Ahmed A

UofT alum - Canada, eh? 🇨🇦

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Gunna cri

[Chris Johnston @reporterchris]

Anthony Stolarz is on the ice ahead of #leafs practice.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Imagine that.

[B/R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce]

Mikko Rantanen in his last 6 games …

-9 goals
-17 points
-2 game-winning goals
-2 hat tricks

THE MOOSE IS LOOSE 🫎 😤

[Bruce Garrioch @SunGarrioch]

Brady Tkachuk was fighting back tears. “It’s devastating,” he says. #Sens

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Perfect day to watch Conclave

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

SLEEPER AGENT JOHN KLINGBERG. LETS GOOO.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

@moyunus__ 🤣🤣🤣

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Yeah, I'm gonna need more games to air on Prime

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Tavares is so cooked

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

:(

[Chris Johnston @reporterchris]

Jack Campbell has entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistant Program and will be away from the #redwings for an indefinite period of time.

Wishing him the best.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

@moyunus__

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

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[Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger]

Tyler Bertuzzi won’t be returning to the Maple Leafs. His value has out priced Toronto. He will land a deal elsewhere in the 4 year and over $5 mil per territory.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Bah gawd, King! That's Jeff Skinner's music!!

[Chris Johnston @reporterchris]

Sources say that RFA Nick Robertson has no plans to re-sign with the #leafs this summer and has informed the team that he would like to be traded.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Lmao what the fuck

[Kevin Weekes @KevinWeekes]

@MapleLeafs and D Tanev sounds like new Contract comes in around $5M AAV from what I’m told for the hometown guy. #LeafsForever #HockeyX

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Walk away from Bert. A cheaper player can give us what he did last year. Couldn't even get a puck airborne in the playoffs.

[Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger]

It was believed it would be an either/or for the Leafs in negotiations with Domi and Bertuzzi. However, with Domi locked down, Toronto continues to negotiate with Tyler Bertuzzi.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

You know what they say about little snitches eh Frankie boy?

[Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli]

Two contract housekeeping items, since there is a lot of buzz today.

1. If "fake years" are added to a player's contract in his mid-30s as a method to suppress AAV and/or entice a signature with additional total dollars, #NHL will monitor and pursue later if proven as means of cap circumvention.

Example: If #Leafs want to offer Tanev 6 years x $4 million, and the goal (😉) is to only play three years and spend the last two or three on LTIR (😉), well then, that won't be looked upon fondly later. We've been through this once before, hence the 35+ contract rule.

Out of the 924 players in the #NHL this season, only one (Mark Giordano) played as a 40-year-old this season. He's also a little bit of a different case, won a Norris Trophy at age 35. No one could honestly think that signing Tanev to a deal that stretches into his 40-year-old season would be a deal on the up-and-up.

2. It is expressly prohibited in the CBA for a free agent to agree to a post-contract arrangement for services, say as a team ambassador or in player development, as a way of working outside of the salary cap. That type of deal is outlawed and the #NHL would very likely also consider that circumvention.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

Would be pretty funny if Tanev simply says "no, thank you"

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

The reverse Lebda

[Jack Moore @MadJack54]

A few points of reference for Ben Danford for #LeafsForever fans:

In a 9-1 loss in the OHL finals for the Generals, Danford was 1-0-1 and +1.

One of, if not the best, defensive defenceman in the OHL (at 17).

Can play in all situations on both ends of the ice.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

4x4

[David Pagnotta @TheFourthPeriod]

It’s still very early in the process to project where this will go, but the #LeafsForever have started contract discussions with pending UFA winger Tyler Bertuzzi.

[Ahmed A @DoubleA7_]

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