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Reaves traded to San Jose

Thrun will reunite with Matt Benning and probably take one some of the harder minutes for the Marlies.

There’s a big stack of actual NHLers, potentials, and projects down there waiting for the inevitable break down in the Leafs aging d corps.

Barring a trade, it’d make sense to give Danford a spin with OEL on the third pair, and Cowan a longer look with a Roy or Tavares line to see what they can do. Chop up their first ELC season a bit and it’ll bring down the price of contract 2 (or help decide one way or another their asset value)
 
herman said:
Thrun will reunite with Matt Benning and probably take one some of the harder minutes for the Marlies.

There’s a big stack of actual NHLers, potentials, and projects down there waiting for the inevitable break down in the Leafs aging d corps.

Barring a trade, it’d make sense to give Danford a spin with OEL on the third pair, and Cowan a longer look with a Roy or Tavares line to see what they can do. Chop up their first ELC season a bit and it’ll bring down the price of contract 2 (or help decide one way or another their asset value)
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Put Cowan on a line with Tavares and Nylander. They saddled Holmberg with those two in the playoffs, surely Cowan can be an improvement.
 
Hard to get a good read on Thrun’s abilities, given where he was playing, but he does look like a potential NHL calibre guy - even if that means as a 7th D type. Reaves, on the other hand, is basically unplayable at this point. So, win for the Leafs.
 
Well like I said yesterday I was definitely expecting a move after Reaves' podcast interview and I think a team like San Jose made a ton of sense. Tons of cap space, lots of young guys that someone like Reaves seems to always have good relationships with. Certainly wasn't expecting a semi-competent NHL-ish (#7-8-9) defender out of it so that's cool.

Nothing really went all that well with Reaves here on the ice but he's undoubtedly a great teammate. Hope he can make it to 1000 games like he wants.
 
I think this is nothing more then doing Reavo a solid. Despite his on ice contributions/contract, he was actually a good pickup for the Leafs. From all accounts he solidified the group and was a great teammate.
 
I'll agree with that. The Leafs dressing room no longer needs a pure vibes guy to dispel any weird tensions to keep things light and fun.
 
I am actually quite shocked by how low his PIM totals have been throughout his career. I guess people were too scared to fight him!

The contract was probably an overreaction to a roster with zero grit by Trev, but he was a scary dude to play against and seemed like a fun guy to be around. SJ seems like a good fit with a young roster and lower expectations. Hopefully, he can protect the young players and keep it light in the dressing room.
 
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