C,mon Leafs...Please
Rejoint: juin 2015
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The biggest issue was signing Tavares when the team was no where ready to compete. Last summer would have been the 1st time a Leafs GM should have considered adding an allstar UFA.
Matthews is worth it but hasn't won anything yet. Marner is flashy but hasn't been able to show that he is worth more than $9 MIL. Nylander has skill but fell off the map after signing his $11.5 MIL x 8 Year contract. Rielly is an elite 2nd pairing dman but struggles as a number 1 dman.
So tying up $11 MIL on Tavares when he was never worth it, too much on Marner and Nylander as well as not having a top dman before investing in Tavares has doomed the team from the start. Lou is crazy with veteran's contracts and Dubas is crazy with young player's contract which made a horrible scenario for the Leafs.
Paying $6.5 for a good 2nd line center, $2 MIL less for Marner until he becomes Kucherov, $2.5 MIL less for Nylander until he becomes Pastarnak and invest that $9 MIL+ into a top dman is what was needed.
I don't hate any Leaf right now but there is no way the core 4 can win it all because of how much they are paid which leaves nothing to acquire the team depth to go 4 rounds in the playoffs.