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Carolina did have a few losses on defense - Orlov and Burns (not sure how good they were last year). And Jordan Staal continues to age.

The meta-point here is that the leafs got really lucky to get Matthews (and Nylander, Marner) but then got really unlucky that they were not able to benefit from a rising cap environment from 2020-2025 when the core-N were locked in. The flat cap could have been the difference in all those...

I mentioned trading Knies for a top winger a while ago and was shot down for "don't trade the young guys". How about Knies+ for Jason Robertson? The rationale would be that Knies is no longer going to be on a rookie deal and will be a much closer price to his value -- we'll see what the next...

The other way to go is to say that maybe the Leafs were the 2nd best team in the east given how the Panthers destroyed Tampa and Carolina. Keep the band together if there is no way to improve it with UFAs.

I feel like it is way too late to take this perspective. We needed this perspective 3-5 years ago. I think folks underestimate how long it takes for a draft pick to turn into a functional player. A mid-20s 1st rounder chosen next year needs absolute minimum 2 years to make it to the NHL (but...

I wonder if Knies and/or Cowan for an older center…

Is there any reasonable way to work out a trade that improves the team as opposed to just trying to sign UFAs? Pettersson? Kadri?

2025 Salaries for (Marner (11) + Tavares (11) + Knies(1)) + 7.5 million cap increase is approximately 30 million? So if we did something roughly like this: Knies : 8 million Tavares : 6 million Ehlers : 10 million #2-3 Center : 6 million And filler for the rest? That could work? (Or am I off...

I also had Panthers in 5. Glad to be wrong so early in the series.

i was looking for this comment. how many games does Kadri get for that.

I still like Florida.

There is no chance that Reaves, or any player, can intimidate the Panthers into not playing hard or not playing dirty. This kind of thing has never actually worked. Reaves could try to take out one of their top plalyers (eg Barkov) illegally via concussion or whatever. That could help. Of...

Sorry. Mr pessimism here. Panthers in 5 is a little more than I expect.

I’d be curious to shift McMann up to the second line and try a 3rd line of Steeves-Kampf/Holmberg-Robertson Basically, it looks like only one of Domi/Robertson can play at a time or the line is too small. Holmberg is maybe a better passer. Kampf is maybe a better face off guy and pk person.

If Florida is healthy, they are going to be hard for anyone to beat.

Part way through the 3rd and still on,y 4 shots from Tampa forwards.

Should have played Woll in either game 3 or game 4.

It is a hard thing for a coach to do, but I would again sub in Woll for a game. I don’t think Stolarz can play all the games. I think Woll can play just as well as Stolarz did last game.

After 2 periods Guentzel, Kucherov, point have 9 shots. The other Lightening forwards have 2 shots. Florida’s defense is incredibly scary.

If the goal is the cup then Woll is going to play …