I’m question to that is, what is Hart going to cost next year when you also have Matthews, Nylander, Liljegren needed deals too? Is Hart that much better than Samsonov 🤷‍♂️ you’d be willing to pay an extra 1 maybe 2 million (6-7) on his next deal. At this point if TOR is not planning on going with Samsonov trade him and go after Saros. You’ve at least got him locked up for the next two years at a manageable cap hit (5AAV) and you can say with some certainty he is a top 5 goalie in the NHL.

Otherwise go with the devil you know 🤷‍♂️

Something like Robertson ++ for Hart and Allison wouldn't be half bad

Just fire the guy and bring in Mitch Love. It's that easy

Is MLSE okay with paying another coach to not coach?
Remember we have no CEO and Rogers is directly meddling as a result. Remember the Masai fiasco?

We need assistants. If you want a guy like Love, bring him in as an assistant and make your decsion when contracts are up

I’m question to that is, what is Hart going to cost next year when you also have Matthews, Nylander, Liljegren needed deals too? Is Hart that much better than Samsonov 🤷‍♂️ you’d be willing to pay an extra 1 maybe 2 million (6-7) on his next deal. At this point if TOR is not planning on going with Samsonov trade him and go after Saros. You’ve at least got him locked up for the next two years at a manageable cap hit (5AAV) and you can say with some certainty he is a top 5 goalie in the NHL.

Otherwise go with the devil you know 🤷‍♂️

I've been a fan of Saros since he first entered the league and would absolutely love it if the Leafs got him. I just don't know what a deal for him would look like.

Is MLSE okay with paying another coach to not coach?
Remember we have no CEO and Rogers is directly meddling as a result. Remember the Masai fiasco?

We need assistants. If you want a guy like Love, bring him in as an assistant and make your decsion when contracts are up

If Treliving’s first moves are a Keefe extension and trading pick 28 + Robertson for Laughton I’m going to punch a wall

Why is everyone talking about goalie trades....

We have 0 need for a goalie

Samsonov is 26 and Woll's 24

Sammy looked good this season and was not playing 100% in the playoffs

Then u had Woll who looked really good in the playoffs for a first timer

Spending assets on a lateral move just aint worth as I got a feeling Woll's gonna be the guy as hes shown massive growth these past 2 years


Cause rn Toronto needs one thing for playoffs. Scoring help

Cap should be spent on forwards who can help with that via trade or FA

How are you okay with 5 million cap on Samsonov??

If we look at Samsonov's situation his prime comparable rn is Villie Husso 4.75mill x 3 years.

He has little grounds to ask for 5mill as if we look at the comparable all had better numbers for multiple years before they signed those big deals. Unless of course hes going very long term

This was his first good year similar to Husso when he signed that deal.

4.5mill x 3 years will probs be what he signs for

Heck u could argue something like Georgiev as that man had his struggles to

In general im more comfortable giving Samsonov 3.8-4.5mill then spending a bunch on Hart or Saros and having it backfire

As what if we spend 2 1sts + on Saros or Hart and either is giving us a 0.898sv then what

Goalies are unpredictable and spending a bunch on one can either help a team or backfire hard

Better to spend assets on forwards as what do we need in playoffs scoring help. (Garland, Konecney, Mangiapane, etc.)

Sammy did his job and got us to the second round something Freddie and Campbell couldnt do but in round 2 we got little scoring.

And for more proof of goalie unpredictability look at the playoffs

Adin Hill who was VGK #3 at times and Bobrosky who sucked for the majority of the reg season are in the finals nuff said.

Samsonov screams tandem goalie to me and for that reason I like using Vanecek as comparable and I love the Georgiev comparable too.

3.4 million is perfect.

Overdrive

Listen to Lebrun talk and trying to picture Topi Niemelä on a Leafs playoff roster is incredible difficult. I like him but he shouldn’t be untouchable if someone asks (for the right return)

Hire Mitch Love for Marlies HC for the season, promote him to Leafs HC next season when Keefe's contract expires (seeing as though Keefe is almost for sure coming back)

Kinda hoping they give the Marlies job to Eric Wellwood.

And IF Keefe is the coach next year no chance he is not given an extension. No way they will go into next season with a lame duck coach. Probably 2-3 years

They just went into the year with a lame duck GM.
Ofc theyll go into a season with a coach.
Lame duck coach is a silly idea anyway. It doesn't affect anything lmao. It's just a marketing term by coaches to secure the bag

They just went into the year with a lame duck GM.
Ofc theyll go into a season with a coach.
Lame duck coach is a silly idea anyway. It doesn't affect anything lmao. It's just a marketing term by coaches to secure the bag

And how did that work out. I look forward to when we are commenting on Keefe’s extension or that he has been fired.

I thought we wanted him fired?
And lame Duck GMs are different from coaches.
A lame duck coach is a marketing term. A lame duck GM however can have real consequences