Seems like Bert really wants to go to TOR, or at least play with Matthews to bump up the numbers and cash in next year.

Clifford on LW, did you see his penalty shot goal for the Marlies last season>?

Clifford is an Elite goal scorer.

What's the over/under on Leafs fans that wanted Treliving fired or were judging him on his moves so far secretly liking this signing but will still whine about it in some ridiculous way to save face.

The guy who just built the team that set the NHL record for best regular season?

This is a joke right?

The guy who builds teams that lose in the first round while mortgaging the future

Rinse and repeat, it seems.

Wow Huge W for Tree. He’s back

Team that far exceeded expectations

Huge signing for the Leafs.

yeah, i feel like people are forgetting how banged up they were to start the season

Great deal! Exactly the type of player they need.

- Marner has come 3rd in Selke voting
- Tavares has come 8th in Selke voting
- Auston has come 10th in Selke voting
- Kampf has come 27th in Selke voting
- O'Reilly has come 1st in Selke voting (but decided to leave)

Toronto had the 7th least goals against in the NHL last season.

Can't blame him for going all in with the best regular season team in history, cmon now. If he didn't go all in and they get bounced in round 1, everyone would've been angry at him for not going all in.

Also, I think it's pretty likely Sweeney offered Bert $5.5Mx4, but Bert wanted more term and probably more AAV.

To me this signing tells me Bert wasn't going to take a slight discount to stay in BOS, found out he over estimated the FA market, and settled to play with Matthews so he can cash in next FA.

So that means Brodie is 100% gone. Only one hold up though, they are now in a weak position as Teams know they have to trade him and can strangle the leafs for more assets or little return for the leafs

Voting means about as much as All Star Appearances. Tavares is terrible defensively, the other guys are decent defensively, but that doesn't change the fact that Toronto plays offensive style hockey and sacrifices a lot of defense.

Is the expectation really that RR is gonna play 1st line minutes? Isn’t he a career 4th liner?

The Leafs defensive problems (in the playoffs) were a result of poor defensemen, not poor defensive forwards, in my opinion.

Bruins fans in shambles, but I am not sure why. Would 1 year of Bertuzzi have made a meaningful difference for them this year? Maybe at the TDL...

I don't think Bert set out with a one year deal in mind. He was left holding the bag on day 2 of FA.

Taylor Hall took a similar path, only to sign with BUF instead of BOS. Safe to say that move backfired and cost Hall millions.

Why Brodie? Doesn't this mean Murray is either cap dump or LTIR? Even with Samsonov signing a 4.5x4 they should be OK without Murray's cap hit.

I hate Toronto but man this is a steal, nothing negative to say.

Seems like a lot for a fragile guy who will probably be watching half the season from the press box.

Oh! I know this one! DUBAS!

Good old TML,Throwing money at the top 6, avoiding adressing their need for a good defenseman.

"But we got Klingb..."

I said a GOOD defenseman.