Listening to Doug MacLean go on about how much better FLA's blue line is because they constructed it better because the Core 4 prevented Toronto from being competitive.
Florida's top 8 Defenders have a combined cap hit of $26.32 M this year.
Toronto's top 8 D have a combined cap hit of $24.58 M.
Florida's top 8 Defenders have a combined cap hit of $26.32 M this year.
Toronto's top 8 D have a combined cap hit of $24.58 M.
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Best sport, continues to be the worst league.
Leafs could have sat Matthews and traded for Jones instead of Laughton or Carlo. Could have kept Minten, too.
Tre is just a bad manager.
He has been one of the best defenders in the playoffs.
Carlo was the 2nd worst, with only Benoit having a more negative impact.
We paid more for Carlo, who was, and is a 5/6 D and already in decline. It makes me sick that Boston has Minten.
They wouldn't give us Marchand but offered us Carlo. Think about that.
Do I think Tre is a good manager? Not really. But this is an apples and oranges comparison.
He also wasn't a 5-6 in BOS or TOR by TOI?
He ranked 126th by EV TOI/gp amongst D with 50+ gp in the NHL this year.
32 teams.
126/32 = 3.93
He is playing 2nd pair mins.
It's the fact that Rielly is at the top of the salary structure for the D.
Toronto had 4 D with a cap hit of $2M or less.
The difference was pretty clearly the upper end of the D group.
Ekblad $7.5M
Jones $7.0M ($2.5M retained)
Forsling $5.75M
vs
Rielly $7.5M
Tanev $4.5M
OEL $3.5M
Carlo $3.49M
Just not the same
That contract was always a mistake.
It's a huge issue.