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We’re going over that TSN Overdrive segment that talked about the idea of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ culture not being about winning and instead being about business.
Reddit Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/leafs/comments/155f1v7/overdrive_its_impossible_for_leafs_to_win_when/
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Mitch Marner was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2015 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams—the first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid
2nd – Buffalo Sabres, Jack Eichel
3rd – Arizona Coyotes, Dylan Strome
4th – Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner
5th – Carolina Hurricanes, Noah Hanifin
6th – New Jersey Devils, Pavel Zacha
7th – Philadelphia Flyers, Ivan Provorov
8th – Columbus Blue Jackets, Zach Werenski
9th – San Jose Sharks, Timo Meier
10th – Colorado Avalanche, Mikko Rantanen
11th – Florida Panthers, Lawson Crouse
12th – Dallas Stars, Denis Gurianov
13th – Boston Bruins (from Los Angeles Kings), Jakub Zboril
14th – Boston Bruins, Jake DeBrusk
15th – Boston Bruins (from Calgary Flames), Zachary Senyshyn
16th – New York Islanders (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Edmonton Oilers), Mathew Barzal
17th – Winnipeg Jets, Kyle Connor
18th – Ottawa Senators, Thomas Chabot
19th – Detroit Red Wings, Evgeny Svechnikov
20th – Minnesota Wild, Joel Eriksson Ek
21st – Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders via Buffalo Sabres), Colin White
22nd – Washington Capitals, Ilya Samsonov
23rd – Vancouver Canucks, Brock Boeser
24th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Nashville Predators via Toronto Maple Leafs), Travis Konecny
25th – Winnipeg Jets (from St Louis Blues via Buffalo Sabres), Jack Roslovic
26th – Montreal Canadiens, Noah Juulsen
27th – Anaheim Ducks, Jacob Larsson
28th – New York Islanders (from Rangers via Lightning), Anthony Beauvillier
29th – Columbus Blue Jackets (from Lightning via Flyers and Maple Leafs), Gabriel Carlsson
30th – Arizona Coyotes (from Blackhawks), Nick Merkley
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17 Comments
Well, … The Hockey Guy thinks every contract in the NHL is worth it – until they are not. The top players are overpaid, and that hurts all of the other players. Yet, the union allows such a high cap for a single player contract in the CBA even though most players will get paid less because of it.
leafs are cooked
Matthews could get 15 mil in free agency. The 13 mil deal I hear for 5 years is a discount. Of course, if he takes less, he could be making millions in Toronto for the rest of his life instead of nowhere to be seen like Sundin but saying 13 mil for Matthews is not taking a discount is not valid. 11 mil and making him the captain would make me happy and 9 mil for Nylander and 10- 11 mil for Marner would be fantastic but Dubas set the standard. but Brodie and Murray are over 10 mil combined not to mention no first-round picks so no kids on entry-level contracts who could step in and outplay their contracts.
Enjoy being a perennial 1st round exit, Toronto. The rest of the league laughs mercilessly at your failure
If you dont care about winning and making lots of money, Toronto is the place to be for these guys, the sponsorship deals alone will ensure their great grandchildren will never need to work.
Look at Chicago. They won the cup in 2015, then the big guys contract extensions kicked in. They never came close again.
They are millennials ! It’s about me ! Me n me and no hard work.
Can't have a Maple Leaf video without someone being salty AF about the salary cap. ;o) Disagree that if a player doesn't take "max value" that he's taking a discount. A team offering Matthews $15M and then can't win doesn't mean that he takes a discount by signing for "only" $13.5M in Toronto. Just as an example – if the Lightning core players take discounts and the Leaf's don't, the Lighting organization is at a significant advantage. AM/MM both maxxed out on their last contract, and if they do so again, the Leafs are not going to win IMO. Who on the Leafs will outperform their current deal? Samsonov and ?.
The maple leafs are screwed! It’s quite the only thing that the Mapleleaf players care about is money! Way to go doofus i mean Dubas.
When are they going to scrap the cap and pay each team and players equally. If you're that great you will be able to sell themselves for sponsorship and make a tonne more. get them working for the summer month getting more money via ads etc if they choose to. Make it simple and stop ripping the fans off by driving up ticket prices with salaries. nobody else is paying for their paychecks and is it really worth paying them that much to watch? I don't know. Give the teams and players raises yearly by profits generated each year just like anyone else does in a competitive work environment. Commissions and bonuses so to speak. and there's no problem ever. The team can focus on being a team and winning together equally. Fans win teams win networks win advertising win marketing might lose a little but we not paying to watch marketing happen. It just seems like a un selfishway to get paid and make it fun at the same time. They are blessed to be paid for a sport they love no need to get greedy and when they do. It is because of the "Market Value" Set by who the players? either way forget the market value and value the teams on a whole and spread the profits throughout the league yearly from one pool. no team make more than another. If no player or team would agree to that then they are just more interested in take our money. I'd be happy getting paid less than a million each year to play hockey who wouldn't? Everybody has seemingly forgotten what they're doing on the ice in the first. ITs fun and you can support yourself comfortably for 6 months of playing not bad. Go enjoy the summer ya know. Just on the brain tired of hearing this nonsense about money and salaries. I mean our core that we have are mostly drafted and I don't want to see anybody on the leafs go. But with the cap Nylander is probably traded very soon. Because no team is going to hold 4 x 10 miilion dollar players on the roster the way it is and that sucks.
I'm a Leafs fan and I hate the Bruins with every fiber of my being for how many times we lost to them in the playoffs but Patrice Bergeron is the definition of what true Leadership looks like because he was all about team success. He talked the talk and he walked the walk. First ballot hall of famer.
Time 4 a retool.
It's not on the players to care what the team cap structure looks like that's on management. I will never blame players for trying to maximize their earning potential.
If they do take a discount wonderful if they don't they don't have to
There was a window to move on from one or two of these players. Shanahan chose to close it, and now the players have all the power.
Players in all sports should look at the GOAT Tom Brady who always took paycuts and team friendly deals to win his 1st 6 Championships in New England!! This allowed the Team to spend money in other areas thereby helping the team get better quality players at key positions!!
Matthews should just play out the contract. He will make top dollar. Toronto is just trying to guilt him out of money. It s his time to make the hay, the sun is shining for him. The leafs messed up by not trading Marner, before July 1st. Big mistake, blaming Dubas is useless, the Virus put the kibosh on his financial plan. Murray is another issue, the Leafs have star power, but they are cash poor. If any team is killed by this hideous cap, it is them. All that corporate money..pity
THE ORGANIZATION DOESNT CARE, GENERATE A LOT OF REVENUE JUST BY THE DRAMA, CHANNELS DEDICATED TO PROMOTE THE WOE IS ME LEAF FAN, PUMP UP THE SHINEY NEW EXPENSIVE TOYS, LOOK AT US WE HAVE A 60 GOAL SCORER, WE GOT THE ISLANDERS CAPTAIN AS ISLANDERS GO TO EASTERNCONFERENCE FINALS WITH OUT THEIR CAPTAIN.
HIRING A YES MAN GM, A REAL GM WOULD HAVE TRADED THE ENTITLED SHINEY OBJECTS, MATTHEWS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRADED BEFORE JULY 1ST TO ARIZONA FOR THEIR TWO FIRST ROUND PICKS #6 AND #12, THAT GIVES THE LEAFS 3 FIRST ROUND PICKS IN THIS DEEP DRAFT, CAN YOU SAY GET RID OF SAMSONOF AND #12 PICK TO WINNIPEG FOR HELLEBUCK, OH WAIT DUBAS AT LEAST SIGHNED ASSETS THAT APPRECIATED IN VALUE SO YOUR LEFT WITH TWO PICKS AND 12-15 MILLION IN CAP SPACE ,CAN YOU SAY ERIC KARLSON? TAKE ON HIS FULL CONTRACT AND GET A #1 PICK FROM SAN JOSE.
I DO FIND THIS ENTERTAINING IN MID JULY, SO LEAFS GET PAID WITH ME RESPONDING,LEAFS WIN, yAY!