Brad Treliving is doing a great job.

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Woll
marner
Nylander

All in the early race for awards.

Throw Stolarz in there too.

 

[Jacquestrapless]

Good on Tre for obtaining depth and believing in his depth to avoid making a panic trade

 

[ACC1224]

Woll
marner
Nylander

All in the early race for awards.

Plus Berube and Treliving himself.

Throw Stolarz in there too.

Would not be surprised at all if Woll/Stolarz take the Jennings this year.

 

[The Shadow]

Leafs have the second best goals against in the entire league. This is exactly what has been missing in Toronto for decades

When can anyone say that the Leafs have had one of the best defensive teams in the league ?

Not ever since 1980 at least - 45 years almost

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Plus Berube and Treliving himself.


Would not be surprised at all if Woll/Stolarz take the Jennings this year.

They do that and this team will win A LOT

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

16-7-2

1st in the Atlantic, on the verge of being 1st in the east and league.

I've heard the Kadri rumours and I don't know how you make the money, but if they could this team would be looking strong

 

[ULF_55]

16-7-2

1st in the Atlantic, on the verge of being 1st in the east and league.

I've heard the Kadri rumours and I don't know how you make the money, but if they could this team would be looking strong

I don't think there is a real rumour, more blue-sky speculation.

Insider Fuels Speculation That Maple Leafs Will Re-Acquire Fan-Favorite Forward

NHL insider Jeff Marek has fueled speculation that the Toronto Maple Leafs will look to re-acquire Nazem Kadri from the Calgary Flames.

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“I have a hard time believing that somewhere down the road the Maple Leafs don’t make a pitch for, or have a conversation about, Nazem Kadri of the Calgary Flames,” Marek said on his show ‘The Sheet’ on DailyFaceoff.

 

[conFABulator]

I don't think there is a real rumour, more blue-sky speculation.

Insider Fuels Speculation That Maple Leafs Will Re-Acquire Fan-Favorite Forward

NHL insider Jeff Marek has fueled speculation that the Toronto Maple Leafs will look to re-acquire Nazem Kadri from the Calgary Flames.

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I just don't see how this move makes any sense without retention and salary going back. Kampf? Domi? Why would Calgary do that? How much we would have to pay for those sweeteners?

We cannot tie up $7M in Kadri and have Tavares on the team at $5M to $7M. One of those two will be our 3C and that is too much to pay for that, while blocking Minten I might add.

Kadri over Tavares? Don't resign JT? Why would do that? Tavares will be cheaper and quite probably better.

I don't think this moves from speculation to actual discussions.

 

[Mess]

"Defense wins Championship"

US Thanksgiving is usually an good landmark to determine Playoff presence.

Leafs currently sit 1st in the Atlantic

Brad Treliving's improved Dcore and his choice of Coach and goaltending has really had .

 

[Gary Nylund]

Leafs have the second best goals against in the entire league. This is exactly what has been missing in Toronto for decades

When can anyone say that the Leafs have had one of the best defensive teams in the league ?

Not ever since 1980 at least - 45 years almost

1993.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Treliving is a flawed GM. Like a lot of GM's, I think Brad is not very good at trying to build a team into a playoff team. He signs guys to be core pieces that end up hurting them.

But what he is really good at is building a team identity and tinkering with the edges to make it fit that identity. We already had the talent in place here, so watching him do the obvious and prioritize goaltending/defense AND make us the 2nd biggest team in the league has been really refreshing.

Add into hiring Berube, can't ask much more of him these past few years. I think the only thing missing is one big trade that gets us over the hump and wins us a cup like Rutherford did with the Penguins.

 

[Roo]

Great job by Tre

 

[Kazparov]

I watch these guys play and it makes me think of all the time we wasted with a GM with such ridiculous ideas on roster & team construction.

Or then I wonder if Berube could have gotten those Keefe coached teams to look like this?

 

[ULF_55]

Okay.

Now we're coming into evaluate team building timeframe.

What's Treliving's vision ... if he has one?

 

[TakeTheBody]

Pretty impressive. Better goaltending. Better style of play. Size and skill. What's not to like? Kyle, how's the family?

 

[arso40]

Pretty impressive. Better goaltending. Better style of play. Size and skill. What's not to like? Kyle, how's the family?

The roster holes

 

[TakeTheBody]

The roster holes

I understand your point. Is there a team in the NHL without holes? It's a salary cap sport you can't buy your way out. Brad also inherited a team without many top draft picks. Overall I think he's done a solid job.

 

[arso40]

I understand your point. Is there a team in the NHL without holes? It's a salary cap sport you can't buy your way out. Brad also inherited a team without many top draft picks. Overall I think he's done a solid job.

No every team pretty much has them but we still have the the hole at 3c which is the same to start the year and the hole on the baccend that he thought he filled already

 

[Suntouchable13]

I understand your point. Is there a team in the NHL without holes? It's a salary cap sport you can't buy your way out. Brad also inherited a team without many top draft picks. Overall I think he's done a solid job.

Jury is still out. 2 regular seasons so far have been pretty much the same as with the previous guy. He needs to get this team over the hump and have a long playoff run. Of course, the previous guy emptied the cupboards with no success to show for it. So Tre is at a disadvantage. He has to figure out a way. So far, he has not done anything special

 

[Sypher04]

Jury is still out. 2 regular seasons so far have been pretty much the same as with the previous guy. He needs to get this team over the hump and have a long playoff run. Of course, the previous guy emptied the cupboards with no success to show for it. So Tre is at a disadvantage. He has to figure out a way. So far, he has not done anything special

This is a big trade deadline for us coming up.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

I've liked the moves of acquiring Stolarz, OEL, and Lorentz...these players might be able to help us in the playoffs. I like his philosophy of a big defence. I didn't like the signing of Domi or Kampf...too much money and term. I'm not impresssed by the Leafs' forward depth, nor their depth on defence.

I'm also not sold on his choice for coach in Berube. I like his north-south emphasis, stressing going to the net. However, we've seen too many of the same problems we had with Keefe that he hasn't been able to fix i.e. poor PP, average PK, little accountability, lack of scoring when the core 4 are checked closely, too many poor starts to games.

With the Eastern Conference being as wide open as it is, Treliving has the opportunity to prove that he's capable of pushing this team to true contender status by acquiring a #3-4 dman and a good 3rd line centre that can also play 2C. It's not going to be easy with the resources Dubas left him and the NMC's.