Huge Leafs Trade Rumours – Marner, Nylander + Shanahan Recap, Spezza Resigns + Marlies Coach Fired
Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Rumours
Auston Matthew
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30 Comments
Let me know your thoughts on all the Leafs News, who will be next GM? What trades will we see? Will Matthews still want to stay?
It is not sad, a Matthews trade may be inevitable.If he wants to much money on a short deal you can not keep him.
Mock trade for your entertainment:
To ARI: Auston Matthews
To TOR: Clayton Keller
Lawson Crouse
I believe it was the counter offer after the press conference. If the press conference was a way of padding his amount he deserves he when about the wrong way. Im sure him and his agent know the full extension details prior the press conference, it seem as thou he used as away to justify the amount public before the counter offer was made to the Leafs management. It was bad PR on him and his agents part if it wasn't his intention. That PR stunt would work in most organization but not in a proud organizations as the Leafs, which lives and breathes hockey
Eric Karlsson should be the first thing on the maple leafs shopping list, followed by Austin Watson, sndd Liam O'Brian. This team lacks grit and muscle. They got bullied all season long.
Dubas is gone. Seems to have overplayed his hand. Shanahan was a a warrior class player. After losing a playoff round and publicly wining about how tough the job is and deferring to your wife as the decision maker, that would have had to be the end for Dubas in Shanahan's eyes. Not reading the room and having your agent inflate an ask that already accommodated months of negotiated 'must haves' is, in any business, interpreted as bad faith.
Sports is big business but at the end of the day it is just hockey. Anything other than Dubas stating "Tough to stomach the loss but instead, I focus on the awesome organization we have built, which anybody lucky enough to be a part of, knows is 1st class. We have a strong core of character guys who like me, want to win. We make moves to add depth and talent and I believe each year we have gotten better. We will continue to do so and if the leadership of MLSE continues to have faith in me, I am committed to doing anything I can to bring home a Cup to Toronto".
#1 priority IMHO is goaltending. The young guy Woll looked good when called upon and might have the secret sauce but Samsonov was often caught out of position and gave up too many weak goals. Move Samsonov.
Defense was outmatched with both Florida opponents and the Leafs need their Coffey, Leetch, Lidstrom anchors to transition up ice without turnovers. Emphasis on a combination of speed and nastiness.
In terms of trade bait up front I think you need to shake things up.
Not necessarily wholesale changes but certainly a blockbuster with at least one of Tavares, Marner or Mathews needing to go. A Losing attitude is a virus that needs to be cut out.
Edmonton went all in this year and are also out in the 2nd round to Vegas, so perhaps there is a blockbuster McDavid and or Draissaitl for Mathews and or Marner. An explosive move that could shake up both rosters.
Another move is Mathews and Samsonov for the #1 pick with Chicago. Do something bold to grab a potential generational talent and clear cap space.
Is a coaching change warranted? Perhaps. Keep in mind NHL coaches earn their chops through experience and just blowing the coach out does not change a losing culture.
A change could be positive and candidly now more likely but only if a world class guy is ready to step in.
Joel Quenneville comes to mind. He took a bullet for what happened in Chicago but is a proven winner.
Now it gets interesting because Stan Bowman, who won 3 Cups in Chicago (with Quenneville a former Leaf) could come in as a package deal. Shanahan with his relationships with the NHL HO could smooth things over for re-reinstatement for both.
Thoughts?
This is not something I have heard about this is something I’m asking what do you think about Andrew Burnett as the next head coach for the Washington Capitals?
i believe Hunter told the Flames he wasnt interested
Get out of here with your J T miller stuff everyday.. his attitude can stay in vancouver
Change happens the team needs retooling. Country club
Toronto needs an inspiring coach who will motivate in several different ways in addition to just inspiring players to greatness.
Keep the core four and keep the family together. Find a good goalie and a few thugs for enforcement and on the back end and you are nominal.
Toronto needs to solve its chronic goalie issue and make its chronic defense and goalie issues go away.
Spezza was a hit😢. When he passed around the tip jar so to speak for the Marlies during the lockdowns that garnered a lot of respect within the organization.
Listening to leafs fans responding here is quite entertaining and comical 😂 please post more videos about Toronto 🙏🏻
Gretzgy went to LA.
Leafs are going to disintegrate in the next 6 weeks. Drought will continue for another 5 years
Leafs should look into a trading Matthews to the NJD. They have some intriguing defensemen like Simon Nemec, Luke Hughes and Damon Severson.
What if Matthews refuses to stay in Toronto if his best buddy Marner will be traded?
Trade Matthews for Chicago #1 pick, get a blue line, San Jose has a guy you could get a high draft pick just to take
The underperforming deer-in-the-headlights players during the playoffs are the issue, not the GM or the Coach, they are just scapegoats. And just maybe Shanahan should be shown the door. The years of Leaf's playoff futility has been under his watch.
Leafs need to avoid taking back players from Ontario. These guys crumble under the pressure
They blew it at the trading deadline no courage no imagination .
Why would the Canucks give away another centre – and a 90 pint guy? Not likely considering a major need is a third line centre and they have too many wingers!
why does shanahan still have his job?????
fact the leafs have not improved under keefe, if you do not understand than watch games a second and third time: pause / rewind as required; regular season wins are ideal while also illustrating team improvement, however, analyzing game tapes is a capable way to recognize improvement and the leafs are not improving (out coached).
I'm glad Shanny is going in another direction. Too much nonsense with Dubas! He hasn't won anything!
Mark Hunter as GM and Bruce Boudreau for coach. Let's go! Trade Nylander add some more grit.
shanahan must have done or said something really upsetting to cause spezza to resign; would the hawks have to retain any salary on miller or nylander in that theoretical trade?
About as bad, As Laff fans thinking that William Nylander would cost Moritz Seider. talk about being delusional Seider only gets moved for Matthews and Detroit would still be adding something.