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Managing is getting people to do things for you. For GM's in hockey, they have to sell ownership on their plans and get ownership to fund them. They have to get the coaching and staff to develop the talent they have - like Sam Bennett. And to implement systems that optimize the usage of the...

I disagree. This was not the only quote to that effect: May 2024: Within 30 days of that quote, a month before they could sign an extension, Treliving wasn't flying to Arizona to re-sign him - Treliving was talking to the media about trading Marner. Why should a player of Marner's stature...

“When you’re trying to plan the next three, four, seven, nine years of your life, you don’t just dream it up in one day, you take your time, talk it over, think about it some more, talk it over again. It’s not something that I take lightly, it’s not something that my family takes lightly. I’ve...

How could you draw that conclusion if you didn't read it? Marner will never be regarded anything close to that. But Treliving's handling of Marner is likely be in his Leafs GM epitaph as a significant error taking a crowbar to a roster of a team that was one win away from beating the Cup champs.

I think he did. Treliving was flirting with trading him in the media in June 2024. He did not make a great effort to stand up for him nor make it any kind of a priority to re-sign him. Then he attempted to move him at the deadline. For a player of Marner's stature and with his record, Marner's...

Why can't teams score goals without a guy like Matthews? Because they can. But the vast majority of players scoring those goals won't score as many because they're not as good as Matthews - just like most forwards are not as good as Mitch Marner. Whether it was PK, PP or ES, Babcock, Keefe and...

The other side of it also has me somewhat apprehensive. There's all the talk of replacing Marner's 100+ pts - and there should be a bunch of that .. but Marner was also a very good two way player and PKer. Not many seem interested in talking about that part. It would be a large overstatement but...

Roy got a bunch of 4th line duty with Vegas (though wound up with 15 mins/game ..) It is so early. It is like the cake isn't baked but they haven't figured out the recipe yet. They're playing around with Cowan right now - trying him in places - but he makes a perfect, waivers exempt callup...

His history is that he's been a better player than he showed last spring. I expect that he and they hope he returns to form. Part of the premium they paid was for Philly to eat half his contract. He's 900k less of a cap hit than Kampf. Laughton historically scores more. Both PK and are ok...

It was never a good contract Buyout: They would save $0.717 mil/yr from the cap - which doesn't even cover the NHL minimum salary towards a replacement. https://puckpedia.com/player/david-kampf/buyout?s=2025-2026 Kampf would still cost $1.68m/yr against the cap. Seems like the worst option and...

I can't claim to know Roslovic's abilities well. I haven't seen him that much nor followed him. I did look at him some in the past couple of years. Leafs have been rumoured all summer to have some interest. I'm not sure how much I believe it. Career 44% faceoff win% takes a bunch of the fun out...

If there is a bounceback from Rielly after reviews of how he's looked, if Carlo picks up where he left off, if McCabe & Tanev carry on like last season, if OEL does well on the left side as he did to start last year and if Benoit makes the adjustment to the right side or some else steps up ...

I think they have to watch Tavares-Nylander defensively. Domi & Nylander are probably the two worst forwards defensively. I doubt having them together is a good idea. Tavares probably isn't what he once was. Career -15 with the Leafs in the playoffs. McMann has some defensive conscience and...

Like Rielly, Ken Dryden said that he liked being involved with hockey in Toronto and Montreal because you're in a place where hockey 'matters' and therefore, you get to do something that 'matters'. I'm not sure that applies to all players historically - particularly younger, inexperienced...

Nice, interesting man. Very full life. Great goalie obviously. He has some insane numbers like career .714 playoff win% for games he started or .753 career pts win% - helped by having one of the finest teams ever assembled playing in front of him, league expansion and a shorter career playing in...

I liked him as well. Maybe too little, too late but he tried to morph his game into playing better defensively and contributing more hockey. I think he made real progress that way. He sustained that effort when he went to the Marlies. That may have helped pave a path for him towards...

In my opinion, they started burning draft picks and their prospect pool years too soon. These media rumours about McDavid "coming home" seem comical. What would he be coming home to? The roster is older and the cupboard is pretty bare. They can't find a top 6 for Matthews in significant part...

I'm not crazy about the deal. Some concern with the term for a one season high watermark. He does have a decent chance of a bounce-back. But we may be looking at it like we do Kampf & Jarnkrok deals in a season or two. Hopefully, not. Contenders seem to often find players like this more...

It is not twisting anything. It is a blunt set of established chronological facts. In May-July 2023, Treliving declared to the media re-signing Matthews and Nylander was a priority. Look up the video. In May 2024, Marner declared he wanted to re-sign in Toronto. Look up the video. In June-July...

Priority wasn't the reason on its own. It was alleged from years before that there had been a grievance that Marner was not treated the same as Matthews & Nylander. The failure to declare him a priority like Treliving had for the other two would add fuel to that alleged grievance. It is a fact...