Eichel signed with a lower cap and did not have anywhere near Matthews 5v5 goal scoring stats. It is what it is. You negotiate as best you can but in the end the power is in the players hand. If he hits rfa he is swimming in offer sheets.

You should go back and check the offer sheets in the agm’s here. They were ridiculous.

To be honest, though, the Kings also have 21M on two players who aren't getting younger. Just one 11M player away from the Leafs situation. Just sayin'

I mean... yeah

He is those type of fans who will still call the Leafs cup contenders while sitting 31st in the league

That's fair, I'm not familiar about that part of the organization to say if that's true or not. So I cannot comment or speculate on that.

8 more goals scored against the leafs than the predators ( quoting @palhal here) I mean really the leafs are middle of the pack on defense and have some young guys developing. Sure I would love an upgrade on D but what team wouldn’t?

I think team defence is going to be the focus. It’d funny whenever anyone on here talks about defence they centre 2 players on the ice at a time.

I always see you bashing Marner & emphasizing what a trash player he is, yet you think he can fetch a high value return like Kaprizov & Dumba? Doesn’t make sense to me.

If the Leafs trade Marner, it will be for much less than that cuz with a flat cap, there won’t be many teams interested in taking on his salary.

My ideal trade would be to send him to Pittsburgh for Patric Hornqvist, Sam Lafferty (two hard working gritty forwards with skill), Jack Johnson (top pairing RD, just a bit older) & Chad Ruhwedel (depth D). I suggest posting a thread of the trade I suggested.

Chayka also made some weird acquisitions, though (Stepan, Kessel, ...). He's been hit-and-miss. I agree on the point that defence is an ongoing issue, though.

The only thing Matthew's can do better than Eichel is goal scoring so chill dude. If I had to pick on of the two to build my franchise around. It would be Eichel. He's more team oriented and a more complete player. Not going to break my bank.

That player is actually doing just fine, Doughty isn't as bad as people say, just watch him. Kopitar would have had over 70 points year if it didnt end. We also aren't cap crunched because of them and wont be for a long time. Research my team and their cap.

The Leafs are a very good drafting and developing team? Like there's a lot to be critical about the Leafs, but they're very good at finding NHL players in the late rounds, as well as in undrafted free agents.

You're pretty dumb too, aren't ya?

Chayka doesnt really base anything off analytics

Because?

Was he fired?

How you gonna fix defense?

Yes

I haven’t seen that anywhere, source?

I never said he was a bad player lol. He's obviously a great player, but he's overpaid and the Leafs can win without him.

He's breaking your lemons

Myself saying "Yes"

He was widely known when hired to be one of the only analytical driven GMS in the league...

That's awful value, also how if JJ a top pairing guy, he's a 6th d-man at best...

Yeah absolutely, I think he was even the creator of some sort of stats company but most of his moves have been anti analytics. Trading away young guys who dont make much for guys who are declining and generally overpaid. Bad ufa signings and not targeting "analytics darling" of sorts. Most of his moves have been very risky with not a whole lot of upside

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