Yes, Binnington was good in elimination games. He also bounced back hard when he put up a very poor game. Bishop still outplayed him in the Dallas series.
Brad Treliving is doing a great job.
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Yes, Binnington was good in elimination games. He also bounced back hard when he put up a very poor game. Bishop still outplayed him in the Dallas series.
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Thought Viktor Loov was going to be a guy
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I'm considering not renewing my sportsnet subscription. Tired of watching the same thing, or maybe I'll just pay to watch the 2nd half of the season and playoffs when there are stakes. I'm also tired of paying $200+hst for 50 leaf games. It's not a great deal. I'm aware of alternate services but I just don't like dealing with what comes with that
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There are 32 teams, expecting a cup for anybody is a reach.
However if Woll stays healthy and is able to prove that the flashes he's shown are real, I think this team has the talent to do it.
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Has anyone ever waived their NMC?
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On this board a NMC means the team and player are not allowed to discuss a trade. Based on the posts I’ve read, I believe some think that it would be illegal to try and negotiate a trade and the NHL would void it.
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I feel the same as you, but if I cancel my subscription what am I gonna watch on winter nights? Lol. It's a tough choice.
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Was he asked?
Getting back to the original post, if the GM believes moving one of the core is best for the team, should he try?
Would you try, if you were the GM and thought it was the best thing to do?
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If they sign Marner, Tavares, McCabe, and Knies before next summer then the cap increase is already spoken for (yet again). Nothing significant will chance so long as Matthews/Nylander/Marner are making 11-12m+.
Lets hope so. The media will be screeching at a fever pitch in Dec/Jan to sign him (Nylander 2.0).
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I doubt they will.
The media is set on “extend Marner based on this year’s playoff performance”.
Which seems silly. If he does well, that’s 1/9 in playoff success.
11% is a bad score IMO.
I like Marner but he can’t be resigned if you want change.
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I’d explore every avenue that could better the team, call me crazy but isn’t that’s what a GM’s job is……….
One can wish, but I’m not convinced the idiots who run the team are bright enough to not resign him to another overpaid contract……..
Wait until hes top five in scoring in the first half of the season. They'll all be begging Tre to sign him to the 12-13m hes demanding.
"But you can't just let him walk out the door for nothing!"
"You cant just replace him through free agency!"
and those same media dbags will be trashing him in may because too many cap dollars are tied up in too few players. Rinse and repeat.
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Stolarz - 1A/B
Woll - 1B/A
Murray/Gillies - 3rd string vets
Hildeby - AHL 1A starter/NHL call-up
(Akthyamov - AHL backup)
It lacks name recognition and a true stud 1A, but it’s deep. Strong mix of veterans and youth with pro experience.
Having a high ceiling prospect like Hildeby, who is arguably ready for a NHL look, that low is a nice luxury.
I wouldn’t rank them that high, but if you’re bullish on the unproven tandem of Woll/Stolarz, it could be a sleeper bet.
Woll - 1B/A
Murray/Gillies - 3rd string vets
Hildeby - AHL 1A starter/NHL call-up
(Akthyamov - AHL backup)
It lacks name recognition and a true stud 1A, but it’s deep. Strong mix of veterans and youth with pro experience.
Having a high ceiling prospect like Hildeby, who is arguably ready for a NHL look, that low is a nice luxury.
I wouldn’t rank them that high, but if you’re bullish on the unproven tandem of Woll/Stolarz, it could be a sleeper bet.
I mean, how credible is it when Bobrovski is in our division?
But hey, so long as we are healthy, we should be MUCH better in net. That has been our biggest issue (though some are still convinced its the core) in my opinion. If Woll can just stay healthy and play to his potential, it should help us take that next step we've been long awaiting.
As far as goalies go Treliving's got Dubas beat by a country mile, but that's obviously not saying much.
Stolarz was the missing piece? They had all the same goalies last year...
It seems weird that the cup winning backup pushes a team ahead of the cup winning goalie.
Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving expands on his approach regarding potential trades
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brad Treliving set the record stra...
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During a one-on-one interview with TSN’s Darren Dreger on Friday, Treliving was asked whether it is fair that he is labelled as someone leaving no stone unturned which has followed him dating back to his time with the Calgary Flames. He was not afraid to admit that it is true while adding he feels it is part of what he needs to do so he can be successful as a general manager.
“I know I got criticized like, ‘Oh, always the bridesmaids and stuff,'” Treliving said. “Listen, you’re not involved in every deal, right? But I think the job is, as all managers are, to know what’s going on in the league. And our job is to try to help our team whenever we can. Sometimes, deals aren’t feasible for whatever reason or the cap doesn’t fit, but I think our job is to know what’s going on. You try to stay as engaged as you possibly can to see what’s happening. If a deal happens in the league and you’re not aware of it, shame on you.”
Treliving doesn’t mind being labelled as someone who likes to be in on everything because he feels that it is the only way he can keep track of whether this is something out there to help his team be more successful. Not every deal out there is going to materialize for one reason or another, but to him, it is better to be engaged and not get any player out of it than to avoid the happenings and regret missing out later.
Treliving feels that the rest of the league is trying to do similar things to him because it is what comes with the gig of being a general manager.
“It’s a good group of managers. There’s lots of communication,” he said. “Everybody’s competitive and trying to help their team. But to me, that’s the job. The job is to make sure you’re engaged, you’re in the conversations, and you know what’s happening. All these deals, a lot of them take weeks, if not months to have dialogue. The job is to make sure you’re aware of what’s happening and if there’s something that makes sense that can help your team, you certainly want to be involved in it.”
The ranking seems to have some critical flaws, like looking only at regular season results from only last year, extrapolating small samples, and weighing #1, #2, and #3 goalies equally. This is the least we've ever spent on goaltending in the Matthews era, and it's the most unproven tandem that we've ever had in the Matthews era, so it would be pretty funny if we got the best goaltending results in what has at least historically been one of the best goaltending divisions with some of the best goalies in the league, but hey, anything can happen when it comes to goaltending.
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You can't put a crown on a clown and call him a king.
Treliving's first year was a write off. I can't understand this need for new management to observe a team for a year before making changes. Why'd they hire him in the first place.
He should know everything about the team already.
The average fan on this forum could tell you the team's strengths and weaknesses. Even make suggestions about what to do. Why are they paying someone millions of dollars who doesn't have a clue.
Even looking at this team through rose coloured glasses all the red flags still look like red flags.
Were we supposed to break out the brandy and cigars because after a year of watching the team take a step backwards Treliving finally figured out Keefe should be fired. Then giving out all those retirement contracts to washed up vets. Considering the evidence calling Treliving anything but incompetent would be denial of facts.
You can call a fish a dog all you want but it won't make it true.
Treliving's first year was a write off. I can't understand this need for new management to observe a team for a year before making changes. Why'd they hire him in the first place.
He should know everything about the team already.
The average fan on this forum could tell you the team's strengths and weaknesses. Even make suggestions about what to do. Why are they paying someone millions of dollars who doesn't have a clue.
Even looking at this team through rose coloured glasses all the red flags still look like red flags.
Were we supposed to break out the brandy and cigars because after a year of watching the team take a step backwards Treliving finally figured out Keefe should be fired. Then giving out all those retirement contracts to washed up vets. Considering the evidence calling Treliving anything but incompetent would be denial of facts.
You can call a fish a dog all you want but it won't make it true.
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Just finished watching the 3rd episode of the Amazon series focusing on the Boston/Florida series last year.
After the Panthers beat the Bs for the second consecutive year Pasta said (paraphrasing) "They're a nasty team, very tough to play against." Until an opponent says that about the Leafs, they won't win anything.
The Panthers took it to the Bruins and never let up the entire series. The Leafs pounded the Bruins hard in game one (but lost anyway) then let up.
Treliving/Berube have their work cut out for them. They have a bigger, tougher blueline but it's the forwards that need to embrace the mentality: Beat the SH!T out of your opponents, aggravate them, get in their goalie's face, be like a pitbull on the puck, drive to the net like a runaway train. Then come back to bench, take a few deep breaths and go out there and do it again, every shift.
Let's see if there are any signs during the season that they finally understand this or are they still going to try and dangle, shoot from the perimeter and hope that their skill alone wins them games. I'm not optimistic at all, but even halfway to that could open the doors to a mindset change this group desperately needs.
After the Panthers beat the Bs for the second consecutive year Pasta said (paraphrasing) "They're a nasty team, very tough to play against." Until an opponent says that about the Leafs, they won't win anything.
The Panthers took it to the Bruins and never let up the entire series. The Leafs pounded the Bruins hard in game one (but lost anyway) then let up.
Treliving/Berube have their work cut out for them. They have a bigger, tougher blueline but it's the forwards that need to embrace the mentality: Beat the SH!T out of your opponents, aggravate them, get in their goalie's face, be like a pitbull on the puck, drive to the net like a runaway train. Then come back to bench, take a few deep breaths and go out there and do it again, every shift.
Let's see if there are any signs during the season that they finally understand this or are they still going to try and dangle, shoot from the perimeter and hope that their skill alone wins them games. I'm not optimistic at all, but even halfway to that could open the doors to a mindset change this group desperately needs.
