SprDaVE
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I guess it's time to start fresh for all the crazy madness people wanna throw out there. Let's start with:
Shanny, Keefe, Marner, and JT (if you can) need to go. If you have to suffer with JT for next year, do not resign him. We need to change the culture of the team too.
We don't need full value for Marner, we just need him the f*** outta here.
Our "terrible players" were our best players in the playoffsDefinitely starts with Keefe. Shanahan is a pen pusher, changing him is just so irrelevant to me, I dunno why people think it'll change anything having another president. If you're changing the president, change the GM too. Clean slate from scratch.
I have no idea what will happen this summer. I just don't see Marner traded. I can see a lot of trimming around the edges again and hopefully not wasting cap space on terrible players. A new coach to oversee the team will be very interesting.
This.
It's not even that he played bad... it's simply that they need to change how this team approaches every game, and operate much more by comittee.
Just because you might lose "the deal" doesn't mean your team won't be better off for it.
This team needs a defenceman that is as good as, if not better than Morgan Rielly; ideally one who plays the right side.
There's simply no way to add that type of player without dropping one of your big 4 contracts up front, nevermind needing the trade value to acquire that defenceman.
Depends. If Shanny was rumoured to approve trades and such, or fired Dubas when he hinted at trading a core 4 (among other things), then I'd say he has to go. Will never know that for sure.Definitely starts with Keefe. Shanahan is a pen pusher, changing him is just so irrelevant to me, I dunno why people think it'll change anything having another president. If you're changing the president, change the GM too. Clean slate from scratch.
I have no idea what will happen this summer. I just don't see Marner traded. I can see a lot of trimming around the edges again and hopefully not wasting cap space on terrible players. A new coach to oversee the team will be very interesting.
Our "terrible players" were our best players in the playoffs
Domi, Bert, Edmunsom, Benoit, Lub, were playing great hockey
Tavares, Marner were unplayable
Matthews and nylander and rielly poor
This core sucks individually and collectively
That's probably fair. Treliving is gonna need to put on his big boy pants because he'll need to really get down to business if he can get players to move on to teams that can afford to absorb all that salary and giving up pieces for the Leafs to use.
If you're gonna trade him for nothing, you might as well keep him, see how he does under a new coach and let him walk at the end of the year.
I don't think there's any world where you're trading him for "nothing". Assuming Marner doesn't want to hold the Leafs hostage and play out a lame duck year, he'll provide 2-3 teams that he wants to go to, and the return would be something.
Another season of the core 4 is another season closer to Matthews Decline as he agesTerrible I meant Klingberg and to a lesser degree Reaves (half the season he was unplayable). We wasted and handicapped our cap space with Klingberg. Bertuzzi certainly wasn't one of our better players, he looked drunk half the time... but he battled and he was greasy for sure.
Tavares regressed a lot but the guy battled and was playing solid to me. Instrumental in game 6 with a lot of hits and assisted on the OT goal. "Unplayable" is a little much, but I know everyones pissed off so I get it. Unfortunately we're stuck with him for another season, which is not the end of the world.
I did not like Marner either and he's definitely someone that needs to go if there's something that makes sense and fits. But giving him away for nothing isn't a solution. Just let him walk next season at that rate.
Dude had 2 pts in 7 games, was the #1 reason the PP sucked and couldnt generate shit for anyoneMove Marner, let JT ride out the last year of his contract
Tavares is cooked but he showed in this playoff that he's willing to battle and grind. Used properly, he can be effective.
Deal 1:The Marner and Tavares deals don't have to be difficult.
Marner:
To DAL: Marner (50% retained) (+2.25M)
To CHI: Liljegren, DAL 24 1st, Faksa, 50% of Marner's salary (+4.25M)
To TOR: Stankoven, Murphy (-6.5M)
Tavares:
To PHI: Tavares (immediate buyout - only way Tavares waives)
To TOR: Couturier
Move Marner, let JT ride out the last year of his contract
Tavares is cooked but he showed in this playoff that he's willing to battle and grind. Used properly, he can be effective.