Frank Seravalli On The Future Of Mitch Marner, Sheldon Keefe, Brendan Shanahan, & Craig Berube

Daily Faceoff's NHL Insider joined Nick Alberga & Jay Rosehill for a post-mortem.
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[@bindardondat5292]

Toronto needs to end the no-trade bs.

[@williamjplummer8790]

Is Joel Quinville available as coach for the Leafs?

[@merdadrezai1195]

Bravo its NHL permitting situation.

[@Yashu7]

Watch til the end.

[@phantomstratocaster]

that will never happen trona is a woke city

[@pjpredhomme7699]

that is the only call I'd make

[@almVancouver]

That was a great move getting rid of cup winning Kadri. Remember him? The guy that loved playing for the Leafs. He fought, scored and played with passion. He was literally half the price of his replacement. Good lord this club has done a good job. I like the fact Shanahan/Dubas ensured they spent wisely. I like the fact said management ensured the development system always has players to compete from the farm team. I especially like their drafting. It was genius to keep drafting from Dubas junior club. I mean, they built the team like a junior club so kudos to them

[@jasoncrandall73]

Could still trade for him. 🤷

[@Calers-gu1ib]

Dubas got rid of/retired 22 players since the Columbus 2020 and Montreal 2021 playoff series. Traded away 6 quality NHL players/prospects.

[@tjp1451]

90% chance that if Mitch is traded somewhere that team will win a cup next year because it would just be the Leafiest thing.

[@Mike-jf8py]

Or at least Marner would go on to break one of Gretzky’s playoff records or something lol

[@shakrmakr]

No they won’t. lol. He is horrible and too soft for the playoffs

[@merdadrezai1195]

Bravo, the best comment, just like us Leaf fans to dump on our elite players and drive them away. The whole team is flawed, build support around your elite instead of dumping on them.

[@jlove8445]

Elite? Didn’t perform in an elite manner the past two weeks, why the title of elite?

[@robb412]

Who cares. He ain't winning in Toronto. Its the Phil Kessel situation all over again. Marnie isn't a super star difference maker when it counts.

[@johnpaulgeorgeandringo3559]

There's too much weight put into one part and it's sinking the team. There needs to be a balance. Build around two star forwards and fill in the rest, starting with a number one goalie.

[@Kyle11011]

Matthews, Nylander, Knies, Domi… these should be the proper “core 4”

[@alexanderh.999]

Woll will always be injured. He is injury prone

[@RoamHockey]

yup, Seravalli doesnt have a clue that might be important lol

[@sdt1sdt]

Guys, great show as always. I love Frank Seravalli, and not just because he managed to get the word "sphincter" onto your show, but because that dude knows his s**t. Keep up the great work guys.

[@wizwaz5529]

Run it back one more time Shanny so we can watch this circus all over again next year! 🤣

[@andygrenn680]

Leafs are unlike any other struggling expansion team. The maturity will take a few seasons. Be patient. Better days ahead!

[@swingeasyguy]

Screw off

[@kenrobi1332]

Good stuff guys!

[@BobsUruncle-dl7cs]

Watch the terminal goal against again, Marners not the only guilty party, the Leafs play a non-contact style, hitting is not System generated nor supported,so by proxy its a high risk move, Marners not stupid so he doesnt hit as much as we all want, send him to Boston with Marchand then see what kind of Dog he turns into. If all the Leafs in the Zone on that playaction played a hit-heavy style and System Pasta never gets inside lanes unmolested. Marners not the problem hes just a spoke in the Wheel.

[@stephenkinsella4009]

Mitchy , Mitchy, Mitchy, you have Toronto all itchy!!!

[@robb412]

I finally agree 100% with Frank Seravalli. He has seen the light!

[@Calers-gu1ib]

No, he just proved he hates Marner. Nothing more.

[@mikeleblanc8323]

You got 4 players that shit the bed during playoffs and they all get tons of money. Stop saying Nylander and Matthews are preforming enough. Marchand out played all 4 of them put together and gets way less money.

[@WayWillow]

We're NOT tired of Mitch!😊 1 more year & JT's contract is done 😊

[@KennethFrinskie]

Markstrom for Marner straight up

[@johnshields6852]

Look up the list of top money players stats in the playoffs, theres plenty of company with mitch, ganted, hes been invisable but hes a really good hockey player, hes taken so much crap and deserves it but he'll go somewhere and be a big part of their scoring.

[@RandyProvily]

Mitch Marner can't do everything it's a team get off his back it might help

[@cazd4590]

Then he shouldn’t have demanded 11 mill.

[@marcob6880]

​@@cazd4590 14m just sayin same record in the playoffs

[@RobertSmith-bn3zw]

this core 4 has got this organization by the testicles, marner will be a leaf next season mark my words.

[@el222]

Unfortunately the owners have the fans by the testicles as well to continue watching and supporting this fiasco.

[@mr8966]

One of the best hockey stories I heard was Shanahan getting into a bar fight in Detroit at a dive bar and getting the crap kicked out of him. Not celebrating that, just saying it to further demonstrate his personality and how it contradicts whatever the hell he’s been doing here for ten years. The ‘we believe in this group’ is a corporate message from Bell Rogers and mostly Latry to maintain enterprise value while Larry exits MLSE. With Raptors in the tank, Larry needed the Leafs to stay high, and that didn’t include selling any of the core four. Shanny is a stooge and he’ll prove it again Friday at 10:30. Pelley used to work for Rogers, now he works for Bell and Rogers and will be the NHL commisiioner before 2030. Leafs continue to pay the bills for the entire fing league.

[@Calers-gu1ib]

You seem like a Leaf fan, would you tell that story if it was Matthews in the bar instead of Shanahan? In my past dust up days many wanted to fight me only if I put on skates, ex-boxers are always hanging out in bars, they don't have much money so chances are they are in dive bars.

[@mrfake675]

@Calers-gu1ib lover not a fighter

[@gordonbgraham]

Story...

[@mr8966]

@@Calers-gu1ib I would, but Matthews could take a crosscheck that breaks all his teeth and not fight the guy. Different personalities.

[@mr8966]

@@gordonbgraham told by someone who was there

[@TheBillaro]

Frank is a top guest ❤

[@ItsAlpacaMan]

Happy Birthday

[@VangeliRock]

I didn't believe the Leafs would even make the playoffs this year, nevermind win a playoff round.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

Without the season Mathews had - they wouldn't make the playoffs

[@christophermurphy2393]

Marner and Rielly should both go

[@Lawrence-vi7qk]

100 %

[@Flynn308]

I think they should keep marner if he can make under 11 million. If he is paid more...the money is better spent on a more balanced team. It is still fun watching marner. Too bad he has to go. They need a better defence and goalie

[@ksteele8388]

He basically makes 11 million now .. he and his dad ain't taking a pay cut to stay in Toronto...only player I could see taking that "hometown discount " is Domi

[@clifflayne9073]

The question to me is NOT whether Toronto will act on the Marner situation, it is whether Matthews and Nylander are going to allow the Leaf's to act.

[@drywallerbuddy]

Legalities of Mitch’s contract hold more power than Austin and Willy’s feelings.

[@jlove8445]

I see it the same way.. Suggesting to Marner and his agency the only way he gets an 8 year deal is to provide a list of teams he would sign an extension with, how does Austin and Willy handle the idea? Well, they signed extensions already, and I’m sure last summer when Treliving Introduced himself as “the new guy running things back” he may have mentioned if for whatever reason (and there are many) that the “run it back” doesn’t work the I gotta do what I’m paid to do, which is improve the team by any means necessary.

[@Calers-gu1ib]

If Treliving trades Marner then yes we are heading in the direction of past useless Calgary teams. Shanny and Treliving aren't morons, they aren't trading Marner just because a bunch of media guys don't like him. He hasn't been here long enough to know so as you can see I'm trusting that Treliving is intelligent.

[@Rain-rh6xb]

@@Calers-gu1ib Keeping Mitch means never winning a Cup.

[@clifflayne9073]

@@Calers-gu1ib : I am sure that they won't trade Marner just because a bunch of media guys don't like him, but they will trade him to make the team better, simply based on Marner's OWN ACTIONS.

[@DigitalInfluencersGuild]

" why is florida considered a beast of the east?" Balanced roster and a monster goaltender. Medium depth.

[@aiHappiness]

Mitch's Dad tells people he wants Mitch playing in a tax-free state, somewhere like Nashville

[@angrydalailama6089]

I finally agree with one of this guy's takes. Marner has no jam and has to go. Full stop, end of story.

[@marcob6880]

Yeah for sure, all that "jam" that Matthews exudes shift in and shift out, all those wins that can be laid at his feet, all those accumulated playoff points. I mean the guy turns into Messier as soon as the seasons over.

[@angrydalailama6089]

@@marcob6880 I disagree but let's say you're right. How does that make the original point any less valid? "Marner's soft." Oh yeah? Well Matthews is too!

[@marcob6880]

​@@angrydalailama6089 blame it all on Mitch mentality is silly when the other guy is no diffetent

[@angrydalailama6089]

@@marcob6880 Mitch gets criticized because of his attitude. He's the scapegoat and only he can change that

[@khoimavlogs5161]

Yes, I agreed just like Phil Kessel did with Pittsburgh. They win couple cup. Same thing with Kadrid.

[@shakrmakr]

Kessel produced in the playoffs with the Leafs, Marner hasn’t.

[@gordonbgraham]

@@shakrmakrMarner has more ppg in the playoffs than Kessel had as a Leaf

[@oliverquach9614]

Tyler Bozak too. Zach Hyman possibly.

[@khoimavlogs5161]

@@oliverquach9614 yes I hope Zack Hyman 🙏 will win. He deserves it.

[@hamza7860]

​@@gordonbgrahammarner has played more games in playoffs as a maple leafs then Kessel did, Kessel had Bozak.... Marner has Tavares/Matthews/nylander..... You get the picture..... Stop suckling up to a guy that has no heart for you or this team..... Your an embarrassment as a leafs fan..... Stop kissing A$$ to marner

[@drywallerbuddy]

Management not wanting a guy is different than a team not wanting a guy. Players can absolutely decline waiving a no trade clause. Todd Marchant did it simply because the team that would be acquiring him wouldn’t let his GM tell him which team he was being traded to.

[@michaelsobolewski401]

You want Hyman back? Sorry, we LUV him

[@mvk4343]

Woll is injury prone.

[@Kyle11011]

He’d make as a solid backup for a fundamentally sound, healthy, #1 veteran

[@stevehill934]

although frustrating Marner isnt stupid, i see him going to florida, wherever it will definately be a physical team where he doesnt need to worry about dishing shit out and can be the scorer there while other get dirty. he knows he doesnt like contact, so his best bet is to get behind a competitive club that is physical where he can do his thing and shine as a point guy. florida is my guess but definately a team thats in playoff contention regularly.

[@marcob6880]

Id like to play Seravelli chess for money, big money.😅

[@johnhoward8668]

Didn’t Marner state publicly that his next deal would be higher than Nylander.

[@chungang7037]

I'm sure Dubois is available right quick for a trade🤣

[@jjjobin7124]

Present for the maple league

[@johnmcdermott7257]

They each have 1 year to go. Both of them get giant bonuses on July 1st - Tavares would then cost $303,333 this year and next, while Marner would cost $258,333 this year and next. You’re stuck with their cap hits next year no matter what - a buyout would save less than a million bucks - but you’d get two better contributors with big roles by spending Brodie & Samsonov money to pay them - then the following year, you’d have almost $25M in cap space to continue the progress they’d move on with next year.

[@johnmcdermott7257]

I’d rather pay the money and find a better, long term solution starting next season - rip the expensive bandaids off ASAP - if you don’t expect either one to be on the team in 2026

[@jasoncrandall73]

If one won't waive their NMCs at least they will have over $20 million in cap space to spend in 2025.

[@Calers-gu1ib]

Mustn't forget that the Leafs are one of the top teams in the NHL and that means they will be drafting at the bottom of the draft if they haven't traded away their 1st rd pick already. The chances of picking up a player as skill as Marner at 28th in the draft and on is pure luck like Jesper Bratt 6th rd #162, Conor Garland 5th rd #123, Batherson 4th rd #121, Point 3rd rd #79.

[@Rain-rh6xb]

@@Calers-gu1ib Already drafted one in Cowan. Mitch is no longer needed on the team.

[@jasoncrandall73]

Buffalo saw a drop in their goals scored when they started to focus more on defense (but Granato also stubbornly stuck to his system). If the Leafs can do a Marner for L. Crouse trade, that would be a huge trade for them. It would also free up more cap space to address the backend.

[@2speedy4u22]

Marner can become the next Kessel or Kadri.

[@ytrewq2024]

Guys, enough! Don't trade Mitch! Trade him, and surely, he'll score a game-winning goal against the Leafs. We've seen this happen so many times with other players. Keep him and save that loss. That single game could be pivotal.

[@Superscout19]

Utah and Seattle are the only 2 teams that can pay Marner 8x12.

[@gordonbgraham]

Toronto is the only team that can offer 8 years

[@maxpayne9041]

I think marnier goes to either Pittsburgh,Philadelphia, Utah.

[@theliftexpert]

He’s to weak for the flyer’s,imo

[@scarbourgeoisie]

Utah.

[@philhoughton3677]

He won't waive his ntc😢

[@Kyle11011]

Utah would be perfect for that loser

[@bindardondat5292]

Leafs need to sign one of the Tkachuk boys

[@gordonbgraham]

How many Cups between them?

[@dianemacdonald9906]

I believe marner plays this way to to not get seriously injured to keep big contracts coming

[@gordonbgraham]

Do you? I don’t

[@BurpsMcGurps]

I'm sorry I've never seen this show before but HOLY FUCK NICK YOUR EYEBROWS

[@christophermurphy2393]

We need a brobrovsky type Goalie

[@phantomstratocaster]

bruins scored 5 on him

[@AdamFowler-eq4fv]

Honestly a Calgary trade could work. Kadri weager for marner and pick.

[@ksteele8388]

What do they make combined?

[@jasoncrandall73]

More than Marner.

[@Calers-gu1ib]

Yeah Treliving is an idiot, he'd do it.

[@phantomstratocaster]

if a player is not playing well its the coaches job to put players on the ice that are ,its a real time decisions ex. toronto played enspired hockey when mathews was sick .some players are just not as successfull in the playoffs because of tighter checking and phtsical play like jor thornton who would telegraph his frustration

[@stevestojanovich3105]

Matthews and Nylander were injured for a total of 7 games. If they are not in the game they cannot score. To conclude the core can't score when half the core aren't playing us absurd. This also assumes that if 34 & 88 were playing all games that they would not score. Highly unlikely.

[@mercywilliams2698]

Investing in potential rather than what you know by experience and outcome…a flawed strategy on seasonal rerun.

[@TheBillaro]

MLSE took in 281 million dollars up year on year for a decade. They care about keeping those numbers up, not taking risks with the core and making a cup run. simple as.

[@theholidayshow1026]

If toronto wants another coach they'll do it sooner than later

[@sharpliketac526]

John Tavares falls into that category too what did he do this playoffs? Your dealing with Daddy Marner he isnt waving. and he will walk imo

[@jasoncrandall73]

Saw a KZbin video recently that showed all the current ex Leafs players out scoring the Leafs big 3 both in the regular season & post season. 🤷

[@TheBillaro]

But Marner is a GOD! 😂

[@jjjobin7124]

Jordan Bennington Labatt 50

[@philip-johnkmauro3875]

Im guessing the Florida Panthers became a better playoff team when Matthew Tkuchuk went to Florida, to provide grit replacing a career season by J.Huberdeau. They need the other Tkuchuk in Ottawa by trading skill for grit. Marner for Brady.

[@sergiochiodo6513]

let the fans and talking heads run the team......

[@stephenkinsella4009]

Do dare not sign Domi and Burtuzzi they are two rare bright spots!

[@Gypsyalchemy333]

Ohh Frank is such an insider and star.. he makes my bum wet everytime he speaks his beautiful mind.

[@timcestnick2004]

Frank forgets that the D core was not good enough. Yes the team defense was solid in the last three games but the D did NOTHING to help the forwards generate offence. Offence takes 5 men too.

[@TheOldFashionedDad]

Is Woll ready to go though? I love Woll but he is always hurt. If you can't even play a game 7 after dragging your team from the grave in a series against their number 1 rival you will never be ready.

[@user-gj7lt8pd3k]

If leafs don't have enough money to do what it takes to make these changes, then disband the leafs.

[@glimmo43]

Frank is the best…..Happy Birthday!

[@swingeasyguy]

Just eliminating Marner is not nearly enough...you have no D who can play offense, no D who has a devastating slapshot from the point.

[@jakecerra141]

3/16 wins. We were close! Best part

[@jayscott6281]

Offer Manner 3 million. If he wants to stay a leaf. Don't budge from this. If he really wants to be a leaf, he will except. Toronto when can sit him if he doesn't playoff proper. I doubt he except and will be more willing to move

[@merdadrezai1195]

OK, Give me 3 other players in the league that score 80 to 100 points in the regular season that make 3 mil a year. Lets be realistic. Marner is not an enemy he is an elite player on our beloved Toronto Maple Leafs.

[@gordonbgraham]

Good strategy that is certain to attract free agents in the future

[@bindardondat5292]

Whoever the Leafs sign as a coach or general manager, they better be able to hold these high flying flakes accountable

[@claudejobin819]

What do you think leafs will get in return of mitch if all the bundles of nerves who hold a podcast say that he is not good

[@geekgamerz]

You said Mitch Marner is one of the players that gets you to the playoffs. Getting there is what gives you a chance. You don't just replace playmaking forwards like him that produce 100pt seasons. Mathews is the scorer. Nylander is the space maker. Marner is the setup guy. The whole team loves the guy and wants him to be there. They all want to win a cup together. J.T's contract was TOO long for too much money. Marner does not just put up points HE kills penalties he breaks up plays. He has great vision. You don't trade away and get a bunch of Pieces that other teams do not want.

[@sampicano]

"There are two reasons why Keefe wasn’t fired until now: It’s because: (a) Brendan Shanahan, as we’re finding out, doesn’t like to admit he’s wrong; and (b) Shanahan knows how to save a scapegoat. Shanahan certainly didn’t get to be 10 years into his tenure as Maple Leafs president by acknowledging his failings to his bosses. Which is why, after years of insisting Toronto can win with its infamous Core Four, the Core Four remains. Which is why Shanahan neglected to fire Keefe after any one of the above-listed playoff failures and last year approved a two-year guaranteed extension for Keefe that has yet to kick in. Imagine, the Leafs paying somebody not to do his job. As one industry insider put it Thursday: “They’ve been doing that with Shanahan for years.” #FireShanahan #FireShanny

[@Superscout19]

I’d take Chandler Stephenson over Domi and Marchessault over Bertuzzi. Even a player like Toffoli over Bertuzzi.

[@alexanderh.999]

You think Marner cannot play hard ball even if the Leafs threaten to sit him? It's easy money for him. Not playing and still collecting money.

[@zachhaist6426]

Hes not gonna do the leafs any favors that's for sure. He holds all the cards and there's not gonna be any haul coming back for him

[@DownsyMB]

I can absolutely guarantee you he won't sit. In a contract year? Nah he'll pick where he wants to go and they'll make it work to that destination. You play and you kill it in contract years, sitting you would sabotage your career earnings.

[@bernardbrown2054]

Do you really think marner would sit and collect money if team sits him.That would screw his whole career.For one thing other teams would view that as a spolied brat who all about money not about a team.Another he would get nowhere near 11 milion dollars if he sits he has to much of a ego to do that.

[@gordonbgraham]

@@bernardbrown2054No free agent will ever sign with the Leafs again if they intentionally sabotage Marner’s career as punishment for the entire team’s failure

[@bernardbrown2054]

@@gordonbgraham thats not entirely true free agents go where there is best oppurtunity to win plus more money they dont give rat ass about someone else

[@moonlightmelodrama]

Two big egos will see Marner ending up in Pittsburgh. He will never be number one in Toronto. He can in Pittsburgh. Dubas can get the cornerstone for his rebuild.

[@almVancouver]

Here's how you handle the Marner situation: You meet Marner and his agent in the press box. Ask him how he likes the seat? Does he think it needs cushions? Is the view good?

[@gordonbgraham]

Good luck ever signing a free agent again…ever

[@christophermurphy2393]

Woll is amazing but gets hurt every other game

[@trevorberry8656]

please Jets, don't go after Mitch - we have enough losers already!

[@jjjobin7124]

Khl end the war hockey player 👌

[@jjjobin7124]

Let's make a Stanley cup Toronto st Louis Pittsburgh Carolina New Jersey Arizona 67

[@stevehill934]

(yes i know theres ways around it) but these nmcs are awful and ridiculous to be offered to so many guys. your one superstar maybe but seems like everyone has one. "then they offered another nmc dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb!!"

[@waynebratton9813]

How many times are the Leafs going to rely on the big 4. Sure they do great during the regular season,but come Play off time they do not show up. cause the games are tougher and these 4 players do not have enough balls to engage in tough games.

[@maxpayne9041]

Still think Tavares and mitch marnier need to go and well if marnier plays hard ball then put him in the minors.

[@merdadrezai1195]

Childish

[@gordonbgraham]

My team didn’t win so I want someone punished…Whaaaaa

[@Calers-gu1ib]

Right away it starts off all wrong. He admits no one had any expectations of Leafs success in the playoffs then he says there was disappointment that they loss in the playoffs. Even though the Leafs took the stronger Bruins team to 7 games when they couldn't beat the Bruins during the regular season he says that. Do they make this "disappointment" schit up because they just don't like the Leaf franchise? Everyone should have been entertained they watched the Leafs get that far against the Bruins. He admits that Marner is a fanastic player during the regular season but man for man right down to the last guy they pop in on the 4th line they are not as good as the Bruins or Florida, yet we should get rid of Marner. No 2nd line that can score enough goals to give them a chance to win when better teams concentrate all their effort in stopping the Leafs top line. A rare player that other teams seem to find the last 50 years and Leafs finally got one and we are just going to give him away because over the last 9 yrs there has always been 4 or 5 teams in the league that are better than the Leafs. They fked up in '20 and '21 and then the next 3 years they lost to the eventual Stanley Cup winner, a team that ended up in the finals and now we wait to see how far the Bruins get. The Columbus Blue Jackets nor the '21 Canadiens were hardly anything close to the quality of the '24 Bruins.. But we should get rid of Marner because people are still mad about '20 and '21 playoffs. No Rosie he is not saying that. He's saying "No I'm not going to leave just because some people in the media don't like me. Hockey people that matter know who I am and even though they are drooling hoping the Leafs are stupid enough to give me to them I'm not leaving." Man, the more Seravalli spews out the more it sounds like he has a burr up his arse over Marner. 5:00 is pure hate speech. To even think a Pres and GM would say that schit to a player of that value is a sadist fantasy. A GM would have to be really callus to even say that in Vancouver to Kuzmenko or in Ottawa to Tarasenko.

[@gordonbgraham]

The only sensible take in this entire comment section

[@starledge]

Marner's contract is an albatross. He wants more?!? Don't see any team trading for that ... a player not built for the playoffs. Not worth the money.

[@leslieterry7532]

disagree, i think when Keefe broke up the marner, matthews magic, marner lost his mojo, too many changes too often. i would keep him and lose tavares , love him but hes lost his skills and is too expensive. we need postivity along with large body, soft hands smart spatial awareness players. we need to smile more, especially the new coach, i swear just beiber could coach the team better. keep marner!!!

[@4602experience]

Frank is the best insider!

[@MrMrneil1]

everything screams Columbus: 1. no playoff team will take him, so a team in rebuild, help Fantilli, + Goudro and Laine, & US tax & $, 2. has cap space, also retain, and owner invested in winning. 3. not close competition in division. 4. NOT getting back elite players, 'saviors', but big 2nd line C & top 4 D on PP & PK = Boon Jenner, 30 goals, center (or wing) reasonable contract, only about 30 yr old, but too old for rebuild, ON boy, Provorov, also not US boy, or is this TOO LOGICAL?

[@DanielDimarco-mg4vc]

is there a reason riellys name never comes up am i the only one that thinks he far from pulls his weight not to mention he seems like he's on the ice for every important goals against you could say because he get's 24 mins' a game and i'm gonna say why .Not to mention if he takes his man then boston doesn't get the overtime goal

[@TT-fq7pl]

You do realize that the BEST case scenario is winning a hockey trophy, right? That's it. Several groups of millionaire athletes skate around and hit each other and one group wins a trophy. Then they do it all over again next year. And every year after that. What's all the fuss about? It's ridiculously trivial.

[@playinragz8183]

Mitch Marner isn’t a playoff guy. If you want a cup he’s gota go if it’s about the season he stays.

[@StoicNature444]

Just admit it the Leafs are an anomaly.

[@gordonbgraham]

Winnipeg? How many Cups? Montreal…how many years? Philly? Van? How many Cups combined in the last 3 decades?

[@jimjohnson2406]

Trade marner,Woll,Traerse,and samsonov. FIRE COACH Get 2 goalies who know how to play the position consistently

[@mrfake675]

Frank is a glazed doughnut impersonating a sports journalist. Protect this man.

[@carlocalarco6718]

If the leafs had found a way to win that last game, all this bs talk would never happen… leaf’s played very well but the bruins caught a break and managed to score in ot…. This is playoff hockey and it’s tough to win for all the teams in the playoffs…. a gritty, feisty player, Mitch is not that type of player and everyone has always known that…. But he is a great player and I would keep him.. it’s a team effort period… stop blaming just one player… In my opinion if a change was to be made, a coaching change would be my top priority….

[@forte7991]

Sadly shanahan isn't going anywhere

[@wrotoeshaw9270]

Sphincter, weird flex but ok lol

[@peterlue9274]

When we get a Bertuzzi, Klingberg, and Matt Murray type contract for the Marner money, the crying will be epic. Haven't you been paying attention to what happens in Toronto? How do you expect a bunch of morons to get the fantasy result you have in your head? I hear we are looking at Seth (no defense) Jones. We are selling Mitch (doesn't perform in the playoffs) Marner.

[@mikestryszak7005]

He kills penalties does it all give him a break remember mathews is only got where he is because of mitch marner plus remember nylander and mathews got there raises mitch plays with heart don't blame him for being upset with media or additude no player on the leafs play end to end like marner he should be making more then both of them and he played hurt where were mathews and nylander ohh migraine bullshit ohh a flew or food poison bullshit selfish at the end of the season trying to get 70 goals that destroyed any momentum going in thr playoffs the should of sat him out a baby selfish it's all he cared about lost the last four games of the year trying to get 70 goals feeding him the puck couldn't and they could have one 2 of there last four games never seen that ever in hockey history plus the should have played the last 10 games defensively heading in the playoffs remember it's not how many goals you score in the playoffs it's about winning period instead of a selfish player trying to get his 70th goal just sick and dumb.