Quoting: MW6
It was not an attack at you or them at all, or any attack at all for that matter? And forgive me if I’m maybe not getting my thoughts through, English is not my native language (i’m from Sweden).
I won’t argue with you about their all around play but I doubt that consensus is that AM and MM are “ 2 of the top 5 defensive all rounding players in the Nhl.”
What are your thoughts on the Leafs committing that kind of cap space to three players when the rest of the team is lacking in depth and all around quality?
Sweden, that seems like such a cool place to be from!
But the way you said "3 'all-offense' players", it sounds like none of them play defence or try to either... Personally, I would have gone with forwards, instead...
My thoughts are they should be looking to move off 1 of Nylander or Marner as, like you've stated, you can't have over 30 million dollars tied up in 3 players... I'd trade Marner for draft picks and prospects and use the cap space to resign Domi, Bert, Lilly and Benoit at that cap space
This then gives us 23 mill in cap space (assuming we move off of Timmins) to work with... Activate Jarny from LTIR and have Minten start the year next year to give 20 mill with 18 players on the roster, allowing you to go expensive for a Rielly pair and a cheaper Marner replacement (Could probably get Guentzel at 8 or could get Toffoli at 5 or could get Turbo at 6 or could get Tarasenko at 3.5, all these are estimates).
I'd then leverage our team and our analytics department to sign more risky players, using the ton of cap space I have and start calling Crosby/someone else about waiving their NMC to go to Toronto (using the Marner assets that I would not want to keep) in an attempt to load up for a 2025 run.
Then, I would resign all my guys as the JT contract comes off the books and Cowan should make the jump to run it back in 2026
I know this is a lot but if you are still reading this; thank you
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