Justin Bourne, Brent Gunning and Sam McKee debate what moves the Maple Leafs should look to make before the NHL trade deadline.
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25 Comments
I think if they continue to play defensive style hockey like they did for that last little bit where they were winning almost every game they would stand a good chance in the playoffs but if they go back to playing offensively like they did in the last two games then they'll continue to lose
Dubas will make some fluff trades. He is a soft GM
I think one of the goalies is gone and hopefully Holl
Let’s out things in perspective here. There’s nobody out there that will bring the leafs over the top.
luke schenn
Cooking up another first round exit for the bulk of Canada to enjoy? Let’s hope!
Shut up about the goalies , they played fine they both just play bad at the same time , relax
Fire Dubas and trade Matthews for assets before he walks away as a FA for nothing. Trade Sandin and Reilly. Trade Kerfoot and Holl too.
taylor hall or Patrick kane 🤔 i think we will go with Patrick Kane this time around . GO BIG OR GO HOME
Sit back and enjoy the games. There is always next year.
Wooooo! On none 7 9-9 PK X+ Orange LAUGHS fans said "PLAN THE PARADE, THIS IS OUR YEAR, WE'LL WIN THE CUP" Woooooo! BWHAHAHAHA 😭😭for 55 years & counting. LMFAO 🤣🤣
Morgan riley to the 🌝 he is a losing factor on the blue line
Toronto maple leaves are almost like the New York Yankees but without any champions to show for it.
They buy markus nutivaara hes defensive beast killing it every time hes on the ice zetterberg said once that nutivaara reminds him of young lindström
Goaltending is the biggest need, unfortunately neither Dubas nor the Leaf fanboy media can't see it and/or won't admit it.
Columbus will not trade Gavrikov, you're naive
I feel that since Reilly came back the team's defence is gone. I would consider trading him for an high-level forward. Before you bash me, look at his defence chart. He is rated at 4% for defence and 97% for offence on Evolving Hockey charts.
Toronto needs a 2nd line Left Winger and a third line center.
Jonathan Towes after a 3 way trade for double salary retention. No longer a star but would be a perfect 3rd line centre with a ton of championship experience/leadership.
Not another soft winger, add some dam grit or get out the clubs after another early playoff exit.
The only goalie concern would be if both guys got injured again. I think Samsonov can play like a Bobvovsky in the playoffs. He likes the spotlight. I see certain characteristics with his game. Murray has too many tendencies that other teams have picked up on. I do believe Murray can steal you a game but it won't be enough. The leafs are proven to be a very good reg season team but the playoffs its another animal. I look for Nylander to be a game breaker. As far as adding players. I would like to see a Gary Roberts type guy but I don't think there are options? Any guys in EU they can find???
You're being blinded by numbers. First off, the goalies have only slid since the holidays. Maybe a week prior. So we're talking about 2-3 weeks, weeks with few games. Secondly, yall arent considering the in game circumstances when evaluating games with high GAs or bad goals allowed. For the bad goals allowed, theyre only happening when the team is down by 2-3+ or theyre one offs and finishes are stronger. The best time to allow alot of/bad goals is in games youre likely losing anyways. What needs to be of higher priority is timeliness of saves/goals allowed. When your down 3+ get it all out of ya, who cares, thats when its best to be bad…when youve already lost anyways.
Idk wtf yall are seeing around the league cuz theres 1 goalie in the NHL thats seperated from the bunch and it starts with a V. Everyone else is a crap shoot, nearly identical. The only thing seperating the bunch within is the difference in teams they play for.
They need Hrudey on the broadcast to commentate along with the play cuz it seems nobody has any understanding of what's difficult for a goalie and why. Everybody just like, oh 5 hole bad goal. Oh short side bad goal. Oh from distance bad goal. Everything is a bad goal to 99.9% of you unless its a 2 on 0 back door. I know the Krakjen game was not good for Murray and im cool with all the criticism for the lack of qual;ity of those goals. But that was his worst game and by a large margin. The team always slacks this time of year so maybe more should be focused on the 5 in front of him considering thast aspect is showing signs of deterioration….again…every year. I dont get it. Like they had it figured out, it produced all kinds of streaks, pts, franchise records even…then they get drugged or something and their priorities in game shift, then we lose. I dont get it.
Zero grit. First round exit again