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Cup or Bust Season

Jan. 15, 2021 at 11:44 a.m.
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Name player's who would replace Vesey, Barabanov, and Lehtonen.


Robertson, Boyd/Joey Anderson/Engvall, Dermott.
Jan. 15, 2021 at 11:48 a.m.
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Jan. 15, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.
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he produced at .5ppg last season. That's middle F production. He tries hard, forechecks. He'd be on their third line.


He literally has no arguments lol
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Jan. 17, 2021 at 10:34 p.m.
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I mean I'd say the window is open until the Matthews deal is up... Cup before 2025 Free Agency or bust. This year is a great chance tho with the playoff format.


even past that. If Mcdavid decides he wants to go home than they got another window. If the prospects (Niemela, Korshkov, Sandin, Niemela, and others take that next step) this team can be competitive for a long time

Only way I see it is if the team went all in which they havent as unlike Pittsburgh they really have not traded all there picks away to stay competitive. Dubas has done a nice job restocking the pool while keeping our team competitive.
Jan. 17, 2021 at 10:39 p.m.
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even past that. If Mcdavid decides he wants to go home than they got another window. If the prospects (Niemela, Korshkov, Sandin, Niemela, and others take that next step) this team can be competitive for a long time

Only way I see it is if the team went all in which they havent as unlike Pittsburgh they really have not traded all there picks away to stay competitive. Dubas has done a nice job restocking the pool while keeping our team competitive.


What has this team accomplished in order for Matthews to re-sign with the Leafs? When we don't make the playoffs this season due to the lousy constructed team we built in the offseason, Matthews will request a trade
Jan. 17, 2021 at 10:43 p.m.
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What has this team accomplished in order for Matthews to re-sign with the Leafs? When we don't make the playoffs this season due to the lousy constructed team we built in the offseason, Matthews will request a trade


what team will be able to afford matthews when he goes. Caps staying the same for 2 more years and if it rises it will go up a mill at most. No team will have the finances to give him the bonus money or the 12mill he will crave except for the leafs. Everyone says he wants to go back to Arizona that team barely can pay for their stadium. Matthews requests a trade leafs can get a kings ransom for him like what Karlsson got but bigger. Heck go for it cause like the sharks we can get a top 3 draft another star center as by 2023 and even 2024 the 2 golden boyz will be on the scene. Wont happen though as no team will afford him
Jan. 17, 2021 at 10:44 p.m.
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Edited Jan. 17, 2021 at 10:50 p.m.
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what team will be able to afford matthews when he goes. Caps staying the same for 2 more years and if it rises it will go up a mill at most. No team will have the finances to give him the bonus money or the 12mill he will crave except for the leafs. Everyone says he wants to go back to Arizona that team barely can pay for their stadium. Matthews requests a trade leafs can get a kings ransom for him like what Karlsson got but bigger. Heck go for it cause like the sharks we can get a top 3 draft another star center as by 2025 the next golden child will be on the scene.


Teams would manage themselves to fit under the cap hit to be able to sign Matthews, similarly to how the Vegas Golden Knights signed Pietrangelo to an $8 million extension. How does a general manager, who surrounds himself with statistics, calculations, and other mathematical based theories, fail to understand that you never sign a restricted free agent to his starting UFA years. You either sign him to a max extension of 8 years, or you do a deal and have a RFA year left to negotiate a new contract, and hopefully hit that max term on his new contract. Essentially, we missed an opportunity to keep Matthews until his early 30s, but instead, we can lose him when he turns 26, starting to hit his prime years.
Jan. 17, 2021 at 10:45 p.m.
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Quoting: TheLeafsSeason
Teams would manage themselves to fit under the cap hit to be able to sign Matthews, similarly to how the Vegas Golden Knights signed Pietrangelo to an $8 million extension.


pitrangelo took a discount as lets face it if covid never hit he was making Doughty money, Matthews aint taking any less than 12mill and no team will have the money to give him 2 years of 15mill bonuses as covid hit the league hard
Jan. 17, 2021 at 10:49 p.m.
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pitrangelo took a discount as lets face it if covid never hit he was making Doughty money, Matthews aint taking any less than 12mill and no team will have the money to give him 2 years of 15mill bonuses as covid hit the league hard


I updated what I first wrote about the situation.
Feb. 1, 2021 at 3:03 p.m.
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I mean I'd say the window is open until the Matthews deal is up... Cup before 2025 Free Agency or bust. This year is a great chance tho with the playoff format.


Yes, if Matthews leaves the window is closed. But it could open again with Mcdavid... wink
Feb. 3, 2021 at 6:33 p.m.
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Crazy to think that the Leafs are in a cup or bust season


no they are sill like 11 years before there name gets taken off the cup
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