"I've been firm on this being the all-in year for the Toronto Maple Leafs... That's taking stock of what you have, but also the contract situations John Tavares and Mitch Marner moving forward. It's not getting any easier and the salary cap increase for next year is already gobbled up by William Nylander.
Anybody that looks at the Leafs now and says stand pat and hold onto that first round pick and these top prospects because you're going to need them in the future, I can appreciate that. I look at it realistically as well and if you're counting on that first round draft pick in 2024 to be a big game player two, three, four years from now, that's a lot to expect from any management because Toronto is a rabid market. Expectations are always high. General Managers who are in a position to try and win normally take a swing because they don't know what they're going to be doing two, three, four years from now."
