‘The Maple Leafs are not a contender’: Button on his assessment of Leafs
How significant was this Maple Leafs loss to the Sabres? How is Cole Caufield not going to Milano Cortina? Can the Jets make a playoff push? Jay Onrait is joined by TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button to get his thoughts.
Well said Button but before making trades we need a GM who knows how to make them. Remember Minten a 1st and 4th for Carlo,or Grebenkin and a 1st for Laughton,this Gm is useless.
Matthews is a joke. He simply is not a Leader. The organization has no business building anything around him at all. Staying tied to him after 9 years of failure in the post season and other must win games is suicide. At the very least the C must be taken from Matthews. He doesn't need an A either.
THE Coilers of Coilerville are in the same position as the LEAFS "ONLY" the LEAFS have more Cap Space than the Coilers of Coilerville with 275,000.00 Cap today and MICE FEESES in the Cupboard for Trades
Tsn: 7 straight years of "Leafs are gonna dominate" and he gives this hot take at their lowest point since the Shanny/Babcock rebuild. Top notch analytical reporting, boys
last few games have clearly shown the leafs are a slow , older team with limited skills.
With no first round picks for the next three years, the future looks pretty grim. Time to reboot the lot. Put your assets out there to see a possible return for high draft picks. Buffalo, Detroit, Montreal have all passed the leafs by building from the draft and their farm system. Leafs should do the same. The current group is going nowhere.
Obviously time to sell….and everybody should be on the table….and looks like a new GM and new coach are also needed…..forget about the playoffs if by miracle they might pull off some incredible run….they will just lose any round any way…this team has no heart, simply implode on themselves…..
Maybe time for something totally crazy….what about a three way trade with the Leafs, Devils & Wild….Stolarz, Danford, Cowan, Reilly, Domi, McCann, & Carlo to Wild for Wallstedt and Quinn Hughes (UFA in 26-27)…..trade Woll, plus Matthews, Nylander, Knies to Devils for Markstrom, plus Luke & Jack Hughes….this might make sense to Devils as Matthews, Nylander, Knies played for Sheldon Keefe…..reunites Hughes brothers….frees up some cap space for Leafs….Markstrom & Wallstedt would make a great 1A and 1B Swedish tandem….Hidebey is 3rd string and takes over from Markstrom eventually….complete remake of Leafs…..not a full rebuild but more than just retool…..then if really want to get crazy sign Jason Robertson as free agent (teaming up on Leafs with brother Nick)…..obviously we would need Leafs to think completely outside the box (as I have) to do so…..a new coach and new GM plus new blood….new chemistry…..
Craig button for somebody that’s an analyst around the league watch teams seeing what Toronto did on that winning streak seeing the mess that they’re in the bodies. The important bodies are missing to say if the team can’t win anything is ridiculous. They probably won’t know long try to make the playoffs yes, the big chunk of that is luck in injuries and injuries in this season in particular with a title Atlantic condense schedule controversy over Marie leaving whatever happened with all whatever at Moore just one thing after another but to save this team can’t win anything is ridiculous if one of the Goalie goes on a heater like Bennington did with St. Louis from Brewer won the cup a lot of crazier things happened. They can’t tell me that this leafs team is worse than the Montreal team Carey Price took to the Stanley Cup finals. I know I’m not comparing price to anybody really it was just an example.
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They haven't been a SC contender since 1967.
Laughton 🤣
Not contenders? This team ain't even a playoff team lol
The leafs. hahahahahaha.. Perennial losers since 1967.
It was over last summer.
Well said Button but before making trades we need a GM who knows how to make them. Remember Minten a 1st and 4th for Carlo,or Grebenkin and a 1st for Laughton,this Gm is useless.
Just rebuild it will be fun.
Refill the cupboards. Trade McMann, Lawton, etc and call this season a wrap
Matthews is a joke. He simply is not a Leader. The organization has no business building anything around him at all. Staying tied to him after 9 years of failure in the post season and other must win games is suicide. At the very least the C must be taken from Matthews. He doesn't need an A either.
Jay with the soft stupid questions do your job and ask hard hitting questions you bum
I think team USA should make Matthews their captain lol
THE Coilers of Coilerville are in the same position as the LEAFS "ONLY" the LEAFS have more Cap Space than the Coilers of Coilerville with 275,000.00 Cap today and MICE FEESES in the Cupboard for Trades
Too many players trying to deliberately lose games on this team.
They can’t even go to the dollar store hahah
Selling what, a couple of 3rd and 4th liners?
The leafs were done months Ago when they slid out of a playoff spot.
Tsn: 7 straight years of "Leafs are gonna dominate" and he gives this hot take at their lowest point since the Shanny/Babcock rebuild. Top notch analytical reporting, boys
I dont know what's weaker sauce Craig button or the Leafs roster.
last few games have clearly shown the leafs are a slow , older team with limited skills.
With no first round picks for the next three years, the future looks pretty grim. Time to reboot the lot. Put your assets out there to see a possible return for high draft picks. Buffalo, Detroit, Montreal have all passed the leafs by building from the draft and their farm system. Leafs should do the same. The current group is going nowhere.
Face it. They're done. They're gonna pick 15th.
Obviously time to sell….and everybody should be on the table….and looks like a new GM and new coach are also needed…..forget about the playoffs if by miracle they might pull off some incredible run….they will just lose any round any way…this team has no heart, simply implode on themselves…..
Maybe time for something totally crazy….what about a three way trade with the Leafs, Devils & Wild….Stolarz, Danford, Cowan, Reilly, Domi, McCann, & Carlo to Wild for Wallstedt and Quinn Hughes (UFA in 26-27)…..trade Woll, plus Matthews, Nylander, Knies to Devils for Markstrom, plus Luke & Jack Hughes….this might make sense to Devils as Matthews, Nylander, Knies played for Sheldon Keefe…..reunites Hughes brothers….frees up some cap space for Leafs….Markstrom & Wallstedt would make a great 1A and 1B Swedish tandem….Hidebey is 3rd string and takes over from Markstrom eventually….complete remake of Leafs…..not a full rebuild but more than just retool…..then if really want to get crazy sign Jason Robertson as free agent (teaming up on Leafs with brother Nick)…..obviously we would need Leafs to think completely outside the box (as I have) to do so…..a new coach and new GM plus new blood….new chemistry…..
Bill Guerin did the Canadiens a favour by not putting Caufield on the US Olympic team. He will be well rested for the push to the playoffs.
Auston must leave Canada if he wants to win
What did they expect with Treliving as GM….get a modern proactive gm who actually has won a cup…and has a track record of building a proper franchise
What an asinine question to discuss, buyers or sellers. Moneypuck has them at 95.5% to miss. Might as well ask whether the Canucks should be buyers.
Sell machelli, mcmann, Robertson, jarnkrok for 2nd rounders then trade then trade thise
Craig button for somebody that’s an analyst around the league watch teams seeing what Toronto did on that winning streak seeing the mess that they’re in the bodies. The important bodies are missing to say if the team can’t win anything is ridiculous. They probably won’t know long try to make the playoffs yes, the big chunk of that is luck in injuries and injuries in this season in particular with a title Atlantic condense schedule controversy over Marie leaving whatever happened with all whatever at Moore just one thing after another but to save this team can’t win anything is ridiculous if one of the Goalie goes on a heater like Bennington did with St. Louis from Brewer won the cup a lot of crazier things happened. They can’t tell me that this leafs team is worse than the Montreal team Carey Price took to the Stanley Cup finals. I know I’m not comparing price to anybody really it was just an example.
Treliving screwed up the leafs like he did with the flames.
When youre a bad team the consolation prize is a good 1st round pick… They have 1 first in the next 3 years. Brutal management