Quoting: pharrow
he is cheap as hell, but i doubt he purposefully hamstrings the team like that. It would decrease the value when he tries to sell it
True but I think an argument can be made that if you are a person or business buying the senators, you want scorched earth, kill it all, their longest contract is 4 years and that is for Beodker, from the Hoffman deal, yikes.
You get as many picks and prospects as you can, use the cap to your advantage. Get rid off all long term money, hope to win the Lottery and start with the building blocks Chibot and tkchuck. I actually think if Brady plays in London that is good. Let it die this year and then he start the new regime in 19-20.
Some of my own watercooler, friends of mine and I have joked that with the shambles in Ottawa, I wonder if Gary had an investor like he does i Winnipeg to swallow initial losses, it worked with the Jets, maybe this is Quebec City's team.
Expansion isnt going there because the east have more teams, I've gone to the arena for 20 years, in the mid 2000s ot was so fun as a Leafs tsn, back and forth and we would often lose.
They are awful, the arena sucks, and these poor fans do not want to be tortured by this owner.
Move to Quebec, the kids come up together, maybe they win a draft Lottery and a Quebec Toronto Rivalry builds.
JUST MY FRIENDS AND I THINKING, NOT SAYING IT WILL HAPPEN.
But they just need to kill it all, steal through heart like the leafs. Bye Kessel, bye Dion
Bye Hoffman, bye Karlsson, bye Duchene (hurts the most if Hughes is Colorado's 2nd line center) bye Stone.
Ceci is an RFA, he will Arb again unless he is traded and suddenly the best player on this roster is....... probably Pague or Bobby Ryan, but Pague is a center you get a second round pick.
Bobby Ryan will be the best player on this team potentially in the 19-20 season, that is bleak, you tank.
Nylander 8th
Marner 4th
Matthews 1st
The Leafs have done many things right, #1 was not picking between 14th-10th.
Lose. Lose badly, draft well, start from scratch.