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It's early in the off-season and a lot can change. I'd look to resign ROR, Acciari and Schenn for the Leafs if at all possible of course, they fit in well. But for other UFAs, these would be my targets:

-Matt Dumba -- Pretty self explanatory. I think he needs a change of scenery. He can play a lot of minutes and I think he has more offense to his game than he's shown lately. Contract depending, he'd be high on my list of targets and we know the Leafs have had interest in him in the past.

-Carson Soucy -- Versatile and physical. Could be a good Justin Holl replacement on the PK. It all depends how much money he gets thrown at him.

-Erik Haula -- Leafs need to potentially replace Kampf and ROR as well. They need to bolster their center depth really bad. Haula is fast and is a good grinder. He'd fit very well.

-Pius Suter -- Pretty underrated. He'd be a good depth scoring option. I think he'd be a really good 2nd line LW option. Bunting likely leaving will leave a big LW hole. He made over 3M on his last contract though so not sure what he'll get as a UFA.

-Jesper Fast -- Not much upside but he's a consistent winger that works hard. Could be a good Kerfoot replacement. Pretty meh but could be ok.

-Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Still a solid 4th liner but age is a huge question mark. Pretty meh but could be ok.

-Corey Perry -- We all know. He can still play. 1 year deal at most.
 
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Just a general observation:

Everybody needs to breathe.

Changes need to be made but it doesn't help the team if we are trading guys for pennies-on-the-dollar. Some of the proposals in this thread (not referring to anyone in particular) are not good and the proposals on the main board... well, they're outright idiotic as usual.

Marner is coming off back-to-back 100-point seasons and has term left on his deal. I cannot find another winger with that level of production that has come on the market in the last decade: Duchene was not close, neither was DeBrincat or Taylor Hall. Kovalchuk and Stone might be comparable but were pending UFAs. The one exception is Matthew Tkachuk last season.

Matthews, meanwhile, would be the best forward to become available in decades. A season removed from a Hart Trophy. A season removed from back-to-back Rocket Richard trophies. A season removed from 50 goals in 50 games, the first to pull that off since Lemieux. One of only four active players (Pastrnak, Ovechkin, Stamkos) to score 60. Any return for Matthews should be historic because a player of his calibre being available at all has few precedents.
 
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htpwn said:
Any return for Matthews should be historic because a player of his calibre being available at all has few precedents.
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Having only 1 year on his contract lowers his value and what you'll get in return for him.

Unless it's a sign-and-trade, one year of Matthews should have the same kind of return as a lesser superstar who's almost as good but not quite, that has term on their contract. Have their been players almost as good as Matthews but not quite traded in the last decade or so? Probably, yeah. So probably not historic.
 
After the management situation is settled, trying to convince Tavares to waive his NMC should be high on the priority list.

Maybe one of Buffalo, Anaheim or San Jose would be willing to fit him in.
 
TMLAM34 said:
After the management situation is settled, trying to convince Tavares to waive his NMC should be high on the priority list.

Maybe one of Buffalo, Anaheim or San Jose would be willing to fit him in.
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About the only way I see that happening is if we retained and he went to Colorado.

They have landys space and need a 2 c.
 
Suntouchable13 said:
Why do you think it will be different next year? Why didn't the first round monkey being off their back this year didn't shake things up? You're not going to win with 3 guys taking up 11M on the cap. Take a look around the league and how many of the remaining teams have such salary structure? The team is built wrong.
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I was just saying what I think the team will do not what I would do. I think they run it back 1 more time with some minor changes. Don't think we see a Nylander level trade
 
SprDaVE said:
It's early in the off-season and a lot can change. I'd look to resign ROR, Acciari and Schenn for the Leafs if at all possible of course, they fit in well. But for other UFAs, these would be my targets:

-Matt Dumba -- Pretty self explanatory. I think he needs a change of scenery. He can play a lot of minutes and I think he has more offense to his game than he's shown lately. Contract depending, he'd be high on my list of targets and we know the Leafs have had interest in him in the past.

-Carson Soucy -- Versatile and physical. Could be a good Justin Holl replacement on the PK. It all depends how much money he gets thrown at him.

-Erik Haula -- Leafs need to potentially replace Kampf and ROR as well. They need to bolster their center depth really bad. Haula is fast and is a good grinder. He'd fit very well.

-Pius Suter -- Pretty underrated. He'd be a good depth scoring option. I think he'd be a really good 2nd line LW option. Bunting likely leaving will leave a big LW hole. He made over 3M on his last contract though so not sure what he'll get as a UFA.

-Jesper Fast -- Not much upside but he's a consistent winger that works hard. Could be a good Kerfoot replacement. Pretty meh but could be ok.

-Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Still a solid 4th liner but age is a huge question mark. Pretty meh but could be ok.

-Corey Perry -- We all know. He can still play. 1 year deal at most.
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Konecny & Soucy I would LOVE to add. Feel like they'd be a nice add.
Barbashev
Killorn

We need more sandpaper with skill. I also don't think ROR will give us any breaks at all.
 
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I think most are agreeing that Tavares needs to go to the wing.

Who is a 2c we can possibly get in a trade for Marner? The trade would include the 2c player and more for Marner.

Pinto? Norris?
 
Malachi Crunch said:
I think most are agreeing that Tavares needs to go to the wing.

Who is a 2c we can possibly get in a trade for Marner? The trade would include the 2c player and more for Marner.

Pinto? Norris?
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I think most can agree it would be better if Tavares was just traded and his cap hit was spread throughout this roster.

Ideally we can re-sign O’Reilly and Acciari. I’d look at signing Connor Brown via free agency for the third line.

Knies - Matthews - _______
_______ - O’Reilly - Marner
_______ - _______ - Brown
_______ - Acciari - Holmberg

Rielly - _______
McCabe - Liljegren
Brodie - Timmins
#7 - Giordano

Samsonov - Woll

The rest of the roster is up for grabs. Not super happy about potentially moving Nylander or loosing Schenn but I think you need to focus on seriously acquiring a top pairing defenceman.
 
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TMLAM34 said:
I think most can agree it would be better if Tavares was just traded and his cap hit was spread throughout this roster.

Ideally we can re-sign O’Reilly and Acciari. I’d look at signing Connor Brown via free agency for the third line.

Knies - Matthews - _______
_______ - O’Reilly - Marner
_______ - _______ - Brown
_______ - Acciari - Holmberg

Rielly - _______
McCabe - Liljegren
Brodie - Timmins
#7 - Giordano

Samsonov - Woll

The rest of the roster is up for grabs. Not super happy about potentially moving Nylander or loosing Schenn but I think you need to focus on seriously acquiring a top pairing defenceman.
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Connor Brown would be a great target. Kinda forgot about him.

There's no way Tavares leaves this off-season. For better or worst, he's a Maple Leafs until the end of his contract.
 
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SprDaVE said:
Connor Brown would be a great target. Kinda forgot about him.

There's no way Tavares leaves this off-season. For better or worst, he's a Maple Leafs until the end of his contract.
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Coming off a serious injury that took him out of the lineup for basically the entire season, Brown shouldn’t cost too much to sign.
 
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Is Connor Brown really the player that we need to compete and play hard in the playoffs?
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He's typically the hardest player on the ice. You need a balance of skill, grinders and physicality in your lineup. There's a place for him, but I don't know how good his injury recovery is going. He'd essentially replace Kerfoots role, more or less.

Depth is always important.
 
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My plan would start with firing Keefe, and hiring Gallant. The Rangers were stupid to fire him.

Part 2 begins with re-shaping the team into the kid of team that beats us, year after year. We need to be the aggressive forechecking team, instead of being pounded by them. Our star players should be surrounded by a cast of guys that can play on the walls and use speed to retrieve pucks and get the puck to shooters. Look at how Vegas and Florida play. We have more talented shooters than Florida for sure, and maybe Vegas. We need guys who will do the work to get the puck to them in prime areas, almost like how important Hyman was for us.

I’m tired of getting hemmed on the cycle, and our dump-and-chase game being garbage. We should be able to able to adapt our game to style necessary. Sometimes that means some cutesy players like Marner have to be sacrificed.
 
SprDaVE said:
He's typically the hardest player on the ice. You need a balance of skill, grinders and physicality in your lineup. There's a place for him, but I don't know how good his injury recovery is going. He'd essentially replace Kerfoots role, more or less.

Depth is always important.
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I get that depth is important.. but he's another small guy, who isn't physical, who hasn't produced in the playoffs. (5 points in 20 games). Sure, he can PK, and puts up reasonable points for a depth player.. his best season, is 39 points.. but in 20 minutes per game... Jarkrok put up 39 points in 14 minutes per game. He's the kind of guy who would get 25-30 points for us, in the usage he'd get.

I think we need to find ways to be harder to play against... and he isn't that... loved when he played with us, and his effort though... but I don't think he'd be the right direction for us.
 
Fogelhund said:
I get that depth is important.. but he's another small guy, who isn't physical, who hasn't produced in the playoffs. (5 points in 20 games). Sure, he can PK, and puts up reasonable points for a depth player.. his best season, is 39 points.. but in 20 minutes per game... Jarkrok put up 39 points in 14 minutes per game. He's the kind of guy who would get 25-30 points for us, in the usage he'd get.

I think we need to find ways to be harder to play against... and he isn't that... loved when he played with us, and his effort though... but I don't think he'd be the right direction for us.
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That's fair to a certain degree. But there aren't many physical players that can play high in the lineup like Brown can or be efficient in terms of a depth role.

If not for Brown or someone of his ilk, who would be a better target for the same minutes/role? Acciari is obviously the mold that would fit what you're describing. I struggle to find more players like him that aren't inept with or without the puck.

ZAR would be ok to bring back on a league min deal because he can play chippy. He's pretty whatever though.

It's a long off-season so we'll see how things shake out.
 
Haula I like, Perry too. I could see the Leafa being interested in Severson. He can move a puck out of the zone, something the Leafs D struggled with. Maybe he'll cost too much though.
 
SprDaVE said:
It's early in the off-season and a lot can change. I'd look to resign ROR, Acciari and Schenn for the Leafs if at all possible of course, they fit in well. But for other UFAs, these would be my targets:

-Matt Dumba -- Pretty self explanatory. I think he needs a change of scenery. He can play a lot of minutes and I think he has more offense to his game than he's shown lately. Contract depending, he'd be high on my list of targets and we know the Leafs have had interest in him in the past.

-Carson Soucy -- Versatile and physical. Could be a good Justin Holl replacement on the PK. It all depends how much money he gets thrown at him.

-Erik Haula -- Leafs need to potentially replace Kampf and ROR as well. They need to bolster their center depth really bad. Haula is fast and is a good grinder. He'd fit very well.

-Pius Suter -- Pretty underrated. He'd be a good depth scoring option. I think he'd be a really good 2nd line LW option. Bunting likely leaving will leave a big LW hole. He made over 3M on his last contract though so not sure what he'll get as a UFA.

-Jesper Fast -- Not much upside but he's a consistent winger that works hard. Could be a good Kerfoot replacement. Pretty meh but could be ok.

-Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Still a solid 4th liner but age is a huge question mark. Pretty meh but could be ok.

-Corey Perry -- We all know. He can still play. 1 year deal at most.
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Very intrigued by Dumba. It is a big risk though as he is prone to stupid decisions. He could end up being a bit of a whipping boy if things don't work out.

Soucy, I think will be too expensive. He seems like someone who will get 4 million + after his playoff run

Haula would be great add for 3C. He'd bring a ton of speed. I do find it strange that he's been on 7 teams in the last 5 years though.

Suter and Fast seem like Dubas bargain bin pickups. Fast might be a decent add.

Bellemare is too slow

100% on the train for Perry. Would bring some attitude to the team

I'd add Bertuzzi and Barbashev to your list as well
 
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ShameOnYouZidlicky said:
Very intrigued by Dumba. It is a big risk though as he is prone to stupid decisions. He could end up being a bit of a whipping boy if things don't work out.

Soucy, I think will be too expensive. He seems like someone who will get 4 million + after his playoff run

Haula would be great add for 3C. He'd bring a ton of speed. I do find it strange that he's been on 7 teams in the last 5 years though.

Suter and Fast seem like Dubas bargain bin pickups. Fast might be a decent add.

Bellemare is too slow

100% on the train for Perry. Would bring some attitude to the team

I'd add Bertuzzi and Barbashev to your list as well
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Bertuzzi I think will get an insane contract. Just a gut feeling. Leafs have had interest in him in the past and they have a LW hole. so maybe.

Barbashev makes a lot sense, I agree.
 
SprDaVE said:
Bertuzzi I think will get an insane contract. Just a gut feeling. Leafs have had interest in him in the past and they have a LW hole. so maybe.

Barbashev makes a lot sense, I agree.
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out of the two, I'd want Barbashev more...just me though however it wouldn't unlikely he doesn't re-sign with the knights with this run they are going for.
 
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