Recent content by cw

I think there is some fair reasons to be concerned. If it was something minor and not susceptible to aggravation by an opponent, I think we all would have heard about it. It was an injury bad enough that he could not play at the level he had previously while he tried to play through it. It came...

Isn't that the same CJ who said something very similar to Lebrun-Treliving around June 15, 2024? : https://theleafsnation.com/news/noah-gregor-on-leafs-craig-berube-sometimes-hockey-things-have-to-change Very similar to Treliving-Lebrun as of June 2024 To order it chronologically: As of May...

Yes, 'not responding' is an answer to the question. Ask a lawyer. The whole context of the discussion was about Marner. Treliving (as quoted by Lebrun) "We’ve got to look at every possible way for our team to be better. Mitch controls a lot of this whole thing (with the no-trade). If there’s a...

A) LeBrun spoke with Treliving at length at the combine. For Marner, "All options are on the table" (Trading Marner has to be one of the options) After the conversation, Lebrun speculated that the Leafs would be as active trying to make something happen with a Marner trade as other NHL teams...

Treliving announced he was examining trading Marner a month before they could legally sign a deal with Marner and before they had much time to discuss a contract with his agent due to the firing and hiring of coaches in May 2024 The reports on Vegas were Karlsson, who the Leafs were interested...

What were they going to talk about? Treliving stated to the media he was considering trading Marner a month before July 1, 2024. And apparently, they got close to a deal with Vegas if Friedman is to be believed. Then we know about the Rantanen Canes deal. It has been questionable all along since...

Treliving said. “Mitch controls a lot of this whole thing. If there’s a way to make our team better, we’re going to do it. But we’re certainly not going to make a trade just so we can pound our chest and say, ‘Look, we’re different.'” That set off a media firestorm. Show me a quote where he said...

Around May 5, 2024, after the playoff loss: Athletic: Mitch Marner wants to remain with the Maple Leafs: ‘That’s the goal’ Right after the playoff loss, he states he wants to remain with the Leafs and will start thinking about a contract extension "now" Treliving fires Keefe May 9th Treliving...

I think that is pretty dubious. Aside from Marner leading the Leafs in playoff scoring since he came into the league, among Leafs with 50 playoff games played in the last 100+ years, Marner's .90 playoff ppg is 4th highest and arguably 3rd if scoring eras are taken into account (I suspect he...

Scotty Bowman sure didn't feel that way about Steve Yzerman when Scotty got to Detroit. The rest is history. Nylander is a tougher case than Yzerman because Berube has learned that unlike Bowman-Yzerman, the coach can't say much to Nylander. I do not think Nylander has it between the ears for...

His RFAs haven't so not all. He doesn't have that many players (10 active contracts, 7 expired) and a bunch of them are not big contracts. I don't know if that occurred every time. A bunch of them are smaller deals - only 5 are greater than $4 mil/yr. Pretty small sample size. I do know he...

It is not whether Treliving announced it or not. It is whether it was a priority/important to Treliving or not. Good faith negotiations require two parties who want a deal to happen. Marner was keen and probably would have taken a hometown discount based on things he said in early May 2024...

You know what will be even funnier? When they lose 102 pt player who wanted to stay for nothing with a scant UFA market. The whole league will be laughing .. at them - particularly the team who gets him for no talent cost. He's good enough to play for Team Canada with McDavid but not good enough...

In May 2024, after the playoff loss, Marner declared he wanted to stay and was willing to get negotiations underway Mitch Marner wants to remain with the Maple Leafs: ‘That’s the goal’ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5475318/2024/05/06/mitch-marner-maple-leafs-2/ There are plenty of articles...

I think the media has been over the top. The team had the 4th best win% record. That is roughly about where they finished in the playoffs - arguably & roughly the 4th best team in the playoffs. They did better against the Panthers than Carolina. They probably had a less than 10% chance of...