I clicked because I thought the challenge would be build the best team under the current cap with the Leafs big 5, but I am glad I saw this instead it is pretty great.

leafs went 2-1 against the canes last year 1 without matthews and finished 1 point back,

rent free

Ok?

just funny how youre chirping the leafs like the canes are the best thing to grace the earth, i know you canes fans think that but theyre not

Huh?

Nah I just thought this would be a fun challenge to do. Also who cares if the leafs “won the season series”. They lost 3 of 4 games to Buffalo this past year so why should I care. Anyways enjoy watching matthews walk for arizona in 2024.

Make the best team under the cap of the leafs 5 most expensive players. No ELCs.

Lol i know you want that just like everyone else cause they cant stand to see him on the leafs, but he aint leaving the centre of the hockey world for a college team, keep dreaming

Mayo & Chatfield? What about Liljegren, Seider or Bouchard?

To play for his hometown team? To play in a market where he would be appreciated? To play in a market that saves him millions? Playing in arizona with the current contract he is under would result in him taking home more money after taxes with a salary of 10m than his current salary of 11m and some change. He is losing roughly a million dollars per year to play in Canada. Face it, when you are making taking a pay cut to play in Canada and you’re American, you would also leave the first chance you got to play in the states. The only way matthews stays in Toronto is if they offer him a salary that is better after taxes than an American team and they would have to offer over 2 million more in AAV to keep him than the next highest American bidder. Face it, he may not go to arizona but he sure as hell isn’t staying in Toronto. You have two more seasons to win with the current core, make the most of it.

No ELCs. Liljegren could be a good option cuz there is some cap space left. If I were to do it again he would likely make it over mayo.

so hes a sellout that doesnt care about winning lmao? appreciated!? hes the king of the biggest hockey city in the world, loves it here, way better team than az, an actual NHL rink. you small market teams just dont get it. he makes up that money in endorsements that he couldnt get in AZ or any smaller market team, you cant compare tkachuk and gaudreau because A, matthews is in a tottaly different stratosphere then those 2 and B Toronto and calgary are nothing alike.

youre just throwing crap at the wall and hope it sticks, theres barely any teams that will have teh cap for him that could also compete, he wont even make it to free agency. there has been NOTHIng to suggest hes leaving,

id put more money on AHO leaving, he already signed an offer sheet and he probably wants to play in a bigger and better market

Pot? Kettle? Have we met? You literally have been doing what you have been accusing Canes fans of doing for quite a while. It’s not “just Canes fans” that think their team is the best as evidenced by your outrageous comments. It is literally every damn fan of every damn sport. Leafs fans think the Leafs are the best, Canes fans think the Canes are the best, and hell, Coyotes fans will think the Coyotes are the best. Get off your high horse, cause that argument is complete BS and everybody here knows it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and you have no right to single out a singular fanbase when you yourself are one of the biggest Leafs’ patronizers on this site.

lol

Ight come back to me july first 2024 and tell me where aho is and where matthews is.