I’m at the point where I am just good to grab a 5/6 kinda guy. Grab Tanev in FA. Use our first rounder on a quality player (and keep as a future trade chip).
I still think we a couple too many players away from being legit SC contenders.
im agree about no need to pay big price for a tanev but im nit agree than leafs a too many player away to have succes
for me last TDL by Dubas was a huge mistake. He changed 6 player with 5 new starting player( 28% of line up, outside goaltending). it was way too many change to enter in playoff, vreate a team chemistry, team spirit...
i think in this part, leafs is different.... Never we would saw leafs stepping up as high than what they did with rielly suspension by the past, never. Leafs maybe get better overal line up by the past but honestly i dont think team chemistry never be as high. see player going on the ice and protecting his teammate, we didn't saw it a lot but since marchand/liljegren incident... leafs player was reacting more than ever. its the x factor who can change everything.
florida no body was expecting tomsee this team reaching stanley cup, no body was expecting washington or stl to win stanley cup, not a lot of people would expect tampa finally wi the cup without stamkos.
some kind of thing we cant just evaluating