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I really like the "conditional" part of this.

Yes Franson is a decent player, no disagreement. However he has made zero difference on a team that is now losing almost 100% of its games. Let's just pause to thick about that for a second  - that is a staggering feat to lose an entire month's worth of games. That money could better be spent...

Since they are pretty much a wash and since we are losing almost a maximum number of games either way, why pay exponentially for Bernier. After all, it is clear that he is not a difference maker in any respect and yet - like Franson - he will expect $5M+ over four to five years. Not worth it...

Agreed. Any idiot can lose like this for a lot less money than the current Leaf payroll. The first step is to stop overpaying for players who do not make any difference between winning and losing. In fact based on the last month, it is pretty much impossible to lose more games.

Clearly they have grasped how to play defensive hockey. Now the next step is to get them to defend the Leaf net, not the other team's. I said it when Brian B arrived, BLOW IT UP!

Another goal against in the first two minutes. A tough way to start a game. These guys must think the anthem is a lullaby.

Not even a minute in and down by a goal. Egad.

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The same Cox and Simmons that everybody around here hates and derides as anti-Leaf hacks?

The other, more positive, news of the day was that ESPN has ranked Nylander as the 4th best prospect. Hell, I was just surprised to discover ESPN has anyone covering hockey.

Weasels schmeasels...it could have been worse: they could have hired Eklund.

I am not being critical of Nonis' contract negotiating skill, that is another issue entirely. I am speaking only about team building philosophy and the fact that there is a consistent strategy emerging that is aimed at achieving success on an annual basis and not just at making a UFA splash or...

Just in case I was not clear enough....I could not possibly be more freaking pleased with this move than I am. Shanny is making an enormous difference. In other summers we would have overpaid for  UFA that was past his "best before" date and we would have traded Gardiner to some place like...

Clearly the Leafs are in it to Winnik!

I could not be happier with this commitment to young talent at a decent price over a longer term. This is a cap to the last 3 or 4 weeks namely that this is at last a serious (re)build commitment by management and not another ad hoc UFA overpayment summer. I was worried that we would trade...

You are correct but the issue was never framed that way at all by the NHL. The league demonized the overpaid players and said a salary cap would put an end to the upward slary  spiral that was out of control. Well it is still out of control but only with respect to the middle rage of players...

That would surprise me since I believe it is a non issue. It would be surprising to see this become an issue inas much as the max for any one player is somewhere north of $14M per season and no one is anywhere near that - the highest paid player is at $9.55M so about a third off the top...

Bernier is a better goalie and moreis expected of him in terms of number of starts and quality ones at that. Plus if he starts 65 games that is what I would be looking for anyway, not for the back-up to be starting 30 games as others have suggested.

If you seriously believe that then we have the back-up goalie, what we need is the starter.

Strange dichotomy you frame there - not so long ago it was no criticism of Raycroft, after all he was a Calder winner. Of course you either miss my point or try to obscure and distract: the fact is that securing so called experience NHL goalies to be a Leaf goalie is something we have tried and...