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Johnm8713

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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 25, 2023 at 5:58 p.m.
Thread: Leafs 2024-25 Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MitchJr</b></div><div>20 man roster won’t work. Too much for Lili imo ($3M max) &amp; Skjei is nowhere near worth $7m. I’d give Niemela one more year to cook but agree on Minten &amp; Cowan 💪.
Only one of Domi or Bertuzzi is returning, but no problem - Jarnkrok is easily a 3rd line player so sign cheap replacement to take his spot on 4th line.</div></div>

We and many other teams have been running 20 man rosters all szn, but yes not ideal. Created a bit of a log jam here that's why Jarnkrok was moved to 4RW - but I agree he is not a 4th line player. Skjei is an unbelievable player, he is a bit overshadowed in Carolina but if you think we can get him for less... sign me up lmao. I don't see why giving Niemela the 10 game tryout would hurt, he's been developing for awhile now and after a full season in the AHL - and maybe he can bulk up a bit too, I could easily see him playing for us next year. I also think we could re-sign both Bertuzzi and Domi - not sure why that other guy dislikes Bertuzzi so much but I think he's been great. Mostly want to re-sign those guys because I don't want to have to commit to Cowan &amp; MInten both being NHL ready next year. Also, with the cap going up the year after and Tavares getting a salary demotion - having both Domi and Bertuzzi locked down would be amazing.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 6, 2023 at 10:07 a.m.
Thread: Lets try and fix this
I think our window to win is right now, and then as soon as that Tavares contract is up and we can have him for cheaper. Nylander is playing the best hockey of his career, Tavares is having a resurgence, Matthews is Matthews, and then Marner is really starting to heat up with Rielly returning to form. I think we should leverage our prospect pool (not Minten or Cowan) to go after those defencemen as I think we are missing one piece back there. I hope we do it sooner than later too. Moving on from Reaves will give us four serviceable lines which without that has been hurting us more than we realize and then moving on from Klingberg, which hopefully happens soon is honestly in our best interest. I don't think there is much worth in keeping all these picks because none of those guys really fit our window. But, only time will tell and all we can do is hope lol.