I agree

He wants to win a cup.

you mean double quoting

he will be 72 before he does that. sorry to break it to joe Thornton fans

Oh crap, don't scream too loudly, TheLeafsSeason's gonna come running with a banner reading «Nylander for sale, 50% discount»

not as stupid an idea as trading a young 30-40 goal scorer for a penalty killing dman

Nope, as good as he is, I'd rather trade Marner. Nylander makes under 7 mil, for just under a PPG production last year.

Gotta love this comment LMFAO
Happens to me all the time

Now now, I am just saying he's not untouchable. If they can get a similar player who fit they're needs better, say trading him for someone like Ryan Poluck, they should do it.

Gosh, are you implying that Ellis is just a «penalty killing d-man»????

Not if you get another core player in return.



Haha yes.

Guess who Tampa did trade. Druoin, for Sergachev. That worked out pretty well. Nylander is better than Druoin, but my piont is Tampa did trade a somewhat core piece to get a better player in the long run.

but then who's filling that colossal offensive gap?

the thing people don't realize is just how rare it is to have not only a 1/2 star centre combo, but to also give them wingers to play with. The fact that our offence is guaranteed top 5 every year because our top 6 is so hilariously stack with 40-50 goal centres and 70-95 point wingers is an asset. Trading that away for a guy who will play solid defence when precedent shows we've been able to acquire guys BETTER than pulock without giving up a star player would make the team worse

like even look at this team, Mikheyev and Robertson in the top 6? Is that really gonna work?

You know what i mean. The core is flawed. It’s been trotted out on the biggest stage, and beat back with a broom for three straight years now. Want to just count Tavares years? Sure. Same story. They aren’t tough to play against. As a bruins fan i hope they keep doing the same old thing. Makes the division a lot easier.

This core doesn’t work, and it’s not going to. Want to make the argument it shouldn’t be nylander? Fine. But one of the big four has to be moved for a return that alters the way the team is built.

He made a really bad choice.

Settle down tiger. He’s hit 31 once. Not sure where that 40 number popped into the conversation.

Right. Getting tired of the «muh big four all the way» mentality. Like it's as if these people wouldn't trade Marner for 28 ish years old Crosby or something anything close to that (to be fair I'd move MM for a 33 year old Sid no question lol)

Ok, I never said he would.

yeah no, he's better than that, a lot better, that was just a generalization

still, on the subject of ellis, he's signed till he's 36 on that contract, idk if I'd want that - his offence could slow down a lot in that time, and as he's rounding off his career willy would likely be in his prime

it would be major kadri syndrome i.e. "never should've traded that guy"

Right. The only guaranteed 40 goal guy in TOR is Matthews. Willy and JT are in the 30-39 goal range most likely

I'm just saying

Why retire? If NHL teams are still willing to pay you 700k then keep playing.

31g in 68 games played lol. that alone is a 37 goal pace across 82 games. And that's counting the first 23 games of the season where his ice time was way less - when keefe took over he got PP1 time and his 5v5 time went up by 1-2 minutes per game, and he was scoring at a 42 goal pace

ya when the big guys are making 2x what he makes

Ok phew, major sigh of relief, carry on (even if I don't agree with 2/3 of what you're saying here)