2024-25 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion
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herman
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5817046/2024/10/07/toronto-maple-leafs-2024-25-season-preview/
The Athletic's season preview ranks the Leafs in the top 2 and the team to beat in the Atlantic and potentially the Eastern conference, as other contenders took some significant personnel losses in the offseason, while Toronto largely treaded water up front and bolstered their back end.
Meanwhile, hockeyviz's updated model places the Leafs tied for second in the Atlantic
The Athletic's season preview ranks the Leafs in the top 2 and the team to beat in the Atlantic and potentially the Eastern conference, as other contenders took some significant personnel losses in the offseason, while Toronto largely treaded water up front and bolstered their back end.
Meanwhile, hockeyviz's updated model places the Leafs tied for second in the Atlantic
L K
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I'm honestly not all that concerned if we lose Murray. I'd obviously rather have more goaltending depth but I think Hildeby is due for an opportunity. He had a strong year last year. He looked fine in preseason. Maybe a few lucky rolls of the puck but that's what having a big body helps with.
herman
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https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1843295424062660657
Here. We. Go.
See below for Pacioretty's numbers.
Lorentz is at league min: 775k
Webber is at 825K AAV starting 2025-26, similar to Rifai but a bit higher to sneak him through waivers next year. Two-way deal converts to a one-way in 2026-27.
Here. We. Go.
See below for Pacioretty's numbers.
Lorentz is at league min: 775k
Webber is at 825K AAV starting 2025-26, similar to Rifai but a bit higher to sneak him through waivers next year. Two-way deal converts to a one-way in 2026-27.
https://x.com/frank_seravalli/status/1843294690747224201
They used my bonus idea!
They used my bonus idea!
cabber24 said:
If all 3 are on LTIR they won't need to lose anyone. Well at least not until people start to get healthy. We'll see if that's what ends up happening later today. Jarnkrok's injury certainly didn't seem LTIR-bad but anything can happen I guess.
If Jarnkrok isn't on LTIR they would need to clear about $900k I believe, so Timmins would have to go down.
https://x.com/Kyle_Cush/status/1843299142606757956
Double checked and this seems true. It's why Pacioretty got such a specific contract number and must also confirm that Jarnkrok is LTIR-bound.
Double checked and this seems true. It's why Pacioretty got such a specific contract number and must also confirm that Jarnkrok is LTIR-bound.
At this point the only question is who's in the press box for game 1. Berube seems to love the Lorentz-Kampf-Reaves 4th line, that means there's only room for 2 of Robertson, McMann, and Pacioretty on the 3rd line. One has to sit. And of course on D is Liljegren going to start as a healthy scratch?
https://x.com/markhmasters/status/1843307248208183458
Well early indication is that McMann and Lily will sit game 1.
Well early indication is that McMann and Lily will sit game 1.
herman
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CarltonTheBear said:
It would be fair to say the two of them had meh to middling camp showings compared to Robertson/Lorentz/Holmberg/Timmins.
I suspect McMann will swap in over Pacioretty after game one since it's a B2B and game one is vs Pacioretty's old team, and game 2 is against a faster Devils squad well rested since coming home from Prague.
herman said:
Yeah I mean I'm not going to get too worked up over the game 1 line-up but McMann should be playing every game he can. He's definitely a top-9 forward and arguably the 7th best one in my books. Really the issue is having Holmberg at 3C causes too much of a logjam up front. If the Willy thing is over they should be trying Domi there instead, that opens up a top-9 W for all of McMann, Robertson, and Pacioretty.
herman said:
Roughly they average 29 years old which would make them about 8th oldest in the league (compared with 2023-24 team ages). Canes & Stars were the only decent older teams last year - 5 of the 8 oldest made the playoffs.
Their D averages more than that ~30.x. With their contracts for the D and shallow prospects for the D position, that is going to be their toughest challenge to remain competitive over the next 4 years.
Going forward, LTIR is a way of life for them. They'll need more depth for the playoffs as the older guys get injured more frequently.
Guilt Trip
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Let's see how Holmberg at 3C goes. Tre was speaking with Mike Johnson and MJ said Tre went on about Holmberg that was unprovoked. I think Holmberg had a very good camp and hopefully he can start coming into his own this season.