Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake dissect the Toronto Maple Leafs current cap situation with how they pay the core four and how they have limited resources to fill the rest of the roster. When will this change? How can they ice a competitive team like this? What’s the solution?
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This is sad….it looks like they have to waste another season (prime Matthews too) to get to next season before they can even start to retool.
Evan Bouchard same level lmao
The reason why the leafs continue to get themselves into these situations, is because of universal payback for the sins of Harold Ballard. They will finally win the cup when the universe forgives them.
Praying for a summer training accident for one of the higher paid guys so we can LTIR until the playoffs. Otherwise, Marner has to go.
Tbh the best thing to do here is wait until Tavares is off the books. Marner has a nmc and even if he’s willing to waive it. What team is he willing to waive it for and will the return be worth it?
They don't care about the playoffs. 46 wins in a season was the icing on the cake. It's all down hill from there. Eben when they have money on the LTIR the front office does nothing. I have zero faith in the front office. Treliving is the worst gm in the league.
It's cause the core is wrapped up in forwards. We wouldn't even talk like this if it included a dman and a goalie. It's extremely stupid to invest that much money into 1 type of hockey player.
I like Tavares, and I'm happy he gets to live his dream, but that contract is an anchor.
Steve should be on the effing leaf's payroll, Shanahan should have been chased out of town with Dubas
Evan Bouchard same level as Cale Makar? Points yes, but other stuff no.
Guess inflation doesn’t bother hockey players. Who in the right mind pays anyone to play a game! Uneducated men to play a game. When they retire they get into core jobs. With no education… Hello Yzerman.
Nylander biggest joke of a sign, guy only has 3, 80+ point seasons…….BUST
I can’t understand why we keep saying core 4 when it’s a 23 man roster 🤦♂️ like let’s stop this the money is not spaced out correctly. 4 players can’t win a cup clearly! You’re naming players on different Teams saying core 4, yet those teams may not even view their own team in those hierarchy’s. Like stop it! Chicago had a core 2 then Kane Towes ?
I remember seabrook, Keith, Hossa, sharp, big buff, like it’s not a 4 man team bro. You pay your best players fair market value and the leafs failed at that with the leaders of the team that drive the bus. There’s the superstar of the team! The guts of the team and then the players that surround the guts of the team!
also paying Tavares 11 mil to churn butter
They get paid like this even when they don’t win the cup! Unbelievable how we can keep supporting this sport. Think hockey will hit a reality when inflation gets craft and no one can afford tickets.
You have to know when to fold your cards.
The leafs don't know there is a cap.
Someone should tell them.
I kinda respect the way the Golden Knights work. They're not loyal to their players which sounds like a bad thing, but what's the point in sticking to players that don't get it done? You will end up like the Leafs.
And Avs fans are crying about Mikko’s contract extension is going to be too expensive for his performance even as a multi year 100+ point player. They’re worried about the rest of the team’s contract hit… I couldn’t imagine being in the Leafs cap situation and trying to round out a solid roster.
Trade one of them. Take the best offer to restructure on the fly. Best to find a stud D-man
There are far too many Leafs fans polishing brass on the Titanic. Theyre not below decks where the water's in the boiler rooms.
Every other team is structured with either two D, or a goalie and a defenseman. The leafs are at least 9mil higher and have none of those positions filled in their top 4. The Leafs are built terribly and will either lose Marner and Tavares for nothing, or be back in a very similar position afterwards if we retain all 4. It's not a successful roster. This nonsense that one of them will suddenly produce in the playoffs is not even worth talking about, we've had eight years and nothing to back that up, that's delusional hope.
Berube is a different factor here though…not saying the strucutre of the cap isn't flawed, just saying there are some reasons to think things could be different, it's not just blind faith. He may have said, i want to keep marner, i have big plans for how to use him. I dunno.
4 guys making 11 million or more only team in the nhl this is why they have no cup team not balanced not much money remaining to get no 1 goalie a top 4 d man and good wingers
You stop Matthew or Nylander in the playoffs no one scores because players not good enough to take over the slack
Truth and facts 💯
How are people ok with Woll being a starter? Unproven band aid boy
Again steve you are spot on about the leafs with the cap
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