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Negotiating with UFAs can't happen until July 1 except they have some sort of grace period now, I'm sure players like Austin are essentially signed before July 1. July 1 is an opening for future UFAs to think about where they want to play next and know that if they don't sign anywhere(except...

OK, July 1 is rapidly approaching, the core has stated they want to remain Leafs so would it be a good idea or reasonable to allow the July 1 deadline to pass and not have signed Willie and Austin. Why is July 1 so significant, after that date TO can't move Austin anywhere without his consent...

TO brings back the core, brings back the coach and GM, is there any reason to expect improvement or even be excited about the team.? Seattle won a round of playoffs in their 2nd year, Vegas did even better in their first year, why can't TO at least match those teams. St.L. won a Cup recently...

I'd love to see that LA trade.

They don't get paid $11 mil. to defend, defending is tedious but far less dangerous, Marner took his shots from 40' away from the crease but during the regular season his shots on average were from 30', read that somewhere, in the playoffs it would be refreshing to see all the core actually shot...

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2023/05/16/locker-cleanout-day-recap-kyle-dubas-strikes-a-different-tone/ That's our Austin, every year.

Outside of some sort of motivational inducement I don't know if Keefe could do much more with what he had. He could've had Nylander on the first PP unit, he could've played Gudtafsson and Timmins somewhere in the defensive pairings because TO's d-men that were played mostly, outside of Rielly...

There's simply too much money being spent on too few players, there's no true depth on TO only fill. The ridiculous allocation of funds needs to be rethought, AM and then MM looking for raises to possibly $15 mil. annually simply means TO will continue to be Cap choked in the future...

So you agree or rather accept the popular this goalied theory. Let's look back in time and see Chicago's first Cup in the 2000s was earned with some guy named Niemala(I'm too lazy to look up his name, Pitts won 2 Cups with Murray goaltending, there were Vezina trophy winners those seasons yet...

The prevailing wisdom amongst Leaf fans is that TO gets out goalied every year in the playoffs, every year, unlikely I'd say, too many peripheral players, not enough quality shots off of rebounds or from the slot. I've felt especially in this playoff that the quality of TO's offense was poor...

Beyond that, I felt and I think most Leaf fans feel that TO was outplayed by TB, games of being outshot 2 to one by TB who were playing with Hedman in and out of the lineup really says that TO's lineup is flawed and needs a serious retool. Too much money being spent on too few being the first...

I think the core goes beyond the big 4 and I really can't see any good reason to keep even the next tier of TO's core, this would be players who've been around for 3 or more years. Rielly, Brodie and Holl make $14.5 mil. per year, they've been around forever and they aren't good enough to make...

I'm talking playoffs, Matthews does what he does every year and normally the excuse is he's playing hurt. Again TO could only score 2 goals, Matthews zero, superstars show up when it counts, no excuses well maybe occasionally but certainly not consistently like Matthews. TO isn't going to do...

I guess we should feel pretty good about our $40 mil. outscoring TB's $19 mil? I'm gonna feel a lot better when our $40 mil. gives us 2 Cups and a final instead of an iffy 1st round win, once in 7 years, and down 3 to 1 in the 2nd round. I believe that in the last game against TB, TO was...

TO had the 7th best defensive record this year, I think it was even better prior to all the newly added depth but TO now has depth. Thru most of the past playoffs TO has had a reasonable defensive record but it's ability to score during those playoffs has been an issue. TO has 2 or less goals...

I can hear it now, Mitch telling us that after TO is eliminated that he and the team won't change a thing, last 3 games or last 7 years, some short memories residing here, eh?

Who to keep? JT because of his contract, remove the C Knies Woll Who to move, the rest including Dubie and Keefe. What to look for, character players, quality depth. Is AM playing hurt, maybe/probably, seems to be a regular occurrence, 6'3", the new Lupul? He's only had one full season, this...

Actually, make that 3. It's time to move on from this core.

I'm watching the Edmonton game, I see their core has taken over the game, we watched the TO series against TB, TO won but Kucherov, Point and the rest of TB was enabling TB to outshot TO 2 to 1 in some games and basically outside of one game TB way outplayed TO, thank you Samsonov. I would say...

6 of the 8 series are now being led by the lower seeded teams, only Boston and Carolina have won the first game and are the favorites, odd. ZAR's giveaway set the tone for the night, ZAR is one of those guys that screams I'm not worthy and just about anybody is an upgrade to me. There's...