So you want to trade Mitch for who? A guy that is less offensively gifted to score more goals? Do you want Hyman back for Mitch straight up because he happens to be scoring a series. This is what I'm critizing, this buy high on a penny stock like Hyman who is having a fluke season and sell low on Mitch. It
11M can get you a top 6 winger (Hyman) and a top pair D (Lindholm), or rather just a million shy of it. Aren't we trying to balance the roster? Doesn't make sense having 3 forwards making 11+ M
Winning 2-1 is more sustainable, I want the Leafs in a position to win. The last 8 years have shown the Leafs can't win those series.
This isn't the dead puck era. 2-1 is not sustainable in today's NHL, as mentioned earlier. Even if it is, why are you trying to win low event games when you have dynamic forwards and you've been scoring all year? Doesn't make sense.
Why isn't Colorado changing their style for the playoffs after leading the league in goals (1 more than Toronto)? They're not doing a complete 180
This is also a silly point because the big three are fine against teams that open up the game. Those three are enough to win.
If they were fine, then their production wouldn't fall off a cliff in the playoffs. They've each had moments, but not consistent enough.
Tampa just had their ass handed to them by the team I'm describing the Leafs become.
You mean the team that put up 3+ goals in every game of that series? Lol
Beside Rielly the Leafs don't have one legitimate top four defenseman and 'Voo Doo' goaltending. Scoring comes and goes goaltending and defense gives you a chance to win every game. Can't go cheap on Brodies, Muzzins, Lilgren. Benoit and Edmundson are fine talents to round out the bottom for your cheap cap busters. But if the Leafs don't get Hanifin or Lindholm glue guy they'll never win. I'm not asking for a Norris winner, I'm asking for bare minimum quality blueline.
The blue line can't drastically improve without better allocating your resources, unless you develop your own which we can't seem to do.
Get a goaltender then deal with the cap crunch for a year and fill the roster out with some cheap wingers. You can even trade for another star winger at the deadline and have a non playoff team retain. Wingers are always avaible on the trade market, you can always find a bargian young winger. Wingers are the most disposable position in the league. And before you say 'but you want to give MItch another 11 million' elite is the exception to the rule.
Leafs can't package Woll while he has some shine on him and prospects for a Saros? Trade for Ullmark and if Boston says go f yourself you pull a Burke and say cool, we'll offer sheet Swayman and force you to trade one. Weaponize MSLE money to put Boston in a bad situation.
You'll say 'Boston won't make deal with the Leafs' cool then anytime you can hurt them do it. Make them pay more for their talent. Make an example for other teams in the division that don't want to do business with the Leafs.
Target a team that has goaltending but is as frustrated as the Leafs for losing in the playoffs. You get creative.
Lol is it the exception? The money can be used towards D and G and like you said, you can easily find wingers. It hasn't worked with the current setup (3-4 forwards in double digits), so what makes you think it will going forward?
And I'm all for trying to trade for a goalie. But if the cap allocation doesn't change, we'll be bargain bin hunting again
12 million with the cap going up in the future, you won't do better trying to find offense with that 12 million.
How about you make up an injury for Tavares sit him till the playoffs like teams that want to win do. Leafs have to stop being boyscouts and cheat the system, They have enough lawyers and office dweebs to pull it off
I mean, what's the worst that can happen if we unload one of them? Not make it out of the first round? Lmao
I just don't see the point in spinning our wheels.
