2026-27 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion | Official: Sundin & Chayka to lead front office
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That would be great if it is just for a "late round pick"
AFP Analytics had him at $8M/yr x 6 years
That is a lot for 2 good years and one great year greatly assisted by the talent on his team.
But if they're going for the playoffs for Matthews, getting Raddysh helps significantly.
Matthews & Nylander wanted puck movers:
McCabe Raddysh
Rielly Tanev
OEL Carlo
Andrae Villeneuve
The importance of getting this done now is it will help them sign UFAs.
They have a better story to tell:
Their D is improved.
Their goaltending is enhanced with Akhtyamov in the wings and Hildeby providing a capable, healthy platoon
They're about to add the #1 pick overall
They've changed the coach to one willing to adjust the system
Calder Cup finalist depth
They need a couple of centers
dappleganger
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dappleganger
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So, apparently this new front office is going to bring in good players instead of mediocre players. Interesting strategy.
It feels like the Leafs are building a team that spends less time in it's own end and more time in the oppositions end. I like that the group appears to have a plan, and are trying to put that plan together. I do fear that if that is in fact their style of play, they will still have a tough time against teams that forecheck heavily, like Florida or Carolina. However, we never did see what a puck possession team with a good defence and good goaltending was capable of achieving.
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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Some might say a bold strategy, Cotton.
dappleganger
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That is where puck retrievals and zone exits from the back end are going to be crucial.
L K
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Knies (7.75M) - Matthews (13.25M) - Nylander (11.5M)
Cowan (900K) - Tavares (4.39M) - McKenna (975K)
Joshua (3.25M) - Groulx (812K) - ???
Lorentz (1.35M) - ??? - ???
??? - ???
Rielly (7.50M) - Raddysh (8.50M)
McCabe (4.51M) - Tanev (4.50M)
OEL (3.50M) - Carlo (3.49M)
Myers (850K)
Stolarz (3.75M)
Hildeby (841K)
Under contract: Luke Haymes (938K), Micahel Pezzettta (813K), Dakota Memis (812K), Ben Danford (936K), Marshall Rifai (850K), Artur Akhtyamov (900K)
RFA: Nick Robertson, Ryan Tverberg, Jacob Quillan, Matias Maccelli, William Villeneuve, Emil Andrae, Samuel Ersson
UFA: Travis Boyd, Vinni Lettieri, Calle Jarnkrok, Matt Benning, Troy Stecher
LTIR: Domi (3.75M)
Emil Andrae seems like an obvious signing unless the team really just wanted to unload Benoit and Woll and was content with the 3rd. His QO is 874K so maybe just put him at 1M
Robertson's QO is 1.825M...personally I'd like to keep him. I think he's shown improvements on both sides of the ice. I think he's a guy who actually has shown a willingness to push through stuff and I wonder if the new management would maybe appreciate what he provides a bit more. Depth scoring is important and I think Robertson used in the right way could be far more valuable. He won't sign for the QO, 3+ I'm assuming.
Maccelli's QO is 4.110M....obviously not at his QO. I'm not against bringing him back but I think I'd be looking for more physicality in his spot in the lineup.
Quillan (826K), Tverberg (813K). I like the idea of both players. Cheap. Infuse more "youth" into the lineup but obviously if a bigger fish showed up I don't care if we don't have either player.
The Leafs will probably still have around 10M in cap space with a bare minimum roster at this pointg.
Cowan (900K) - Tavares (4.39M) - McKenna (975K)
Joshua (3.25M) - Groulx (812K) - ???
Lorentz (1.35M) - ??? - ???
??? - ???
Rielly (7.50M) - Raddysh (8.50M)
McCabe (4.51M) - Tanev (4.50M)
OEL (3.50M) - Carlo (3.49M)
Myers (850K)
Stolarz (3.75M)
Hildeby (841K)
Under contract: Luke Haymes (938K), Micahel Pezzettta (813K), Dakota Memis (812K), Ben Danford (936K), Marshall Rifai (850K), Artur Akhtyamov (900K)
RFA: Nick Robertson, Ryan Tverberg, Jacob Quillan, Matias Maccelli, William Villeneuve, Emil Andrae, Samuel Ersson
UFA: Travis Boyd, Vinni Lettieri, Calle Jarnkrok, Matt Benning, Troy Stecher
LTIR: Domi (3.75M)
Emil Andrae seems like an obvious signing unless the team really just wanted to unload Benoit and Woll and was content with the 3rd. His QO is 874K so maybe just put him at 1M
Robertson's QO is 1.825M...personally I'd like to keep him. I think he's shown improvements on both sides of the ice. I think he's a guy who actually has shown a willingness to push through stuff and I wonder if the new management would maybe appreciate what he provides a bit more. Depth scoring is important and I think Robertson used in the right way could be far more valuable. He won't sign for the QO, 3+ I'm assuming.
Maccelli's QO is 4.110M....obviously not at his QO. I'm not against bringing him back but I think I'd be looking for more physicality in his spot in the lineup.
Quillan (826K), Tverberg (813K). I like the idea of both players. Cheap. Infuse more "youth" into the lineup but obviously if a bigger fish showed up I don't care if we don't have either player.
The Leafs will probably still have around 10M in cap space with a bare minimum roster at this pointg.
L K
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Can we put the Knies rumours to bed?
We traded and signed Raddysh out of nowhere. We hired Hiller out of nowhere. We traded Woll out of nowhere.
The media clearly doesn't have a reliable leaker inside the front office right now. The fact that there are a bunch of Knies rumours makes me think it's either wishful thinking from other organizations of the media just running rampant with nonsense because of the Treliving stuff
We traded and signed Raddysh out of nowhere. We hired Hiller out of nowhere. We traded Woll out of nowhere.
The media clearly doesn't have a reliable leaker inside the front office right now. The fact that there are a bunch of Knies rumours makes me think it's either wishful thinking from other organizations of the media just running rampant with nonsense because of the Treliving stuff
herman
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This makes be wonder: did Shanahan hire Treliving so he could have the veneer of an experienced puppet to GM the team through?
Literally the minute Shanahan is let go, Treliving is moping around like his strings were cut and had no ideas or convictions or decisions of his own. His best moves were… Ryan Hardy’s veteran depth requests.
Chayka hasn’t even done anything outrageously courageous or smart so far: all he has done is evaluate a need, identify a selection that is a reasonable bet to fulfill the need, and just go for it, and pivot when necessary.
Literally the minute Shanahan is let go, Treliving is moping around like his strings were cut and had no ideas or convictions or decisions of his own. His best moves were… Ryan Hardy’s veteran depth requests.
Chayka hasn’t even done anything outrageously courageous or smart so far: all he has done is evaluate a need, identify a selection that is a reasonable bet to fulfill the need, and just go for it, and pivot when necessary.
I think they clipped Treliving's abilities well before they fired him.
All the machinations to get Marner's cap money for a year plus ... and no one really decent to spend it on with the barren UFA market - which was foreseen on this site and elsewhere. And then the team goes in the toilet. Pelley sat in on the trade deadline. I think Treliving's strings were cut after Shanahan departed but well before he was fired.
I would not have traded Woll like Chayka did - still not crazy about that deal. And I would not have signed Raddysh because I'd prefer a rebuild.
There has never been a presentation that Chayka studied rebuild vs retool and presented his conclusions to MLSE board. They just seemed to go straight into retool because Pelley said as much prior to hiring a GM. So the board is calling the shots on the overall direction. They control the purse strings as they always have.
From that, if I am in Chayka's boots, then I have to sign Raddysh. "My boss wants us to retool ..." On that basis, his decision to do that is defensible (even if the long term is ugly - that will be part of the price of the rebuild later). For that size & term of a deal, Chayka had to get board approval - like all NHL GMs. So MLSE board - the owners - are right behind Chayka on this. Chayka, like any other NHL GM, is an employee of MLSE and he has to do their bidding.
That is no different than when Pat Quinn was GM. Or JFJ. Or Brian Burke. Or Shanahan/Dubas, etc, etc.
When Treliving's team was sinking, MLSE protected their talent assets, as they should, from a GM desperately floundering to survive.
So, in my opinion, that is how it is.
Chayka has been as close to emphatic as he could to knock down the notion that he's trading Knies.
No GM can say "NEVER". If someone hires Mike Milbury and he offers 20 first rounders .. he probably has to do that deal.
The muzzling of leaks is going to curtail some of the wacky media but it won't eliminate it.
Guilt Trip
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Pelley sitting in on trade deadline day is all you need to know. They didn't trust Tre to do the right thing so they babysat him.