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It was sometime during the JFJ era that I started to realize that what the Leafs needed to do and weren't doing, was rebuild. It will not surprise me in the least if it takes them 5 years to have accumulated the talent to contend and will be starting to look like they might. At least current...

Trading for Stamkos? I wouldn't do it, based on the Leafs current state. So yes, Stamkos as a Leaf only makes sense if he's an UFA at the end of the season. There just isn't a pool of assets in the system that the Leafs can afford to give up and that Tampa would take in a potential Stamkos...

There's been so much recent  change with Leafs management that it's hard to get a read on how it's going to function until camp opens and onward from there. I was a little taken aback at the Lamoriello hiring. It just seemed slightly out of step with the other off-ice moves the Leafs have...

I've always figured it would take at least 5 years for the Leafs to become Cup contenders if they went for a true rebuild. And that's if they get most of it right along the way. I would be looking to move players like JVR, Kadri and Gardiner. That just seems to be the best way to potentially...

So would I.

I expect the Leafs to be pretty bad this year, so if they end up with a great draft pick, plus whatever other picks/prospects they can trade for, maybe that will do it. They have some good prospects now, but I have a feeling they don't yet have the elite franchise player(s) that will win them a...

That's a nice list of players. It will be fun to watch these guys develop. It also really illustrates the necessity of keeping the focus on drafting for the near future. Ideally, the Leafs draft high and often over the next 2-3 seasons.

I want to see the Leafs win the Stanley Cup. If it ended up being just one, I would be more than ok with that. As others have said, it's most likely that a team that gets itself into a position to win sustainably, that will be a team that wins at least one cup anyway. Pat Quinn always said...

One site I checked on for info on the Blues cap space had them as having around $14 million available. On reading your reply, I checked another site that had them at just over $1000. So, a bit of a discrepancy there. I'd have to guess the latter is more accurate. I'm not sure what the go-to site...

I can think of 4 teams that made the playoffs this past season and ended up out because they couldn't score when it counted. Those teams are Montreal, the Blues, the Islanders and the Predators. Would a top level scorer like Kessel put one of those teams over the top? I have to think there's a...

This trade had to happen. Is it ideal for the Leafs and is the return great? No and no. I don't think the Leafs retaining the $1.25 million of Kessel's contract is an issue. I figure the Leafs are going to be dreadful for at least the next 3 seasons. Cap space will not be a problem during this...

That is interesting, especially the part about the Leafs apparently turning the deal down. I can understand a deal not getting done at the draft. I'm sure there's always a poker game going on with trade talks and I get that NHL GMs are likely seeing if they can put one over on the Leafs rookie...

If that proposed Penguins deal is on the table and nothing better emerges over the next, I don't know- two weeks, the Leafs should take it and move on. You would think a Kessel trade would return more, but if that's Kessel's value, so be it. At least the Leafs get another 1st round pick next...

Yes, it would be, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

I think Florida is a possibility for a Kessel trade, but how about Montreal? Montreal is on Kessel's approved list of teams he can be traded to. The Leafs take the Markov contract off the Habs books. They'll take the Lars Eller contract while they're at it, if they have to. The Habs get Kessel...

I have to think that at least a few teams that made the playoffs but lost because they just didn't have a game breaker, are going to be interested in Kessel. He would fit nicely on the Blues, Rangers, Wild, to name a few. Of course, any interested team's cap situation has to be considered, but I...

I apologize for poor use of the quote function. That's what I get for posting at beer o'clock. It won't happen again. Actually, it probably will. The entire Leafs organization needs to take blame for last season and the seasons leading up to it. The roster has been badly put together. I think...

Shanahan appears to have carte blanche to execute his vision of the Leafs. Adding Babcock is a major coup (as I stand back and admire my French). Whatever else happens within MLSE, I think the Leafs are going to be left alone and allowed to get on with business.

Yeah, I think there will be no question about the effort level of any player that makes the team from this point on. I expect that the 'woe is me' atmosphere that seemed to permeate the team from January onward will disappear quickly. Nothing has happened with the roster yet, but I'd guess that...

I don't get that line of thinking. Babcock has earned the right to look around and see if there's a job that would tempt him away from Detroit. If Babcock stays in Detroit, then he's obviously decided that's the best fit for him. I don't see any humble pie being eaten. Sounds like a typical...