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The bigger loss is Henrique, if it’s true he also turned them down. The Leafs core has a reputation.
Jeff Skinner turns down offer with Toronto
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Leafidelity
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Make no mistake, the same people pushing for him would be absolutely burying him in less than 20 games
HockeyVirus
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Funny how predictable this stuff has become with certain groups of posters on here eh? Had they signed him you know damn well the same people are complaining he is soft and this and that.
Also as an aside, did they offer 3M or league min? Because my guess is we did not offer him 3M
BertCorbeau
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To me while he’s a goal scorer he’s not what the composition of the top 9 needs.
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I can easily understand the appeal of choosing the team which was a win away from winning The Stanley Cup when the player in question has yet to even suit up for a playoff game at all.
ToneDog
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At a team friendly cap hit he'd get some rope. Pass at $3m. As for being small, he's 5-11, 197.
He is the Justin Beiber of hockey. LOL.
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It's a smart move by him, he can disappear into the Arctic and no one will know if he sucks or if he is great.
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Honestly has the chance to be the funniest timeline where the Oilers have a cup hangover from playing so late and miss the playoffs
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This is probably more along the lines of these guys want a cup, and Edmonton just proved a whole heck of a lot more than the Leafs have in 20 years.
If the Leafs pull off a deep run at some point I expect we will have a better sales pitch. Right now even some of the players must be raising an eyebrow as to why we can't seem to get past the first round.
If the Leafs pull off a deep run at some point I expect we will have a better sales pitch. Right now even some of the players must be raising an eyebrow as to why we can't seem to get past the first round.
As another poster mentioned, would have much rather the Leafs signed Henrique if he had been able to get him.
Based on the rumours that the Leafs had offered both Henrique and Skinner contracts, I have to wonder whether it's a situation that they missed out on those guys so quickly pivoted to OEL; or if they've got another way to clear out the cap assumign they can add a $3m forward of their chosing.
Based on the rumours that the Leafs had offered both Henrique and Skinner contracts, I have to wonder whether it's a situation that they missed out on those guys so quickly pivoted to OEL; or if they've got another way to clear out the cap assumign they can add a $3m forward of their chosing.
Well if he thinks he’ll get more time than Hyman maybe he should have thought again.
He picked Mcdavid over Matthews fair enough.
The real story here, if there even is one is that the pitch was he could play with Matthews and Marner.
Marner was part of the pitch which tells me he's probably not going anywhere, we can probably put that to bed.
The real story here, if there even is one is that the pitch was he could play with Matthews and Marner.
Marner was part of the pitch which tells me he's probably not going anywhere, we can probably put that to bed.
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I agree - Henrique would have been an excellent solution at 3C. Maybe he didn't like the core, or maybe he was one of the guys Friedman was talking about who wouldn't consider us because of the toxic fanbase.
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Don't want Skinner at all, but I think the Toronto Maple Leafs have taken massive reputational damage around the league since 2020, several rounds of mercenaries coming to bandwagon a championship, ending in bitter defeat, a few guys coming to mercenary and build up their personal brand. Didn't really work out that well for anyone except Bunting. Hyman having success and Connor Brown coming to life in the playoffs shows you what the Oilers can do for you. Leafs, not so much.
Nope, we need heavy gritty hockey players. Good player. Not what we need imo
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You don't think Edmonton has a toxic fanbase and media?
Mark Spector vs Pissy Leon Draisaitl, Oilers Nation vs Darnell Nurse? Jersey tossing?
The difference is the core fails in spectacular and high profile ways every year and Edmonton went on a run.
TMLeafer
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And also that he's not a playoff performer and could never get his team there.
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McDavid will do his usual harlem globetrotter act then pass to a wide open Skinner for a tap in. Book it.
