What do you mean who are the big 4 up front you know exactly who they are why are you pretending you don't
Speculation: Will Dubas fix The Hockey Futures of the Toronto Maple Leafs?
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What do you mean who are the big 4 up front you know exactly who they are why are you pretending you don't
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I think Kerfoot might get protected.
Trading Kadri for him and then exposing him to the expansion draft? Maybe, but possibly not.
Trading Kadri for him and then exposing him to the expansion draft? Maybe, but possibly not.
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Didn't know that. What happens in the event you have more NMC's then protection spots?
So who do you protect Kerfoot over? Matthews Marner or Nylander? See how ridiculous that sounds?
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Then your franchise should be revoked because you're a really stupid team.
I wouldn't be against it but I don't see the Leafs leaving a top 4 D, making 2 million exposed.
I don't like Justin Holl but that's unlikely
ottomaddox
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He's not a top 4. He might play beside Muzzin but he gets exposed badly when Muzzin isn't there. I like Holl as a person and a player, but I've seen enough to know what he is.
still wonder how much different our young core would look in the playoffs if they had spent the last 5 years developing normally instead of Shanahan and Dubas telling them they don't need to body-check and don't need to fight bak when they get pushed around and clowned, and who knows what other silly oldshool ideas they have been encouraged to thumb their nose at. But listening to Matthews a few years ago explaining why his team doesn't need to bodycheck because they use quick sticks instead, sounded like ShanaDubas has been in his head from the start
Why do you think I don't like him? He makes A LOT of mistakes and unlike Rielly he doesn't have the offense to make up for it.
But he still in the top 4, still makes 2 million he likely isn't being exposed, I could see him traded but not exposed
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Breaking News:
Dubas' expected BS/60 and the actual BS/60 are both off the charts.
Dubas' expected BS/60 and the actual BS/60 are both off the charts.
Dermott was a healthy scratch in the playoffs, alternating spots with Dubas' 1st draft pick as the GM that needs a spot in the lineup. Even if he doesn't go in the expansion draft, there's probably a decent chance he's traded post expansion draft to a team that lost a defenceman.
Holl has been a stable, permanent top 4 defenceman with size for $2m; throughout basically all of Sheldon Keefe's tenure.
Reality is -- short of trading an asset the Leafs really can't afford to lose in order to incentivize the Kraken, they're going to lose one of Dermott, Holl or Kerfoot. They can only protect one of them. While you might argue that Kerfoot is more important to the team than Holl, Holl is by far the most difficult one to replace with the cap space that would be freed up.
The Leafs don't need to "fear" losing Travis Dermott, Rasmus Sandin will step into his spot. The Leafs don't need to "fear" losing Alex Kerfoot, they can replace him likely for less than $3.5m. They cannot replace Justin Holl for $2m.
As for "fixing the future" -- I don't think it's all doom & gloom given that the Leafs do have Sandin, Liljegren, Robertson and Amirov.... but I do think they need to go out and find some assets with longer lead times and more universal marketability.
Graduate Sandin & Robertson. Trade Liljegren to try and recoup something like a 2nd round pick in 2022. Possibly cash out on Dermott for a pick as well; and then have the ability to use those picks at the deadline if it makes sense. Picks are a magic box that a GM can make his own, prospects a GM might like a guy, might not.
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Montreal has 15 million on Droin and Tatar and Jake Allen not even playing and they made the Stanley Cup. You can overpay your stars quite a bit and still build a winner but they absolutely need a good supporting cast and Dubas keeps failing miserably at it.
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Lots of posters on this board want Tatar for next season, a guy who can’t even crack the “pathetic” Habs offence. No wonder 5he Leafs can’t win squat.
The leafs will never win with a small and no toughness on they defense. And drafting all these small players
will not help. dubass has to get that out of his head. Tampa learned that the hard way as well. But look at them know.
If he keeps making the same mistake over and over he has to go now.
will not help. dubass has to get that out of his head. Tampa learned that the hard way as well. But look at them know.
If he keeps making the same mistake over and over he has to go now.
ToneDog
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Complete failure.
Solid drafting was a crucial to filling out those 750-800k spots. Instead we're stuck with pending retirees well past their due date.
Solid drafting was a crucial to filling out those 750-800k spots. Instead we're stuck with pending retirees well past their due date.
