The hockey gods could not be any clearer: It’s time to try something new.
up, but it is time for a controlled demolition of some of the Leafs’ structure. The franchise is seven years into an era that has featured star forwards Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, and William Nylander on the same team. It’s had another star forward, captain John Tavares, for five, and the same head coach, Sheldon Keefe, for four. The Leafs have made the playoffs every year since 2017 and have never won more than five of the requisite 16 games to lift the Cup.
75 percent of the necessary playoff games to 31.25 percent. But at least they’re no longer hexed on the ground floor.Philosophically, it’s obvious what the Leafs have to do. They need to unload one of their big kahunas in their forward lines and use the trade return to address a depth problem. Matthews, Tavares, Marner, and Nylander make about twice as much money than any other Leafs forward and commensurately do the team’s heavy lifting.
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