), but with what can only be described as a mad puppy expression.
someone please shutter this forum until the draftSomeone, please pull out the video of Marner on the bench reviewing a cheap shot he received on his tablet and responding not with a fight ( I know
means we can't sign McDavid at his $15-$17m upcoming salary and then have any other forwards making more than $10m....NHL punishes having good hockey players
As Leaf fans I know we're not that lucky.
If Matthew signs. and Marner puts up better numbers for the next couple years, It's gonna be big trouble for the Leaf's when it's time for Marner to resign. They can avoid this if they lock Willie up and move marner.
In a month... We won't be able to move him if we wanted. No way he would ever considering waiving his nmc. We'll be at his mercy. I feel like 7 years is enough a sample size to be if he succeeds elsewhere in the playoffs. At this point we stretched it out longer than it should've been. I'd rather have cap space now and some great assets than riak witnessing an 8th pathetic postseason from him again.
For the 8,473,981st time, Tavares has a full NMC (no movement clause). He can't be traded unless he personally agrees to waive it, which he says he won't do.
Perhaps an extrapolation, but I have seen it reported several times in the papers that he has specifically said he intends to stay in Toronto.
This year? You may want to check those numbers again
It'd be odd for him to say otherwise, no?
Marner’s got 47 points in 50 playoff games also is a +9 for his career. This narrative that he sucks in the playoffs is overblown and exaggerated by those who have a hard on for placing the blame at one players feet. He ain’t the problem necessarily. Trading him just to trade him is probably a mistake. If there’s a hockey deal that makes the team better or more built for playoff hockey then sure pull trig. Otherwise there’s no point in trading him just for trading sake.
You clearly haven't been watching the playoffs. Put some work in... Rewatch the playoff games, specifically the Florida series and watch him continually lose the puck and float around the safe areas of the ice. His average shot distance was 45+ feet. His slot shot % was by far the worst on the leafs roster. He's taking a significant chunk of the teams cap and has looked just okay to absolutely terrible in all of the past 6 playoffs. He's got 4-5 back breaking giveaways in the past 4 playoffs that led to the opponent winning critical games.
What other fan-base would put up with decades of failure?
Doing a flyby when Rielly was pasted in the boards by Bennett at the end of game #4 is all you need to see. Reminded me of driving by a car wreck and not stopping to see if the driver needed help. Then watching him get manhandled by his buddy Tkachuk and looking to the refs was the cherry on top. Found it puzzling that Panthers never took runs at any of our petit 4 like they did to Kampf and Rielly. Maybe they thought it would wake up the bear. LMFAO.
I think it was more that they didnt need to worry about the core...Reilly and Kampf actually looked like they were ready for the playoffs.
True, but for a guy who signed with his hometown team (supposedly at a discount) and wanted an NMC, in his declining years, I think it carries more weight than the usual platitudes.
