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01 Sep 2024 16:58:09
Leafs
Kadri 2 million retained by Calgary
Andersson 1 million retained by Calgary
Flames
Marner (signs extension)
Liljegren
To Utah
Robertson
Niemela
Jarnkrok
Steeves
To leafs
Crouse
Doan
To Devils
Kampf
To Leafs
2nd 2025
Tredeadthing will never do this
Requires imagination and balls
He has neither
Crouse Matthews Doan
Knies Kadri Nylander
McMann Tavares Cowan
Domi Holmberg Dewar
Reaves
Rielly Tanev
OEL Andersson
McCabe Benoit
Mermis Timmins
Woll Stolarz
1.) 02 Sep 2024 01:03:51
It is difficult to imagine Marner agreeing to go to Calgary.
The Flames don’t want an expiring contract.
The chances of Marner resigning with a team that just began its tear down and rebuild last season are slim and none.
Robertson and Niemala and 2 cap dumps will certainly not get the Leafs Lawson Crouse let alone Crouse plus Doan!
2.) 02 Sep 2024 13:17:18
Water buffalo
Why wouldn’t Marner go there
He would be the King of the Town
Something he craves
Jarnkrok and Steeves are not cap dumps
Thanks for the feedback, as pathetic as it was….
3.) 02 Sep 2024 14:21:01
Sorry Wendel but I agree with WB. Cgy is rebuilding, 0% chance of that happening. Maybe Robertson or Jarnkrok aren’t cap dumps but not with a Crouse or Doan.
4.) 02 Sep 2024 22:37:39
In what world is Doan and crouse on the first line Wendel be better if you going to throw insults out to other guys this is horse apples.
5.) 03 Sep 2024 00:26:47
Lol
LeafsGM78
Enjoy the ballerina Marner this year
107 reg season points
Then 2 assists in the first round and will throw down his gloves and soother in frustration
Adding:
Crouse
Doan
Andersson
Kadri
That’s playoff content right there
All gamers, toughness and grit
Read the entire post
Make up the lines as you wish
The Lines aren’t the point of the post
Try and keep up please
Thanks for trying though.
6.) 03 Sep 2024 09:39:49
If the lines are not up for discussion or debate do not put them in your post lol pretty simple.
7.) 03 Sep 2024 16:23:04
I for one, am anxious to see if the new coach and captain brings a new "compete" level to the ballerina. I'd also like to see him drive his own line, not just get 100 points playing with Mathews.
30 Aug 2024 08:32:32
Liking the Rasmus Andersson posts
Flames get
Nicky you no respect me Robertson
Niemela
Moldenhauer
Steeves
1st 2025
Leafs get
Rasmus A
Overpay by the Leafs??
But man this guy would look good in Toronto
1.) 30 Aug 2024 13:19:30
Not enough, they don’t need all the AHL players, they have their own and tons of draft picks. Plus Conroy wants extra from Treliving.
2.) 30 Aug 2024 13:20:57
Not only that you have $0 going out and $4.55M coming back with only 1.2M in cap space left.
3.) 30 Aug 2024 14:38:47
Clarky, there is 2.75m cap space with hakanpaa gone, so a second trade of say Kampf would solve that issue.
4.) 30 Aug 2024 17:05:06
Clarky
They are getting the first
I thought Robertson is an NHLer
Guess I thought wrong
And solid prospects
For one year of a player who probably won’t resign in that circus
Cap space is semantics
Go back to watching old Wendel videos ….
5.) 30 Aug 2024 21:59:23
Overpay by leafs . But not by much.
6.) 30 Aug 2024 23:27:12
Hrenkin
Hakanpaa is not counted towards the cap. Leafs have $1.275M cap space with a 21 man roster.
27 Aug 2024 00:59:12
Wings
Robertson Minten 1st 2025
Leafs
Lucas Raymond 3rd 2025
1.) 27 Aug 2024 10:20:54
I cant see them agreeing to this.
2.) 27 Aug 2024 13:41:51
Agreed LL, plus there is no way Leafs would be able to fit Raymond's contract without removing more salary.
3.) 27 Aug 2024 17:10:40
They could start by moving the pansy ass Marner.
4.) 28 Aug 2024 14:23:13
Wendel we agree on something!
26 Aug 2024 01:46:13
True LW
Knies
McMann
Can play LW
Domi
Holmberg
Dewar
Refuses to sign, so let's assume he is out of the team photo
Robertson
Rookies may make team out of camp, potentially as LW
Cowan
Grebyonkin
LW seems a tad light, seeing I, Wendel Clark am not available, a trade is in order?
Crouse to Leafs retain 50 percent
Robertson Niemela Steeves to Utah
Or
Vatrano from Ducks retain 50 percent
Robertson Niemela Steeves to Ducks
Awaiting the critique, especially from Randy and LeafsLife
1.) 26 Aug 2024 12:49:59
Wendy, I only really disagree with your view on Goalie prospects. I don't know if that package gets you Crouse, they seem to love him on the Utah Sister Wives. Vatrano I am skeptical to pick up, his value is high because he was putting up goals at a Matthews rate for 20 games to start last year. I would hope to swap Niemela with a lesser prospect for him and keep the rest of the deal the same.
Proven NHL players I am more likely to give up a lot for.
24 Aug 2024 20:51:03
Robertson Niemela 3rd 2026 to jets
Perfetti to Lesfs
WendelClark's banter posts with other poster's replies to WendelClark's banter posts
29 Aug 2024 07:11:45
Has anyone made a wellness call on tredeadthing?
Seems he has gone quiet all summer .
So not impressed with his lackadaisical approach as GM.knows where the Scotiabank bank is buts that is it.does he know there is an office for him at Scotiabank Arena?
1.) 29 Aug 2024 19:20:11
I’ve been sick of him from day 1. Comes in and signs Klingberg? He played against the guy for years and knows how bad defensively he is so what inspired him to pay that guy 4+M to come here to our already terrible D core? Then signs Nylander to an unmovable deal. All his moves so far are meh or awful. Marner is gonna walk or he is gonna over pay him. Shanny can go too.
23 Aug 2024 21:26:56
I guess the Sharks overpaid for Askarov right Randy??
Lol
?
How dare they give up a 1st rd pick and a top prospect and an ahl goalie for a third string goalie who can't seem to make the nhl.
Despondent GM's
Hildeby Minten and a 1st would be the Leaf equivalent...
1.) 24 Aug 2024 23:45:59
Hildeby and minten aren't the equivalent.
Hirvonen and no comparable. We don't have a goalie posting .860 in the NHL and .890 in the ahl, he did well in the echl though so hurray for him I guess.
But we don't give our top goalie prospect, San Jose it was close whether they did or not that may be Romanov.
All the outlets are saying Askarov went for top tier prospects, he didn't he went for a wild card in the one playing in Sweden and for a goalie who appears to be an ahl goalie who was next man up in San Jose and got some big league minutes.
Over payment by San Jose. No
Over selling what San Jose gave up? Yes.
2.) 25 Aug 2024 03:13:40
I'll give my two cents.
Media seems to still be in love with Dubas around here. They have trapped on Tre since he got the job. The man could have traded Marner for Makar and he would be pooped on for it.
That said, SJ gave up pretty much what I expected. A 1st+a couple mid tier prospects.
When did we all begin to think Askarov was worth Cowan++++? He's a goalie. Pogge was the next great one, so was Sparks, on and on. GM's know that as well.
3.) 25 Aug 2024 15:23:23
Thank you leafs life, like I said I understand I under valued him. But not by as much as most think. Be an interesting trade to watch and compare in 5 years with the guys that were being offered up in this deal, minten, Hildeby, Cowan, steeves and Robertson. And the combinations of each.
4.) 26 Aug 2024 01:53:01
When did I say Cowan++++ for Askarov?
That’s right I never did
I post all my trades in English
Do I need to post in a different language so Randy and LeafsLife can read them?
5.) 26 Aug 2024 09:11:32
@Wendelclark That wasn't specifically for you. It was meant for the 10 threads of people going on about Askarov I hadn't weighed in on at all. Yes, some were valuing him very high.
22 Jul 2024 22:02:40
Is this it for tredeadthing?
Is that what is meant by a busy summer?
Sign 2 dmen and a goalie
Resigned Domi
Hired Berube and a new scoutmaster
Wow how do they manage all this work load?
They are gonna run it back it appears
There is time yet I guess
But this may be it .?♂️?
1.) 22 Jul 2024 23:48:16
I'm really nor sure what else he can do. He's got very little cap space, and NMC's everywhere. With JT and Mitch on their last year, that's when we see if he fails or succeeds.
2.) 23 Jul 2024 13:59:24
There's LL making another excuse for them. Why make the hard decisions, or the smart ones, when this fan base is the best at continuously giving them more rope and making excuses for their incompetence? Do they sell this Koolaid online or is something you home brew? WendelClark has it right, they aren't doing anything about the real issue, they're running it back with the same group that can't get it done. Not sure why an 8th year of failure is needed to understand that outcome is inevitable but maybe it's because "what could Treliving really do about it given the cap constraints". bwahahahaha. The same constraints EVERY other team has. Clowns. While the current leadership team put themselves in this spot because they are terrible at the job, I can't be expecting them to fix it because it was a lack of competency that got them there, there's no way they have the competency to get out. Time to act Pelley!
3.) 23 Jul 2024 15:45:29
@JDUB Dubas gave everyone who wanted one a NMC. What can tre do about that?
I wouldn't have resigned Willy personally, but that can't be changed now.
4.) 23 Jul 2024 16:26:43
NMC doesn't mean he can't be moved. There are alternate ways to make it happen. Start with letting it leak that Marner vetoed a trade. The media, fans and his teammates would be all over him. There's no way he would want to stay. You can also restrict his playing time. Hurt him in his ego. Bench him and call him out publicly. Tell him you won't be resigning him under any circumstances so no 8 yrs. You see there's lots of ways to force him out if they really wanted to fix their mistake. And BTW, this was a mistake than ran through Shanny, who also prevented fixing this issue when he turfed Dubas last year when he could have fixed it without any NMC nuisance.
Willy is a valuable player for the Leafs who can compete when it matters most. He also doesn't whine about things and plays through adversity and scrutiny, not like Marner. The only problem is that Shanny fired Dubas and Tre twiddled his thumbs and let Willy have a monster start of the season before signing him at more than they should have if they had done this contract earlier.
Stop making excuses for them. They cause these issues and they don't have the brain power to fix them. Mark my words, this organization is going to be screwed for another 10 years if they don't find a way to get rid of Shanny and Treliving before they cause even more damage. This team is not built to win, they don't have the right pieces in place and are handcuffed by a salary structure that they refuse to fix.
Even those people who comment that they'll have lots of cap space once JT's contract is over have zero clue how that works. Knies will need a new contract, Woll's new one kicks in. They'll still need to replace JT's contribution, which probably is about a 7 million dollar value. You already know Tre is going to drag his feet on extending Knies and will probably allow him to have a monster season which only drives up his AAV. And Knies knows he's super valuable to them because he's their best LW option.
These guys shouldn't even run a lemonaid stand let alone the most valuable NHL franchise. Trash!
5.) 23 Jul 2024 18:02:08
oh and McCabe will also need a significant raise from the 2M he's currently on. JT's contract is more than used up.
6.) 24 Jul 2024 04:46:53
How much do you think McCabe is getting? It's more than now, but I'd use Roy as a comparable.
I'd sign Knies long term as well, but I have no idea what's going to happen, neither do you. You're just speaking in hypothetical there.
Every other team does not have 4 guys making 60% of the cap, all with full NMC. If you want a real comparable, look at Trouba. He's not going anywhere because he doesn't have to.
7.) 24 Jul 2024 14:21:18
McCabe will be in the 4.5M to 5M AAV based on his current production. Who knows how high that goes if he has a solid year. They're looking at least a 2.5-3M increase on his cap hit. Knies will be getting at least 6M on a long term deal, there's another 5M increase. Woll's is going up 3M, so just with those 3 players the Leafs will see an increase in cap spending of $11M. There's JT's contract, oh and BTW you no longer have JT on your team so he needs to be back filled. That's the math, not hypothetical.
In terms of Trouba, his situation is completely different. He only has a 15 team not trade clause. He very well can be moved if Drury wants it to happen, case and point Goodrow. Drury took the emotion out of the equation and found a loophole to move his and get his cap space. Albeit they would not waiver Trouba as he's more valuable than that, but they very well could if Drury valued the cap space more than the assets. This is exactly the approach the pansy Leaf management should take. The Leafs management, while I've seen enough to conclude they don't have the skillset to be successful, are not in charge of the team, the players are. Catering to these Gen Z's sensitivities has been the downfall of a great opportunity. While I wasn't a superfan of everything Lou did, he always made it about the name on the front not the one on the back of the jersey. Chasing bloody records. throwing tantrums when they don't achieve milestones that they can use to milk the team for even more money. EAD you babies! Look at history of which teams win. It's the ones where management is the only voice that matters.
The Leafs have squandered the prime years of one of the greatest goal scorers in NHL history! That's insane and disgusting.
8.) 24 Jul 2024 14:22:33
Hey jdud I think coming on here and bitching and complain to everyone is really helping the leafs… leaflife is right trelivings hands are tied the nylander/ marner had to happen last year but there’s one guy holding this team back and it doesn’t matter who the gm of the leafs is as long as shanny is the president none of these guys will be held accountable plus the leafs haven’t had a decent blue line in years so that’s where they focused I personally would of liked to see them get a centre as well but all of them were overpaid.
9.) 24 Jul 2024 14:58:20
Hey 2.0, I'm not bitching or complaining at all, I'm simply stating facts. I agree that Shanny is the first domino that needs to fall, but Treliving has only demonstrated an ineptitude for leading and being a forward thinker on running an NHL team. At no point in his career has he done anything to show that he knows how to build a winner. I don't believe his hands are tied but rather that he doesn't know what to do with them other than keep one thumb up his keester. To be honest I hope he keep it there until such time as he gets relieved of his role. They still don't have a decent blueline. It's better than last year, but only if the old guys stay healthy, and that's a big IF.
The reality is that who even cares about the D? That hasn't been their issue these past few seasons, it's been that they can't score. OEL has 28 goals in the past 5 years and Tanev has 33 in a 15 year NHL career. Thank goodness we'll be able to score now. HAHAHAHAHA.
The player construction doesn't work. This has been thoroughly been proved out. The cap constraints with that same construction amplifies the fact that it won't work. I'm not sure how much more information they need to have in order to get that through their heads?
Who the F cares about "winning" a Marner trade? You get it done because you know the current setup doesn't work. What are they going to do? Re-sign the child to another huge deal with a NMC that F's the team another 8 years? Let him walk for nothing? Or do you get some assets back for him and spend the cap space? oh wait the time to do that has passed because they didn't act quickly.
You show these babies that you are in charge. You don't control how we run our business, we do.
Look at EDM just signing Bowman. There's a GM that'll bring a winner to that city again. Sorry Leaf fans, maybe in your kids kids lifetime.
10.) 25 Jul 2024 09:28:32
I actually appreciate j dubs comments
He is speaking the truth
It’s not bitching at all.
11.) 25 Jul 2024 10:33:35
Read between the lines insiders said that they believed dubas was gonna move off this core shanny canned him and what did he do he called them all up and said it’s ok your safe with me so how can we sit here and really think that it’s been any different with tree I think shanny said we can trade Mitch but only if it’s an overpay. As for this offseason I look at it this way torontos special teams were something that killed them and so instead of overpaying for 1 guy that was sought after he chose to add multiple mid guys I’m not saying this team is better on paper but to say that this isn’t all dependent on shanny is laughable.
12.) 25 Jul 2024 13:00:40
The Leafs could very well have a better team on paper this year and may have another decent regular season but unless they learn how to score playoff goals, meaning in tight and in the hard areas, they'll be out in round one again. On paper the Leafs have not only not added any of this type of player, they actually have subtracted one in Bertuzzi (not that I would have paid for him) . Can Chief change how the Leafs score over the course of the year? I'm not sure he can. He'll be tough on his asks but as mentioned above, the players rule that team, not management. With all the exponential pressure they'll be facing this year there is zero chance that room won't be divided, especially with the biggest baby of all in Marner there thinking he's a God. Add in the fact that new systems take time to adapt and don't always yield the desired results right away, it's going to be a sh! t show if they start off with a few L's, albeit probably exactly what the fans need in order to get meaningful change happening.
If history is the indicator, the Leafs will wait too long to make the required change and then when they finally do, it'll be the wrong decision. The koolaid drinking fans will then give them the excuse of "well their hands were tied".
How bad does this organization need to be to make me consider teaching my son to be a Habs fan?
13.) 29 Jul 2024 01:43:16
JDUB one of the only guys here making any sense. Fk shanny and the core 4. 8 years of what could have been one of the most talented leaf rosters just pissed away. What a joke.
14.) 29 Jul 2024 13:50:00
Thanks Hurdemz. It kills me to say these truths. I love the Leafs, or at least the thought of what they COULD BE if they had proper leadership. I'm pretty sure if they ever won the cup the first 24 hrs would be me simply crying, followed by 7 days of me drunk as skunk.
09 Jul 2024 15:10:48
Dubas is at it again
Poaches Wes Clark
Can he poach Tavares also please???
1.) 11 Jul 2024 02:51:50
Maybe the leafs will go back to taking best player available instead of going off the board all the time it may work sometimes but usually not.
30 Jun 2024 18:22:42
If a player who is not on a 35+ contract retires, then his cap hit disappears.
03 Sep 2024 00:26:47
Lol
LeafsGM78
Enjoy the ballerina Marner this year
107 reg season points
Then 2 assists in the first round and will throw down his gloves and soother in frustration
Adding:
Crouse
Doan
Andersson
Kadri
That’s playoff content right there
All gamers, toughness and grit
Read the entire post
Make up the lines as you wish
The Lines aren’t the point of the post
Try and keep up please
Thanks for trying though.
02 Sep 2024 13:17:18
Water buffalo
Why wouldn’t Marner go there
He would be the King of the Town
Something he craves
Jarnkrok and Steeves are not cap dumps
Thanks for the feedback, as pathetic as it was….
31 Aug 2024 04:56:34
Doan is a solid player
Excellent pickup by leafs can play rw with Matthews
Then they can trade the ballerina marner.
30 Aug 2024 17:05:06
Clarky
They are getting the first
I thought Robertson is an NHLer
Guess I thought wrong
And solid prospects
For one year of a player who probably won’t resign in that circus
Cap space is semantics
Go back to watching old Wendel videos ….
30 Aug 2024 08:27:01
“Wood” do both trades in a heartbeat!
If the Avs want abruzzese they can have him as well
If Utah want Niemela they can have him as well
But of course someone would need to wake up tredeadthing to make this happen…. heard he’s gone into the witness protection program…his new name is Greg Donothing.
31 Aug 2024 05:02:07
Domi Matthews Marner
Knies Tavares Nylander
McMann Minten Cowan
4th Line who cares.
26 Aug 2024 01:53:01
When did I say Cowan++++ for Askarov?
That’s right I never did
I post all my trades in English
Do I need to post in a different language so Randy and LeafsLife can read them?
26 Aug 2024 01:08:38
Geez Randy answer the question
Are you a politician?
23 Aug 2024 22:57:17
Rasmus Andersson.
25 Jul 2024 09:28:32
I actually appreciate j dubs comments
He is speaking the truth
It’s not bitching at all.