It's a no for me because, regardless of dollars, I don't want an Edwin-style player on this roster. Bat, no glove flexibility at all. I want my position players to add value in multiple ways.
And I guess that's the millennial stance? Cool to take money for doing nothing with no sense of pride or unfinished business to get upset about. Ok millennial
Yup. Let's keep pretending that it's only a quarter of the season that this team has had issues.
Either they fire Babs or they've decided that they're ok tanking this season. It is a very deep draft so there's that. There's no cap space to make any meaningful roster moves so they really are stuck with this group for the balance of the season.
I posted this last March. The Leafs mediocre play is not new...It's more than 60 games now that they're not playing at a playoff pace. They started very hot last season and held on for a playoff spot.
At some point you need to consider change. Clearly it'll be Babcock as the first move. But if they sputter all season long then you really have to wonder if this mix just isn't the right mix.
I doubt he'd get a better option that that anywhere...although they'd likely balk at the tem option aspect. He'd likely take less to have full control with only players options.
That would get it done if they also included a player opt out clause after season 2, and every subsequent season after that.
So yes, 2 years, $110m gets it done.