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When they trade away prospects and picks, they have to try to fill the prospect hopper somehow. I'm happy to see them get a few more prospect lines in the water. With all the resources the Leafs have, they should be able to develop some depth this way. They've had some success: McMann, Benoit...

A difference between the two is like the Nylander-Marner debate but not as extreme. Both put up points. One of them plays a 200 foot game better. Marners points numbers are also better. What do they have in common: Rantanen was willing to sign the deal he did as Marner was willing to sign the...

They negotiated and came to an agreement with all the modified no trade terms - 9 team no trade list in exchange for a couple of his UFA years? So Rantanen agreed with what could happen to him with respect to a trade. Colorado honored that agreement. As well, the reason Colorado traded him was...

Ovechkin, Price, Doughty were signed under the prior CBA - it was a very different CBA era. Some were longer deals: 10-13 years. No trade type clauses, etc became more popular after that in part, because the cap limited what else they could haggle and the CBA changed. In 2020, a year after they...

Pretty good game for the 2nd of a back to back. With upcoming games against Nashville, Philly and San Jose, they have a fair chance to continue this little win streak.

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From a distance, it looks like they're having issues in both ends of the ice. Team GFA is down .43. Team GAA is up .23 +53 goal differential last year to -1 this year. Offense seems to have fallen more. Some of it strikes me as a team chemistry or coaching issue. I was a little surprised they...

I haven't seen that anywhere There's a general acknowledgement that he has not been the player we saw last season due to injury. His career ppg is 1.15 which matches his ppg for this season. His shooting is off and skating is off, etc but not that far off - not 3rd line center off. During the...

I don't regard Sergachev or Hagel in the same salary district as Marner or others. At the time of the signing of his deal, Rantanen was not as high on the scoring leaders list as Marner but he's never been regarded nearly as good defensively so he is rung down on the cap/trade clause pecking...

If I had to pick a roster that underachieved this season, I would give the Rangers strong consideration. I haven't seen them enough or followed them closely enough to know what happened but from a distance, it does confound some. I recall a bunch of hockey pundits picking them to win their...

A quick scan of the top 25 scorers since 2016-17 when Marner came into the league (which includes all of the Leafs core 4), most have a NMC with all but one now having a NMC or full No trade clause (Rantanen being the most recent addition to that club). Kucherov, the only exception I noticed...

Probably to be expected from missing most of preseason and all but 7 games this season. It will probably take him another 7 games or more to get to decent game shape and timing having been off that long. As well, he has to learn Berube's system. His skating seemed technically decent with...

+1 Matthews looks like he is starting to find his game

Too soon for me. Lets see how they go down the stretch to the playoffs. Both their post all star numbers are not good

I'm not crazy about the Laughton deal - hate parting with 1st rounders. I looked at him last year and revisited this year. He's better than what we've seen so far. It was a seller's market ... Here's the thing that has me on edge: Best case is the Leafs chances to win a Cup are 10% (very likely...

On the subject of 'smarts' ... and the core 4 cap space This Rantanen for two 1sts, Cowan & Minten deal ... (if that happened as many report it did) The core 4 money winds up in a similar place as it does with re-signing Marner without the Rantanen deal. Or if they had traded Marner for...

I was not very excited when they drafted Marner. I had concerns about his size. I'm a fan of him like I am nearly all Leafs players and prospects. I have no special desire to own his jersey or get his autograph or worship the ice he skates on. I get more of a kick out of players like Lorentz...

That likely has some limited merit. But coaches also know defense is a 'team stat' that is accomplished by a group of individuals they coach to play a certain way defensively. Some are better at it than others. Regardless of coach, the last 9 seasons has shown that if you have Nylander as a...

Sounds like Hans Christian Anderson wishful thinking that eludes the facts: https://www.hockey-reference.com/playoffs/2023-tampa-bay-lightning-vs-toronto-maple-leafs-eastern-first-round.html The Leafs leading scorer in that series over Tampa (as he has led in overall playoff scoring since he...

In those 1300 more minutes, Marner played 850 more minutes shorthanded 1:31 per game vs Nylander's 12 seconds/game. Nylander could sit on the bench resting up for his next shift while Marner expended more energy to kill penalties and defend. Marner was also first call on defending leads with his...