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I mean the record speaks for itself. How he built the team in Tampa getting elite players outside the 1st round and signing them to good contracts and winning almost all his trades it's almost masterclass.

Could the same be said about Hronek? I mean technically that's how Yzerman felt otherwise he wouldn't have let him go. And if there is one GM to never doubt their overall judgment as the GM it's Yzerman.

Or they can show the evil neon claws of Gamblor

So based on the guys from the NHL their playoff predictions are 3 of the say they will just miss the playoffs 1 (Dan Rosen) predicts they will make the playoffs.

That's one way to look at it. Though Drance said recently that it's better to show actual improvements in the team but miss the playoffs and make the playoffs due to unsustainable reasons (i.e. if Petey has a crazy shooting percentage or Demko plays out of his mind) but the underlying problems remain. Which makes sense. The latter will mean you make the playoffs this season but miss the subsequent years and the former has longer term benefits. Of course even if the former happen and Petey does decide to leave Vancouver. Then all bets are off I guess

Bolded part is true but then that also means we can't use the late surge the team had with Tocchet either. I know a lot of people here do saying that Tocchet established a good system for the team to be successful when he took over. But that was last season. I really don't have much faith in Brock Boeser anymore, at least with the Canucks. I get he's had family issues that might have distracted him for a year but sadly if this really affected his game, it's part of reality now. I still think he will be a good 3rd man in a Top 6 line but we probably shouldn't expect him to the game breaker we were hoping him to become during his rookier year.

Sure ... The Lady Byng

Working on his cardio and conditioning

I wouldn't say blame I say more like had a hand in the transaction. Even if you are right, if Benning is willing to get pushed to making a move because of the Sedins. Well I don't know what to say. But then again who knows really how many people pushed for OEL, the only reason why we know about this is that the Sedins are more visible to the public than, let's say, John Weisbrod.

Yep Steve Dangle said Canucks traded Loui Eriksson for 6 years of more expensive defensive Loui Eriksson

That is my key point why would someone with almost 30 of hockey executive experience at the time (8 as a general manager) make such key decisions based on the opinions people with no front office hockey experience? This is 99.9% all on Benning and 00.1% on the Sedins. This is Homer Simpson level judgment on the part of Benning if what you said is true.

Eriksson had a year left in his contract. Most of us would have not problem having him hang around for another season. As for the Sedins' Involvement in the OEL, we mentioned this so many times now, these two were staring their first year in the front office (meaning no experience). I could see them endorsing OEL as a peer they respect but it's a GM's job to get a wide range of opinions within the organization. So Benning would have been really dumb if his decision to trade for OEL relied soley on the Sedins. I said this before I will say it again. If I was the CEO and decided to make my decision solely on the opinion of an intern and it falls flat on my face, all the blame should go to me and I deserve to get fired.

I remember not too long ago when superstars like Ovi, Crosby, Malkin, Kane, and Toews were willing to sign max deals with their original clubs. This can't just be a coincidence that the moment this era's superstars are drafted by mostly Canadian teams, now players won't commit to their clubs. Is it?

That is the scary thing. I would rather have Matthews for 8 years now and negotiate an extension for 4 and not the other way around. Its 101% certain at age 30 Matthews is going to demand a full 8 year contract from The Leafs (or whatever team he decides to go to) Stutzle and Jack Hughes contracts are such good deals it almost make me sad that Petterson is going to likely ask 50% more

I guess the argument is that when the extension talks after Matthew's ELC expired was happening. Matthews wanted like $12 to $13 Million to sign max term. So he settled for a 5 year deal for less money. So if you take into account his current 5 year contract and his 4 year extension that makes up 9 years averaging 12.35 Million. So on that level I can understand. The problem is it is a bit unsettling when your franchise player isn't willing to commit to max term so he can maximize his earnings in a hard cap league. If I was a Leafs fan I wouldn't make me question his loyalty (I mean in the end it's a business and Matthews has every right to maximize his wealth) but it would give me pause if this is what is best for the team. Which brings me to another point ... The expectation was for the core 4's contract (including Matthews) was supposed to be good value by the time 2020 / 2021 hit due the Salary Cap expected to go up with the new TV deals. Of course the pandemic hit and resulted in a flat cap and it turned their expected value contracts to one that had left the team with little or no cap flexibility to build the team around the core 4. If I was a Leafs fan I would think, ok we had to suffer with a flat cap handicapping our team but now with the cap going up we can finally build the team around the core 4. Of course this proves a bit problematic when your franchise player isn't willing to commit on a max term and would rather sign 3 or 4 year deals so he can take more of what cap space the team has. So a combination of having to go through a flat cap and now you can't take full advantage once the cap is finally going up. It would be a bit frustrating

Dangle seems to like the deal

Wait it's already been 6 years? I thought the Leafs would have accomplished more by then

Also after this can we cross out Brad Treliving as a potential GM of the year candidate ?

If it's the Max term heck I would do 12.5. But at 11.5 to 12 for the same 4 year term ... Canucks need to get some value for their superstar players the same way Florida, New Jersey, and Ottawa all got value from theirs.

I guess just not the cap going up but Tavares contract expires around that time. Meaning if Leafs want to extend Matthews, his camp will ask for something like 8 years for 18 million

Oops ... when I meant walk ... trade him for something

If Pettersson ask for this deal, we need to let Petey walk (edit I mean trade) Horrible deal for the Leafs. Matthews gave the Leafs no chance to either take advantage of the expected rising cap with a long term deal nor a team friendly bridge deal.

I went to an Exhibit called Dark Matter in Berlin Pretty cool stuff

Eh I don't know what you mean about Barbie. It was a great movie Currently my Barbenheimer count in the cinemas are ... Barbie - 4 times Oppenheimer - 5 times