Joe S.
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With the leaks being plugged such as they are I find it hard to take Dregger seriously. Not that I ever really did.
2026-27 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion | Official: Sundin & Chayka to lead front office
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Bender
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It really all depends what Carlo goes for obviously. I didn't think it was possible for Chicago to trade the 4th for Bowen freaking Byram so I'm not going to judge a trade before it happens. I think Carlo has value and I'm totally open to moving him to recoup anything close to what we gave up for him.
herman
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All he can do now is make inferences based on what other more freely informing team sources say regarding Leafs players.
I have the same concern about Rielly
I think Philly's 7th dman might be a replacement for Benoit but would be hard pressed to be a top 4.
Zee
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Someone linked me to Howard Berger's post too saying his "sources" say a California team is offering two firsts for Matthews. I don't know what sources Howard Berger has given he works as a funeral director now, but whatever.
So the GM was bad & fired
The coach was bad & fired
Rielly is bad and being traded out west for whatever (not likely a top 4 dman coming back)
Carlo is bad and being traded for a couple of mid round picks
Benoit was bad and traded
And now McCabe is being floated?
______ Raddysh
OEL Tanev (if he recovers)
Andrae _______
You could add a Norris winner to that group and I'm not sure it would contend.
A bunch of this is crazy talk
mr grieves
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Which is kind of why I mind if you will
I'm hearing it debated as a mid round pick for Rielly and two for Carlo
You can't flip those into decent dmen
UFA dmen
(right handed we don't need in top 4 unless Tanev is done)
Carlsson (right handed) is rumored to be signing in TBay for $10M/yr x 2 yrs
Andersson (right handed) rumored to be signing in Vegas for $8M/yr
Trouba (right handed) is looking at $8M/yr
after that, it is slimmer pickings:
Logan Stanley lefty top 5/6 projected to cost $3M/yr x 2
Ryan Shea lefty maybe top 4 that would cost $4M x 4
No assurance they would sign with the Leafs
There are others older or not so attractive/good
Rielly-Carlo as a 5/6 is probably better than anything they can find or get
They don't have a lot of assets for trades
They're expensive based on their performance under Berube but could improve with a new system/coach
I'd want to check that out before throwing them away because they're so hard to replace
Bender
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I really have no attachment to any of these players. All of this is crazy talk in a vacuum where we don't know anything. If the Leafs trade Rielly and there is no plan to upgrade the d corps then we have a problem. But the fact is we know very little right now and just because we don't have all the information and don't have a finished roster assembled right now doesn't mean talk of trading players is crazy.