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Or, hear me out, Leafs are starting a new chapter, Sharks have their franchise cornerstone in Celebrini and want to build around him. Nylander or Matthews for the #2 Pick plus a young defense prospect, the other one for a top pairing guy and the Leafs take Mckenna and Stenberg.

Just out here working on my two passion projects; seeing the Leafs win a cup and bringing peace to the Middle East. Results so far have been...mixed.

Well, don't ever say my years of going deep cover in the NHL front office didn't pay off. You guys don't even want to know how I managed to rig this one.

The decision to trade Matthews for Alex Nylander was a controversial one but I liked it.

Terrible signing. The Leafs need playoff success and there's no evidence OEL can be a contributing guy on a winning team in the postseason.

Junior coaches will always talk up their guys.

From my highly technial "just take a OHL C who can score" scouting program, I'd like to see Luchanko or Beaudoin. Connelly or Hage would be acceptable secondary targets.

I don't think it's a binary either/or kind of thing. A player in the NHL's skill development isn't going to be the responsibility of the NHL coaching staff but using him in the right situations to foster development, the mental/motivational aspect of coaching and addressing challenges that come...

https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1757550339392184574 It's official

I wasn't trying to get into semantics here. I was just making the point that any kind of hit has the potential to be all manner of dangerous based on things outside of the hitter's control. I think the fact that Greig didn't get seriously hurt suggests that while it may have looked bad, I don't...

I don't know if I like that take either though. Just about every single hit, clean or dirty, is "potentially dangerous". I think the fact that he didn't get hurt should actually be the deciding factor. I don't think Rielly hit him hard enough, or hit him in the sort of way, where a serious...

I think the Rielly thing is just an example of how following sports is less fun as an adult. As a kid I would have been "Yeah, play stupid games and win stupid prizes. Don't disrespect the other team. Eat it, sucker" and while I still kind of feel that way emotionally, logically I know it is...

I think you've hit on the real issue though which is the paucity of talent developed by previous management teams. Sure being top heavy is an issue but it's only a serious issue if you're a team that can't fill holes from within. Obviously it would be better if the team had their top end making...

That's not really how a negotiation like this would work though. If the Leafs go to Nylander and say "We've got two options for you, you can have 10m a year with a NTC or you can have 12 million a year without one" then he'll say "Well, I'm pretty sure I can get the money I want and the NTC I...

I feel like this deal is pretty reasonable given that if a player with his numbers last year hit the FA market it's hard to imagine them getting a deal substantially less than this. That he's stepped it up a notch this year probably gave him a little more muscle in these negotiations but...

This Matthews guy. He seems pretty good.

So the previous high was a guy who won a cup in the same year?

Ok.

Also, I hear Houston has a great food scene.

Well we don't know what it might have been. It might have been 16 or 16.5. And that's what I really don't get about the longing for 8 years. The whole argument seems to be that IF Matthews is really good over the next five years and IF the salary cap goes up by an appreciable amount and IF the...