D'Amigo traded to Columbus for Matt Frattin

[KW Sluggo]

I don't like this move.  D'Amigo's a good energy guy and penalty killer.  Frattin has 35 points in 126 games.  "Getting back on track" would imply that he was ever on track.  He had a couple of good stretches of games but he was never a guy who established himself as a good NHLer.

I mean we just traded to acquire a guy who has now moved teams 3 times since June 23/13.  Frattin is fast, he definitely adds a bit of that element but he either plays above Clarkson, or his speed is pretty much useless on a line with Clarkson (3rd).

13 pts in 26 games with the Leafs was 'on track'
6 points in 40 with LA and Columbus was 'off track'.

There is not a team in the NHL that knows more about both of the players in this trade. Safe to say from their standpoint, they made a good trade.

You keep going back to this line of argument.  A team that tries to make the playoffs and keeps failing but thinks their moves are good isn't a great justification for the quality of their transactions. 

Carolina retreads their players a lot too.  That doesn't make them a well managed franchise.

Perhaps not but at least they won a Cup in the not too distant (like 45+ years) past...people who live in glass houses....

 

[Tigger]

Two guys I like, sheesh, was looking forward to seeing D'Amigo with the Leafs this year but I'll take Frattin back for him, hopefully they get him signed to something reasonable.

 

[ZBBM]

I don't get all the remorse over D'Amigo. He's never going to amount to anything. I think Frattin is the better player though the difference isn't enough to get worked up about.

Komarov will do whatever D'Amigo would have only much much better.

 

[Tigger]

I don't get all the remorse over D'Amigo. He's never going to amount to anything. I think Frattin is the better player though the difference isn't enough to get worked up about.

Komarov will do whatever D'Amigo would have only much much better.

For me it's just that he was a Leafs prospect I've been watching for a while, it's not a big loss no, but I was looking forward to seeing him play for the Leafs.

 

[Strangelove]

I fail to see how Frattin is the better player. He had a fast start (like many call ups), tailed off, and has been about as awful as a "scoring" forward can be ever since. This is a reclamation project of course, but I don't know why it's a project the Leafs felt the need to take on.

 

[Tigger]

Frattin has all the speed and forechecking D'Amigo has with a little scoring upside. He might be a little older but he only has 126 nhl games under his belt, he's probably got some room to grow.

 

[Strangelove]

Frattin has all the speed and forechecking D'Amigo has with a little scoring upside. He might be a little older but he only has 126 nhl games under his belt, he's probably got some room to grow.

Strongly disagree. Frattin never struck me as much of a forechecker. D'Amigo is probably faster too, though Frattin is by no means slow.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Just amounts to a swap of same AHL-type players.  Right now, as it stands, Frattin needs to improve his game.  Same could be said for the other guy, D'Amigo.  While many liked D'Amigo's speed, there is nothing to suggest that the Leafs gained nor lost in trading for Frattin.

 

[Tigger]

Frattin has all the speed and forechecking D'Amigo has with a little scoring upside. He might be a little older but he only has 126 nhl games under his belt, he's probably got some room to grow.

Strongly disagree. Frattin never struck me as much of a forechecker. D'Amigo is probably faster too, though Frattin is by no means slow.

D'Amigo might be faster but we'll have to agree to disagree on Frattin's forechecking ability.

 

[moon111]

Perhaps they're hoping Frattin will fill a role in the Marlies as they bring someone up?

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Frattin just signed a 2 year contract.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

D'Amigo doesn't bring much other than being a guy that skates fast to the corners. He resembles a chicken with it's head cut off at times.

 

[Tigger]

Frattin just signed a 2 year contract.

I wondered about that when Nonis said they had just north of 15 mil to sign players, at that time capgeek had them at around 17. I wonder if it's him and one of Holland/Ashton that's signed?

 

[L K]

Frattin just signed a 2 year contract.

I wondered about that when Nonis said they had just north of 15 mil to sign players, at that time capgeek had them at around 17. I wonder if it's him and one of Holland/Ashton that's signed?

Or he overpaid Frattin

 

[Joe S.]

when I have time I need to dig up the posts from last season stating the leafs overpaid for bernier by adding frattin and the multitude of posts that lamented his loss.

at the end of the day neither D'Amigo nor Frattin is going to make much of a difference to this mess of a team.

 

[bustaheims]

I prefer D'Amigo to Frattin - I think they have similar upsides, but, D'Amigo's being younger makes him more valuable in my eyes - but, overall, not an awful move.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle  1m
Matt Frattin's new deal with the Leafs is two years, one-way with an $800,000 cap hit. Very reasonable.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle  1m
Matt Frattin's new deal with the Leafs is two years, one-way with an $800,000 cap hit. Very reasonable.

Reasonable indeed, it also helps that he'll be motivated to earn a payday after this contract.

 

[L K]

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle  1m
Matt Frattin's new deal with the Leafs is two years, one-way with an $800,000 cap hit. Very reasonable.

That certainly makes him a little more appealing.  His cap hit last year was 875K.  We got him cheaper.  He also makes less than Orr....

 

[Joe S.]

is Orr really still on the team? I thought he and Mclaren were done...