Lightsol
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A first rounder we really could have used if Lou Lamerillo wasn't really into signing over-the-hill vets for too much money?Shanny's been here 6 years. Fans can make idol chatter all they want, but it is Dubas and Shanny who decide what moves to make and when. They signed JT and traded Kadri for a song and it is them that will decide whether to sign Petro. Whining about what we did in the Quinn era means shit to them.
At the end of the day the marleau trade should be an Indictation of just how much cap space is worth.
And you say I'm "whining about the Quinn era", but it's worth mentioning that YOU'RE the one most strongly pushing the "trade Marner to free up the cap space for Pietro" plan in here. Which, BTW, is what Quinn was doing in the 00's; trading younger skilled players for veterans in hopes that the veterans can get you a Cup win. It's also what Fletcher was doing at the end of HIS first GM tenure with the Leafs. Neither time did this plan work. I don't see it working now; I suspect the only actual result would be shortening any window the Leafs might have. Pietro is one year older than Tavares. You're assuming Pietro will continue to play as a top pairing defenseman while we're already seeing Tavares decline, and we're seeing Drew Doughty (taken a few spots before Pietro) decline. Again, this is what happens when your plan involves picking up veteran after veteran.