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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 6, 2023 at 9:14 a.m.
Thread: Toronto
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy739</b></div><div>Dallas, Boston, Toronto, Tampa and SJS were the only teams Tavares would talk to as a UFA
Based on this i suspect he's not waiving a NMC to go to somewhere other then those 5.
Well 4 really as i doubt he wants to go to SJS now under a New GM when the teams become Sellers.

This was thrown in my face when i tried a Tavares for Anderson deal no one could be mad at.
I highly doubt he goes to WPG either way , maybe hold 3 way with DAL?

DAL gets Tavares
TML gets Schiefele
WPG gets Benn

Jaime Benn's style will be over in Canada
I'd give my left nut to have him and for the first time ever some DAL fans are looking to move him cause a call didnt go his way.

Tavares in DAL , i think they will the cup with Pavelski nailing Goalscoring while Tavares takes care of Faceoffs, Playmaking and shutting down forwards .</div></div>

Tavares and Schiefele are pretty even in my opinion. Schiefele is cheaper, but goes to UFA a year earlier so it's probably a wash. Sure Tavares has a big contract, but it's not like he's a cap dump and an anchor. He has been a point per game player his entire time with Toronto (he had 36 goals last year). Yes he's probably moving to the wing at least part-time, but that doesn't make him the cap dump some people think he is.

I'd love to see the Leafs add Schiefele or PLD from the Jets while flipping them some futures. It honestly depends on what Winnipeg wants to do. I don't know if they're good enough as currently constructed, but they probably try to run it back at least next year with their contract situations and then reevaluate.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 6, 2023 at 9:02 a.m.
Thread: Leafs trade matthews
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Howie</b></div><div>Id argue that id rather have Clarke for his career than matthews. Matthews could go ufa and could get both in a scenario. Clarke has the makings to be an insane dman that is rhd. Those are the rareist thing to find.</div></div>

Everybody loves prospects, but let's consider the fact that a centre who has scored 60 goals in a season might have more value than a 20 year old defenceman who's played 9 NHL games.

The Kings potentially could get Matthews as a UFA, you're absolutely correct, but they're bidding against 31 other teams at that point. But I don't really see him going to UFA anyway, and I think anybody trading for a top-3 player in the NHL (top-5 at WORST) is happy to pay the price.

I'm also MUCH MUCH happier if the Leafs pay Matthews whatever he wants and keep him
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 6, 2023 at 8:57 a.m.
Thread: Changing the D
I completely disagree with your premise the Leafs have bad asset management. They've been in a playoff position for the last 7 years. Teams in playoff positions don't flip impending UFA's for draft picks. That would not at all have made the team better. They've done an excellent job of turning a player like Kapanen (who's been waived and given away for free) into drat picks and prospects. I don't agree with your criticism at all.

Not resigning players because you don't want to pay for their inflated UFA contract is good asset management, not bad (cap space is an asset). Keeping Hyman would have been nice, but would have been extremely difficult. The Leafs would not be better if they'd resigned JVR or Bozak to big deals, in fact they'd be much worse.

Trading Brodie because he's a year away from being an UFA is not the answer. Smart teams don't make themselves worse at a position for draft picks, which is what you've done here. Trading Brodie and Timmins is a terrible idea. Instead you've given away 15 million in UFA deals and made it extremely difficult to resign Matthews and Nylander. Seems like exactly the opposite of what you'd want to do.