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Forum: Armchair-GM26 minutes ago
Thread: Muskoka Mitch The Invisible Man
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>FarhanLuigi</b></div><div>I always bring back some Muskoka for back West. Beautiful spot but you'd think the guy would at least give a hoot and appreciate his time off.

Marner in the oC makes a lot of sense. You could probably convince Mitch to waive if you give him a quarantine with THE OC and Laguna Beach reruns.</div></div>

Here's the problem with Marner and his contract. Even if Marner waives there are so few teams that the cap for him. I have gotta believe Marner would only waive to a good team so he can pad his numbers for his next contract. My belief is the Leafs will be better team in 25/26 when Mitch and Tavares are gone. Hopefully a competent Leaf GM can spend their cap better.
With some luck the Leafs will have a few good players on ELC playing above their contracts. Leafs have just Knies on an ELC thanks to the incompetence of Lou and Dubas trading away so many picks/futures for one playoff round win.
Forum: Armchair-GM7 hours ago
Thread: Islanders Fan Does Leafs Retool
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ripclaw328</b></div><div>I wouldn't want to give Lindholm that contract either but that will be the going rate considering how other forwards are being signed (Horvat, Nylander for comparison)
I wasn't sure what Minten would be worth, so the Leafs could keep him and give away even less to dump Reaves
And yeah the Islanders absolutely need to dump Mayfield and maybe Lee, we're way to tight with the cap</div></div>

Gonna interesting what Lindholm gets in his new contract. The reality is, he's a 2C, with two superior seasons. Last two seasons, just an average 2C at best. He'll be near 30 years of age when his next contract starts. Way too iffy to sign him to a long term contract IMO, though they are few UFA centres available this summer.
Forum: Armchair-GM9 hours ago
Thread: on to the next one
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MoxNix</b></div><div>You're correct goaltending isn't the problem but Brad Treliving will blame the goalies anyhow and pay more to get his favorite goalie. A LOT more with 3 mil retention. Then a year later he'll blame the coach. Goalie one year, coach the next rinse and repeat ad nauseum. That's his M.O. while continually failing to recognize the real problem, his own inability to put a competitive playoff team together.</div></div>

As Leaf fan for sixty years, I just can't believe the total incompetence the Leafs have had in their hiring of poor GMs. The last hiring, Trevling, certainly had a average to poor record with the Flames. And that Huberdeau signing, should have banned Trevling from ever being an NHL GM.
If the Leafs really wanted to restructure the Leafs, I don't know why Nylander was resigned. A good GM can find value in cap, If 22m in Marner and Tavares are gone in summer of 2025....as a Leaf fan, hoping that the Leafs can spend that cap wisely, though I really don't faith Trevling as the guy that can do it.