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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
 
LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
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
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I don't think there is a real rumour, more blue-sky speculation.



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ULF_55 said:
I don't think there is a real rumour, more blue-sky speculation.



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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.
 
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"Defense wins Championship" :cool:

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

Leafs currently sit 1st in the Atlantic

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

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The Shadow said:
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
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1993.
 
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.
 
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?
 
TakeTheBody said:
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.
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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
 
TakeTheBody said:
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.
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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
 
Suntouchable13 said:
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
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This is a big trade deadline for us coming up.
 
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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.
 
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CabanaBoy5 said:
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.
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I think the leafs may not do as much as we think
At some point u just have to make these guys play play off hockey or leave
With a report out there that the leafs might be be worth north of 3.5 billion and ted rogers taking over ,who knows
No one wants to be the guy who pelley has to can to keep their jobs
The leafs just dont have very many trade chips
Minten would be playing for the leafs if he was ready or blue chip
 
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hullsy47 said:
I think the leafs may not do as much as we think
At some point u just have to make these guys play play off hockey or leave
With a report out there that the leafs might be be worth north of 3.5 billion and ted rogers taking over ,who knows
No one wants to be the guy who pelley has to can to keep their jobs
The leafs just dont have very many trade chips
Minten would be playing for the leafs if he was ready or blue chip
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Does it seem like Shanahan expects to survive another 1st round loss in the playoffs? I say thats not at all likely and he will be very incentivized to improve the club at the cost of some futures rather than save things for his replacement. The window is shrinking, JT, OEL and Tanev aren't kids and there is at least a mathematical chance they don't re-sign Marner.

Kyle opened the wallet and added O'Reilly and McCabe a couple of years ago. Spent some futures but IMO it moved the needle and if Sammy wasn't in the net, who knows? The last 3 years Campbell and Samsonov have given them .896, .897, and .898 in the playoffs. It looks like that might not be a problem this season. No Sammy and no Keefe now:thumbu: If they can get players with the impact potential of ROR and McCabe again they need to do it and I think Tre gets that.
 
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hullsy47 said:
I think the leafs may not do as much as we think
At some point u just have to make these guys play play off hockey or leave
With a report out there that the leafs might be be worth north of 3.5 billion and ted rogers taking over ,who knows
No one wants to be the guy who pelley has to can to keep their jobs
The leafs just dont have very many trade chips
Minten would be playing for the leafs if he was ready or blue chip
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And that is the absolute crux of the situation. This was someone I've been saying right from when Kyle started being Kyle. We don't have many trade chips. With the stars and scrubs model we've created, you are left with very few trade chips, unless you start using your draft picks which Kyle did in spades. That has its own ramifications.
 
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not doing everything possible to fix clear roster issues before the trade deadline and potentially wasting this season would be clear grounds for dismissal
 
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