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2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion

Joe S. said:
So my guess is Doug Armstrong comes in as president and GM until he finds a GM of choice and kicks Berube out. Again.

And I hope he finds a way to launch Domi off this roster. I would even welcome having him bought out.

I would keep Rielly 10000x over Domi.
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There's some rumblings about Doug Armstrong which I wouldn't be against but only on some radio hits. Also, we already went through the President/GM separation issue with Shanahan. Do we want to do that again?

Either way I'd be a lot happier with an Armstrong/DeBoer combo than what we have now.
 
Bender said:
There's some rumblings about Doug Armstrong which I wouldn't be against but only on some radio hits. Also, we already went through the President/GM separation issue with Shanahan. Do we want to do that again?

Either way I'd be a lot happier with an Armstrong/DeBoer combo than what we have now.
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It's 1000x better than the dipshits running the show now.

And I'd be fine with Armstrong being president and GM and keeping it that way.
 
https://twitter.com/x/status/2031389237556179204
This just reinforces my prevailing belief that he can't/doesn't read, and it only dawned on him that the Leafs aren't making the playoffs because players were traded out with no new guys coming in.

In any case, this is good, true suffering. I want them* to really learn to hate losing, not just being sad about not winning. One thing I grew to disdain about the Dubas/Keefe approach was the 'long view' with analytics' underlying metrics: "Oh, we lost on the scoresheet but got lots of chances (from the perimeter), so on to the next one". The Leafs need their stars to be maniacal borderline psychos, who exert their will on opponents, not reactionaries within their play structure -- game breakers, not merely game players.

* Matthews, Nylander who have led a pretty charmed professional career up until this point
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2031389237556179204
This just reinforces my prevailing belief that he can't/doesn't read, and it only dawned on him that the Leafs aren't making the playoffs because players were traded out with no new guys coming in.

In any case, this is good, true suffering. I want them* to really learn to hate losing, not just being sad about not winning. One thing I grew to disdain about the Dubas/Keefe approach was the 'long view' with analytics' underlying metrics: "Oh, we lost on the scoresheet but got lots of chances (from the perimeter), so on to the next one". The Leafs need their stars to be maniacal borderline psychos, who exert their will on opponents, not reactionaries within their play structure -- game breakers, not merely game players.

* Matthews, Nylander who have led a pretty charmed professional career up until this point
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Does losing really matter if you build a crappy team with a crappy coach? I mean, don't get me wrong, I get it, but we've all lived through eras of losing and the players didn't magically learn to hate losing. I assume most hate to lose if they're at the NHL level.
 
Guilt Trip said:
McKenna's a winger, not a centre. And you draft the best player available, always.
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Leafs have really been hampered by not having a #1D. I would go with the marginally better forward if the idea is to move him for an equally talented defenseman, but, given the uncertainty trade partners introduce, I can see a good reason to go with the slightly worse defenseman.
 
herman said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2031389237556179204
This just reinforces my prevailing belief that he can't/doesn't read, and it only dawned on him that the Leafs aren't making the playoffs because players were traded out with no new guys coming in.

In any case, this is good, true suffering. I want them* to really learn to hate losing, not just being sad about not winning. One thing I grew to disdain about the Dubas/Keefe approach was the 'long view' with analytics' underlying metrics: "Oh, we lost on the scoresheet but got lots of chances (from the perimeter), so on to the next one". The Leafs need their stars to be maniacal borderline psychos, who exert their will on opponents, not reactionaries within their play structure -- game breakers, not merely game players.

* Matthews, Nylander who have led a pretty charmed professional career up until this point
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All true, but neither 34 or 88 have that in them. Neither does Tavares.
 
herman said:
IF the Leafs win the lottery, would you go for

A) Gavin 'TKO' McKenna elite playmaking C
B) Tall and Two-way RHD Keaton Verhoeff
C) a Swedish LW Mitch Marner in Ivar Stenberg
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Chase Reid's an interesting name who seems to have put himself into the conversation (maybe to a slightly lesser degree). I feel like this would still be McKenna: the "consensus 1st overall pick may not actually go 1st overall" talk seems to happen every year. But getting any of those 4 would be amazing.
 
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