign a fair contract this summer.
Or, he'll be asking for a move at the Trade Deadline.
They scored 303 goals 2nd most in the league, but can't score in the playoffs
no heart
What about Nylander at Centre ?
I guess JD's schtick is to be a panicked pessimist no matter what. Like complaining about the forward group and specifically center when you have Matthews, JT, Kampf, Holmberg, Domi if you need him and Nylander if you need him, plus Minten coming up... How many centers do we need?
i'm surprised at your level of pessimism on things. I think you have to see them play to see that maybe this mix could work. I am actually excited about the goaltending and so we are set there. We are set on D, for now. We still have Mitch. I think we are in a good spot for now. Remember in 4 years the cap will be higher.
2nd year Knies...Macmann...more goals
No need to add any more forwards… Robertson, Cowan, or Minton can fill the 12th forward spot at a low cap hit and we’ll be fine.
If the players don't get the big contract the Owners would get it !! What should be done is lower Ticket prices ? So we all could go !but
Look where the team is ffs!! Can’t sign anyone because of these brutal contracts. If Marner won’t agree to a trade, let his a$$ walk!
10 years and a rebuild away from having a team that could win. 1 win in the 2nd round will be this groups Stanley cup. A shame.
"They are 2 years away from being 2 years away"
They needed to address their defense FIRST. Then, goaltending. Then, forwards. With 61% of the salary going to 5 players they couldnt go after too many big fish. The 2024 free agency had a lot of defensemen available. The 2025 free agency will have a lot of forwards.
Rolling the dice this year but I think their strategy is waiting for next year when marner and tavares come off the books. They can balance the team off properly next year..hopefully
Blaming our forwards for that one trick pony, dump and chase Keefe. stop talking Marner trade, he is one of the best players in the league and bleeds blue.
Move Marner to centre, creates new talk. Berube says he wants to see step up by Marner in playoffs or goodbye.
They would be fools to resign Mitchy
They dont have many options now. They have to see the year through. Tavares is still a great second line center. OEL was 18 mins a night last year..hard to say how it looks. Tjs defense is underatted and hasnt been acknowledged by anyone in this towns media. Tanevs perfect for Reilly..ROR was a major miss for their depth.
They needed to improve the defence. So the idea is to reduce goals against. We have enough goal scoring. The thing that gets forgotten is the lack of production from the defence last year. There should be better puck movement from the D as well. What they are lacking up front is size.
The team crumples in the playoffs, so they need size, toughness and grit. Marner has NONE of these things and the dithering Leaf management has seemingly done nothing to remedy the situation. Imo he will walk away for nothing in return for the team except freeing up $11M of salary cap space at the end of this season.
@@davidmollenhauer7580 He has what we need, but not at that cost. It is funny that Mathews and Nylander were advocating for Marner at the end of the season. The sad part is neither was willing to take a discount to keep him with the team. Make each of the guys run their own lines to earn their money especially Marner. They will see it is much harder to get points. Two power play lines instead of stacking one. More eveningly distribute minutes over 4 lines like most good teams do to have them playoff ready.
No taxes in Florida that's why they were able to resign reinhart for less. If the NHL wanted to make it more fair for teams that have crazy amount of income taxes compared to teams that don't have taxes they wouldn't count the taxes or a certain percentage of the contract toward the salary cap. But that won't happen cause it makes to much sense.
Give Max second line centre. Let him over perform!. John is handling that captaincy!
The NHL Trade lol what a conundrum. When player is new or having a down year its " his value is low can't trade him " when he's an established or having a good year its " his value is to high can't trade him " .There's never a good time to trade, That's why you're trading to address a need rather then trading for future higher value or trying to one over the other GM. Nylander and Madness Value was never higher and the right time to shake things up. And thanks to Shanahan that ship sailed due to over Valuing his players instead of addressing other area's of weakness. So now this team is looking at 4- 8 years of first round exits because of greed and ego. Shanahan was brought in to change the culture of this team, Turns out its just more of the same.
It would be crazy to trade Robertson right now.
Leafs are willing to extend and pay Marner, Millions of Dollars; but are not willing to pay Roy, 2 Million Dollars more than Larsson?
What I’m most frustrated with is the Hakenpaa signing. No announced yet. Then Rat Simmons comes out and says what he said about Hakenpaa. Man is he a negative Nelly. And a wonder why people don’t like the dude.
It's so easy as a spectator to say trade Marner, ignore his NMC and just get what you can for him. Reality is he doesn't have to waive at all and IF he chose to, he would be picking the team he's traded to. Do you really want to get fleeced on a trade for him?
Bro you have locked nmc contracts, minimal cap space and no prospects wtf do expect to be different this year? Next year when marner and tavares are gone then you can have some pieces move
I think that they don't have enough toghness, and playing with rielly Will wear down tanev, I think they should ask rielly to move his no trade and use him in a package for ekblad, this defence needs a top guy, he's available, also another mid level defencman
Could of had Erik Gustafsson for under 1 m for the power play instead of OEL. Tanev is done. Too late .
Tanev is a solid defenseman. He has been his entire career. OEL on the other hand is more of a liability and you're not going to get what you think you are. He only plays when he feels like it.
Why are you always looking at the negatives
I would have really preferred a 29 year old RD in Pesci or Zadorov over a 34 year old RD in Tanev
So is it 100% now the Leafs don’t trade Marner!?
Former Athletic Shapiro writer says Tanev would have payed more in Taxes in Texas than home in Canada
Robertson Broke his leg with the Marlies and injured his Shoulder in the 2nd year with the Marlies but last year he was more heathier and performed for the leafs betther for the amount of ice time he received so he would be better this so sign him to aan extension and Robertson would be happyer so too much negativty by the leafs podcast white noise is wrong so be more postive then cutting up the team whether there weaker or not so you are not Managers invovled and this has been the problem for roughly for 30 years of negativity towards the team.
Glass half full guy…maybe team building isn’t over yet. I’ll bet there will be more…
Liljgren at $3M is better than Lybushkin at $3M in my book.
I can’t believe how happy everyone is in these comments. This offseason was exactly like every other one. Let’s build around these 4 players like guys it’s been 8 years and one playoff win is pathetic.They rly needed to trade marner to shake this team up just to get off the money. I don’t care if they loose the trade bcuz Ik it can’t work with him making 8 mill plus. I understand he is a great player with all the points but this is only in the regular season. Once playoff any starts this guy is actually one of the worst players on the team just terrible it’s baffling how bad. Ofcourse it’s not not all mariners fault tho but somethings gotta change.
The Leafs D is now solid as I would rather have OEL over Brodie as Brodie was lost and I’m sure OEL is gonna allow Timothy L to play be much better playing with OEL
Let Marner play out the to the trade deadline so if he does not work out for a fair contract probably 6 years at 8 .5million then trade him at the trade deadline or let him walk and and you save 10 .5 million.
Boy, J.D. sure likes to complain about the Leafs, something's always really wrong. I think Tre's done a good job so far with what he has. Our D has definitely gotten better and our goalie situation hopefully will be more stable and better and we'll see what else he has up his sleeve. I think there are some that will complain no matter what unless Mitch get's traded in some "big splash" deal.
At 7.5 million rielly can't play the pp and he gets off the hook without any heat.
He needs to go
The Leafs could have gone out and got a top 3 goalie at half value, 3 big right shot D that can easily play in the top 4 at half value and you STILL wouldn't be happy because the only thing you care about is the fact the top 4 are all still here. You been crying for how many years about how bad the Leafs D is/was? Do you honestly think that has ZERO effect on offense?! Do you honestly believe the forwards spending over 1min in the D-Zone just trying to help get the puck out because the Defense suck and somehow still have enough energy to drive offense?! All you see is the stats in the playoffs and pin the blame all on the forwards for not getting it done offensively.. at least try and see the root problem/big picture.
They can’t do anything until JT is gone and marner is decided.
They can’t make real moves.
The Leafs season will hinge on Woll's health. If he stays healthy, I honestly think you guys will have a better season than you're all expecting. If Woll gets injured again... it could get messy.
They’re going to be worse unless guys like Robertson knies minten Mcmann etc make a difference.
It's obvious to me that the Leafs have changed their perspective on how a team should be constructed. Mirtle seems to have an adult view as to the difficulty of implementing it. Bunkis is reflecting a very immature reaction. Fixing this team will take time.
When He plays his Brother's Team
Might just have to settle for draft picks for kampf, jarnkrok, Robertson liljagren, Reeves Which would allow leafs to build a better bottom six
If the Leafs d are all healthy i would try Liligram on forward.
Tannev wants to to finish his carrer in Toronto since he comes From Toronto so so its 6 years so long if he is good for for 4 years and put him on waivers if it does not work out in the last 2 years and Bertuzzi was not the greatest player last year because of his slow start for 4 months and speed was not the best so no big lost for what he accomplishmeant at he got 5.5 million for 4 years in Chicago for the injuries Bertuzzi had with Redwings and Tavarres will problably get 5 million at 4years after this year and Mathews will be the Captain next or Morgan Reilly.Go Leafs Go.
Marner is overpaid by at least a factor of two, and he does not deserve to have a no movement clause. If he will not waive his NMC, the team should dress him for every game but not play him at all.
What about this trade.
Marner to Vegas.
Pietrangelo + 2/4 depth players
?
I love the Toronto way: point out the flaws, the errors, mistakes (which are often many with the Leafs), but never ever offer proper actual solutions or good idea, alternatives, because if you try to do that, you end up looking like like a know-nothing fraud...
Move Marner to D
Classic Leaves overspend come the first second of free agency.
And overspending on the wrong guys … you could have had 2 RD that are 29 in Pesci or Zadorov for roughly the same money they got a 34 year old Tanev
I'd give the kids a shot... Minten or Holmberg in that 3 C.... but let them settle into it.... none of this two games it's done crap sheldon did... ride it until december and correct the mistakes...
The Leafs are not making to playoffs. They have actually gotten weaker. Thank you core 4 for leaving nothing behind to build a real solid team. Costume dressing at its best.
Marner, Robertson, 1st rd pick for Ehlers and Mcgroarty
insanity... Marner is better then Ehlers and Roberts might be better than Mcgoarty at this stage... it should be Marner and Robertson for Ehlers, Mcgoarty and a 2nd rd pick.
@@ralpklien6492 thing is jets might go for my suggestion. but def wouldnt go for your suggestion IMO. Short term its a lost trade yes, but long term can result in major W with shedding Marners salary and adding 3 entry level years of mcgroarty
Stanley Cup?? How about showing up and making a deep run.
The big hoss don't run in that race.
These two sure are fun. Just the saddest two lamenting the team they "cheer" for. bleh.
This was depressing :'(
Speed up the middle is gonna be a problem for the leafs their too slow.
Reilly, Tavares, are horrible at what they do but I know they always need elite talent to bail them out , both soft and horrible passers, selfish etc etc. I would also lose Kampf and Jarnkrok.
Knies-Minten-Cowan would have won us the cup last year but next season, they will be the most exciting line, it's a young mans league stop hiring grandpas. Retire Brodie, trade Liljgren.Force Tavares out of town. Send Reilly to Vancouver.
Rember kids, Reilly and Tavares= Early playoff exit. Btw if Berube is also like Babs, Keefe and employs dump and chase we are not going anywhere our elite players don't and have noit buyig into it and I don't blame them.
there are none so blind as those who will not see: RIELLY is the problem: lazy, sloppy, entitled!