Steve Dangle breaks down everything CEO Keith Pelley, President Brendan Shanahan & GM Brad Treliving had to say in regards to the Toronto Maple Leafs offseason plans.
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What changes do you think the Leafs need to make? Might make a video with the best / most creative answers 😉
The only thing we should just agree on is win win WIN.
Anyone ever wonder what this team wouls look like if Shanahan went with door #2 and hired Mark Hunter instead of Kyle Dubas?
If Carolina gets swept tonight there is a great then 0% chance brindamour walks away from Carolina because the owner won’t wanna pay him. And treliving throws a blank cheque in his face.
I was thinking Shanahan would be stepping down this summer but maybe not. He has one year left on his contract and Pelley seemed to speak highly of him, I think they'll ask Tavares and Marner to waive their NTC but im doubtful they will which will tie their hands. Matthews loves Marner and probably goes to management requesting he stays but that money would be spent better elsewhere. im a Marner fan but man im a leafs fan first, so id love to see JT go and if possible move off Marner. im sure it will bite us in the butt but we need change, I love marners skill and effort in regular season but I just can't understand his issues in the playoffs.
Eye test tells me:
Tre has complete personnel authority as GM. Does NOT need Shanny approval.
Shanny is still Pres, but of all the things that do not involve on ice play.
Keefe is a good HC, but not the RIGHT HC to motivate players to the next level. And maybe not the right HC to play a more playoff brand of hockey vs the high octane offense first reg season stuff TML plays. So he had to go.
Tre will not force JT and MM out of town.
The big change in the core four will be:
A new, probably tougher HC.
JTs last season at $11M with a future of being a $4M shutdown 3C, with maybe PP duty as net front presence.
MM's future is totally up to MM and his agent and no one else. I suspect TML will see how things work with the new HC before doing anything extreme. Which would require MMs agreement. If he walks to UFA and goes elsewhere for nothing, $11M in cap space makes that worth it.
They can't afford Bertuzzi.
Keeping Domi would be good. Right kind of player and TML legacy.
Have a solid draft.
Play the young kids a lot to see what they have. Look what that's done for NYR.
Everyone needs to relax.
Players thinking they're close is a joke. But fans worrying solely about getting past round one is also a joke. TML is a long way from beating the Panthers when the Panthers are playing their best.
PS: Dear Mitch, you're the same height as Sam Bennett. He out weighs you by 20+ pounds and plays a much tougher game. Maybe it's time to spend more time in the weight room than playing video games? Ask Sid what a great core can add to your game.
An honest person speaking about truth , Bottom Line is the Leafs are keeping the benches warm for Montreal Canadians. Leafs with always SUCK
Flyers fans watching this – “Hey! I’ve seen this one!”
Maple leafs fans – “what do you mean it’s brand new”
DId Shanahan ever put in past players lockers in the current locker rooms, To generate noise
1951 baby, lets go!!!!!! Lemme guess, another "Rebuilding" year for the Leafs hey? lolololololololololololololololololo.
Love Chief! Wish STL still had him. You want hard-nosed, no BS, direct communication…. That's your guy! He brought the Blues their first cup in 2019.
50+ years of "This is our year(s)!" Rebuilds, shutouts, etc.
The JOY that comes with a wait that long is… Undescribable. Cloud 9 for weeks/months!! Rewatching the last game, Final series, all the series, highlights on a loop, listening to local radio feeds, the season recap, the PARADE!!!🎆🎆🎆🍻🍻🍻. Goosebumps just thinking about it all over again. I hope yall get to experience that sooner than later. At least you have banners to display even though it was the year the Blues came into the league.
Ready to watch all those videos again!
On the bright side I've been watching Easton Cowan play in the playoffs and this guy is going to be something special. He can fill a hole on the skill side in the future.
Yes Shanny the ultimate responsibility IS ON YOU, so Pelley please fire this clown!
A winning attitude comes from the top. I don't mean Keith Pelley, I mean ownership. Pelley said all the right things and there's even a chance he meant it. But his bosses have never shown any interest in winning and that always trickles down through management. The players care – they're competitive guys and they want to win. But the people in ownership are corporate guys who can't see beyond the bottom line and don't want to see beyond that. The last Leafs owner who cared? You have to go back all the way to Conn Smythe. That's the 1930s.
Sure, there are other teams owned by corporate guys and those teams don't suck in the playoffs. Maybe the Leaf owners need to play a couple of rounds of golf with them. If the owners were hell-bent on winning, management would have to have the same attitude. Hasn't happened so far.
Finally, RIP Ron Ellis. I remember Ellis as a rookie playing with guys old enough to be his father – but they won the Cup. Ellis played his entire NHL career with Toronto. He didn't get a lot of media attention and he wasn't a huge star but today's Leafs could sure use a guy just like him. I met him once – a really good, generous guy. Condolences to his family.
In leafland failure is always the option. Bye bye shanny
hey Steve what about MLH huh
You know steve I have always been defined by the last fucking job i did. I work in science. The hockey business is a hundred times more cut throut. Im not revealing anything here. You can milk the fans for a few but you cant milk them forever. Ill shut up now.
An era wasted.
Shanahan is gone if the leafs lose in the first round, or flame out in the second round. It's basically confirmed at this point.
It's hard to be a Leafs fan… we really do want a championship. Let's see if the changes lead us in that direction.
Because there is no magic sauce, no silver bullet.
Winning the SC is hard.
Go Leafs Go!!!
Where is the change. The same guy is still at the wheel. Causing all the problems
My heart sincerely goes out to you all. Somehow , the nightmare has worsened. Just omg.