Chris Johnston

I don't think we're going to see them, if it leans towards buying, do anything crazy.

We've been over this.

They don't have tons to buy with, and I think there is probably a little reticence about how much they can really do to this roster right now.

The selling end...

could go a little bit more dramatically.

They do have pending UFAs, but that's going to take them likely losing a bunch of these games between now and the deadline.

And so I really believe it could go both ways and they're just going to wait and see and make a call probably over that Olympic break and enact in the 10 or 11 days before the deadline afterwards.

Well, I'm sure he would share the disappointment of others, but I will say this.

My impression of Austin Matthews is, you know, I don't think they need to do anything and be really gentle around him.

Like, I think he's still very committed to being a Leaf.

I think he loves being the captain of this team.

Obviously, he's been front and center here in a lot of conversation the last few days.

But, you know, I don't sense at all his commitment waning.

And, in fact, I think if they were making decisions –

That made sense that they were, you know, if it's properly messaged to some degree in terms of what the plans are.

Like, he wants a chance to win, too.

And I'm sure, you know, he's sitting there feeling a lot of the things everybody is.

Like, the numbers don't lie at a certain point, right?

We're more than...

50 games into this season, the Leafs have rarely, to their credit, they did have a great stretch after Christmas and into the early part of January.