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Adam wrote on Fri, 19 May 2023 14:02 |
RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 19 May 2023 11:46 |
Toronto is struggling because they are paying 11 mill for a second line center that they didn't need to sign. They already had Matttews and Marner in the fold, 2 superstars. Plus Nylander who's damn good. Signing Tavares because he slept in Leafs jammies was stupid. It was especially stupid when they gave him top dollar. If you want to play for the hometown team, great, then you take less. Not top money to do it.
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ENNNNHHHH...wrong.
Tavares has been pretty good for Toronto in his time there. He's made them better and they've consistently been a top team in his time as a Leaf. Is he overpaid? Maybe a little, but considering he was a superstar UFA, it's not an outrageous overpay. He's been a point per game player for his whole time as a Leaf, despite playing behind Matthews on the depth chart. He is not the problem.
The GM isn't the problem either - he's done a nice job finding good players at reasonable rates to flesh out the roster. Hyman before he came here, Bunting. Spezza, O'Reilly. He's consistently been able to add pieces and he's been good at managing the cap even with some high cost players.
I'd argue their failures come from A) not firing Babcock sooner - their chances of signing Matthews & Marner to max terms definitely were impacted by that decision, and B) their failure to get a decent goalie. That part is on Dubas for sure - I don't understand why they'd have thought Matt Murray was a good bounceback bet (although clearly moving on from Campbell was the right decision).
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WRONG!!!
He's was the 6th highest paid player in the NHL. Is he even in the top 25 of best players in the NHL? No chance. Sure he was a UFA but he came from a team where he never won anything. It shouldn't be this way but in the NHL, teams value cups. They value awards. He had none of those. He won an Olympic medal on a stacked Canadian team where he barely played because he got hurt. He never had a scoring title or a goal title. He was a very good center but he wasn't in the elite group. He dreamed of being a Leaf because they were is childhood team. He wanted to go to the Leafs. So did the Leafs get a deal on him? Hell no. He got max term and max money to go play for the team he loved the most. Good on him but he didn't do any favors to the Leafs and the Leafs did a lousy job of signing him.
It's a bad contract that is hamstringing them. 11 mill is what you should be playing your best player on the team. Not your 3rd or 4th best player. If they were paying what he should be making which in my opinion is 8 mill which for a 2 second line center is pretty damn good money, that could have been used to get a better dman or keep Hyman who was a heart and soul guy for them.
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