There's certainly an argument to that. This team would have to be completely decimated from top-to-bottom to fit a Barry Trotz style. The team would be boring, but they'd get to the 2nd round of the playoffs. I think he's one of the best defensive coaches in hockey and in 23 years of coaching, he has 1 cup. I believe he's made it to the conference finals once as well (twice including the cup year).

There are no guarantees. This Leafs team is capable of a lot more and in my opinion they don't need to blow it up and change everything about everything to do so.
- Monkeypunk

You wouldnt need to blow up anything
Just change some of the supporting cast. Trotz would turn this team into a true contender that got results in the playoffs.
Until the team turned on him, but if they won a cup by then, who cares
Also, id take boring hockey that wins in the playoffs any day

Nichushkin's deal kind of blows

Leafs might be the only team not to announce their qualifying decisions. Stuff leaked out about Kase and Engvall, presumably from the players’ side. So no word on a bunch, specifically Sandin. Very weird IMO.

You wouldnt need to blow up anything
Just change some of the supporting cast. Trotz would turn this team into a true contender that got results in the playoffs.
Until the team turned on him, but if they won a cup by then, who cares
Also, id take boring hockey that wins in the playoffs any day
- Fakepartofme

Babcock is available

A lot of RFAs not qualified this year, seems like a lot more then normal

6.125 AAV for Nichushkin. Is that right? Wow, that's a lot.

Nichushkin off the board.

8 years in Colorado.
- joel878

Not surprised. Kadri, malkin and gaudreau going to free agency are the big names. It would be so rare for nichuskin, forsberg to join them.

Plus Colorado cant let everyone walk

A lot of RFAs not qualified this year, seems like a lot more then normal
- Archaic

Sonny Milano, my favourite character from the Godfather is available

Yeesh, Flames are on the knifes edge. Could swing hard one way or the other.

Gaudreau heads for greener ($$) pastures and Tkachuk has them over the barrel by electing a 1 yr arbitration award - walking him into free agency next summer?

A lot of RFAs not qualified this year, seems like a lot more then normal
- Archaic

The cap not going up is affecting a lot of teams. If they aren't sure core guys might as well let them walk.

Might even be something people picked up from Dubas with the likes of Kase, Bunting and Kampf.

Sonny Milano, my favourite character from the Godfather is available
- Canada Cup

People can also stop complaining that we gave up the pick that was Sam steel now too

Yeesh, Flames are on the knifes edge. Could swing hard one way or the other.

Gaudreau heads for greener ($$) pastures and Tkachuk has them over the barrel by electing a 1 yr arbitration award - walking him into free agency next summer?
- The Law

Nylander for Thacuk?

Engvall qualified
- Canada Cup

Arborist ?

Nylander for Thacuk?
- Archaic

Evander Kane may end up in Calgary. Also, Sandin qualified

Nylander for Thacuk?
- Archaic

Could you imagine the ridicule of having 4 players making $45M !! Kallgren and Woll better be good.

Fine, should we bring back kessel on the cheap?
- bryant

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Arborist ?
- DrunkenCanuck

Necktie model

The offer sheet narrative is fantasy BUT the one name that would make some sense to go full Bergevin on (for any team without a #1 tender). .....Oettinger. He might be a generational type g'tender.

Babcock is available
- Canada Cup

So?

Nylander for Thacuk?
- Archaic

Willie for chychrun +

All this murray talk is gross.

And so sad

Necktie model
- Canada Cup

That’ll work too.

Willie for chychrun +
- Fakepartofme

Nah, leafs would lack scoring taking away a forward .

Nah, leafs would lack scoring taking away a forward .
- Archaic

Nope, they would find a 2 year stop gap until one of the prospects was ready.

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- mr.sir

It’s not the worst idea if teh Bozek comes with him.

Spezza replacement.