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Forum: Armchair-GM29 juin 2023 à 9 h 9
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>newballcoach</b></div><div>I have been very intrigued by the idea of playing Tavares with Marner/Matthews. I think they would balance each other really well. If you can find somebody who will play well with Nylander you're going to get a clear #1 line, a solid #2 line and probably a middling third line. Kind of the Boston model when they had Bergeron-Rat Boy- Pasta all together.



You very much can. It's certainly not ideal but they also can't afford to attach high draft picks to move him. If they have some idea on what Matthews/Nylander extensions cost it's not a huge deal. I could see them retaining a bit on Murray to move him, but with the cap going up it isn't going to cripple them. (The Leafs are actually in a great spot with the cap right now, but ssshhhh don't tell people).</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>newballcoach</b></div><div>I have been very intrigued by the idea of playing Tavares with Marner/Matthews. I think they would balance each other really well. If you can find somebody who will play well with Nylander you're going to get a clear #1 line, a solid #2 line and probably a middling third line. Kind of the Boston model when they had Bergeron-Rat Boy- Pasta all together.



You very much can. It's certainly not ideal but they also can't afford to attach high draft picks to move him. If they have some idea on what Matthews/Nylander extensions cost it's not a huge deal. I could see them retaining a bit on Murray to move him, but with the cap going up it isn't going to cripple them. (The Leafs are actually in a great spot with the cap right now, but ssshhhh don't tell people).</div></div>

Or you move him because it won't cost much to do so. Jarry is the best FA goalie and he's an often injured inconsistent goalie that will cost way more in cap and term than Murray. And may not even be better.
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>newballcoach</b></div><div>I definitely think they need to look at moving Tavares to the wing (at least on a part-time basis). Dumping Jarnkrok makes very little sense to me and Domi is not worth that. He's an all offence player who gives up more than he creates, I don't want him as anything more than MAYBE a 3C. I also don't think your third line really makes sense, with a grinder/slow guy like Acciari and then Robertson and Nylander.

The Leafs need to find lines that work together, not mismatch cobbled together nonsense 100% of the time (my complaint of Sheldon Keefe, not you). Losing Hyman was a bigger loss than anyone expected and they need to find guys that can play with the stars.

I'd prefer not to give Bertuzzi 6 million (what's he really done) and would love to see more of an upgrade on defence.</div></div>

I agree with a lot of the things you said. I wasn't really trying to find the perfect line combinations, just wanted to express that we should move Tavares to the wing and try to become faster (why I chose Domi). I am actually higher on Domi than most. I think a lot of the bad things you mentioned about his game can easily be cancelled by Marner's play. I also think his speed down the middle is something this team has lacked for a while now. He excels in transition and is actually one of the best in the league at generating chances off the rush. I think if Tavares can adjust his game to something like Pavelski has, then we could form a similar line to what they have in Dallas (Robertson-Hintz-Pavelski).

An upgrade on D is definitely needed. There's a lot of things to be done, but I just wanted to show that it doesn't have to include trading Marner.