Recent content by Zee

You know Reaves was bad when the general consensus of the trade is "I can't believe another team took him!!"

I see Treliving is really leaning into the "acquire more Italians for the franchise"

Just watched Bob McKenzie officially retire. No more appearances, sad day. He's one of the best.

I hope Treliving's "DNA change" wont be a re-hash of Burke's truculence blueprint. Pezzetta doesn't make me encouraged

8 year deal too, Leafs only signed him for 6. Got completely hosed on that contract compared to guys like Rantanen and Point

I wonder why he wasn't drafted? He's got the size, and was ranked as a 3rd round pick on a few draft boards. Seems odd that nobody took a flier on the guy with a late pick

Totally fair points on the Nylander vs Knies second contract debate. The big difference is timing, Nylander signed in a flat-cap world, while Knies will be negotiating in a rising one. That alone makes a huge difference. The upcoming cap jump should make his future number much easier to stomach...

That's 2 contacts now where it came in under the value I thought would happen. Why do I get the feeling that Dubas would have given Knies 10.5 million?

Based on where the salary cap is supposed to go in the next few years this is a solid deal for the Leafs. It's already fine in year 1 and will be an absolute bargain by the end if Knies continues the way he's been going

Kinda ironic that their biggest gripe with the Leafs was feeling "disrespected" only to join a team that ships guys out on a whim the second it helps them win. Marner is in for a rude awakening if he thinks the grass is greener over there

Goodbye Marner, it's been nice, hope you find your paradise, try to see your point of view, hope you're dreams will all come true....

I totally forgot the draft was on 🤣

I can't believe they kept it under 5 million. That's a no brainer deal

Not necessarily. If Marner has 3-4 destinations in mind, it would be in his best interest to visit those places and see if he likes the area where he'd be living. Doesn't mean Vegas necessarily did any tampering (ok, they 100% did)

I mean, it was reported that Shanahan phoned the core 4 and told them they weren't being moved, so yeah, it was him.