Not sure if it was obvious on the broadcast but oh my god Mitch Marner runs his mouth a LOT at the refs for someone who isn’t the captain. It was crazy to see how many times he did it.
Sometimes you have to do right by the player. If he wanted some playoff hockey and is willing to re-sign in the summer you take whatever you can get to get him to a destination that fits for him.
Throwing away all of your picks just to hope you can finally end the playoff drought and win a round only to get rolled over by the Bruins is… a choice. But i guess if he gets the Leafs to round 2 Dubas will cement his statue outside the arena anyway.
Love this move. I liked lockwood but if this is all it costs to swing for the fences on a top 10 draft pick thats not panned out then I’m all for it.
Maybe the Canucks come out on the positive side of a Jared McCann-esque trade for once.
Is it though? Literally anything can happen. Call it a 5% chance if you want, what are the statistical odds of back-to-back presidents' trophy winning teams missing the playoffs 8 times out of the next 11 seasons? Probably a lot lower than 5%.