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    2025 NHL Draft thread

    Admin knows what’s up (Just the guys under contract)
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    2025 Offseason Thread: Spring Cleaning

    Time to get worse players!
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    2025 Offseason Thread: Spring Cleaning

    That might be true! I also recall a lot of warm up shots with no screens, no rebounds, no change of lanes; regardless of shot location, those just serve to give goalies confidence. How many series did we lose because we got goalied? I took a look at NST’s heat maps for that Montreal series and...
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    2025 Offseason Thread: Spring Cleaning

    This circles back to my original point, I think. Aggregate numbers at the end of the series will show the Leafs were 'right there' controlling play and putting up lots of shots. Why did they have all those shots? They had the puck a lot (around the perimeter) against a packed slot defense. Carey...
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    2025 Offseason Thread: Spring Cleaning

    The other factor might be, in the recent stretch, the Leafs have encountered absolute wagons in the Florida teams and prime Boston, and did themselves little favour with divisional positioning. No such excuse against Columbus and Montreal though, and only a little injury excuse in the latest...
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    2025 Offseason Thread: Spring Cleaning

    I think you have to dig into the types of regular season success those other contenders had. For the Leafs, I believe it was a playstyle mismatch. Dubas-Keefe Leafs leaned super hard into controlling the puck and manipulating space, which is like preparing for 2030 hockey. Power Play hockey of...
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    SCF: Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers

    And McDavid to Draisaitl cashes on the late OT power play opportunity to finish the comeback
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    SCF: Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers

    Game is more fun when you want them both to lose
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    Armchair GM Thread 2025/26

    Ah true. It would only solve their future salary issue. If they dumb it up I guess we’ll see him more in one of the Atlantic teams trying to take the next rebuild step. Or Anaheim/San Jose with their prospect arsenals.
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    SCF: Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers

    Ice is slippery around the crease :) my only surprise is he didn’t try to break his fall with his elbow into Skinner’s noggin Edit: I still hope the Leafs can sign him
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    Armchair GM Thread 2025/26

    If Dallas says yes to this low ball, Jim Nill should be fired
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    Armchair GM Thread 2025/26

    For some reason, there is chatter that Dallas will look to move on from Jason Robertson (7.75M AAV for this coming season before RFA). I don't know if the Leafs have the trade capital, but I wonder if something like this could work to TOR: Jason Robertson, Matt Dumba, whatever prospect on the...
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    Coaching and management changes around the league

    Ridiculous lack of Steel town puns.
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    2025 Offseason Thread: Spring Cleaning

    They already told the same story through Kypreos earlier last month but wanted to reach the western demographic.
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    2024-25 General Trades and Signings

    They have cap room now lol
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