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Rewatch the whole season and you'll find examples of pretty much every player on every team sometimes backchecking and sometimes not, and bailing out on hits. Except for Chris Tanev. And you can disagree with my contention that he goes to the net as much as you'd like. This is Willy. This is...

MLHS transcript: https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2025/05/29/brad-treliving-on-the-lesson-from-the-maple-leafs-game-7-disappointment/

M-m-atthews? That's probably it. And... I would consider it. But if they just want, Cowan, that'd be cool.

cabber24 has the long and short of it. Nylander's defense grades out as average-ish. It just looks really bad because he isn't skating uselessly after plays no one really has a chance on turning into a battle. Nylander actually does go to the net and takes plenty of punishment in doing so. He...

You know what he didn't say? Which will make cw mad?

To protect our own goalies, because the league isn't going to.

I'd do it only if LAK or SJS are stupid enough to trade us Byfield/Celebrini

https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/back-to-excited-episode-220-leafs-autopsy-and-what-happens-next/

It's entirely a physical capability measure at this point; at least we know he knows how to play defense and PK very well.

He was traded away because the coaches never utilized him with actual players, the Seattle expansion draft was coming up while they had Gaudreau, Lindholm, Tkachuk, Mangiapane, Monahan, Backlund, and apparently Dillon Dube (oof) as well. Bennett made a trade request year prior to the trade to...

John Shannon (he still exists?), claims that Sam Bennett has basically decided there are only two teams he would sign with: FLA or TOR I'm not saying he's right or wrong. It's a bit early, but I would also posit that this is likely a similar situation for Connor McDavid (EDM or TOR) for his...

Yes, absolutely. If Treliving can work his magic on an DNQ RFA mobile defenseman like Benoit (but puckier), then please do that. Whoever made the pitch for Florida to scoop up Gustav Forsling, hire that guy. As long as the D-man can really skate, I can dial back the ask on some of the puck...

And the only reason Calgary got anything back was because Tkachuk made his intentions clear and provided options.

Torn shoulder I'm guessing. Edit: Broken wrist

Should’ve done this against Florida, tbh.

Good to see you again! Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we don't need stars. I'm just saying (for years now) this star isn't working as advertised, so let's get different stuff and try a different way.

Fans are born in the playoff drives. Do you know how many are in this because of 1993 or the early 2000s beating up on Ottawa? People care about the regular season the way people care about the first 3 quarters of a basketball game: only when they're already invested. It's not like the team is...

That's a very fair point, and probably a bit tricky to identify; I surmise it comes down to playstyle at the foundation, and then psychological the rest of the way. But Bennett appears to clearly be one of them. Unfortunately his agent is well known to us and will goose that number unless...