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Maybe the leafs haven’t offered him 13mil and that’s why he hasn’t signed. We don’t know.

What about Stamkos?

Yeah, the leafs f’d up by letting it get to this point. They should have taken advantage of any trade windows they had.

Thx. I think that’s the point I’m trying to make. This isn’t a common UFA practice at all.

You could also not give teams a week off before the playoffs starts. You could also not host in season tournaments. But what do I know.

I don’t think the leafs have any actual interest in signing Marner. I think this is a PR game now where the leafs are feigning interest.

Who was the last player who actually did a ‘sign and trade’? I can’t think of anyone who actually did that.

99% it will be Vegas.

I don’t even care at this point if they give him a 6 year deal to keep the aav low. In my head I have them signing Ekblad, Bennett and Marchand. 2 Ontario kids and the maritime boy. Although I bet you Ekblad grew up a wings fan. When in reality all 3 will very likely stay in Florida and the...

What is wrong with me that I want the leafs to give Marchand all the money.

Yeah absolutely, his playoff numbers are through the roof. But it’s the worst round to have a bad round. But I was dead wrong about this guy, I said I wouldn’t trade him straight up for Matthews. I’m not even sure Matthews would be enough to trade for him.

That’s not an unfair comment, and his playoff numbers are unreal. But why does he get a pass for have 0 goals and 1 point in 7 games in the finals last season. Because he was playing injured? That’s ok for non leafs players?

It’s crazy how they are quite literally reenacting VEEP. That show isn’t satire anymore.

It’s not so much a fear but more of an inevitability.

I forgot about Tanev’s contract when I wrote that…. But yeah, that’s true.

Yeah that’s true. I know I’m coming across like a conspiracy theory nut, but I guess I’m just frustrated that the leafs don’t really play dirty when they can.

This is a great post. But is it an anomaly though? Haven’t all the cup winners recently been over the cap? TB wore freaking T-shirts to commemorate that accomplishment.

You are absolutely correct. But I’m convinced had the leafs done this, somehow it would result in a fine or a change in rules. I bet you’re going to see a change in contract rules if the leafs give out a Gourde type contract this year or a penalty against the leafs or some kind of consequence.

Well maybe. It does feel at times there’s a different set of rules for different teams. But it just doesn’t make sense that this league loves to make its best players irrelevant in the post season and then get excited for players like Claude Lemieux for 5 weeks.

The NHL is literally the only professional sports league where rules and style of play are completely different from regular season to playoffs. It’s ridiculous. Could you imagine in baseball if the umpires just decided to call a completely different game in the playoffs? All of a sudden foul...