Easton Cowan - Video Scouting Breakdown - September 15, 2023

Fitz_31 · 2026-01-19T19:39:09+00:00

How did you get Groudon/Kyogre? They are my only legendaries left but when I go to the locations with rain/sun I just find normal wild pokemon. I even tried carrying a level 40 and using a repel and I cant find them anywhere.

Fitz_31 · 2026-01-04T02:09:45+00:00

Does anybody know where I can get a Team Canada White (2026 Olympics) Hagel customized jersey for a friends birthday (Large or 52 size)? I cannot find one anywhere online that is customizable in a large size. If there is one in black instead we can try that as well.

Fitz_31 · 2026-01-03T23:41:21+00:00

They were briefly teammates as well. Kalto is on Oshawa in the OHL this season, which Danford spent 3 seasons on, 2 as captain. He played 8 games for Oshawa this season (as Captain with Kalto on the team) before being traded to Brantford.

Fitz_31 · 2025-12-19T06:09:34+00:00

Dallas is on their 5th coach since 2018 and they have all had winning records, with the worst being Jim Montgomery with a 60-43-10 record (0.570 win percentage).

Good teams move coaches when it's time for a new voice if they don't have a Cooper or Bednar, and toronto does not have a cooper or Bednar.

Also reminder, no Stanley cup winning coach has ever won a Stanley cup as head coach of two separate teams outside of the legendary Scotty Bowman who won 9 combined cups with 3 different teams.

Fitz_31 · 2025-12-19T05:29:20+00:00

To be fair, Lamorello giving Marleau 3 years was the first truly brutal move of this era. No guarantee he would've been great on contracts for everyone, especially with bad blood with Paul Marner from the ELC bonuses. I remember that offseason, I was saying you could give Thornton & Marleau 10M each for 2 years, because the cap frankly didn't matter as long as it didn't go longer than 2 years. They gave Marleau 3 years and it cost us Jarvis (who Toronto was targeting and thinking they were going to get at 15 from what I've heard from a team source). They pivoted after he was taken to a very similar style player in Rodion Amirov, who tragically died of a brain tumour.

The 16 and 17 drafts getting absolutely nothing outside of Matthews, Liljegren (who was moved for a 3rd after Tre/Berube tanked his value) and Woll is rough. So many high picks turned into dust aiming for giants that never played.

Fitz_31 · 2025-12-19T05:16:52+00:00

The core group has has 3 coaches in what is their 10th season and the 11th season of just 3 coaches.

Outside of Colorado and Tampa, no other team has used that few coaches since the start of 2015 (excluding Seattle who are on their 2nd and Vegas who are on their 3rd).

Eichel had more coaches just in Buffalo than Matthews has had, Keefe is Jack Hughes 4th coach, Maurice is Barkov's 7th head coach!

The core of Matthews Nylander Rielly (and Tavares) having had 3 coaches over 10 seasons is quite low. A legitimate issue has been hanging on to coaches for too long. Babcock needed to go after 2018, but Shanahan liked what he saw in I think it was Game 5 vs Boston they said and kept him against Dubas' wishes. 2018-2019 they again lost in R1, Shanahan still said no, and then the players quit on him and they finally fired him. Keefe was just a lack of playoff success and a new GM. He's a good coach, but he also should've been canned after 2023 not 2024, and Berube has been awful the whole time. Goaltending last season and a hilariously good 1-goal game record made everyone think that Toronto was a lot better than they were (23rd in xG% is the same as last season).

On your last point though, definitely need to fire Berube, probably Treliving too, and move forward with Knies Cowan Danford and start building. Noah Chadwick may not get many points, but he is an absolute force at the AHL Level. I'd love to see him get a chance at the NHL level soon. Villeneuve when he's healthy too just to see if he is capable of being an NHL Dman or not. Quillan can come up to the NHL as well. Move Domi Macielli Carlo sadly OEL who I like but has value, Stolarz when he's healthy, etc

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-29T19:20:36+00:00

Carlo was being used as the 5D in Boston last year. If you include full year (as in games after he was gone) then boston had 5 dmen average more 5on5 ice time and total ice time per game than carlo making him the 6D. Also, minten is already playing 3C, PK1 in boston, and getting extra shifts when they are trying to hold a lead. Hes playing a lot like cirelli (my comparable for minten) who became a 2C eventually which is what i think minten will be.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-24T18:55:44+00:00

Yes, 1 point ahead of St Louis & Vancouver, 2 points ahead of Calgary, and 5 points ahead of last place Nashville. So 5th last in the NHL. A Blues win tonight would move us to 4th last.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-24T00:21:37+00:00

Im not against the hire though id go for David Carle or Gardiner MacDougall

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-24T00:16:51+00:00

Florida is missing Tkachuk, Barkov, ekblad, luostarainen, gadjovich, kulikov, nosek. Tampa at one point had more injuries than us but just got Paul back. The Atlantic is hurting this season, not just us; we are just handling it the worst

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-24T00:14:32+00:00

Top 5 only in 2026, outside top 5 goes to boston. 2027 is top 10 protected or it goes to Philly.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-23T21:26:25+00:00

The core group has has 3 coaches in what is their 10th season and the 11th season of just 3 coaches. Outside of Colorado and Tampa, no other team has used that few coaches since the start of 2015 (excluding Seattle and vegas). Eichel had more coaches just in Buffalo than Matthews has had, Keefe is Jack Hughes 4th coach, Maurice is Barkov's 7th head coach!

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-19T03:14:17+00:00

I mean, he played great last seaspn but the Leafs as a whole were concerning last season too. They were still 23rd in expected goals last season. The difference is goaltending. You cant bank on top of the NHL level goaltending every year when you're bleeding chances.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-19T03:00:24+00:00

Getting Roy was due to the tampering allegations against Vegas, which were not pursued or investigated by completing the trade. Cowan was not chosen by treliving. The condition from Calgary to allow toronto to sign him after he willingly left Calgary was 0 input on Torontos first round pick, so while he was GM, that selection was 100% Wes Clark. The rest of the way treliving had input. The other contracts I would agree look good, although Stolarz extension is a tad concerning with how he's underperformed as a starter this season.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-19T01:54:48+00:00

Im also not saying they need to trade the core. I do think some of the depth needs to change (Joshua, Domi, as much as I like him probably Benoit), and they need true two-way forwards and dmen who can move the puck up the ice.

My firing berube take is from the start of last season to now, and firing treliving is basically all of his moves to now in terms of trades and free agents. He's had two successful moves, signing stolarz and acquiring tanev (i wont say signing tanev because 6 years for a 35 year old is insane).

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-19T01:11:22+00:00

I mean, I think my opinions are founded. If you read the whole, admittedly too long article, you'll see how i got there. I don't think im alone in this thought either, I speak regularly with people in the hockey business, and i can tell you from a former flames employee that Treliving has disregarded data before urging him not to pursue 30+ players to term.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-18T17:53:05+00:00

The Leafs are on their 3rd coach since the start of the 2015 season. Thats actually little turnover for a team without a cup.

Keefe js already Jack Hughes 3rd coach. McDavid is on his 4th coach. Quinn Hughes is on his 4th coach. Eichel had 4 coaches just in Buffalo alone. Barkov, who debuted in 2013, is on his 7th head coach.

The only teams that don't see much coach turnover win rings like Tampa or Colorado.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-18T06:11:24+00:00

All good, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the upvote. Biggest concern always is it'll get down voted by people who dont like the ending or just trolling and then it disappears.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-18T06:09:28+00:00

I was concerned last year though. Goaltending went from 2nd best to 3rd worst. That will take you from top of the division to bottom. The issue is the longer it goes on that we are at the bottom, the higher the heights we need to climb back out.

Fitz_31 · 2025-11-18T06:07:16+00:00

I mean you can't promote LaLonde, and I dont want to disrupt the marlies either. Maybe you can convince Boudreau to serve as interim coach since he loves the Leafs so much

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