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It has been said Leafs core does not have an Alpha. Chose One

  • Cowan

    Votes: 11 34.4%

  • Minten

    Votes: 1 3.1%

  • Grebyonkin

    Votes: 2 6.3%

  • Knies

    Votes: 12 37.5%

  • Other Prospect

    Votes: 1 3.1%

  • Tanev - Interim

    Votes: 5 15.6%
  • Total voters
    32
BraveCanadian said:
I’ll be watching for when Knies hits 50 but I definitely won’t be holding my breath.
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Put him on McDavids wing and powerplay unit for a few years and he's got an outside shot! Assuming he doesn't mind standing on the goal line taking "passes" off the shin.
 
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IPS said:
If Nylander has the spot beside 34 to start the year he's gonna easily get 30, come on now.
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Fair enough, but if you stack that line with your two best goal scorers, you're further exposing a secondary scoring weakness.
 
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bax said:
New team might be more realistic lol
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Some days it feels like that. lol.
The next 10-12 months will shape this team and I just hope management has the stones and brains to do it right.
If they resign Marner and Tavares this build is totally doomed
 
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BraveCanadian said:
I’ll be watching for when Knies hits 50 but I definitely won’t be holding my breath.
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He may not hit 50, but he came out of college with pretty substantial goal scoring potential.

He's got a much stronger offensive hockey IQ than I think he's been able to show so far in the NHL. Being thrown feet first into the top 9 at a young age has been a lot I think for him to deal with right away
 
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Menzinger said:
He may not hit 50, but he came out of college with pretty substantial goal scoring potential.

He's got a much stronger offensive hockey IQ than I think he's been able to show so far in the NHL. Being thrown feet first into the top 9 at a young age has been a lot I think for him to deal with right away
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15 goals in a season with his ice time and very limited PP time is good but I think people are getting way ahead of themselves.. the side of the road is littered with prospects that Leafs fans thought would be stars.

A lot of players break out in their third season so there is time, but I'll believe it when I see it.
 
MilkofthePoppy said:
We should be pushing for an Askaravov trade. Having more solid goalie prospects in our pipeline would be nice.
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He wants out of Nashville because they signed Saros long term and have Wedgewood there as well. He wants opportunity. He won't get that here with Woll and Stolarz signed for 3 yrs.

Only way it happens is if we send Woll the other way, but I doubt it.
 
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acrobaticgoalie said:
He wants out of Nashville because they signed Saros long term and have Wedgewood there as well. He wants opportunity. He won't get that here with Woll and Stolarz signed for 3 yrs.

Only way it happens is if we send Woll the other way, but I doubt it.
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I know it is not ideal, but if he is being sold cheap, I'd run a tandem of Woll/Askarov for a year and hold onto Stolarz as a #3 (they have the space for it right now), and then address it next year.

I think he is worth the gamble, and you can get a clearer view of which of Woll/Askarov could be a long term solution (hopefully both).

We are already gambling with our current tandem.

Stolarz is a 30 year old backup with a career high of under 30 starts, I don't think we should be too concerned about him.

I'd even ship Stolarz out somewhere and have Murray as #3, I'd be fine with gambling on one of the two younger goalies.

All this depends on the price, but I wouldn't base this on having Stolarz.
 
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notbias said:
I know it is not ideal, but if he is being sold cheap, I'd run a tandem of Woll/Askarov for a year and hold onto Stolarz as a #3 (they have the space for it right now), and then address it next year.

I think he is worth the gamble, and you can get a clearer view of which of Woll/Askarov could be a long term solution (hopefully both).

We are already gambling with our current tandem.

Stolarz is a 30 year old backup with a career high of under 30 starts, I don't think we should be too concerned about him.

I'd even ship Stolarz out somewhere and have Murray as #3, I'd be fine with gambling on one of the two younger goalies.

All this depends on the price, but I wouldn't base this on having Stolarz.
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If he’s sold cheap you do it. There’s nothing else to even consider.
 
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notbias said:
I know it is not ideal, but if he is being sold cheap, I'd run a tandem of Woll/Askarov for a year and hold onto Stolarz as a #3 (they have the space for it right now), and then address it next year.

I think he is worth the gamble, and you can get a clearer view of which of Woll/Askarov could be a long term solution (hopefully both).

We are already gambling with our current tandem.

Stolarz is a 30 year old backup with a career high of under 30 starts, I don't think we should be too concerned about him.

I'd even ship Stolarz out somewhere and have Murray as #3, I'd be fine with gambling on one of the two younger goalies.

All this depends on the price, but I wouldn't base this on having Stolarz.
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Doubt he's going to be sold cheap, though. He's one of the best goalie prospects in the world, they aren't going to just give him away even with his demands.
 
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Nineteen67 said:
If he’s sold cheap you do it. There’s nothing else to even consider.
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Rob Brown said:
Doubt he's going to be sold cheap, though. He's one of the best goalie prospects in the world, they aren't going to just give him away even with his demands.
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Goalies are usually not too expensive, he is requesting a trade, and he is requesting a trade to a team that has space for him to play.

I am not saying he is coming here for a 3rd, but I'd kick the tires, that's all.

I don't think Stolarz should stop us.
 
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notbias said:
Goalies are usually not too expensive, he is requesting a trade, and he is requesting a trade to a team that has space for him.

I am not saying he is coming here for a 3rd, but I'd kick the tires, that's all.

I don't think Stolarz should stop us.
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For sure, and if Tre didn't ask about him then that would be a miss, but there will be a team like San Jose willing to offer a lot more due to their prospect/pick/young player depth. Askarov and his agent will also have some sort of a say as well, and I'd imagine he'd prefer to go to a team like San Jose where he will play at least half the games vs. being part of a trio here.
 
notbias said:
Goalies are usually not too expensive, he is requesting a trade, and he is requesting a trade to a team that has space for him to play.

I am not saying he is coming here for a 3rd, but I'd kick the tires, that's all.

I don't think Stolarz should stop us.
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Woll may be the answer, but they don’t know that today.
 
Rob Brown said:
For sure, and if Tre didn't ask about him then that would be a miss, but there will be a team like San Jose willing to offer a lot more due to their prospect/pick/young player depth. Askarov and his agent will also have some sort of a say as well, and I'd imagine he'd prefer to go to a team like San Jose where he will play at least half the games vs. being part of a trio here.
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You can waive Stolarz or trade him.

If he is available you’d hope Tre would have inquired at the draft, but I wouldn’t hold my breath that he’d even think about that.
 
Nineteen67 said:
You can waive Stolarz or trade him.

If he is available you’d hope Tre would have inquired at the draft, but I wouldn’t hold my breath that he’d even think about.
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If he inquired on him at the draft and he thought it made sense then it would have happened and then he wouldn't have signed Stolarz a few days later.

Either way, I don't think Tre is the kind of GM to sign a player then waive or trade him a month later.
 
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Rob Brown said:
If he inquired on him at the draft and he thought it made sense then it would have happened and then he wouldn't have signed Stolarz a few days later.

Either way, I don't think Tre is the kind of GM to sign a player then waive or trade him a month later.
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I doubt he even thought about it, let alone inquire. He had Murray and Stolarz in his sites.

Yes, I agree, if he just became available Tre would let the backup goalie get in the way of improving the team.
 
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McMann is already coming off of a 15 goal season (in 56 GP), but 50 points may be a tad optimistic for Knies at this point in his career (sophomore season). I assume Cowan and Minten weren't mentioned because they currently have a combined four games of NHL experience, while Robertson still has to sign a new contract (which says nothing of his previous trade request).
 
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