Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving said after day one of free agency: “We got work to do yet.” Considering he revamped his blue line and signed two goaltenders, that…
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What a difference a year can make. When Simon Benoit was signed by Brad Treliving just over a year ago, the masses pointed at his horrific defensive numbers in Anaheim and questioned the signing. Only on a one-year league minimum deal, almost everyon
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On July 1, the Toronto Maple Leafs bolstered their goaltending roster by signing Anthony Stolarz to a two-year, $5 million contract. This strategic signing aims to provide stability and depth…
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Grading drafts, especially in the days since their completion, is an exercise in folly. Even five years from now, ranking a draft class will not be an easy task. Ten years from now might yield a very different consensus, no less. No one knows which p
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There is something to be said for lived experience and for Brad Treliving that experience is seeing the price he had to pay for size on the Leafs blueline at the trade deadline. For all the criticisms of Kyle Dubas’s handling of draft picks, Brad T
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The Maple Leafs announced three signings on the second day of free agency, coming to terms on one-year deals with Dakota Mermis, Phillipe Myers, and Cedric Pare. The 2023-24 season in Toronto was a good reminder that these lesser-known signings can s
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Mermis spent the last four seasons with the Minnesota Wild organization.
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Brad Treliving hasn’t done enough to earn the benefit of the doubt from Maple Leafs fans. And I will admit to having a negative reaction to the Oliver Ekman-Larsson signing when I first saw it. This is a player that had fallen from grace so much in
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The Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t slow down on the second day of free agency. The team announced today they’ve come to terms with defencemen Dakota Mermis and Philippe Myers, as well as forward Cédric Paré. All three of the contracts are for jus
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While there are no direct reports of Dakota Mermis signing in Toronto, Maple Leafs beat reporter Jonas Siegel noted that Mermis has now appeared on the Leafs roster on their website. It appears that 30-year-old free agent defenceman Dakota Mermis is
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenseman Dakota Mermis to a one-year, league-minimum contract, per CapFriendly (Twitter link). The deal was first reported by Jonas Siegel of The Athletic (Twitter link). More to come…
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The madness that is free agent frenzy has cooled down significantly after a very chaotic July 1st, which saw 31 NHL teams sign at least one player with over $1.1 billions handed out in new deals . Jeff Skinner, one of the more sought-after wingers on
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