But then you wouldn’t have had Tyson Barrie in Toronto. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.

Kadri's 19 PIM in the playoffs two years in a row for Toronto would have punched his ticket out of town regardless of anyone else's actions.

lol do the reverse of the Muzzin trade. That’s almost better

Dubas is the greatest thing since sliced bread and the wheel.

Never doubt his genius.

J.T. should have only been an one season deal. Matthews and Marner got their money based off the J.T. signing.

I don't know this Dubas you speak of---I only know the Leaf's GM referred to with two extra letters. Those would be an "m" and and "s."

They got their money because they are worth it and TOR doesn’t do bridge deals

Love this.

Leafs signing of Tavares wasn't a problem. Signing Marner to an unjustified 11m contract was. Carolina's Aho had two identical seasons as Marner and he signed for 8.5m. Then at the time Matthew signed 5 year contract at 11.6m which was too high making him the second highest paid at the time (and still). So those contracts hurt the Leafs ability to sign or keep other players.
Muzzin signed a 5.6m X 4 year contract after the NHL had announced the 2019/20 cap hit was to be about 86m. A few weeks later, Covid hit, then the cap stayed at 81.5m so Muzzin's bloated signing looks even worse now.
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