Chris Johnston
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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 โ
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.