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Who left the door open again? You know when you do that, every mention of a Leafs player brings those delusional fans in here to poop in our sand box. How many times do you need to be reminded to shut the frigging door?
Who left the door open again? You know when you do that, every mention of a Leafs player brings those delusional fans in here to poop in our sand box. How many times do you need to be reminded to shut the frigging door?
I'm still in favor of a big scrolling banner across the top of our page kindly pointing them back in the right direction
Hell, the last couple of playoff matchups, the mods had to put a big banner on their board warning them to stay off our board. f***ing millenials.
Of course they wouldn't do that deal. Drai is an absolute stud, signed to a reasonable deal. Problem for me is wing. The Bs have failed for years now to address the scoring winger issue on the 2nd line. Take an elite winger off the first line (that line is the Bs biggest weapon), and you really have some holes. I get that Drai can score goals, but there is no guarantee he will do at Boston, on whatever line he would be put on, what he has done in Edm the past couple years. Marchy is too important of a piece to be trading away at a time in which the Bs seem to be on the cusp of winning a Cup. Then there are the salary cap issues at a time in which the cap will not be as much as predicted pre-COVID, and at a time in which the team is trying to sign Krug. The roughly $2.4 mil difference between Marchy and Drai could end up being important. I guess I'm looking at the whole picture over the next 5 years. In a vacuum, just looking at age and talent level, if I were starting a team and had to pick one of the two, I would go with Drai.I get you like Marchand, I do to, but there isn't a player besides Pasta on the Bruins that I wouldn't trade for him. Edmonton would not make that deal
Sports talk is basically dead. Dont really mind if a leafs fan weighs in on a hypothetical scenario
The few I picked were simply due to their ages.
I'm good with keeping him over the guys close to his age or older.
There are some players that never achieve IT. The willingness to win at all costs. Marchand elevates his game in the playoffs. I never thought OVI could but he did.
I think Matthews would, Eichel and Leon. Not sure if the other would.
Marchand elevates his game in the playoffs
The issue is salary cap. Marchand is significantly cheaper then most the guys on this list and is one of the best wingers in the world.You would have to as a good business decision, Matthews is 10 years younger, Draisaitl is 8 years younger, just for 2 quick examples.
I love Marchand he is a great player but if you can get an extra 8-10 years out of a player that is close to as good as a player you have to do it.
You have to consider chemistry and certainly salary cap.The homerism in this thread is strong. I love Marchy, but he’s got at best 2 or 3 more years of dominance left. Most of the guys on that list have more than a decade of elite play; there are a lot of future Art Rosses and Hart trophy’s on that list.
as others have said, “no” for the ones that are his age or older, but hell yes for the 20-25 year old superstars.
You have to consider chemistry and certainly salary cap.
Well it won't happen so I will not worry about it.5 years of Draisaitl for only 8 mill per is a no brainer
McKinnon and Barkov as well for me.Eichel, Draisaitl, or McDavid and that is it.
Barkov is exactly the the type of player I would love to add to the team.Transitioning from Bergeron to Barkov would be cool, but I wouldnt wanna trade Marchand, love him.