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When is Willie due to become a UFA? Or to put it another way, what is his status in 4 years?

And if things do not work out, Lebrun, over at The Athletic opines: "Would Carolina be willing to move 23-year-old Brett Pesce, for example? He?s in the first season of a six-year, $24.15-million deal, a cap-friendly contract charging $4.025 million a year for a good, young defenceman who would...

My guess would be that it is an important gesture on behalf of the Leafs. If things work out then Dubas is the hero for doing all that he could to get things done, and if things do not work out then no one can blame him for trying. There is nothing wrong at all in Dubas going there to make a...

Wow. That is soon. Thanks.

After this year is complete, how many seasons does Matthews have before he would be eligible to become a UFA? Also, if someone knows and responds that would be appreciated, but if you could also tell me where/how you found this information I would appreciate it even more. :)

Maybe someone has already said this, and if so then I apologize. I have not read all of this thread. My guess is that Marner will be signed pretty quickly after Nylander is done. He will need to be. The setup that Marner is in right now might lead to him getting 90 - 100 points. That would be...

Likely the bigger motivator for Willy is the desire to contribute and put up numbers. Sitting, for example, for 10 games would deflate his yearly point total. I have a sense that good players, whether they ever admit it or not, look at the scoring leaders and compare where they stand. They all...

That is a very valid point I had not been considering. The win/loss record will factor into this for sure. I am still hoping it never comes to that and Willy is locked up by this weekend.

If Nylander starts to miss regular season games I am not sure who will be feeling the pressure more. Ordinarily I would say that the team holds all the cards and the pressure is on the player (given the nature of this CBA), but in this case I have to believe that Dubas will be feeling some...

It does. Now just imagine that the Leafs had traded away their 1st round pick. That is how Sens fans feel right about now.

So, someone thinks this is only two 4th lines? This is the opening day forwards on Mike Babcock's season journey towards Matthews. Perhaps Bozak and Kadri make two legitimate centers, but Kadri's wingers were not top 6 (or maybe even top 9) on most other teams. JVR-Bozak-Kessel...

Looking forward to seeing more of the Sandman, but also wanting to see more of the Oz.

Ozhiganov is a right shot. I thought he played the right side just as Hainsey does.

"The gap between Toronto and William Nylander sounds wide. The player doesn?t want a bridge deal. Neither Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas nor agent Lewis Gross are talking, but the rumour is the player ask is near Leon Draisaitl territory ($8.5 million AAV). I can see that being true for three...

When I first read this I actually thought you were joking. I laughed. Then I just read that this is really true. I laughed again.... much harder this time. Ottawa is such a sorry joke right now that I almost feel sorry for them.

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Well, for one thing, if someone is too young to have lived through the 70's and 80's it will tend to skew their opinion away from those years. Fair enough. That makes sense to me and I am sure it has the potential to be a factor for someone in their 20's or even 30's. Even if it was singularly...

Either because of people's age or because of a recency bias, the Boston lost seems to be getting more play here than I expected. Imagine this, if you were not around back then....... or even if you were: When Roger Neilson replaced Kelly in 1977, Ballard faced a new problem: a coach who...

When you wrote "Sundin refusing to leave to help the club" I assumed you were in that camp which believed that he owed it to the Leafs to take a trade. If not, then we don't disagree.

There was already lots of debate back then about this. I have to disagree with you. Sundin had a contract and he honored it. If the Leafs wanted to break that contract to better themselves at his expense and he would not go for it, the fault is not with him. How was this ever allowed to be a...