Modifié 21 janv. à 16 h 25
Quoting: NorthernLeafsFan05
Its honestly baffling to me that there are people who want the Leafs to buy at this years deadline. The Leafs tried to patch the holes in this roster over the offseason (and I commend the effort), but Treliving clearly wants something entirely different from Dubas. Sell the pending UFAs at this years deadline, go out and address the blueline in the offseason with a "TJ Brodie like" signing (Matt Roy in particular stands out as a fantastic target), and clean up at the draft.
We have enough money and a clearer picture of the future to help us retool this roster to Treliving's liking. This year was the awkward transition phase between 2 GMs. Go out and get a young guy like Frost at the TDL and call it a day
I dont see Brad selling as it makes 0 sense for this team to do. They have their issues but recency Bias also be a thing. FLA almost missed but they didnt sell they stood pat but used the fire coach card, same for some other teams like STL who bought one cheap Dman.
Either make a trade for someone with term to give Keefe a new toy or use the fire bullet to allow u to stand pat at the TDL. Or heck do both those be Brads 3 options rn
Like if Brad went and spent assets for Chycrun or Fabbro or someone thats here beyond 4 months I got 0 issues as it allows em to plan ahead for next year
As then they have
Rielly, Chycrun, and McCabe as their LD going into 2024-2025.
As yea as we learned in FA its a world where u can have 4 or 5 targets but end up with one or two and the end result = often overpaying for said guys
Roy for instance could cost us 6.5-7m or we may miss out
We know Brad had his eyes on keeping ROR, Gudas, Dumba, keeping Schenn, Acciari, etc before settling on the others last offseason
Thats how FA works though cant get em all and they may ask for to much or not want to come.