TheCLAM
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Over the past 5-8 years the Leafs, while not a competitive team, have been known to spend to the cap. Unfortunately, this mentality has proved to be inefficient in terms of our organization getting the best "bang for our buck". While Toronto is not at the peak of it's hockey attraction to free agents during this time, it brings up an underlying dysfunction. This is not about the lack of a #1 goaltender, star forwards or even lack of defensive play but the continuous over-payment of players.
We continually give big-time contracts out to lackluster players who only act as a clog in our pursuit of hockey glory. There are a couple exceptions to this, like dealing for potential/gaining an asset in a salary dump deal. Prime example can be seen in the Matthew Lombardi/Cody Franson and upgrading to get Phaneuf from Calgary.
We have had our share of Bryan McCabe, Jeff Finger, Mike Komisarek, Tim Connolly, Colby Armstrong, Pavel Kubina etc.
These contracts happen to every organization as hope to fulfill maximum potential usually fails. While we are in no apparent cap trouble, it is still concerning to big-time contracts paid out to Joffrey Lupul/Mikhail Grabovski who are clearly overpaid.
This is an issue that has to be addressed.
We continually give big-time contracts out to lackluster players who only act as a clog in our pursuit of hockey glory. There are a couple exceptions to this, like dealing for potential/gaining an asset in a salary dump deal. Prime example can be seen in the Matthew Lombardi/Cody Franson and upgrading to get Phaneuf from Calgary.
We have had our share of Bryan McCabe, Jeff Finger, Mike Komisarek, Tim Connolly, Colby Armstrong, Pavel Kubina etc.
These contracts happen to every organization as hope to fulfill maximum potential usually fails. While we are in no apparent cap trouble, it is still concerning to big-time contracts paid out to Joffrey Lupul/Mikhail Grabovski who are clearly overpaid.
This is an issue that has to be addressed.
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