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Finally got around to Chris Johnston’s podcast on the Leafs, he says the front office cuts could be deep. Whatever that ends up meaning, it’s hard to imagine Shanahan surviving this. At minimum, he’s gone. I clipped it for you guys...

Absolutely. As part of the older crowd, of which I'm firmly a member, I find myself watching fewer and fewer Leafs games each season. Every year, you invest time and hope, thinking this time might be different, only to be let down when it matters most. I understand it's just sports, and in the...

Many of us saw this exact scenario coming. Keith Pelley rolled out the tired “I just got here” excuse last year, like a CEO walking into a company that’s tanked for 9 straight quarters and saying, “Let’s stay the course.” Come on. Any real leader would’ve walked in and lit a fire. The idea that...

Marner’s gone, book it. You don’t shut down all in-season negotiations if you’re serious about staying. That’s not a player preparing for the long haul, that’s a guy prepping for the exit ramp. As for Shanahan, he’s toast too. The optics are brutal. Jerseys being tossed on home ice twice in the...

So when are the Leafs having the "Shanahan won't be back" press conference?

I'd be stunned if Freddie Andersen can beat this team

The NHL is weird this way compared to other leagues. Nick Jensen just had surgery for "lower body issue".

NMCs should be reserved for the absolute slam-dunk untouchable players. On this team that's Matthews.

I like Woll too, can't blame him for what happened. Home-grown goalie is never a bad thing

If management’s serious about making real noise, they need to hold back some cap space heading into the season. Don’t blow it all in July just because it’s there. The smart play is flexibility, keep room for an in-season swing if the right trade opportunity pops up. Every year, some star gets...

NTCs are fine. NMCs? Never again. If the Leafs want to build a future with real flexibility, they need to draw a hard line: no more no-move clauses. Full stop. You can give a guy a limited no-trade to offer some peace of mind, but the team needs the ability to pivot when things go sideways. A...

All due respect Bullfrog but management has been saying this for the last 5-6 years now. "We're really close", no they're not. When your main players clam up during the biggest moments you aren't close. The core 4 had a combined 2 points in the final 4 games of the series. This happens again...

I can't see any way that Marner wants to stay. He's had enough of the market and the criticism.

Vancouver should be an easy sell for Rielly, a hometown guy with a chance to write his redemption arc close to where it all started. You pitch it as a late-career resurgence, a veteran presence on a team that's knocking on the door. They’d eat that narrative up. And let’s be real: if there’s a...

Carolina won't pay what he wants

That’s the other problem, paralysis by fear. Scared to make a mistake on a star player trade, so they do nothing and pray it magically works out. Meanwhile, other teams don’t flinch at no-move clauses, they move guys if it makes the team better. Ruthless? Sure. But it works. Toronto keeps...

The stats for the "core 4" in the final 4 games of the series are truly putrid. 2 combined points in 4 games and minus a lot. Throw in Morgan Rielly as the 5th man and it's even worse.

Interesting to see if Matthews needs surgery. I assume he does given he was a shell of the player we saw last season.

Tavares was signed before Marner’s six-year deal, and ironically, it was playing alongside Tavares that helped drive Marner’s price up. I’m talking specifically about the summer Dubas was fired, I truly believe he was finally ready to make a significant move, and Marner was the obvious choice...

It’s easy to say in theory, but when the pressure’s on, will they actually have a GM with the guts to make the tough calls? Especially in Toronto, where you’ve got friends of ownership pulling strings, media leaks pushing certain narratives, and far too many voices in the room. Too many cooks in...