Leafs Talk

20 May 2025 21:53:02
I'm struggling with the idea of bringing back Tavares he's been a great player for the leafs but I also think removing one guy of the core and expecting different result may not work. to me if you walk away from both they now only have half that core that can't get it right mentally but I also think it would be easy to fill that hole either kinda torn on it what do you guys think?

21 May 2025 00:12:11
Depend son the number. I don't see JT as a core guy after this year. He's going to be 2C possibly 3C depending on how he looks.

21 May 2025 09:02:27
@LL yea but to me you still have guys that have a loser’s mentality in that locker room idk I hope if he stays he defers a bunch of money and the aav is like 4 mil a year.

21 May 2025 15:42:05
@Goat I'd be fine with anything around 5. That's a huge discount. With the lack of UFA's going into a cap jump year, it's going to get insane.

21 May 2025 19:26:59
I'm looking at JT in the $3-$4M range and that's it. I want him to have the mentality that he wants to be in Toronto more than he wants the money. This would be a big enough hometown discount to show that being a Leaf means more than making more millions on top of the millions he has already made.

19 May 2025 16:59:05
Another season bites the dust!
Marner walks

Sign Geekie C (Boston) RFA offer sheet 5 million @ 4 years.
Sign Knies LW/RW 7.5 million @ 8 years
Sign Tavares C 5.5 million @ 4 years
Sign Boeser RW 7.5 million @ 7 years
Sign Pacioretty RW/LW 1 million @ 2 years

Toronto trade
Mathews C
Robertson LW

NY Rangers trade
Fox D
Lafrenier LW
Perreault C
Rangers 1st 2026

Toronto Trades
Domi LW/C/RW
Kampf C
Jarnkrok LW/RW

Utah trades
Crouse RW/LW

Toronto forward lines
Knies/Tavares/Nylander
Lafrenier/Geekie/Boeser
Laughton/Mcmann /Crouse
Holmberg/Lorentz/Steeves
Cowan/Perreault/Pacioretty

Toronto defensive lines
Riely/Mcabe
Carlo/Fox
Tanev/OEL
Nielama/Benoit/Kokkonen

Toronto Goalies
Stolarz SG
Woll BG



Something like this would breath new life in the team! Some depth for the season plus solid team! We already know this version can't win!

19 May 2025 19:48:18
I know since the LEAFS loss everyone is in a major shake up mode. But have you guys look at the Trend with Professional Sports. Over the years I have noticed that Canadian Teams with American Players don't get very far when it really matters when competing and American counterpart. I am not trying to be anti American here. but whenever the games really matter the American players somehow disappear from (Canadian Teams) the game. I look back at the Blues Jays when they won the first time. Most of the players were Latinos. With the exception of Kawhi on the Raptors all previous teams were mostly Americans on a Canadian team and they too disappeared after hearing the American Anthem. Back to the NHL, a team that is currently dominant by Canadian and non Americans these are player play their hearts out. On the Leafs, the Canadian players are trying their best (take Willie and Tavares (I guess I could throw Mariner in as well) as examples. On the American Teams with Canadian players they too are playing Their hearts out and winning regardless of the anthem. Now for the LEAFS every year we go through the same cycle and the obvious (which doesn't make sense decision) is to shuffle the deck and replace good players with you know what and the cycle continues. Changing management and replacing (American player) who don't want to play in Canada is not the solution. Lets look at Tkackuk after heading south THE SCRIPT CHANGED and so many other "Good America players refuse to play for teams north of the border. I think when RE-INVENTING THE WHEEL this year the Canadian Teams should vet players who really want to play for Canadian team (I don't know if that's possible) or else next spring we will see the cycle repeat itself.

20 May 2025 04:14:14
No interest at all in bringing inBoeser specifically. Also, this has JT at 1C. I don't see that as a team.

21 May 2025 09:04:50
Well to start I don’t think leafs can offer sheet anyone as the down own their own picks secondly I agree with LL boeser good player but not a player that I think would work out here.

19 May 2025 13:12:54
There are many things that could/ should be done but the three easiest decisions to me are:
Trade Reilly - this is a waste of 7.5 million
Let Marner walk
Let Taveras walk or make him a third line winger at 4-5 million
Along with some minor decisions, you would have 25-30 million to rebuild.

19 May 2025 14:31:39
Agreed, although I wouldn't even give JT that much. I agree with Berube - The mentality of the team needs to change. And that mentality is created by the core. Tre has his work cut out for him.

19 May 2025 02:14:12
What annoyed me most about this game, was hearing the commentators chastise fans for throwing things on the ice.

They spent a mortage payment to watch this GARBAGE. If they throw jerseys, beer cans, boo, etc. I don't care. It is 100% deserved.

Same as always. Upgrade the D, get better goaltending, doesn't matter. If you spend 50% of the cap on 4 forwards and cannot score for 9 years straight, something is wrong. That's 4 goals in 3 games now.

19 May 2025 06:36:15
Fans definitely have the right to show their displeasure, but not when the play is still going on though.
Apparently jerseys and drinks were being thrown on the ice while the play was still going on. All I say is just wait for a whistle and then fire away.

19 May 2025 13:55:49
Personally, I get why people would want to throw things in the ice, but I don't like it. Yell, scream, boo them, but I don't like things thrown on the ice. Burn your jersey when you get home and put it on social media etc. They sucked. It was a disgusting performance from the core 5.

19 May 2025 01:06:10
Watching game 7 and ENOUGH already. Blow it up I can't take it anymore. One collapse after another. I think after this we can finally say this core was rotten from the beginning. First things first, kick Shanahan outta office pack Mitch's bags. This team needs an overhaul.