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Forum: NHLSep. 19, 2022 at 5:15 p.m.
Thread: 2022-23 NHL Pre-Season Discussion Thread #1: The Boys Are Back
<div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Awesome choice! We expect big season from Jack Hughes. Wouldn't be surprised if he'll score +100 points. <a href="https://t.co/Th9wDuWOPW" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/Th9wDuWOPW</a> <a href="https://t.co/n7m41jiDg6" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/n7m41jiDg6</a></p>— Andy &amp; Rono (@ARHockeyStats) <a href="https://twitter.com/ARHockeyStats/status/1571964022311866373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">September 19, 2022</a></blockquote>

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<div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our model believes Elias Pettersson will have a bounce-back season! And we hope as well. We really like him. Fun to watch player. <a href="https://t.co/GvSGeF67KI" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/GvSGeF67KI</a> <a href="https://t.co/dHmNGK3fvc" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/dHmNGK3fvc</a></p>— Andy &amp; Rono (@ARHockeyStats) <a href="https://twitter.com/ARHockeyStats/status/1571964555286421508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">September 19, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Forum: NHLSep. 19, 2022 at 1:08 a.m.
Thread: 2022-23 NHL Pre-Season Discussion Thread #1: The Boys Are Back
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Devil</b></div><div><div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Post Malone sustained an upper-body injury Saturday but did return to action. Gotta be tough if you wear the Blue Note and he did not disappoint. Glad you’re OK, <a href="https://twitter.com/PostMalone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@PostMalone</a>. Can’t wait to see you back in the Lou. <a href="https://t.co/oF60H8GDpJ" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/oF60H8GDpJ</a></p>— St. Louis Blues (<a href="/users/StLouisBlues" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@StLouisBlues</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/StLouisBlues/status/1571558759893463040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">September 18, 2022</a></blockquote>

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Forum: NHLSep. 18, 2022 at 7:04 p.m.
Thread: 2022-23 NHL Pre-Season Discussion Thread #1: The Boys Are Back
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DirtyDangle</b></div><div>toronto is up against the cap with a 20 man roster and still have sandin left to sign/trade.

hypothetically if the leafs can't find a trade and decide to waive a player to make cap room should they waive kerfoot, holl, or another player.

kerfoot is a better player than holl but he's also more expensive so waiving him creates more space. leafs aren't as deep on d so holl is harder to replace especially if sandin holds out or gets traded.

i think id rather waive engvall but i dont see that happening since he was just extended. i have a hard time choosing between kerfoot and holl.</div></div>

Waiving either of Kerfoot or Holl would earn the leafs 1.15 mil in cap space (it doesn’t make a difference which one is waived, it’s the same amount of cap space either way). That’s probably enough to accommodate Sandin at this point, but not enough for Sandin and someone else, leaving them with a 20 man roster still.

So no, neither player is getting waived, it doesn’t create enough space, and it would lower their trade value. No logic in waiving them.

As for which one I’d rather trade, I’d personally rather trade Holl as they have more depth on d then top 6 forwards, and Kerfoot is the better player, but they do gain more cap space in trading Kerfoot.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 18, 2022 at 9:04 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 18, 2022 at 9:39 a.m.
Thread: where dubas went wrong
Here's my take on Dubai's mistakes. And I also blame total Leaf management. Where are all these high priced executives, helping laying out a plan especially getting comparables in contract negotiations.

Matthews contract. At the time, no way should have Matthews have got the second highest salary in the league (after McDavid) especially on a five year deal. Apparently earlier in the year, Matthews offered the Leafs a 5 year deal at 9.5m, but the Leafs turned him down hoping for a longer deal. Then the Leafs agreed to a five year deal at 11.6m, throwing away 2,6m in cap.
One reason Matthews wanted a short term deal was because the incompetent Babcock was coach. Apparently Matthews had little respect for Babcock. Now if Babcock had not been Leaf coach maybe he would have signed for eight years.

Marner. Always a stunner to me. Aho of Carolina who identical stats for two seasons signed a 8.5m X 5 years with Carolina after the Habs offer sheeted him. Somehow Marner got over 2m per season on a six year deal...10.69m, when the deal was made in the same summer as Aho's

I'm not so critical of Tavares contract.....as who was suspect the cap would remain so low due to Covid. Muzzin resigned just prior to Covid, so his 5.6m contract would have been much lower even if he had gone to UFA. Maybe the Muzzin trade wasn't such a big mistake but the extension was.

Horrible signing of Mrzarek and then the trade for the even more expensive Murray

Kadri trade. The Leafs believed that Barrie at RHD was going to make a difference for a year. As it turned out, Barrie (by my analysis ) was the worse Leaf Dman in his only Leaf season. So the trade wasn't for Kerfoot for Kadri, but Kerfoot and Barrie for Kadri. Like Barrie, Kadri would not have resigned as a UFA with the Leafs. I think Kadri's term is way too much in his new contract.

Hyman. Loved Hyman but his 7 year term is too much....

Nothing wrong with Engvall making 2.2m this season, but he will be a UFA next summer.

Leafs over the years....even going back to Fletcher, Quinn, Burke, Lou and Dubas. Given away way too many draft picks or young players due to "going for it" or getting out of bad contracts. One of the most important jobs of a GM is to manage the cap well....and the Leafs haven't done that well at all for generations.
When Matthews, Nylander, Muzzin and Murray are gone as UFA in the summer of 2024, the Leafs will have cap but really few good ELC players to take over their roles. The Leafs have few NHL prospects and certainly even fewer "different maker" prospects.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 17, 2022 at 1:16 p.m.
Thread: who says no
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Isles5513</b></div><div>I’m not a fan of Scheifele’s on ice bull****, but he couldn’t have described this situation better. IMO Bowness should be fired today. It’s a terrible look for that organization. They should be ****ing embarrassed.

"It's kind of hard to digest right now because I
have not had really any conversations with
anyone about it. Players, coaches, staff, kinda
anything," Scheifele told ESPN. "I think it will
definitely be interesting to get their input on why
they decided to do it and what was the reasoning.
Blake's been the heart and soul of his team for a
long time, so it definitely was a shock to me to
hear it. I'm definitely excited to hear what the
reasoning is."

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/34604762/winnipeg-jets-strip-blake-wheeler-captaincy-use-collection-alternate-captains</div></div>

Bowness said he waited to speak to the players to make the decision. It’s not up to scheifele what happens with the leadership core. It’s the coaches decision. That line of thinking is exactly why the room got to where it was when Maurice was running the show. Wheeler and scheifele had waaaaay to much control over what was going on. Bowness needed to take that control back. There’s obviously something going on in the room that after discussion with players he felt it was right to strip wheeler of the C. He talked about other players being on a level playing field in terms of leadership and the ability to speak in the room. That wasn’t there when wheeler and scheifele ran the show. We saw guys like Ehlers, Connor, Morrissey and stastny speak up at the end of the year about the lack of accountability and respect on the team. It’s pretty clear to me something needed to change.

Clearly the jets tried to move wheeler this summer, no one would take him so he’s back. At that point you can’t have him stay captain after almost trading him in the offseason. There was clearly a mutual desire to head their separate ways, sort of awkward for him to come back and be the captain.

Wheeler said it himself, wearing the C was at times a burden on him, I think you see a bit of a rejuvenated wheeler this year.