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It's not "more tough guys". It's build a team that plays playoff hockey the way it's been played for the last 30 years.

I agree with everything you said, I just wanted to touch on this line: Not that it matters, but do we feel that any of this was driven by Marner? We know that Ferris plays this game with every player he's represented. He knows(or thinks he knows) that Marner's next contract will be more if he...

So, is it an indictment on Marner, or an indictment on the Leafs? They have a top 5 scorer in the league and they don't give him the tools to be able to produce at that level in the playoffs. Domi isn't that tool. Bertuzzi isn't that tool. They should be, but they don't have the "maturity" to...

I don't know that Marner needs to be hitched to Matthews. He has 74 points in 60 games when Matthews is out of the lineup. Two coaches in a row seem to think the team is at its best when the two of them are together. That doesn't fall on Marner. Unless he's refusing to play if he's not with...

I agree that Marner has to go. Not that he should, but that he "just has to". I think we can spin in circles on whether he is worth the money he is asking. From some angles he is, from others he isn't. The lack of success does not fall solely on Marner. It falls on the full group of "stars"...

After the Montreal series when one of the core 4 went down with an injury after getting kneed in the head? That series? Asking for a friend.

I agree. and I get you. Except he's not doing it. He's not showing his several ways of scoring. He's not elevating his game and stealing wins for us. That's not a 13.25M guy IMO. If we're going to talk about Marner being this expendable, "regular season hero". We need to really look at...

Sorry, way behind on this. I'm in Northern Saskatchewan and things have been "spotty". I like Matthews. I really do. You're right. He scores goals. But, he has 4 goals in the last 18 playoff games. 9 in the last 29. He's scoring at a 25-30% rate. Other than his first season, he has never scored...

So, there's your everyday bullsh*t around here and then there's this. Come on man. We can't knock Marner for not performing and then create an excuse for Nylander. Well most of us can't. The issue isn't even about Nylander vs Marner. The issue is both of them(along with the rest of the team)...

Perhaps I missed it. What legitimate source has said that the team offered Marner 13M? And where was the convincing gesture from the team last off season? When the media threw Marner under the bus repeatedly? I'm still trying to figure out why people are so miffed that the guy wants to leave.

Wanting it all and what you eventually settle for are two different things. We are all assuming that Mitch Marner is not going to settle. He will. He'll give up on some of his asks. As we all do when we negotiate a new job. To be honest, I'm not sure why we assume he's asking for it all.

You forgot "and make sure to apologize because surely, how could a sweetheart like Sam Bennett ever intentionally hurt someone"....

I was of the same mindset. When the Leafs were getting dominated on the shot clock, it was only a matter of time that they started paying for that.

I mean, that's kind of what each of us want in life...no?? As for the level of the criticism aimed at him, do you not think that the extreme criticisms put him at times (the trash on the lawn, the ridiculous "Marner is the fault we lose" crowd) has something to do with how defensive he is?

The leafs issue, and it's the same issue that existed in the past, is they are primarily a perimeter team. They can't put pucks on net from the actual scoring areas when the whistles go away and full on tackle hockey is in effect. There's not enough fearless hockey being played by the Leafs...

This is the first time that I've felt the Leafs should seriously look at blowing it all up. For the past how many years we've said "the goaltending is letting the team down" or "the defense is letting the team down"? Well, they have two extremely good goalies. And the team has a much stronger...

Leafs played Game 5 and to a lesser degree, game 4, backing away from the play. They played to not lose as opposed to playing to win.

I think if/when the Leafs get by Ottawa, they beat FLA in 6 games. Book it

Laine "hasn't" been horrible. He IS horrible. His skillset may outweigh his attitude but his performance in his career certainly does not.

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