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The insanity needs to stop this offseason barring a miracle.
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Evilhomer
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Fogelhund
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McDavids next destination won't have much to do with a bidding war or AAV.
His target should be hockeys first billionaire, which will have little to do with making 14M or 16M on his next contract.
Some risk, but he probably gets more bang for his buck going low, like he chose to do last time.
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TheGreenTBer
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I'm going to close my eyes and pretend you're trolling because there's no way anyone could unironically post something that spectacularly absurd and think it makes any sense.
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TheGreenTBer
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Well, you seem to be happy with it considering that you would entertain bringing Marner and JT back if they lose in the 1st round again this year for the 9th time in a decade and maintaining with the status quo.
Lol. Let’s focus on winning more than 1 round first shall we? Baby steps.
And to answer your question. Yes, of course it would disappear if they went to the cup final. Why wouldn’t it? But considering they’ve only won 1 playoff round in 9 years, I certainly wouldn’t get my hopes up on them making it to the finals though. I do not see that happening. I hope I am wrong.
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To those whining about Matthews comments after the Vegas game, I’m pretty sure they were just a reference to the fact they easily handled them in their first meeting this year.
Maybe he shouldn’t be honest and say it out loud because you all have a pathological need to find something to be mad and worked about, but I think all he was saying was we maybe came in overconfident based on their last meeting .
Maybe he shouldn’t be honest and say it out loud because you all have a pathological need to find something to be mad and worked about, but I think all he was saying was we maybe came in overconfident based on their last meeting .
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I think you have me confused with someone else, I’ve never said that that have to bring both of those players back or maintain the ‘status quo’.
I don’t think anyone has ever said that. My mind is just a little more open than others who think ‘every thing will be great as soon as they let Marner walk’
Regardless that has nothing to do with the whiny daily reminders that ‘ they’ve only won one round in 8 years’ , that isn’t anything new and insightful as previously mentioned.
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TMLBlueandWhite
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Apparently there was a shorfall in funding so the company I work for did a wage review of all the employees.
To determine who should get a raise this year and for how much. Turns out all the managers and senior employees who make the most money have actually been underpaid this whole time. And all the chumps like me who make the least amount of money have been overpaid.
Guess who won't be getting a raise this year.
It's very clear who the 1% of the 1% are on this team. The Leafs represent the gold standard for income inequality in the NHL. If someone were to calculate the Gini index for all the teams in the league I have no doubt Toronto would be at the top.
It seems to me the Leafs follow the Galbraith economic school of thought.
If you want the rich to work harder you have to give them more. If you want the poor to work harder you give them less. Only a rich man would think that was a good idea.
Like my boss.
To determine who should get a raise this year and for how much. Turns out all the managers and senior employees who make the most money have actually been underpaid this whole time. And all the chumps like me who make the least amount of money have been overpaid.
Guess who won't be getting a raise this year.
It's very clear who the 1% of the 1% are on this team. The Leafs represent the gold standard for income inequality in the NHL. If someone were to calculate the Gini index for all the teams in the league I have no doubt Toronto would be at the top.
It seems to me the Leafs follow the Galbraith economic school of thought.
If you want the rich to work harder you have to give them more. If you want the poor to work harder you give them less. Only a rich man would think that was a good idea.
Like my boss.
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57 Years No Cup
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Why yes, I think the loudest folks are among the ones with the highest post count here....
I would complain alright!…… Of the massive hangover I would have after however long the party lasts.
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Tulsky, Carolina’s GM and Harvard grad, indicated that, on average, NHL forwards reach their peak scoring rates around age 24, after which performance steadily declines. Specifically, players tend to maintain approximately 90% of their peak scoring through age 29, but this rate drops to 80% by age 31, 70% by ages 32-33, and 60% by age 35.
So, Marner should maintain 90% of his peak through next year but will already begin to regress in the following seasons.
The same applies to Matthews, Nylander, and Rielly. Tavares, meanwhile, should already be nearing 60% of his peak, which he was in when we signed him.
According to Tulsky’s research, our core has already passed its peak and only won one playoff round while in it.
And now, we’re going to pay three of them even more through their declining years and hope for the best while younger players in their prime will be making half as much?
Good luck. Our cupboard is bare, and in 2-3 years, we’ll be in cap hell.
Patrick Kane won his last cup when he was 25 years old and making 9% of the cap. Toews was 26 and making 9% of the cap when he won his last cup. At the end of their last cup year, both Kane and Toews signed 8 year contracts for 14.7% of the cap. They never came close to a cup again.
Crosby last won the cup in 2015-2016, 2016-2017, Crosby was 28 and 29. He was making 12.18% and 11.9% of the cap.
Marner and Matthews will be 13.6% and 14.2% and will be 29 next year.
Do we really want to go 8 more years with this core at their age when some of the best leaders and most talented NHL players never won a cup past the age of 29 and also never won with their cap % that Marner and Matthews will have?
So, Marner should maintain 90% of his peak through next year but will already begin to regress in the following seasons.
The same applies to Matthews, Nylander, and Rielly. Tavares, meanwhile, should already be nearing 60% of his peak, which he was in when we signed him.
According to Tulsky’s research, our core has already passed its peak and only won one playoff round while in it.
And now, we’re going to pay three of them even more through their declining years and hope for the best while younger players in their prime will be making half as much?
Good luck. Our cupboard is bare, and in 2-3 years, we’ll be in cap hell.
Patrick Kane won his last cup when he was 25 years old and making 9% of the cap. Toews was 26 and making 9% of the cap when he won his last cup. At the end of their last cup year, both Kane and Toews signed 8 year contracts for 14.7% of the cap. They never came close to a cup again.
Crosby last won the cup in 2015-2016, 2016-2017, Crosby was 28 and 29. He was making 12.18% and 11.9% of the cap.
Marner and Matthews will be 13.6% and 14.2% and will be 29 next year.
Do we really want to go 8 more years with this core at their age when some of the best leaders and most talented NHL players never won a cup past the age of 29 and also never won with their cap % that Marner and Matthews will have?
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