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Around the League 2019-2025 Edition

MyNameIsJonas said:
What does this even mean?

You can trade one thing for another thing, several times over then use that other thing to get something to improve the team?

I mean, whatever, you lack 1sts and have a shit system.

Stuff on the roster? Sure, but no one wants Robertson for anything good. He has Reichel value at best.

Period point blank.

Does this mean you cannot add? No not necessarily, but it does mean you wont see the Leafs add anything truly high impact as they lack the assets to compete to get them, regardless how creative you think they can get.

They also seemingly have an issue of identifying guys that make you better.
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My point was, incremental. You don’t have to pull off one colossal fleecing like Gilmour. You just need to win a few trades by a decent margin. Those improvements compound. The better players may allow you to make room for other players, sacrifice other players. And so on.

Carlo is literally nothing that we can’t easily replace even internally, for one. But others in the league will value a big young rhd with a name and give up something good for him. Get a good forward out of that deal, replace Carlo with Danford or whoever, and it’s like you got a good forward without giving anything up. That lets you have even more of a surplus up front and now maybe you can move Maccelli and McMann for a good young D on a team that needs forwards, or maybe just for a good pick. And so on.

It’s all about identifying what you can live without, pumping it up, and finding unappreciated value in other players out there. Target right and then sell strong. It shouldn’t be hard for a good GM to pull off a few deals here, change the shape and mood of the roster, and get it back on the proper track. But not this GM and not this coach.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
My point was, incremental. You don’t have to pull off one colossal fleecing like Gilmour. You just need to win a few trades by a decent margin. Those improvements compound. The better players may allow you to make room for other players, sacrifice other players. And so on.

Carlo is literally nothing that we can’t easily replace even internally, for one. But others in the league will value a big young rhd with a name and give up something good for him. Get a good forward out of that deal, replace Carlo with Danford or whoever, and it’s like you got a good forward without giving anything up. That lets you have even more of a surplus up front and now maybe you can move Maccelli and McMann for a good young D on a team that needs forwards, or maybe just for a good pick. And so on.

It’s all about identifying what you can live without, pumping it up, and finding unappreciated value in other players out there. Target right and then sell strong. It shouldn’t be hard for a good GM to pull off a few deals here, change the shape and mood of the roster, and get it back on the proper track. But not this GM and not this coach.
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Your narrative still relies on the Leafs being able to offload their garbage on to other teams in exchange for quality players. Pulling that off requires 2 things:

1) a league full of idiot GM's, and
2) a smart GM working for your team.

Unfortunately for you, the Leafs got these backwards. Treleving is objectively stupid and you'd be hard pressed to find a GM in this league any dumber. Why do the Leafs now have this shit roster? Because they have a shit GM.

There is no managerial sleight of hand that is going to fix this. I said it at the end of last season. The Leafs are heading toward a period of decline and there's nothing you can do about it other than accept it. In a salary cap world you cant simply throw money at your problems. When you make a mistake, you pay dearly for it.

The day for blowing this up is long overdue. But Treleving isnt the guy you want supervising this tear down. MlSE needs to stop hiring morons and then they need to blow it up.
 
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