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38 Comments
From Elliotte Friedman that leafs possible working on sign and trade with Nicholas Robertson and teams linked are sharks, pens, Blackhawks, Mammoth, Kings and leafs also shopping F Pontus Holmberg possible sign and trade too
why would they have to have a RD play left? only Carlo and Tanev are regulars
Bennett literally said he’s staying in Florida
Nick Kypros is rarely right about anything.
Ekblad gonna want 8.5 plus if you want him. There’s no way you can get at 7 miliion
unfortunately Kypreos never has a clue, one of the worst "insider" types in TO
YES TO EKBLAD, FORCE RIELLY OUT
If morgan rielly doesn't agree to a move then just give him the Trouba treatment that NYR did
Ekblad is better than any defencman on toronto right now. 8.5 is well worth it
Rielly is B defencman
Ekblad is worth 9 atleast all day
Morgan Rielly is probably the one guy that always step up in the playoffs. Why on earth would the organization want him to go anywhere? Ekblad wont go to the leafs either. Marchand could end up in leafs based on the fact he grew up as a hardcore leafs fan, and Leafs is the team he's scored by far most pts on. But hey, what do i know? Im just a swedish dude.
Reilly to minors if doesn’t waive no trade. Get ekblad. Tavares 5 mill and Marchand. Jannkoert and Kampf and Robertson gone.
Did you guys miss the fact that Ekblad , Bennett and Marchand have asked to stay in FLA.
They have all announced it live.
FLA has enough Cap room to sign all 3 plus Samiskevich if a couple take team friendly deals with 19M room.
Morgan Rielly is not worth $7.5
I've been saying that for weeks, of course, the leafs would make an offer on those 3 guys…unfortunately for them so will 30 other teams
Should the Maple Leafs buy out Reilly’s contract if he doesnt agree to waive his no move. They would be saving a significant amount against the cap. Since the payout is spread out double the number of years of the remaining contract it can be absorbed quite easily. Here are the particulars:
Contract Overview & Buyout Terms
• Age: 31 → team owes 2/3 of remaining base salary.
• Remaining seasons: 5 (2025‑26 through 2029‑30).
• Base salary (per year from CapWages):
• 2025–26: $8 M
• 2026–27 through 2029–30: $6 M each   
• Total remaining salary: $8 M + (4 × $6 M) = $32 M
• Payout: ⅔ × $32 M = $21.33 M, spread over double the remaining years → 10 years
• Annual payout/Cap hit over 10 years: ~$2.133 M/year
Take that 6 million savings and apply it to Ekblad, ten go after Marchand or Bennett.
If we get marchand next year mcdavid
Also corey perry would be good fit for to
Theres not a huge selection of FA out there, and the ones that are decent don't want to come here
Losing Marner and not being able to replace him is so going to F the Leafs next year.
Things aint looking good right now. I dont have a good feeling about this team going forward. This could be the start of the end in Toronto.
The Leafs organization continues to show that it has no idea how to build a winning franchise. They continue to over pay players, they give out too many no movement clauses and they trade away any prospects they do have for players than don't move the needle in the right direction. WHat they do with Tavares will show if they understand they need to change how they do things. Shanahan and Dubas were terrible managers and took the team in the wrong direction. Yes they won lots of regular season games and many players got tons of points in the regular season, but proved to to too weak and heartless to do anything in the playoffs. IN my opinion they need to get worse before they get better.
Toronto could use Rasmaus Anderson of the flames 🔥 on defence.
Same thing every post season but Leafs couldn’t see a cup if they were sitting in it.
Lmao leafs likely not get one of them and end up with small European players . But yeah let’s get rid of Mitch lol 😂
Eklbad is a beast and Florida turned him into an animal who hits everything in site . 6”4 220 lb right hand shot . Get rid of Reilly and sign Ekblad
Of course he wants around $8. Reilly makes $7.5 and Ekblad is twice the player.
100% give him 8 if you can .
2 of 3 will re sign with Florida. My guess is Bennet and Marchand. Seth jones is ekblad replacement. Leafs will neee to look elsewhere
44 and a bounce back season??? What are you smoking?
Marchant will resign with Florida for four years but the Leafs have a shot at his next contract.
I been saying ekblad be great fit for various reasons leader born from Toronto 29 minites a night kills pentaltys most importantly likes to be physical and can elevate his game when the going gets tough hes also smart good puck sense and chip into plays he only ped positive because of an injury he had to take them by his doctor to get over
We should put mathews on lir and circumvent the cap just like every other southern team and resurrect him come playoff time
I would take ekblad over whimpy marner anyday of the week
Toronto will lose. Why are you saying things are changing? They haven't changed for 58 years. If they got rid of Mathews, Reilly, Tavares and Marner. Then sure that would be a move forward. Hope would resurface. But I don't think that's what you said .
Prolly for the best … but the gm wont do that cause it might get him fired….however hes prolly getting fired anyway lol
Gentlemen…..you cant win anything without a really good goalie
Ekblad would be an actual #1 defenseman which the Leafs don't have.
Leafs have holes at forward
They have to move a defenseman and hopefully one with Salary that they can actually move
Morgan would be the best to move, but NMC.
If Marchand signs with Florida, I good replacement might be Mikael Granlund of the Stars. Younger than Marchand with just as much grit for half the price. Many Florida Panthers YouTubers are talking about this instead of resigning Marchand. Might be something for Toronto to consider as well.