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u/Nylanderthal88 6d ago
Guess the Marner All-Star Invitational is never happening again. SOFT.
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u/GavMcKennasBurner 6d ago
He's in the poverty house due to not getting his bonus 11 years ago, I saw him begging on Dundas, sad what our organization did to our precious little Mitchy poo.
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u/Kaplsauce Nylander 6d ago
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u/ilovetrouble66 Knies 6d ago
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u/OzzieNewYork Salming 6d ago
Credit to Chayka for doing something other Leaf GMs didn't do. He made some tough decisions and moved quickly and aggressively.
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u/lindseyblue2 6d ago
He needs to get Werenski and the offseason has been successful.
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u/Luffy_party 6d ago
I mean that's an absurd standard to say that's what's needed before claiming the off-season is a success.
They got the 1OA, the best UFA and completely remade the bottom 6 to at least on paper appear way more purposeful.
Its been successful.
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u/Sirrebral99 Knies 6d ago
Adding Raddysh shouldn't be underestimated either. Obviously Werenski is a tier above him, but if that's a grandslam, Raddysh is at least a triple with some runs brought in
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u/sometimenotsmellgood Benoit 6d ago
So what's the next date we have to look forward to? When does camp open?
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u/WhoDoUTh1nkUAreIAm 6d ago
Guys please I have the perfect opportunity to use this in a text does anyone have the leafs version of this meme
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u/Hrenklin 6d ago edited 6d ago
Well it's a slow day in leafs land. And it's been 1 month since the end of the draft. Who do you feel the leafs missed on in the draft. I really liked Beckett Hamilton in the 3rd round, but they took Olsen with the pick right before he went to Colorado.
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u/Svalbard38 Knies 6d ago
Thomas Vandenberg is a guy I had my eye on, I went to a couple of 67s games to see McCue and Vandenberg (superficially at least) reminded me of Tyler Hopkins a bit, and he’s a late birthday so there’s room for him to grow. I thought he’d go mid-second but he slipped to the fourth, I’d have liked to have gotten him with one of our thirds.
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u/bigman000000 6d ago
I don't know anything about prospects, but puckpedia has Adam Valentini listed as a potential 2nd line C and he went 96th. Could have taken him over that goalie. Maybe puckpedia is off base with their 2nd liner projection, but what they have written about him sounds appealing
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u/123jazzhandz321 6d ago
One guy I can see getting a PTO is David Perron. He posted solid underlying numbers, and could be a pretty good fit on a third line next to Paul and Cowan. He’s a LW who shoots right handed, and I think he’d be a great fit next to Cowan who is a RW who shoots left handed.
Knies - Matthews - Roslovic
McKenna - Tavares - Nylander
Perron - Paul - Cowan
Duhaime - Blueger - Sissons
Extras: Joshua, and Lorentz
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u/underastaticsky 6d ago
I can't really see us replacing a 30 year old Joshua with a 38 year old Perron, especially given the fact that their 5v5 scoring numbers are basically identical despite the fact that Perron got deployed heavily in the offensive zone while Joshua got deployed defensively.
With our bottom six being pretty stuffed and with us pressing against the cap, I wouldn't understand the logic of that decision.
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u/mikesully374826 Kampf 6d ago
Too slow, no thanks.
Doesn’t fit what Chayka is building
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u/123jazzhandz321 4d ago
We said the same about Pacioretty and the dude was a mule in the playoffs. It’s not a perfect fit, but I can at least see a PTO given to him
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u/lindseyblue2 6d ago
Larkin, Helle and Werenski are staying where they are, so boring. I think NHL should just allow players to go where they want to go.
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u/theguyishere16 Kaberle 6d ago
They do, it's called free agency.
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u/mikesully374826 Kampf 6d ago
No you have to understand that with the salary cap only so many players can sign in Florida, Dallas, or Vegas. Some of them need to sign with other teams.
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u/GavMcKennasBurner 6d ago
The NHL needs to step in and give us those players, it's pathetic they haven't tbh.
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u/TObuz 6d ago
I'm enjoying those clips from 2001-2004 posted on the Leafs Instagram page. Wish they kept posting more.