It was reported to be between Boston and Toronto, so of course the Leafs would be the ones to do something unusual at the last minute while Boston scores the lay up, ensuring Zadorov will be cross checking Auston Matthews into dust for the remainder of this era...
That only provides a snippet of what might have happened. Seems timing-wise, Domi and Tanev and Woll were done before Zadorov. That reads to me like Zadarov's camp had something different in mind for Toronto. We don't know if Zadorov's price for Toronto was higher than what he took in Boston.
Not for nothing, beside the current state of our respective programs, Boston and the surrounding area's a nice place. Lots of reasons why players would take cheaper offers to play for Boston than higher ones to play in Toronto.
Not a few posters have essentially said what's going to separate the lament in both fan bases over their respective signings is the difference in salary Toronto saved.
We'll see.
Edited to say: Now...Brett Pesce at $5.5M and term in New Jersey is really irksome...and I hate having to accept my own point. Don't misread me - there is frustration here.
