Our final Maple Leaf camp takeaways – and sunset for Brendan Shanahan

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Before you go on a new season, some old business to clarify, through Brendan Shanakhan.

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The overthrown President of Maple Leafs did not think that his “Shanplan” was an expensive failure that could indicate two victories in the play -off for nine years, reminding Prime Video Blows: inside the NHL The series that he left the House Bay Street House is much more stable than he found in 2014.

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“I am disappointed that I could not finish the work, but I think that we rebuilt the Lifs,” he said in the play shortly after his spring shooting. “Of course, you will have solutions that you would like to return (Mike Babcock? Kyle Dubas? Mitch Marner? He was not given it), but I think that we built, I am sure that they can still do the work.

“Unfortunately, I will not be close to see how it is finished, but I will give me great joy to finish it.”

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Unlike the presidential predecessor, such as Richard Peddie, who worked in his 2011 pension package, he would have received the Stanley Cup, if Toronto won within three years after leaving, Shanakhan had to be satisfied when his fingerprints were tracking any title. Oston Matthew The ERA team can read.

Matthews, William Nilander and John Tawares, are already one of the highest scorers in the history of the franchise, are indeed a famous heritage. Shanakhan can also indicate his positive organizational changes, carrying the best league, a nine-year-old playoff series, a highly demanded place for free agents and his efforts to restore leaves and fans with their legendary past.

But there was enough time to fill the team with their own passion as a cup warrior. Instead, under his watch, Matthews, Nilander and the departed Marner became too comfortable and pricked. At least, they still could not raise their collective game when it matters and study in bitter games.

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General manager Jerry McNamara in his last breath, insisting that his high drafts of 1980 were incorrectly used by coach John Brofi, Cliff Fletcher never quit believed in his holy Trinity with Patu Burns and Dag Gilmur, while this play -feature was stuck on Fil Kessel and others, and others who performed on him, and others performing on him. restoration.

All these performers did not have enough time in Toronto, and now Shanahan is waiting to see whether his faith in the yacht-tier is the discharge-, since it would be heard from the audience of the Barricade Cup parade.

Manican Monday

This is the last hours for this grandmaster, Brad Trlyivive to present his composition, consistent with 23 people, by 5 o’clock in the evening, ahead of the opening of the season on Wednesday, against Montreal Canadiens.

While the players took on Sunday, Trlyining, Assistant Brandon Prudham and coach Craig Birub spent time, laying his list, which looked more cut and dried for 10 days in the camp, which is now complicated by the fourth line, the seventh defender and reserve interests.

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The Center of Scott Lauton will almost certainly start with the injured reserve, as it is weekly with a foot injury. This gave David Kampfu a second life, except that he has already gone through refusals and can become a paper transaction in the AHL Marlies list.

The room is necessary in order to fit Nick Robertson, since the Lifs does not want to expose the Winger to abandon the strong camp, which he completed on Saturday evening in Detroit, prosperous in all situations.

While the newcomer to Iston Cowen showed that he still has something to learn, and Lawton’s injury violated the success in the camp on the line with Stephen Lorenz, the coach Berub gave another luminous report after Cowan’s fifth pre -season game on Saturday. If Cowen proves that he does not need to stay on the farm to assimilate as a professional, this can make Robertson a possible trading chip.

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The staff is also trying to make room in the lower six attackers for Calle Jarnkrok, despite the fact that there was no clear place for his contract for 2.1 million US dollars. Often wear on defenders leads the commands to keep at least two in an extended list; One of them would be Philip Mayers C of perhaps Dakota Mermmis, depending on which forwards are clogged among the first 23 seats.

To be determined whether TRELIVING means signing 37-year-old goalkeeper James Reimer for a regular contract after nine days in the camp on VOM. Trilling usually fulfills long -term obligations to such invitations, but it is unclear how the status of the Joseph Volla list will be defined on Monday, and when he returns from personal vacation, while Dennis Hildei looks ready to leave the farm and a backup copy of Anthony Stolarz.

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Final camp comments

Few people recall that Leafs did in exhibition games in three months, they will take care of games less when next year will be reduced to four friendly matches, and the regular season will increase to 84 games. But what happened to the Leafs list, which did not win all three home games, while the scrubs earned five of the possible six road points?

Meanwhile, large debates about the preliminary like about who will replace Martner on the right wing of the first line are not settled. Max Domi suffered early, played one game there and now returned to the center with Laughton injury. Matias Maxelli looked and could return, but his calling could be in another place.

And there was too small sample size to judge Morgan Rieli, as a response of unit No. 1 as a point and how Miner's minutes were converted. Do not worry, 11 games in the first 22 days should be disclosed.

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