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I had Nylander penciled in for $7 x 7 in my CFHL spreadsheet. Thinking he gets paid now, losing 3 UFA years, and another deal of 5+ years (possibly for a UFA premium price) at 29 sounds pretty sweet to me. It'll be interesting if Dubas has to do this same dance with Marner and his rumoured asking price of $10 mil. Don't think him and Nylander are so far apart to the point where he deserves that much, but he will probably get more simply due to % of cap. I hope Sparks sticks. Freddy should be maxing out at 60 games and while Mac was great last year, who knows if he can do it again. I agree that I'd take Sparks Freddy misses more than those 22 *knocks on wood, rubs rabbits foot, etc...

Couldn't agree more on Holl. He has been really good, but stubborn Babcock is likely to go another route. Nylander is really starting to worry me now. They will still be solid without him, but could be better with him. I've heard as of today that his camp is not really dropping their ask at all. Presumably around 7.5 and that is too much. Curious to see the trade market because not many teams will be willing to fork over that kind of dough. Sparks was really shaky in his last start and again...stubborn Babcock. I'd rather see him than Mac as I'd be more comfortable with Sparks if Freddy was gone for a bit longer.

Leafs have been both fun and tough to watch at times. Tavares, Marner and Matthews have been great to watch, but there's also been some bad giveaways that led to goals thatare hope. But I guess that's just what you get with preseason hockey. Will be more fun to watch as the fat gets trimmed, and we get to see the rumored PP1 of Tavares-Matthews-Marner-Rielly-Kadri all together, as well as the return of Nylander (hopefully sooner than later). Really like the play of some of the younger defencemen. Sandin and Liljegren looked good, so have Borgman and Holl. Other things: - If Nylander does miss the first week or two of the regular season, it'll be interesting to see how Ennis does in that spot (he has looked fairly comfy there so far). Hopefully Nylander gets sorted out soon (despite some of the Leafs fan base insisting he gets moved for a RHD), though he shares an agent with Gaudreau, who held out as well. ($7mil x 7 years...fair?) - Wonder who's going to make up that bottom pair. I'd like to see Holl get a chance on the right side. And while it's doubtful, if Babs moved Hainsey to the third pair as more of a PK specialist, and moved Rielly/Gardiner/Dermott over to the right side, that'd be nice (Rielly-Dermott/Gardiner-Zaitsev/Hainsey-Holl). - The battle to back up Freddy. Sparks or Mac will take it. My guess is Sparks. No matter who loses, do you risk the waiver wire (though there is considerably less risk with Mac), or can Dubas get a late pick/package deal done? It's gonna be a fun year for this team. Can't wait until Oct 3rd!