Toggle sidebar

Confirmed with Link: Shane Doan named Special Advisor to the General Manager

  • Xenforo Cloud will be upgrading us to version 2.3.5 on March 3rd at 12 AM GMT. This version has increased stability and fixes several bugs. We expect downtime for the duration of the update. The admin team will continue to work on existing issues, templates and upgrade all necessary available addons to minimize impact of this new version. Click Here for Updates
yubbers said:
I can taste the heart and grit in this coffee. Mmmmm.


My Boston homies said the same about Seguin
Click to expand...
Boston knows how to deal with divas, Toronto not so much...........

Trapper said:
And Kessel, and Thornton.
Click to expand...
everyone gets the same treatment in Boston, your either a team guy or it's bye bye.............

BertCorbeau said:
Assuming a Bergeron is available though. Quite hard to replace so you need to be careful.
Click to expand...
but not impossible.........
 
LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
He should be the highest player in the league until Mcdavid is up again.

People like you don't realize what we have in Matthews
Click to expand...
I'm pretty sure everyone "knows what they got" in 34, warts and all..........

thewave said:
As of today I do.

We have a large body C the does not fully apply himself when it comes playoff time. A man that has wrist issues and recently had production declines. He likely has the ability to be a top 3 player but is playing way below that and appears to be very focused on money and less so on winning.
Click to expand...
spot on assessment, I'd add he could be so much more, but.................
 
  • Like
Reactions: Leterman
rumman said:
I'm pretty sure everyone "knows what they got" in 34, warts and all..........


spot on assessment, I'd add he could be so much more, but.................
Click to expand...

No they don't if people truly knew what we have in Matthews they wouldn't be so willing to let him go.
 
BraveCanadian said:
Since you appear to want to veer off into pedantry, I'll rephrase and say we don't know if he is still that player. This past year he didn't look anything like a Hart winner.
Click to expand...

No one knows. This is why this situation is so challenging. Unfortunately, Matthews 100% still believes he is that player, there will be no discount.
 
ShaneFalco said:
I don't know how anyone can say that
You replace Matthews with other team needs and create a more balanced team. And if he's stuck on being the highest paid player in the league, perhaps that helps with the entitlement factor with others
Click to expand...
Whatever his faults, he's a legit high-end #1C all day long. That's very hard to replace.
Nineteen67 said:
Patrice Bergeron
Click to expand...
You want a guy who is almost 38 and might retire?
 
  • Like
Reactions: al secord
Clownfish said:
No one knows. This is why this situation is so challenging. Unfortunately, Matthews 100% still believes he is that player, there will be no discount.
Click to expand...
welcome to Columbus 34......and no the Bieb's tour isn't stopping in Columbus this year..........
 
Mess said:
Is Shane Doan really more valuable as an assistant to the GM, or more an assistant to Auston Matthews?

Leafs are setting up more an Auston friendly landing zone, and comfort happy place to play.

Bringing a few pieces Treliving and Doan from Phoenix which Auston calls home, is setting the welcome mat nicely,
Click to expand...

I have nothing against Doan; I was a huge fan of his. Character guy who showed up to play and played hardnosed blue collar hockey. He also has the hockey ops chops with the Yotes and Hockey Canada.

That said, if the hire is merely for Matthews thats really bad. We shouldn't be bending over backwards for a select few players, it just sends the wrong message across the dressing room especially when the said player doesn't seem to show up in the playoffs. I got nothing against Matthews; he is my fav Leaf but... it always has been and will be about the TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS as far as I am concerned. Matthews is an excellent player, elite player but not generational IMO. There are other players on other teams that put up the same numbers as Matthews all the time. Matthews isn't McDavid.

I really hope the Doan hire is more about adding hockey personnel with hockey ideas and less about keeping matthews. if it helps Matthews' re-signing thats great (at a reasonable cap hit 12.5 at max); but the hire shouldn't solely be to re-sign matthews.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Leterman and Cleetus
LEAFANFORLIFE23 said:
He should be the highest player in the league until Mcdavid is up again.

People like you don't realize what we have in Matthews
Click to expand...
What do they have?

A regular season superstar with significant injury concerns, erratic playoff performances and a history of crippling contract demands and a few poor off-ice decisions.

Am I missing anything?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Leterman, ShaneFalco, Raymondo316 and 1 other person
Boxscore said:
Simple -- hiring Doan is a blatant, over-the-top gesture by the Leafs that indicates their desperation to convince Matthews to sign. The Leafs are pretty much telling Matthews to name his price again. If Matthews says, "I am willing to go max 4 years x 14 million" what are the Leafs going to do? Trade him, after bringing in Doan, or cave to his demands once again? We know the answer.

The Leafs best play was to openly put their cards on the table and show Matthews their blueprint for success, which must include everyone sacrificing a bit to keep the core together while adding a better cast around them. The Leafs need to man up and be sincere but firm, then gauge if Matthews truly wants to be a Leaf or only wants to be a Leaf if they are willing to give him everything he wants. There's a huge difference.

Hiring Doan to persuade Matthews is practically begging him to stay. I still find it completely ludicrous that we seem to bend over for this kid, get on our hands and knees, and give him every bloody dollar he demands for him to love us back.

Hayes is 100% correct. Kucherov, Hedman, McDavid, Draisaitl, Crosby, Malkin, Kane, Toews, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar, Pastrnak, Tkachuk, Hughes, Gaugreau, Stutzle, and now Dahlin reportedly, all committed to their clubs and locked into 8-year deals. Why is it that we're the only team who's players don't want to commit? After everything we've done to spoil them. It's a disgrace. Ownership and management have no backbone.
Click to expand...
Well said...I am sick of us catering to every whim of these talented but gutless players who haven't won a thing. Just trade him...
 
  • Like
Reactions: Boxscore, Leterman and ShaneFalco
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Top Bottom