Steve Dangle, Adam Wylde and Jesse Blake discuss the comments Mitch Marner made in the media. Do we agree with what he said? Do we think results will change if they run it back?
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30 Comments
1st comment! Great video guys!
Ugh Omfg marner cmon man..
I don't think they should burn the team down.
The core need to put on their big boy pants and play like the have a pair of balls
if marner came out and said: "next regular season the first person to f*ck w/ me on the ice is getting punched" I would have been happier, I wanna see passion, emotion, dedication to the team and their goals! instead we got thank you to the GM for being a GM, and "we've gotta be better." word
Sick and tired of the "we need to do better, we need to do more" from our star players. Same old story every season.
Either do it or just stfu.
How long did it take ovie to win? The pieces around has to be right. Maybe the returns arent good enough.
Hit Marner and he quits.
I'm convinced the 2021 Habs broke the Leafs. That was their path to the cup.
They need to train like the Soviet Union back in the day. Maybe then.. Also they need a better coach. I have no idea how Keefe is still there. They need someone who's gonna light a fire up their asses.
Marner is just so soft… i mean you can’t be to critical or tell the truth this team needs to hear because he can’t take it… great player but man he’s so fragile…
Tavares should've taken 9 million minimum.
It drives me insane when you 3 keep talking about the Mitch Matts and Willys contract the way you do. Yes when they signed they asked for more then they were worth at the time but…. It is not their fault they can’t put a competitive team around them. The CAP has been stagnant for yearrrrrrrs due to the pandemic. So lets stop painting the narrative that they make all this money it’s their fault when the team doesn’t succeed. It’s not their fault the cap has gone up like what 3? 4? Mill since signing their extensions.
Tired of the platitudes
2 and 2 always makes a 5. The core 4 equals at least 5 guys salaries.
“We gotta be better”: an interesting caption that in summary perfectly describes what the Leafs need to be. Just HOW they will be harder to beat, if they become that way, remains TBD because as of now the core-four forward group remains together, whilst the Leafs, even with d-man Muzzin on long-term injured reserve (allowing them to use a big portion, if not all, of his US$5.625 million cap hit unless, as unlikely as it is, he is ever medically cleared to play during any portion of his contract [said contract to expire in June 2024]), over this season’s cap by more than US$3 million. I sure hope the first 15 days of free agency were worth it for the Leafs because I’m not yet convinced they’ve gotten much better compared to last season (if they’ve gotten better at all).
It ok Johnny here is your ribbon for finishing 7th.
These guys are all being rewarded regardless of results, they have zero motivation to perform and deliver results in the playoffs. And here we sit waiting for these self entitled whiners to be rewarded again.
The core 4 need a wakeup call. At least 2 (JT, Nylander) need to go elsewhere
Imagine making 11m/per and not scoring 100pts. It's embarrassing. Good kid but his production doesn't come close to matching his contract. What's hilarious is that he'll expect to make even more money simply for being alive at the end of this contract. He's a 9m player tops.
$40 million for 4 players, Steve is right, those 4 players have to DOMINATE teams, when they are on the ice. They didn't. So, it doesn't work. Since they can't dump Tavares and apparently won't dump Matthews, then they will obviously dump Willy this year or Marner next year, or maybe not.
Only 8 teams in the NHL have a player making $10 Million or above. Leafs have 3 in the $10 Million club.. That was and is the challenge for the new GM. It also restricts any trades, becuase in a league where 50% of the teams lose money the majority of clubs simply can't risk that much money.
Earnestly
Sheldon Keefe will not ice tough players
If Keefe doesn't change his mindset he will be jobless by November regardless of the record
The GM didn't sign "snot " players to be press box seats or bench warmers or pylons because keefe wants square pegs to fit in round holes
Keefe needs to change and the team will be better
Talk about micro analysis… no wonder no players ever say anything real until they retire…. The intensity in this market is just nuts…..
His father wishes he played in Nashville because taxes are to high in Ontario. Wish the Leafs management knew this also
The Leafs had the opportunity to break this up before July 1 this year. At this time, they only have a Nylander trade that is possible. Dubas' stuck TML with 4 contracts that were unrealistic in a cap system. I realize Dubas' could not predict covid but he negotiated those 4 contracts as if he was the player's agent. We need some change.
Every year after they get eliminated, they say “We have to be better.” You think? At the end of the day, nothing changes. They get out worked in the playoffs and then head to their cottages to play golf. I appreciate their talents, I really do, but this is getting old.
MORE meat on the blue line requiredm … still, … after 'all' these years.
… as it is it is not good enough.
No playoff ready goalie.
At least one of the top four must go to get beef on the blue line and then, 'still' no playoff ready goalie.
Shanahan FIRED now today
Keefe FIRED now today
… a pizza delivery boy as GM
DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH
Enjoy the three ring circus.
FORGET about the playoffs and winning the cup.
This is the team boys. Sooo don't hate wat I say next but keep Nylander but don't extend his contract. It's win this year or nothing. Ok start giving me the hate comments
WHY watch the Leafs anymore?
Stop talking about the 4 the way you are. It’s exhausting and they are awful takes. Matthews, Mitch and Willy are fine. Where we deviated from the plan is once we signed Tavares for the amount we did. I thoroughly believe this is a coaching problem. That room needs a new voice. That one scene in The documentary where Sheldon talks with Spezza saying I think I’ve lost the room has always stuck with me. Those 4 need a new voice, this team needs a new voice. This wasn’t mentioned in this clip but you’ve brought it up many times, but for gosh sakes, leave Morgan Rielly out of your mouths. Man loves it here, has passion and performs like a mad man in the playoffs and literally just signed a contract here long term. A hometown boy in Ryan O’Rielly didn’t even want to stay here but Morgan does.
These 3 (Marner, Matt’s, Willy) can still reach another level. Tavares? He’s on the decline and is slow as heck and has no more potential as he’s reached his ceiling.
Trust me. With the personnel Brad has brought in this is going to be a different team. I think there will be more passion and more grinding from this team. Reavers is definitely not going to hold back on Marner, Matt’s and Willy. He speaks his mind and calls out BS. You thought Bunting was a Rat? Well Bertuzzi is like Godzilla compared to him lol man steals sticks from players. Domi sure as heck is going to be a key voice in the room because he has been dying to play here and wants to win badly.
We haven’t had character personnel in this locker for a very long time. Ryan O’Rielly was the most recent one in a long time but he couldn’t shoulder it by himself. The core 4 are mainly quiet guys except Marner. Tavares is quiet af, Willy does his business and Matts is mediocre on being quiet.
Anyways, long story short. No point in complaining. This is your team and this is the cards we have. Now let’s route for them because that’s all we can do at this point. Wait until the new season before complaining the 4 are still together. It is what it is. But I do think this is going to be a different season and we will see them get to another level.