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I'm fully expecting us to finish bottom-5 but get bounced out of that pick with someone winning the lottery.

Are you assuming that Jim Nill has secretly already been hired by the Leafs for next season and is sabotaging the Stars for Toronto's benefit?

As painful as it is... we're cheering for losses now. So good job team.

Seattle Kraken 24-19-9, 57 points @ Toronto Maple Leafs 24-20-9, 57 pts Projected Line-ups McCann-Beniers-Eberle Catton-Stephenson-Tolvanen Schwartz-Wright-Kakko Winterton-Gaudreau-Melanson Dunn-Larsson Oleksiak-Montour Lindgren-Evans Daccord McMann-Matthews-Domi...

Yeah I was thinking about that yesterday. I think the fan dream is offering up a boatload of money to Jim Nill, who's contract expires at the end of this season. That would obviously have to be an offseason move though. Trying to poach a non-GM from another team would also likely have to be an...

I actually don't really disagree with the idea that Pridham's "future GM" potential is probably overstated, but I do think his experience in the league (and the connections he's with that) make him the best/only candidate to fill in on an interim basis at least.

I like the idea of letting them both go when the break starts. National media is away, ever so slightly lessening the circus that will cause. Lalonde can easily take over as interim head coach pushing that conversation into the offseason. Team would have 3 weeks to put a new GM in place, or they...

Oh, yeah, I'm stupid. Got it mixed up. Both are colossally bad then.

I still don't think the Carlo trade was THAT bad. I mean a top-4 RHD signed at just under $3.5mil on 3 playoffs runs for a 1st round pick feels pretty fine on paper, even if Carlo hasn't quite met expectations. If Grebenkin explodes into a legit contributor it could turn into overpayment...

Looking ahead to next season, free agency has obviously dried up significantly. I'd love to finally get my hands on Nick Schmaltz though, a frequent trade candidate from Arizona/Utah. Speedy, playmaking centre/winger. He'd almost be a perfect fit for 2C: gives Nylander a playmaking centre for...

Obviously Quillan should be playing. Best way to look at this is that it's hopefully just for the purposes of getting Jarnkrok into more trade conversations.

Unfortunately the league no longer allows those double retention type deadline deals. It was changed in the new CBA (and one of the rules that went into effect this season) that a player can't be dealt with retention twice in a 75-day period. Otherwise yeah we could have secured some picks...

I was curious about this so thought I'd share: Domi's contract is basically buyout proof because it was front-loaded and still has a good chunk of signing bonuses remaining. They would be hit with a buyout cap hit $2.75mil for the next two seasons, and $500k for 2 seasons after that. That's a...

I'd sell high on OEL. Dude's value hasn't been this this high in probably over 5 years and as great as he's playing I can easily see him hitting a wall next year at 35 anyway. I think you can get a 1st there. I'd move Carlo if we can get maybe a pair of 2nds for him. Saw MLHS suggest you could...

Buffalo Sabres 29-17-5, 63 points @ Toronto Maple Leafs 24-19-9, 57 pts Projected Line-ups Benson-Thompson-Tuch Zucker-McLeod-Quinn Doan-Ostlund-Helenius Kozak-Krebs-Malenstyn Samuelsson-Dahlin Byram-Power Jones-Kesselring Luukkonen McMann-Matthews-Domi Maccelli-Tavares-Knies...

Woll HM Rielly Mo wasn't on for a goal against and the Leafs were up 26-15 in shot attempts and 18-9 in shots at 5-on-5. Slim pickings obviously.

Colorado Avalanche 34-6-9, 77 points @ Toronto Maple Leafs 24-18-9, 57 pts Projected Line-ups Olofsson-MacKinnon-Necas Lehkonen-Nelson-Nichushkin Makar-Drury-Brindley Bardakov-Kelly-Kiviranta Malinski-Makar Manson-Burns Girard-Ahcan Blackwood McMann-Matthews-Domi...

Vegas Golden Knights 24-13-12, 60 points @ Toronto Maple Leafs 24-17-9, 57 pts Projected Line-ups Barbashev-Eichel-Stone Smith-Marner-Dorofeyev Bowman-Hertl-Kolesar Reinhardt-Laczynski-Holtz Lauzon-Theodore Hanifin-Korczak Hutton-Megna Hill McMann-Matthews-Domi Maccelli-Tavares-Knies...

It took Brazeau 3 additional seasons in the AHL (and some time in the ECHL) to develop into a NHL player, so I don't really think it's a question of the Leafs giving him a chance. I always thought it was weird though that he didn't re-sign here after his original AHL deal expired, especially...