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I'm giving my opinion on what I consider to be the value of Leaf players which unless they are playing basketball and paid for such has nothing to do with basketball. Since they are hockey players and should be paid based on their accomplishments as hockey players I find any comparisons based...

Nik, I don't know didly .... about the NBA and I think it's entirely comical that you think that hockey and basketball are the same sport but OK, go for it.

It almost sounds like Matthews is dictating to the Leafs what his next contract should be, is he worth McDavid money, $12.5 mil., McKinnon money, $12.6 mil.? Has Marner ever been worth Kucherov money, $9.5 mil., Pastrnak money, $11.250 mil.?  Nylander, it's rumored is asking for north of $10...

Can't cure stupid.

OMG, Kampf, why????

When was the last time TO drafted a decent player outside of the 2nd round, in fact outside of the top 10, trade up especially in a strong draft year, let someone else decide they can get great quality lower in drafts, maybe they can but I pessimistic TO can. The last strong/deep draft, 2015...

People like to point to Wash. as an example of what might happen if the core is kept intact, of course that's only possible in the next 2 years unless JT resigns for a considerable discount. We can also look at Florida, the best regular season record in the NHL 2 years ago but playoff success...

20 goals is nice if that player is/was doing something to justify his existence on whatever line he played on, Jarnkrok was horrible on TO's 3rd line, he was neither offensively or defensively relevant, he simply was there. I remember Sather saying about Blair McDonald after he scored 40 goals...

Don't you think TO is slow enough, O'Reilly is already in his 30s and slowing down every year. TO used to have speed? Petrielli also talks about the 2 player anchors on the top 3 lines, essentially what TO has been doing forever, maybe TO should load up a 1st line and see where that leads...

What if TO had a Cup, LL wasn't a proper choice for GM and especially Shanahan wasn't GM material. Things were screwed up from the beginning.

I think it was that TO needed to push harder 7 years ago when M & M and WN were enthusiastic rookies willing to do anything to win and TO could've had loads of Cap space. Lou really let us down, didn't recognize an premium  opportunity when TO's most significant assets were on ELCs.

Nik, you're slinging at all the other team building concepts we have put forward, you steadfastly remain in the preCap era even tho teams like Edmonton and Detroit could spend to whatever total they wished. Today's NHL is totally different, Detroit had stars and then bought the best FAs which...

Not sure about Marner but I'm pretty sure Matthews wants his paydays, what Matthews demands in his next contract will speak volumes about his desire to win the Cup rather than the salary battle. Where Matthews goes so goes Marner because he feels he's as valuable. If they can't be sold on pay...

If TO traded say Nylander, they could get a roster player, 2nd line capable, a top prospect, and a significant draft choice, that's not an unrealistic haul for him. So what could we be talking about: From the NYR-Chytil, a decent prospect and their 1st rounder from this draft. TO might not...

$13 mil. per means he's aware how much his contract with others has hindered TO's ability to be Cup competitive.

I was watching some YouTube today, it has been said by can't remember who that Schenn and O'Rielly were surprised by the locker room dynamics of the Leafs, the room is fractured whereas from all my previous readings TO's team was/is supposedly very close. I don't know how important it is for a...

Who doesn't?

Gaudreau didn't proclaim he wanted out of Calgary, he went silently into the USA, would silently make things better for TO with Matthews, I don't think so.

I watched the Carolina/Florida series, Necas the top scorer for Carolina this last year would be another great Leaf, he never went close to the opposition's net, basically protected himself thru these entire playoffs, interesting side note Noesen who was a Leaf last year and got into 1 game, 10...