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Mine isn't as scientific. I bet I could name more than half the roster of all those teams - the key players. I'd get a bunch quickly and then a few more would trickle in over a day or two. I'd know most of them who made the HHoF or won Vezina or Norris trophies. I'd get tripped up a little on...

I think it was more than that. There are a lot of media reports on how popular he was with his fellow Leafs. Many of them spoke out for him. McCabe spoke about how he organized things for the team socially - better than anyone he has ever seen before. Jake Muzzin, who works for the Leafs, Kyle...

I am thinking of it a little differently or more generally We're loosely talking about running up scoring points in the playoffs So a team says "We gotta stop Gretzky-Kurri!!" and Edmonton says "Ok, Messier-Anderson - you guys are up" And they're backed by Coffey, Huddy, Lowe, etc - good dmen...

Here's another crude/simple cross check on my response These are the top playoff scorer forwards who won a Conn Smythe Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux Connor McDavid Evgeni Malkin Joe Sakic Bryan Trottier I'm ignoring McDavid who hasn't won a Cup (yet?) I won't name them but when I go down that...

I'm kind of indifferent on the coach Naturally, I'd like them to get a decent one. If the plan is retool (and I think it is), the one consideration might be for a good enough coach to attract UFAs It will be a tough UFA market. They could probably use all the help they can get there.

When Marner looked around, his team was 4th in pts win% 4th place Toronto might have been able to fix itself for another somewhat credible kick at the can over the next year or two. As Matthews looks around, his team, without Marner, is 28th in pts win% There is virtually no way they will be a...

I think McCrimmon's explanation was close to right - certainly a hunk of it We talked about it on this site ages ago when debating the core 4 contracts consuming the cap and hurting the depth of the team. And full disclosure: I defended a bunch of those contracts ... (maybe too much so) Our...

"At the same time, we were willing to take it the distance. We kind of told Toronto that was the plan." Which is to see how the playoffs went - as I said. It also is not saying "we are" taking it the distance because he left the door open for his agent and Treliving to discuss it. He was saying...

So lets see what a guy who "couldn't bring it in the playoffs" brought last night: https://www.nhl.com/news/mitch-marner-scores-fastest-hat-trick-in-stanley-cup-final-history There are at least 2 more games to be played, if Marner (1.47ppg) scores one more point, the following are the only...

What point is there to hang around a team you do not want to continue to be with? Marner said "his goal" was to re-sign in May 2024. Marner emphatically and passionately said he wanted to re-sign again in Sept 2024 to the media and Friedman. Marner authorized his agent to haggle a deal with...

Elliot Friedman helps make it crystal clear in this interview with Marner in Sept 2024 following Marner's passionate statement about wanting to remain a Leaf when camp opened: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/marner-hopes-to-be-life-time-maple-leaf-passionate-about-this-team/ For fun, let's...

But it is Larkin who wants to move. He has to help make it easier - provide some destination flexibility or he can finish his career in Detroit. Yzerman can play a little hardball. Team are desperate for good centers - some may appeal to him. He's not in a position where he can be too fussy. I...

There were multiple reports of him looking at houses in Vegas area in June 2025 - shortly before he signed July 1 - a year after Treliving's press scrum talking about his NMC In early May, 2024, Marner said he was receptive to starting working on an extension In early June, 2024, Treliving...

We agree on this: I also do not believe the Leafs fans chased him out of town. I do think what Treliving did turned a bunch of fans and media against Marner - which put pressure on him to leave. I do believe the reports about trashing. There were too many reports over a number of years from a...

May 6, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5475318/2024/05/06/mitch-marner-maple-leafs-2/ That was stated after the season, nearly two months before he could sign an extension. He's born & raised in Toronto area. His family and his wife's family reside in Toronto. Like Tavares, playing for...

Villeneuve is second in AHL playoff scoring ... might not clear waivers in September With the age of the Leafs D, I've got him penciled in as an 8th on the NHL roster I've liked Tverberg for a while and hoped he might be able to help. He's arbitration eligible and not waivers exempt. So they're...

If we all agreed on everything around here, it would get pretty dull. This year, they're facetiming Matthews a few times - a year before he can re-sign - hoping he'll hang around ... Within minutes of accepting the GM job in 2023, during the media conference. Treliving declared re-signing...

So I looked at the Brock Nelson deal from NYI to COL COL gave up a late first rounder prospect (like Danford for Toronto), a late first rounder (like Toronto's 2027 Colorado pick) and a third rounder if Colorado won a Cup in 2025 which they did not - so I'd ignore. Islanders ate half his...

I still feel that way I looked at it closely.