Brad Treliving is doing a great job.

[Hoglund4MvP]

Leafs will be laughing when their rivals have no picks or asset to trade in the next few years and JT's 11 mil gets slashed in half on his retirement contract.

Even with no big name this year we are contenders

We chipped away at crease and grit issues. Team is good

 

[namttebih]

I think Trelivings hands are tied thanks to Dubas and his top six overpaid players. Hopefully he trades one of them in the summer , if possible.

Not impossible - just not likely

I guess the question is why would they ever “buy in”, they have been handed everything they could ever want. Buying in and going deeper is hard and sometimes it hurts and they have given no indication that they have any interest in doing so. Finally they have never been held accountable by the GM’s, Shanny or Shanny’s bosses period

Maybe if they showed anything at all this week.

 

[BrannigansLaw]

He did great today. He recognized this core isn’t going to win jackshit no matter who you acquire and basically stood pat.

Not sure what people expected we could acquire that would make Matthews, Marner and Nylander actually fight for the middle of the ice or make Tavares anywhere near an 11 million dollar center.

 

[LeafsFan89]

Leafs will be laughing when their rivals have no picks or asset to trade in the next few years and JT's 11 mil gets slashed in half on his retirement contract.

Even with no big name this year we are contenders

We chipped away at crease and grit issues. Team is good

God. What drugs are you on, and can you mail me some?

 

[Hoglund4MvP]

God. What drugs are you on, and can you mail me some?

Why don't you show me how I'm wrong so I can school you on the replies

 

[DraftSchmaft]

Why don't you show me how I'm wrong so I can school you on the replies

This is the grit Leafs need to play with in the playoffs lmao

 

[hullsy47]

I guess the question is why would they ever “buy in”, they have been handed everything they could ever want. Buying in and going deeper is hard and sometimes it hurts and they have given no indication that they have any interest in doing so. Finally they have never been held accountable by the GM’s, Shanny or Shanny’s bosses period

Tannenbaum will hear it from tre .we ll see if Shanahan is back

 

[NMacrules]

No trades to move the needle enough to make a difference. Fire this clown. First round exit here we come.

 

[hullsy47]

He did great today. He recognized this core isn’t going to win jackshit no matter who you acquire and basically stood pat.

Not sure what people expected we could acquire that would make Matthews, Marner and Nylander actually fight for the middle of the ice or make Tavares anywhere near an 11 million dollar center.

Dubas is already hearing it from Pittsburgh fans
He was very tunnel vision ed

 

[nuck]

He did great today. He recognized this core isn’t going to win jackshit no matter who you acquire and basically stood pat.

Not sure what people expected we could acquire that would make Matthews, Marner and Nylander actually fight for the middle of the ice or make Tavares anywhere near an 11 million dollar center.

It is interesting that they didn't spend more. Shanny must not be feeling the heat that so many think he should. Imagine him getting canned because he didn't push Tre to make a deal for Walker. How much of a reduction in cost would there have been if no $4M cap dump attached to that deal? I like him but I heard he was looking for $5M+ on his next deal so I am not missing the add as much as I might.

After SK shut my mouth with the winning streak I am back to wondering if any changes will be enough with this coach. A quick 0-2 against their expected playoff opponent vs winning against some western clubs they would only meet in the Cup final. I know Woll isn't lights out yet but once again the game is over by the 30 minute market and they are 0 for the season. This is the one club they NEED to beat. The adds they made won't change the fact they have score 7 goals in 4 games against the Bs.

 

[ULF_55]

Not even sure why he did anything.

Should have just played the prospects this year.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Leafs will be laughing when their rivals have no picks or asset to trade in the next few years and JT's 11 mil gets slashed in half on his retirement contract.

Even with no big name this year we are contenders

We chipped away at crease and grit issues. Team is good

Leafs have no picks

Keep schooling

 

[Drytoast]

Nobody could have predicted Hyman's breakout with McDavid but we all should have assumed that his numbers would have gone up

 

[peconcan]

I hope I’m wrong but I can see us going back to the first round exits this year. Don’t know if we’ll even make it to game 7.

 

[nuck]

I guess the question is why would they ever “buy in”, they have been handed everything they could ever want. Buying in and going deeper is hard and sometimes it hurts and they have given no indication that they have any interest in doing so. Finally they have never been held accountable by the GM’s, Shanny or Shanny’s bosses period

Is it them or the coach? Dan Bylsma won a Cup with Pittsburgh and never got back there. Sullivan won two with Pittsburgh but hasn't been past the 2nd round in six years. Cassidy had .685, .683, and .714 seasons with the Bs and still got fired but won a Cup in Vegas. It seems like the coaching change is what gets you over the hump, but eventually even the Cup coach goes stale. You can be a good coach but still not the one the team needs. They are stuck with the millionaire boys club because the Leaf's rubber stamp NMC deals. If they don't have a big playoff lets move on from the Brampton Legend and see if a different voice resonates.

I agree they probably should have broken up the core but a coaching change should be the last step before they were to try that. Much easier than trying to get Mitch to waive his NM I think.

 

[Donnie740]

And honestly, the trade with St. Louis last year doesn't look as bad if SOMEONE hadn't decided to just let everyone walk...

Noel Accari is worthless. The guy is absolute trash. Only an incompetent fool like Kyle Dumbass would give him such a ridiculous 3yr contract $2M per. Horrible overpay.

Giving a 33yr old like O’Reilly a 4yr deal at $4.5M per is contract that definitely won’t age well.

 

[Leaf Fans]

He did great today. He recognized this core isn’t going to win jackshit no matter who you acquire and basically stood pat.

Not sure what people expected we could acquire that would make Matthews, Marner and Nylander actually fight for the middle of the ice or make Tavares anywhere near an 11 million dollar center.

Not according to him.

McCabe is way better than Boosh, though, plus he had multiple years. And honestly, the trade with St. Louis last year doesn't look as bad if SOMEONE hadn't decided to just let everyone walk...

Free Agents make their own choices.

 

[tuckerintensity]

He did great today. He recognized this core isn’t going to win jackshit no matter who you acquire and basically stood pat.

Is that why he re-signed the two guys from the core who he has been allowed to re-sign to new deals with NMCs? Because he doesn't believe in the core? Gonna be weird when he re-signs Marner, too.

 

[Maple Leaf]

I'm working hard everyday what about these guys

 

[Racer88]

Is it them or the coach? Dan Bylsma won a Cup with Pittsburgh and never got back there. Sullivan won two with Pittsburgh but hasn't been past the 2nd round in six years. Cassidy had .685, .683, and .714 seasons with the Bs and still got fired but won a Cup in Vegas. It seems like the coaching change is what gets you over the hump, but eventually even the Cup coach goes stale. You can be a good coach but still not the one the team needs. They are stuck with the millionaire boys club because the Leaf's rubber stamp NMC deals. If they don't have a big playoff lets move on from the Brampton Legend and see if a different voice resonates.

I agree they probably should have broken up the core but a coaching change should be the last step before they were to try that. Much easier than trying to get Mitch to waive his NM I think.

I think at this point another coaching change is needed but I’m concerned that the bad habits are already to ingrained in this core group, it’s probably just who they are

Is that why he re-signed the two guys from the core who he has been allowed to re-sign to new deals with NMCs? Because he doesn't believe in the core? Gonna be weird when he re-signs Marner, too.

It’s going to be sad because it’s going to mean another 4-5 years of this shit show and lack of playoff success

 

[tuckerintensity]

It’s going to be sad because it’s going to mean another 4-5 years of this shit show and lack of playoff success

I don't actually believe that. One thing I like about Treliving is his you gotta keep knocking at the door and eventually you'll break it down mentality. Winning is hard. Really hard. And with the current format, it's even harder because the division is so tough (not an excuse, just the truth).

What I find super interesting is that people seem to think Treliving is doing something very different or is hindered by what happened before him. He's re-signed Keefe, Matthews, and Nylander (he's likely to do the and with Marner). He's found depth pieces on both the cheap and flyers the same way we've been doing for years now. Even Reaves, he's certainly the most fighter type guy we've had in a while, but it's not the first time in the last five years we've added that hard nosed, gonna make us tough to play against, character guy.

The process is so similar, it's obvious Shanahan has a vision and Treliving shares it.

 

[arso40]

I think at this point another coaching change is needed but I’m concerned that the bad habits are already to ingrained in this core group, it’s probably just who they are


It’s going to be sad because it’s going to mean another 4-5 years of this shit show and lack of playoff success

Any habits this team has will change with the surrounding players and a coaching change the young kids have way more of an edge then the core really would love to see Matthews get nasty that's the one thing above many that's really missing

 

[Evilhomer]

I don't actually believe that. One thing I like about Treliving is his you gotta keep knocking at the door and eventually you'll break it down. Winning is hard. Really hard. And with the current format, it's even harder because the division is so tough (not an excuse, just the truth).

What I find super interesting is that people seem to think Treliving is doing something very different or is hindered by what happened before him. He's re-signed Keefe, Matthews, and Nylander (he's likely to do the and with Marner). He's found depth pieces on both the cheap and flyers the same way we've been doing forI years now. Even Reaves, he's certainly the most fighter type guy we've had in a while, but it's not the first time in the last five years we've added that hard nosed, gonna make us tough to play against, character guy.

The process is so similar, it's obvious Shanahan has a vision and Treliving shares it.

Everyone in the league shares it. Did Tampa trade any of their star players before they won a Cup? Did Colorado? Teams generally keep star players unless they are forced to trade them for other reasons. It's not rocket science.

 

[Havoc]

Really hope we're not turning on a GM who sent the message that the days of leaking blue chip assets are over.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

not thrilled with the moves he made. I would have much rather done nothing and kept our limited picks.
we have no chance against some of these teams. no chance at all.

last year was our best chance and we blew it. we need to recoup some assets and give it a shot in a few years.

next year is done for, the stars took pretty much all the available cap.

the sad part is, we;re likely never going to win the cup or come close with this core, for sure need a couple or few years to get back to a real contender and then after that just as we start to save a little on the % Matthews caphit, he will be expiring. and our core will be slowly starting to age.

just feels like no matter what we do. we're in for a long while of meh