Quoting: markykins1
I am sorry for seeming snarky seriously but did you type that with a straight face?
I bet they (or any team) could have waited it out and signed him on a PTO in the summer...
My theory...
Shammy wanted to run it back.
Beating Tampa made him think the Leafs were close to winning a Cup.
Problem is the players they wanted to bring back didn't want to come back.
ROR, Schenn and Acciari.
So Shammy's newly hired puppet had to panic buy.
Sign a UFA. Any UFA to show Leafs Nation "hey we're trying!"
That's where Face Puncher Reaves comes in.
They even signed him for 3 years!
Was any other team really going to sign the regressing Klingberg?
Probably not.
But let's flush another 4 mil down the toilet. 🙄
Tree did get Bert and Domi the next day on take it or leave it deals.
Bert overplayed his hand thinking his excellent playoff would parlay into a long term deal. Wrong.
So he settled with the Leafs on a 1 year deal.
Everyone knew Domi wanted badly to be a Leaf.
So of course he accepted Tree's offer.
Most of Leafs Nation ate it up and Shammy sold his latest sham.
Signing Reaves would eventually cost them Lafferty who is doing quite well with first place Vancouver.🤔
So now puppet Tree is left with glaring holes on defense and a big question mark in goal.
He still has questionable depth in his bottom 6 lines.
But when you have Matthews scoring goals each game you can still win right?