Guilt Trip
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Yup, can't trade for a guy who won't waive to come here.louisstamos said:
2022 Trades
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We've already acquired a physical defenceman who's better than Manson anyway.
herman
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CarltonTheBear said:
This is correct. He is a better puck mover than he was allowed to show in Arizona too, and unlike the last RD from Russia we had in a prominent role, he can also complete a 5 foot pass. Also, for all that the Coyotes suck at, they've developed some good short-games in their players (i.e. the ones that we got from them).
herman
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Most of the insider chatter surrounding the Leafs defense trade target is centered on pending UFA Hampus Lindholm, who used to be very very good and is now pretty good. In his prime, he was a more defensively inclined version of Rielly (the player drafted just before him).
https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1503802227361787908
Colorado clears cap space and gets an arguably better player in return. Definitely seems like a team that's ready to go all in.
Also, ignoring the fact that I say this about multiple college free agents every year and almost all of them don't actually pan out, I just want to point out that I did say the Leafs should sign Sturm back in 2019. He seems to have become a pretty solid 4C.
Colorado clears cap space and gets an arguably better player in return. Definitely seems like a team that's ready to go all in.
Also, ignoring the fact that I say this about multiple college free agents every year and almost all of them don't actually pan out, I just want to point out that I did say the Leafs should sign Sturm back in 2019. He seems to have become a pretty solid 4C.
bustaheims
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Clearing space for Giroux?
I was going to say something to the effect that the lack of Leafs prospects is why they can't have nice things, but that's not true. The Leafs have nice things, the lack of prospects and the cost of those nice things that they already have means they can't have more nice things.
Significantly Insignificant said:
Pre-Covid, I think the cap was projected to go up to $100million with the new TV deal. The unexpected Covid drop was timed to hurt the leafs much more than other teams. Without it, Toronto would have their top talent locked in and cap space to add more. It wouldn?t have been necessary to give up guys like Kapanen and Hyman.
Guilt Trip
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They were never going to pay Hyman what he got and Kappy was let go because he didn't fit in the top 6 on this team. He couldn't play the off wing and our RWs were set.princedpw said:
louisstamos
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https://twitter.com/PierreVLeBrun/status/1504165848369479681
Florida clearing some room.
Florida clearing some room.
bustaheims
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louisstamos said:
This is a curious move on its own, for sure. What are they clearing cap space for?
bustaheims said:
Giordano's a healthy scratch tonight, I can see a fit there. For all the talk about how great Florida is (and they are/have been, even statistically), their defence actually looks pretty weak-ish. Like this was their top-6 in their most recent game:
Weegar-Ekblad
Forsling-Gudas
Lindbohm-Montour
Does anyone on their 2nd and 3rd pairings crack a healthy Leafs top-6 (Rielly, Brodie, Muzzin, Holl, Lyubushkin, Sandin)? Maybe you could have made the case for Gudas because of his physicality a few weeks ago but Lyubushkin covers that now while being better defensively. Heck, I'd take our "4th" pair of Dermott-Liljegren over their 3rd.
Guilt Trip
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Good point. Never really looked at their D outside of Ekblad and Weegar. I think we have the better D overall also.CarltonTheBear said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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What a disgusting price, 1st, 4th and prospect for an ogre with highly questionable value.
bustaheims
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WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Bananas.