It's happening.

6M per year for 7 years.

God dammit it's happening.
- Scabeh

I dunno, someone else may offer something close and I think he had enough of the Toronto fishbowl, he may not want to get back into that environment.

It's happening.

6M per year for 7 years.

God dammit it's happening.
- Scabeh

Gardiner will be fine. Duchene at 9 I wouldn’t want at all. He’s a 50-60 point player imo.

I dunno, someone else may offer something close and I think he had enough of the Toronto fishbowl, he may not want to get back into that environment.
- Aetherial

I thought he said he’s like to return to TO?

Won’t happen as I don’t think he’ll give up the $15-20m extra someone else can afford to pay him.

It's happening.

6M per year for 7 years.

God dammit it's happening.
- Scabeh

He and Duchene should screw you guys up for years... perfect. 🤙🤙

I hate Dubas.

I hate Marner.

I hate Babcock.

I used to hate Marleau.

I hate hangovers.

I hate that there are no sports worth watching in the summer.

FFS, Dumbass, do something!

Really interested in Bob. He's 30 (31 at the start of the season) and still a Vezina level goalie in a world starved of goalies...but he's going to want 7 and 10mil or something. I can see 10mil on a 5 year deal at best, but who the (frank) is anybody kidding that he'll be around at 38? Especially since his deal will probably be 80% signing bonuses in the first 4 years like all these other mega deals.
- AdamFrench

Flyers? They love gambling on 'tenders and they have the room/need.

8ish milly x 7 ....

Gardiner will be fine. Duchene at 9 I wouldn’t want at all. He’s a 50-60 point player imo.
- ClarksonDavid

He’ll be fine somewhere else, back problems seem to linger forever. We’ll have to listen to “Gardiners great but he gave away the puck because he was hurting” for 7 years.

Flyers? They love gambling on 'tenders and they have the room/need.

8ish milly x 7 ....
- The Law

Flyers are great at giving a goalie a chance, turning on him the first chance they get, tarring, feathering and shipping him out of town, and then wondering why the guy is thriving in another city.

I can set my franking watch to it.

Keep Matthews-Tavares-Marner-Rielly-Dermott-Hyman.

Rest of team all potentially available - at least not 'core'.

Leafs need to become better at special teams, so expect Leafs to add:

- 1 or 2 d-men that can play really well on PK.
- one bottom 6 fw (ideally a C) that is a great PK'er.
- 1 top 6 fw that can play well on PP 'JVR style'.

With Gardiner likely gone and Dermott out with an injury until Dec/Jan; I wouldn't be surprised if Leafs keep Zaitsev and give him PP2 time (With Marner and 'new JVR').

The other main point is to give Matthews better linemates - I like Kapanen, but I think he's not the best match for Matthews either - nor is Johnsson.

I would get another LW (Zucker if available would be great) and then play Moore with them.

Zucker-Matthews-Moore
play Kapanen on 3rd line.

Hyman - Snake - Marner
Zucker - Matthews - Moore
Mikheyev - new C - Kapanen
?? - Gauthier - Brown

trade Johnsson, Nylander and Kadri - for upgrades on D and a 3rd line C / 2nd line LW.

stronger D through trades.

Keep Brown because he can play on all lines in different roles if required (similar to Kapanen-Moore)

and get a decent backup goalie - or even consider getting a new starter instead of Andersen who has proven to not be a solid playoff performer unfurtunately.
I wouldn't go Bobrovskiy at all, but adding Georgiev from NYR or even Talbot as backup could be worth it.
- MaximusAurelius

"Get Matthews better linemates"

*Proceeds to put Moore on his line*

Flyers are great at giving a goalie a chance, turning on him the first chance they get, tarring, feathering and shipping him out of town, and then wondering why the guy is thriving in another city.

I can set my franking watch to it.
- Atomic Wedgie

Lets check to see if Bob is only scared of bears in the forest.

*Actually forgot they had Carter Hart almost ready to go. They won't lock into Bob.

It's bush league having dreger so obviously negotiate publicly for him.

Marner should be embarrassed and dump his agent.


If he does sign with the leafs using dreger as his his agent, i hope never to see an A on his jersey.
- Tumbleweed

Seriously. That's the main issue people seems to have with this situation. The fact that Dreger is a Muppet and helping the moron agent negotiate this entire thing through the media.

It's truly bush league.

We smashed the granny out of them 1 game.
- walshyleafsfan

Yeah, they won the first game here and on the Island because it was their Stanley Cup and also Sparks started both those games.

I hate Dubas.

I hate Marner.

I hate Babcock.

I used to hate Marleau.

I hate hangovers.

I hate that there are no sports worth watching in the summer.

FFS, Dumbass, do something!
- Atomic Wedgie

What the (frank) are you talking about?

https://www.primesport.com/s/sports-schedule


Go Bowling at The Glen
Aug 04, 2019
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, NY

Is the poop

If marner gets offer sheeted for 4 1st rounders and leafs don’t match. I wonder if they go after Provorov or McAvoy. It would most likely be under 4 1st rounders to get them but at worst case it could put philly and Boston in a tricky situation with cap space and having to pay them more then they wanted.

1) None. They don't know how much money they have until Marner is resolved.
2) No-one. They don't know how much money they have until Marner is signed.
3) No-one. They don't know who they can afford to trade and how much money they can take on until Marner is signed.

This may not all be literally true, but Marner is the largest issue to be resolved and it does have cascading effects.
- Aetherial

This is already a win for Marner. When Shanahan was pushing his hometown discount garbage Mitch was probably laughing. I can see Marner in a Islanders uni. They will more than likely be four back of the bus first rounders anyways. If I was Lou I'd do it just to upset Shanny, but I am sure Lou is much more mature than I. Or is he?
- Hardbalz

Sounds petty.

You sure NYI is willing to give Marner $12m+ with term along with four 1st’s when they have Barzal’s contract coming down the pipe?

Also pretty sure that Marner played a significant role in the Leafs’ sales pitch to Tavares with them playing together and winning cups in Toronto.

No my friend, all you’ve posted is some weak trolling garbage. Move along.

Let someone offer sheet Marner, take the 4 1sts...and then offer sheet Aho.
Kypreos was saying if someone front loaded a contract to Aho where he got paid a big signing bonus and his salary this year, Canes might not match.

Could come out ahead by paying the lower salary and having extra 1sts in your pocket.

If marner gets offer sheeted for 4 1st rounders and leafs don’t match. I wonder if they go after Provorov or McAvoy. It would most likely be under 4 1st rounders to get them but at worst case it could put philly and Boston in a tricky situation with cap space and having to pay them more then they wanted.
- bryant

I doubt there is only 1 offer sheet. More would certainly follow.

He's a ok 1C and a great 2C. He will be as overpaid as he is overrated.
- RickJames77

I keep thinking you're Pat.

What the (frank) are you talking about?

https://www.primesport.com/s/sports-schedule


Go Bowling at The Glen
Aug 04, 2019
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, NY

Is the poop
- AdamFrench

Holy frank, that's depressing.

I'll watch a tiny bit of Wimbledon and a tiny bit of the US Open.

Other than that, it's having to talk to my wife and kids until the last week of August.

I hate Dubas.

I hate Marner.

I hate Babcock.

I used to hate Marleau.

I hate hangovers.

I hate that there are no sports worth watching in the summer.

FFS, Dumbass, do something!
- Atomic Wedgie

As long as Marner holds out u til Jake Gardiner signs with another team, he's A OK in my books. Once Gardiner signs elsewhere, trade Marner away.

Flyers? They love gambling on 'tenders and they have the room/need.

8ish milly x 7 ....
- The Law

Prodigal son comes home?

Would make them a playoff team.

Let someone offer sheet Marner, take the 4 1sts...and then offer sheet Aho.
Kypreos was saying if someone front loaded a contract to Aho where he got paid a big signing bonus and his salary this year, Canes might not match.

Could come out ahead by paying the lower salary and having extra 1sts in your pocket.
- BoBBeR56

I doubt Dubas tries to frank Carolina after they agreed to mop up the Marleau mess for us.

If marner gets offer sheeted for 4 1st rounders and leafs don’t match. I wonder if they go after Provorov or McAvoy. It would most likely be under 4 1st rounders to get them but at worst case it could put philly and Boston in a tricky situation with cap space and having to pay them more then they wanted.
- bryant

Unfortunately, he can't be offer-sheeted.

I keep thinking you're Pat.
- GreatGigInTheSky