As long as Matthews is a Leaf you may as well forget about a rebuild because as long as Matthews is a leaf the Leafs are in win NOW mode.
How aggressive should the Leafs be at the deadline? Whimper or All In?
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As long as Matthews is a Leaf you may as well forget about a rebuild because as long as Matthews is a leaf the Leafs are in win NOW mode.
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Force Marner to waive is the best bet
No sense in making a deal. AM injury will keep him out of some all all playoff games. Time to develop next generation.
thewave
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They can force a Marner waive if they act fast
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They’ll need a better shop to put these new tools in, so why not build a sturdy one? They can keep some of the tools but they definitely need a better selection.
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If he gets pushed out again theyd have to consider all options, no?
thewave
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Personally.
JT 1 year deal or out.
Marner force waive or out. Or no NMC
Rielly strip the A, perform or buyout
Give Willy an A
Let Matthews heal.
That's a start
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I don’t think letting assets walk solves the bare cupboards issue. If they go all in and trade the young players and picks and it doesn’t work, then what?
thewave
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JT will take 1 year. Tell him we need to evaluate (wait for McD)
Marner is just not a playoff guy.
Morgan is spent
I don't think they even consider a rebuild as long as Matthews is a Leaf, especially the kind of rebuild you are talking about.
Besides I don't want they kind of rebuild you are talking about and neither should you or anyone else.
Because the kind of rebuild you are talking about leads to being the Buffalo Sabres.
It leads to the 10+ year rebuild that's coming for Pittsburgh once that old core is gone in a couple years.
It leads to the 10+ year rebuild that Chicago has begun and it will take that long.
It leads to almost a decade without playoffs like Detroit and Ottawa.
It's a bad idea and NOBODY should be in favor of it.
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Agreed, it doesn't.
The decision to keep Mitch was made when they didn't trade him before his NTC kicked in. This is just the negotiation phase.
The deadline needs to fill holes with retained players since we are apparently dead set in this top heavy strategy.
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If they go all in and it doesn’t work again this year, the core shows zero progress, you’d rather run it back and be stuck in no man’s land like they’ve been.
We’ve said it for the past 5 yrs, but this has to be their last chance to show that they can at least be competitive.
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I'd MUCH rather watch a competitive team, then watch the Sabres, BlackHawks or current/future Pens
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Is your solution to lower expectations?
That’s fine if they want to continue with that strategy because it won’t won’t hurt them financially
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Accepting mediocrity under the pretenses of calling it competitive is a far cry from the contender we were promised.
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Seats are full and the cash is flowing.
Everything is beautiful in the corporate world. No sensible reason to change anything.
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If only someone told them there is a way to have even more cash flowing with the exact same payroll
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I’m sure they’re aware but it certainly appears they’re limiting their own options for pocketing that cash.
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Now is the time to go all in.
Treat now as if the world is ending, and you don't have a tomorrow to worry about.
A couple years ago my mother-in-law passed.
She lived as high off the hog as she could and there was only about $80k left in her portfolio.
She knew it was coming and was proud to have spent when she had the opportunity.
Treat now as if the world is ending, and you don't have a tomorrow to worry about.
A couple years ago my mother-in-law passed.
She lived as high off the hog as she could and there was only about $80k left in her portfolio.
She knew it was coming and was proud to have spent when she had the opportunity.
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thewave
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Yeah I think we need to break up with Mitch. There is just too much pain, bad memories.
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