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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 20 at 11:03 p.m.
Thread: Fire Keefe what you waiting for
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>WN88</b></div><div>When Woll went down, we knew it was going to be a TOUGH stretch. I thought it was abundantly clear he was masking a lot of the defensive player's mistakes. This fanbase is so ridiculous. Panthers are on a 4 game losing streak, LA who looked like a WAGON at the start of the season have won like 1 game in the past 10. You don't hear a word.

I'm honestly convinced that the negativity influenced by the media/fanbase has risen so high to a point it impedes the performance of the players. It just has to. You don't see this level of attention and scrutiny anywhere else in the league.</div></div>

I haven't been a Keefe fan for a long time.... pretty dates the media being on his case. He has been out coached in the playoffs 5 years running, which essentially bangs home my point of his inability to think inside the game.

Sure, Woll going down was concerning but Jones has actually been good (shockingly so). But that is where you tighten uo defensively, change some thinking. He simply hasn't done that. I was floored he went outside the box and played Holmgren 18 minutes the other night.

For me the point where Keefe has past a best before date is just in how he manages games. It is beyond odd. The tools are in the box, he just doesn't know how to use them imo. And that has been an issue for a few years now as well.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 6, 2023 at 1:25 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 5, 2023 at 10:40 p.m.
Thread: How bout this
I feel like Kadri probably blocks that in a heartbeat - something tells me he doesn't have a huge desire to go back to Toronto. It's probably good that he would, tho, because I think this is a tough deal for the Leafs. Even with the retention (that Calgary probably doesn't agree to anyways), this adds nearly $2.5M to Toronto's cap and actively makes them worse, I think - especially when you pair it with the Brodie trade you follow it up with.

Put it this way, would you make this trade:
TOR GETS: Nikita Zadorov ($3.75M), Nazem Kadri ($5.6M), 2024 3rd
TOR LOSES: William Nylander ($6.9M), Connor Timmins, TJ Brodie ($5M).

Leafs only clear about $2.5M in cap, while downgrading both a top-6 forward and a top-4 D with Nylander -&gt; Kadri and Brodie -&gt; Zadorov.

Also not sure why you'd give up positive assets for Tyler Myers - a guy that Vancouver would probably ship to your door with full retention for nothing at this point.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 2, 2023 at 1:28 p.m.
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