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Around the League 2019-2025 Edition

I would be very surprised if the players agreed to do a bubble again.

I think that was the real point behind Mitchy's comments.
 
Jeremy said:
Yeah, let’s get going soon. Miss it and these are the prime years for our team!
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It's so Maple Leafs to finally build a young strong team through the draft only to have a worldwide epidemic fuck with at least two of the critical seasons of the window. So Leafs.
 
Fret not, peeps.

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LeafOfFaith said:
It's so Maple Leafs to finally build a young strong team through the draft only to have a worldwide epidemic **** with at least two of the critical seasons of the window. So Leafs.
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I don't really get the idea of these being critical window years.

When the big 3 were on their ELCs, sure, those were critical years.

But the first couple years where the core is all getting paid top dollar were always going to be the toughest years.

It should only get easier going forward as the next wave of young ELC talent comes up and the cap rises.
 
Yeah, I don’t see the Leafs as one of the teams most hurt by Covid. It sucks for all the good teams of course, but it’s way worse for the Bruins, Capitals or Penguins.
 
zeke said:
I don't really get the idea of these being critical window years.

When the big 3 were on their ELCs, sure, those were critical years.

But the first couple years where the core is all getting paid top dollar were always going to be the toughest years.

It should only get easier going forward as the next wave of young ELC talent comes up and the cap rises.
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I mean it’s two years of prime Big 3, and more importantly two years of prime Tavares.
 
You're talking like they've cancelled the seasons.

The only thing to be mad about was dolling out huge contracts and thinking that's establishing a new normal.
 
Huge contracts didn't make much difference

They paid $7.5m on the "2nd pair dmen" Ceci and Barrie.

They spent $10.5m on the "3rd line" kerfoot AJ Kapanen.
 
Buffalo started that with the Eichel deal, not us.

And it was absolutely set to be the new normal, until covid came along.

I'm as hard on the team as anyone, but that is not their fault.
 
zeke said:
Huge contracts didn't make much difference

They paid $7.5m on the "2nd pair dmen" Ceci and Barrie.

They spent $10.5m on the "3rd line" kerfoot AJ Kapanen.
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No one cares unless the contract starts with double digits it seems. No one even ever adds together what some teams are wasting on 4th liners and guys that are healthy scratches.
 
BeLeafer said:
You're talking like they've cancelled the seasons.

The only thing to be mad about was dolling out huge contracts and thinking that's establishing a new normal.
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These aren’t normal seasons. Our kids probably come out of an 82 game season much better than most other teams, while 56 games benefits some older teams (cough, Boston) more.
 
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