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Leafs Front Office 2026-27 | Speculation, Discussion

Zee said:
I don't know how winning 1 Cup automatically disqualifies you. Cassidy has gotten a lot out of the teams he's coached. I wouldn't mind seeing it he could do anything with the Leafs
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Playing the odds. Only 3 coaches in over 100 years. Last one was Bowman. Before him, the 50's.
 
Guilt Trip said:
Playing the odds. Only 3 coaches in over 100 years. Last one was Bowman. Before him, the 50's.
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How's that playing the odds? By that logic anyone who isn't a Stanley Cup winning coach has a better chance of winning a Cup than a coach that has previously won a Stanley Cup. I haven't won a Cup as a coach yet, so am I more likely to win a Cup if I coached the Leafs than Bruce Cassidy if he's the right fit? Ok that's on the nose. How about a minor league coach? An AHL coach? Just using that metric is highly incomplete when determining who to hire.
 
Bender said:
How's that playing the odds? By that logic anyone who isn't a Stanley Cup winning coach has a better chance of winning a Cup than a coach that has previously won a Stanley Cup. I haven't won a Cup as a coach yet, so am I more likely to win a Cup if I coached the Leafs than Bruce Cassidy if he's the right fit? Ok that's on the nose. How about a minor league coach? An AHL coach? Just using that metric is highly incomplete when determining who to hire.
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I know it's hard for you to understand but it's pretty simple really.
 
Bill_Berg said:
I wonder how good a package they can get for him. Ugly times.
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His value is lower now than it should be. They may be able to get better value IF Matthews starts next season hot, leading the league in goals by the time of the trade deadline. Any acquiring team would be able to get Matthews for TWO playoff runs, which is incredibly valuable to them if he's back to his monster goal scoring form.

It's incredibly sad that we've gotten to this point.
 
Zee said:
His value is lower now than it should be. They may be able to get better value IF Matthews starts next season hot, leading the league in goals by the time of the trade deadline. Any acquiring team would be able to get Matthews for TWO playoff runs, which is incredibly valuable to them if he's back to his monster goal scoring form.

It's incredibly sad that we've gotten to this point.
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Yeah, they'd get more at the trade deadline most likely. And that seems more reasonable too. Matthews wouldn't demand a summer trade, but if the season goes bad then near the trade deadline is the most logical place to trade him.
 
My prediction is a repeat of last season, and pissed away and devalued assets. In two years, we can start rebuilding a core. Give those guys 5 years to develop, so we're 10ish years out from contending again.
 
cabber24 said:
My prediction is a repeat of last season, and pissed away and devalued assets. In two years, we can start rebuilding a core. Give those guys 5 years to develop, so we're 10ish years out from contending again.
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I think this is most likely too. But if they trade Mathews and Nylander at the right time, that can be sped up. It may be best for us if Matthews does demand a trade this year rather than walk in two for nothing.
 
John Chayka was GM of a team in the worst NHL market with the worst NHL owner. Being GM of the Leafs should be a cakewalk for him.

I'm not ready to crucify him. On his exit from the Coyotes, another NHL team wanted to hire him as their GM, at least that says something. Who could blame Chayka wanting to leave Merulo and that tire fire?

I'll reserve judgement until after he makes a couple roster moves.

Also, keep Keith Pelley away from this team.
 
dappleganger said:
Also, keep Keith Pelley away from this team.
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We all want this - but will it actually be possible? Seems to me Pelley wants to show the haters wrong. He was quite combative in his replies yesterday, especially when he started to refute all the reporting about him recently.
 
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