With 5 years left on his $7.75M AAV contract and some young starts starting to push towards the $20M AAV plateau, Knies is certainly entering “steal” territory on this contract. While Knies certainly doesn’t have the skill that a Macklin Celebrini or Kirill Kaprizov has, he’s still a force on the ice and would demand … Read more
There is absolutely nothing happening around the Toronto Maple Leafs right now. Go outside. Enjoy the summer sun. The cold and snow will be here before you know it.
I’ll start with what you likely already know. So very much of what the Leafs do over the next few seasons will depend on their captain, Auston Matthews and what he wants to do moving forward. John Chayka and Mats Sundin hit the ground running this offseason. They added a flurry of depth forwards, one … Read more
There is very little to talk about in terms of the Toronto Maple Leafs right now. We were hit with some type of nonsensical James Van Riemsdyk rumour, due to the teams X account posting a clip of a goal from the former Leaf. To me it appears to be no more than their media … Read more
Has the time to move on from Rielly passed John Chayka by? In my opinion, yes. That’s not to say that GM John Chayka isn’t still trying to move the longest tenured Leaf on the roster, but it is me saying that at this point in the season it’s rare for big contracts to move … Read more
There has been a lot of change over the past couple of days, but one change that could have happened is now off the table, so we’ll speak about that first. Zach Werenski Simply put, it’s best for the Columbus Blue Jackets to hang on to Werenski until at least next summer. His full NMC … Read more
Late last night this tidbit of information hit the waiver wire: By all accounts things between Werenski and the Blue Jackets are becoming “nasty” after Werenski nixed this deal. The reported centre piece of the trade was 24 year old defenseman Thomas Harley, who would have helped fill the major hole on their blueline that … Read more
We’ve got a lot to speak about, but we’ll start with the big event of the weekend, the draft. The Leafs have completely devastated their prospect cupboard over the past decade. As we’ve all talked about ad nauseum on this site, they jumped from “building” to “competing” far too quickly after they drafted Auston Matthews … Read more
It’s a great day to be a fan of the Leafs. After winning the Draft Lottery they’re set to make the 1st overall pick this evening. I won’t say much here, instead I’ve written you all a poem. The Hurricanes wonMitch Marner is scum I have something else to tell yaThe Leafs are gonna draft … Read more
The Leafs just opened a little more capspace by trading Joseph Woll and Simon Benoit, whose combined caphit comes in at about $5M. As of this writing the Leafs roster breakdown looks something like this: Forwards: Signed: Auston Matthews, William Nylander, John Tavares, Matthews Knies, Max Domi (IR, possible LTIR), Dakota Joshua, Steve Lorentz, Easton … Read more