Jeff O'Neill

There's a lot of time for these guys to formulate stuff.

That's why you're right, Hayes.

I'm surprised that it wasn't announced today, but maybe the Leafs have something in the can, either good or bad or something moving.

But I think you're going to see some moving lead up to the deadline.

I say it every year, and I'm going to say it again this year.

I feel like all hell could break loose at the deadline.

It's possible.

This might be the year that actually I'm right on that.

His job is the business side.

What you need to do is trust your workers.

That's the biggest thing.

You need to trust your workers.

Okay, then it's Tree's decision to decide what to do with the hockey team.

It should be Tree's decision.

He's the general manager.

Now, in previous years, it had to go up the chain to Brandon Shanahan, who took it to the board and all of that.

Now that avenue is gone.

I would imagine Tree goes to Keith Pelley and says, this is what I'm doing.

And Keith Pelley goes, you're the hockey guy, have at it.

And if I don't like what I'm seeing, I'm going to head in a different direction.