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The Buffalo Sabres should hire Shanahan. Brendan isn't a fit everywhere but that franchise needs direction from the top. He'd be a good fit there.

I'm fine with letting OEL rip it from back there on the PP. I'd love the Leafs to get an offensive defensive who could play the point but I just don't think it's a possibility.

Maybe a bit harsh. :D For me, I love the goal scoring Rielly had in the playoffs. He is a guy who can elevate his game. It's more about the brain farts and weak plays at inopportune times in the playoffs I would love to move away from. The Leafs talk about structure, and system, and Rielly is...

Ok, I totally agree with you. I wanted Robertson in the lineup. I think his goal scoring would have been a bigger asset than whatever you were getting from Jarnkrok or Holmberg. That being said, Nick was absolutely ineffective in the forecheck or in board play. Berube thought that the physical...

Something like this? Knies - Matthews - P. Kane Cowan - Tavares - Nylander Marchand - Bennett - Domi Laughton - Toews - McMann McCabe - Tanev Gavrikov - Carlo Benoit - Ekman-Larsson Definitely other guys I'd be interested in, depending on price. Big takeaways are moving on from Marner and...

Big money? Boeser or Bennett. Here are the other players I'd take out of that list: Duchene, Marchand, Kane, Giroux, Toews, Granlund, Tanev.

Make Treliving VP of Hockey Operations. Done.

I'm not sure why you would need a 'go-between' in between Pelley and Treliving.

I think the NHL needs to implement that any targeted shot to the head Imagine the Leafs had lost in the ECF the 3 of the last 4 years? Would have made the medicine a little easier to swallow.

Can't really fault Brendan in his time with the Maple Leafs but it was time to move on.

Chicago is a nice city. Seattle? Utah? All nice.

It was a hockey play.

I think Marner wanted to stay. But I think he knew the only way him staying was going to be tenable was making it to the Stanley Cup Final at least. That didn't happen so he won't be back.

I dunno CTB, Bennett seems to score some key goals. Doesn't fade when the spotlight shines brighter.

Why not both? I would like to have nothing to do with Bennett, I really do, but sometimes you have to do uncomfortable things when forced.

He was basically saying, "There's only on way to stop me!"

It's kinda like that situation where you catch the computer hacker, but instead of sending him to jail you hire him to help prevent future computer hacks.

The best comparable we have is from 2023-2024 with the Bertuzzi - Matthews - Marner line (92 minutes) and Bertuzzi - Matthews - Domi (147 minutes). The Marner contingent was better defensively but wasn't as much of a threat to score and the Domi contingent allowed more on the defensive side...

I don't think you lose a lot on the first line replacing Marner with Domi.

Offseason moves, I would go with something like this: Knies - Matthews - P. Kane Cowan - Bennet - Nylander Marchand - Tavares - Domi Pacioretty - Laughton - McMann McCabe - Tanev OEL - Carlo Benoit - Jokiharju/Rutta/Fabro/Ceci Unless you're Ok with Benoit and OEL pairing on the bottom, could...