LEAFANFORLIFE23
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Why does he "have to do something big"?
Because this team still needs 1 big piece
Why does he "have to do something big"?
Sarcasm I hope.Because this team still needs 1 big piece
So what? If there's no deal there, you don't make it. That's what a good GM does. Not goes out and does something big because the fans want it or because there's a need. There has to be a fit.Because this team still needs 1 big piece
Look at the 2 teams in the finals. We don't.Because this team still needs 1 big piece
I won't do that. My point was that sometimes things don't work out even if you do everything you can to sign or land a player. Stamkos actually made it to free agency period but Lamoriello couldn't get it done.
With that said, you always want your team to improve and Dubas has a lot of options this off-season to make his team go from top 10 to top 5. It won't be easy. Adding Tavares for nothing but cap space would solve a lot of problems.
Look at the 2 teams in the finals. We don't.
Sarcasm I hope.
We do. We lost and aren't good enough.Look at the 2 teams in the finals. We don't.
Some curious opinions being thrown around.
I have to think we are in his top 3 unless the media scares him. Ultimately he probably already knows where he wants to go but I have no doubt teams like STL and SJ will trade for his rights and try and court him.
It will be interesting to see how much effort we put into this. On one hand he is not a huge need but on the other he'd be the best #2 C we ever had and with Kadri we'd be in the conversation for top C depth in the league. You could then trade Nylander for D help or just try and score your way out of trouble. Or trade Kadri (I'd rather not)?
I do have concerns about having so much money committed to forward because it then makes a Doughty type add impossible. Does anyone doubt if we'd had Doughty (or someone of that ilk) we could have got past Boston?
I suspect we will make a polite offer but we will only get him if it's his dream to lift a Cup in Blue and White. I cannot see us being the highest bidder.
It would be fun to watch but might not win anything.You keep Nylander and you run the best forward group in the NHL
Wrong so wrong...Lol no one talks to Brady, even if this is true..
It would be fun to watch but might not win anything.
Of course not. But we have to be smart. We finished last 2 seasons ago. It is going to take some time.Do you really want Ron Hainsey playing top pair again?
It's how Pittsburgh did it, one of those runs Letang didn't play at all
Of course not. But we have to be smart. We finished last 2 seasons ago. It is going to take some time.
I didn't have a problem keeping the UFA's. We had a good team. We should've beaten Boston.I wish more would have realized that and made better asset-management decisions
I didn't have a problem keeping the UFA's. We had a good team. We should've beaten Boston.
The experience will be good for them.
Last thing here....Dubas will not have anything to do with us chasing or not chasing J.T. that decision will be all Shanny so Dubas should get no props if we sign him or no blame if we do not. Trust me if J.T hits free agency we are a huge player in attempting to sign him and it will not be simply kicking the tires it will be an all out blitz.
Oh god... Here we go. This is really something else and it hasn't even been 1 month into his job.
You can say that about literally any GM with a President. "That was the Presidents choice, not the GM" and all I have to say is "trust me".
From now on, any hockey decisions related to the Maple Leafs will fall on Dubas' shoulder, just like they did with Lamoriello. He has a boss like most GMs out there and his decisions will be what decides his outcome. This isn't anything new in the hockey echelon.
I mean, for what it's worth, you could say this is on Pridham. He will set the budget I would think. So if it all fits, it's him that he hero. Or villain if we end up in cap hell.Oh god... Here we go. This is really something else and it hasn't even been 1 month into his job.
You can say that about literally any GM with a President. "That was the Presidents choice, not the GM" and all I have to say is "trust me".
From now on, any hockey decisions related to the Maple Leafs will fall on Dubas' shoulder, just like they did with Lamoriello. He has a boss like most GMs out there and his decisions will be what decides his outcome. This isn't anything new in the hockey echelon.
The Boston series sure was a learning experience... for management about where its 3 young stars are in terms of competitiveness at this stage in their careers.
About the thread, why would any team deal anything for Tavares (or any player) with this 1 week period where all teams can talk to the free agents?