Honkin Hronek

Guentzel's going to make 9.5-10.5 long term on the open market, but is far from being known for his defensive prowess. Marner makes 0.5-1.5 more but would be on PK1, is great on the powerplay and does a lot of his chance creation at 5 on 5. This also frees Boeser to play with Petey long term, since Miller and Marner are perfect stylistic matches.

Marner is a better player and a better fit with our team than Guentzel

Hi! Drancer posted on twitter that Mitch Marner is a player he thinks we should go after if the Leafs bow out of the first/second round and look to finally shake up their core, and while I don't typically like Drance, upon further inspection I honestly don't hate the idea. Here's what we know about Marner and the situation in Toronto. Mitch Marner is just finishing his age 26 season after two straight years of roughly 1.23 ppg in the regular season after being top 5 in scoring in the bubble, and has one year left on his $10.903 million contract. He's a speedy winger who's niche is being one of the smartest and best playmakers in the league in terms of creating chances off the cycle. He won't bowl you over with hits, but he's deceptively fast and excellent on the PK. He's been rather effectively neutralized over the last few playoff runs, but I think that's more due to Toronto's coach failing to utilize his strength on the cycle, instead opting for a run-and-gun or dump-and-chase against physical Bruins/Panthers/Lightning teams. He still 0.9 ppg in the playoffs in his career and I think a different style would work for him. Last year, Kyle Dubas hinted at the locker cleanout that he would look to move Marner prior to his NMC kicking in, and he was publicly fired and flamed very shortly after by POHO Brendan Shanahan. Shanahan has been the President since 2013, and speculation is that everyone from Shanahan down will be fired and replaced if the Leafs don't exorcise their demons this year. I would expect a major shift in direction, and a higher emphasis on Dallas style depth instead of Edmonton style star power, and that starts with dealing Marner in a major shakeup trade. Matthews isn't being dealt, nobody's touching Tavares, and Nylander has one of the largest winger contracts in the league. I think Mitch is the most likely candidate to be moved, and I think we'd actually be quite capable of bringing him in. 1. We have cap space, the pieces, and a chance to win-now, and Marner is a top 10 winger in the NHL 2. Our style of cycle the puck and keep people outside when defending is much more suited to his style of play, especially in the playoffs 3. Contract year - I don't presume we'd re-sign him but he'd have huge incentive to play for an up and coming team who wants to go far in the playoffs, and the threat of being held out until he agrees to a trade out of Toronto could be detrimental to his future earnings 4. Toronto is desperate for a shakeup, and would entertain moving him for increased depth and future prospects to retool on the fly 5. Marner is very community driven and phenomenal with kids, he'd be a perfect addition to the Canucks for Kids Network and would support the Sedins in that aspect I propose: To Vancouver: Mitch Marner (10.903) To Toronto: 2025 1st+2nd Garland (4.95) Rights to Nikita Zadorov (Rumoured interest in him all year) Max Sasson and a collection of prospects not named Willander/Lekk/DPetey Toronto gets 6 million in cap space to sign Nikita Zadorov to a long term deal as they've been rumoured to want to do, and shake up the core. Vancouver buys low on a potential game-breaking talent who fans have been and will be running out of town. Assuming a cap of $87.7 as rumoured, this would be 500k under the max with a 21 man roster. I also expect Mikheyev to bounce back next year with a fully healthy knee and would like to see how he works with Petey and Brock going forwards. If it doesn't work, staple him to the PK and fourth line. I also like Hakanpaa as a Myers replacement, and think Cole, Blueger, and Joshua could all be brought back if we give them term over AAV. For Toronto, I think Garland would work wonders with Tavares, but this deal also leaves them with $17 million in cap space to re-sign Domi/Bertuzzi and/or sign some wicked depth... and/or go big game hunting in Guentzel. With a proper coach, I could see the Leafs benefitting like crazy from this kind of deal. Cheers

lol no.

Scott Road is FUCKING NUTS right now. Hell, there are a couple WHL players bumping it up with everyone and nobody's even noticed

Am I the only person not worried about DeSmith? His only playoff game he was magnificent, stopping 48-51 shots before being injured in 2OT. This was game 1 of the Penguins-Rangers series two years ago, when Domingue had his coming out party. The man’s been solid all year minus a couple hiccups. I still like our chances tonight and going forwards

This... this was shocking. I thought Vegas/Edm was locked in

I'd be second in the pacific but thanks to stupid geography, I'm on the outside looking in.

Here's an interesting point. Nashville has some of the best ice in the league, Canucks has some of the worst. There'll be some ugly bounces in this series and we're more used to dealing with that than they are.

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Seen him on person, he's about 5'7

Not sure if anyone stuck around for the “Jersey off the back” celebration, but Hronek had a brace/wrap around his right elbow. Might explain why he hasn’t been leaning into slappers recently.

Fan appreciation night! Be there early to enjoy the festivities and giveaways!

This has the makings of a long series. I say Hellebuyck stones the firepower on the Avs and the Jets win a 7 game thriller.

Breadnbutta - Singh was only hired because he doesn’t look like me Also Breadnbutta - I’m not racist, I speak truth Question, do you know anything about the man other than how he looks or sounds to be able to discredit his schooling, credentials, or experience? I mean obviously you should, because you seem to know for a fact that a bunch of people got together and said “we’re racist, let’s be less racist by hiring this guy.”

1) More likely than not, we'll finish first in the Pacific and face off against Nashville (WC1) 2) If Vegas wins their game in hand on Nashville and gain 2 points over the Preds over the last two games of the season, then they'll face the division champions as WC1. 3) In terms of Edmonton, the magic number is 5 for us to win the Division and face off against WC1. We need the combination of points that Edmonton misses, and points we gain, to be 5 to clinch the division. Basically Oilers have to win out and we go 2-1-0 over the next 3 for them to get ahead of us.

Singh should go to the hockey hall of fame for building the game for Sikh individuals, and this game above others makes sense for him to take because it's Vaisakhi. He's also not enjoyable to watch when you cheer for the opposing team because he's insanely biased, late on the play, and yells whenever the Oilers do something close to interesting. All of these can be true, and none of it makes him a "diversity hire" - an inherently racist term because it immediately downplays all of his accomplishments in the sport, especially when he's had to face every major disadvantage.