hockeylover
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Darche or Chayka?
ou can certainly argue whether the Huberdeau/Weegar trade and contract extensions were good ideas or not.
But Johnny Gaudreau left as a free agent, as was his right. Competitive teams are generally in the habit of adding impact players to the roster leading into the playoffs, not trading away a star because he's a UFA. Especially for a homegrown guy you think will re-sign.
And this narrative about Tkachuk is, IMO, revisionist history nonsense. I don't believe that Matthew Tkachuk was a contrite "aw shucks, I want nothing more than a fair long-term deal, sir" during the negotiations. That entire family is a bunch of fucking asshole mercenaries. I don't give a shit what he said after the fact.
This is dumb.
Regardless of where he was, he probably wanted to secure that bag so early on, and like many others, not worry about the team because who knows where he might be traded to mid way through the contract.Calgary legit missed the playoffs the year prior. You're stretching "competitive team" to the breaking point here.
"81 point pace team lets core player go into final season of his current deal without an extension" is a way more apt way to put it....aka, dumb as fuck.
I'm not talking about at that deadline, I'm talking about the summer previous. If you don't have him extended, trade him. A team like Calgary is going to struggle to add marquee talent in free agency, but turning Johnny G into other players is relatively easy.
His asshole mercenary brother signed an 8 year deal in Ottawa. Why should we not take Matt at his word that he wanted an 8 year deal in Calgary?
They both have good relationships with him, if course they want it. Need out of Calgary wasn't hard to get.The fact that the likes of Dreger & Lebrun are so horny for the Leafs to hire Treliving is honestly reassuring to me.
Since I’m pretty confident both of them don’t have the first fucking clue what Shanahan is thinking or doing and are too stupid to even luck into a correct wild guess about who he’ll ultimately hire.
Jokes aside if the Shanny rumors of telling the core they are safe is true it will limit candidates willing to come in
I don’t think so — Leafs ain’t some aging bubble team that needs a rebuild. If the new guy is smart he won’t be swayed by an entire city’s emotional baggage
Not really my point though. They could be all for running it back but they also wouldnt be doing their job if they didnt explore the market for them either.
All great players but if there is a deal out there that has a player who is a better fit for your vision you should be allowed to explore that option