2026-27 Thread

Home Forums Toronto Maple Leafs 2026-27 Thread

Viewing 10 posts - 21 through 30 (of 53 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
  • Author
    Posts
  • #81382
    Unholy_Goalie
    Participant

    Were Seattle and Vancouver on his only trade me to team? For the sake of argument, let’s say yes.
    Both of those teams would see Rielly as contract dump by the Leafs and would request a high pick in order to take him on with little coming back to the Leafs.
    Otherwise he’d be traded already, no?

    Again, whether they were or they weren’t, it doesn’t matter. His short list are the teams he can’t block. The rest are teams you’d have to “convince” him to join.

    Would they really? Seattle and Vancouver have cap space and are scrambling to find talent. Rielly, being from the West Coast, is easier to sell on those locations. Seattle has Dunn signed for only one more year. If the Leafs swapped Dunn for Rielly, the Leafs get an expiring contract and Seattle gets a puck mover signed longer term to a cheaper contract compared to what future UFAs will demand. That’s not a dump, it’s a win-win. Both were 35-40 point players and minus players. Just a fresh start for both guys going back to closer to home.

    So no, it’s not a straight dump especially if they Leafs take back another type of “bad” contract.

    Like I said, he hasn’t been traded because he’s one of the boys and the Leafs don’t have the balls to push him out the door by force.

    #81306
    dmnted
    Participant

    Rielly would not have required a premium pick to get rid of him. Seattle and Vancouver both still have 17 million in cap space.

    Were Seattle and Vancouver on his only trade me to team? For the sake of argument, let’s say yes.
    Both of those teams would see Rielly as contract dump by the Leafs and would request a high pick in order to take him on with little coming back to the Leafs.
    Otherwise he’d be traded already, no?

    #81231
    Unholy_Goalie
    Participant

    And yet everybody else seems to be able to do it but the Leafs are run by a bunch of pussies, too scared to force bad players with bad contracts out

    Why give up a premium pick (Remember Marleau trade) to move a player with a NMC.
    For me, that doesn’t sense.
    better to keep the player and hope during the season can be moved

    With what some guys are getting paid, Rielly would not have required a premium pick to get rid of him. Seattle and Vancouver both still have 17 million in cap space. If the Leafs had taken back even a 3 or 4 million dollar contract, Rielly is a drop in the bucket. Hell, I’d have taken Vince Dunn from Seattle in return with the same cap hit on an expiring contract.

    Keeping the player makes the team worse defensively. And his offensive ice-time, like the PP, won’t exist with bringing in Raddysh which only reduces his value further and makes it harder to move him.

    Rielly is still here because he’s “one of the boys”, not because they couldn’t get rid of him if they really put some effort in.

    #81221
    dmnted
    Participant

    And yet everybody else seems to be able to do it but the Leafs are run by a bunch of pussies, too scared to force bad players with bad contracts out

    Why give up a premium pick (Remember Marleau trade) to move a player with a NMC.
    For me, that doesn’t sense.
    better to keep the player and hope during the season can be moved

    #81220
    Unholy_Goalie
    Participant

    Trading players with M-NTC or NMC is a difficult thing to do but not impossible.
    It’s not like waiving your magic wand and poooffff, they are traded.

    The Leafs are hoping that Blueger and Joshua rediscover their magic they had in Vancouver.

    And yet everybody else seems to be able to do it but the Leafs are run by a bunch of pussies, too scared to force bad players with bad contracts out because heaven forbid a future, unknown UFA might get skiddish about being overpaid by the Leafs.

    What magic? Mediocre magic on a shit team? I like Blueger and Joshua has some size but that duo wasn’t any kind of magic.

    #81207
    dmnted
    Participant

    Trading players with M-NTC or NMC is a difficult thing to do but not impossible.
    It’s not like waiving your magic wand and poooffff, they are traded.

    The Leafs are hoping that Blueger and Joshua rediscover their magic they had in Vancouver.

    #81204
    Unholy_Goalie
    Participant

    I dont understand why Chayka needed to burn through all the cap space immediately.
    leaving some flexibility would come in handy.
    are still a few ufa that can probably be had for really good value deals now

    Agreed especially because what he spent so quickly on wasn’t worth the price he paid like Roslovic. Sissons, I like as a player, but was grossly overpaid too.

    GMs usually make the most and the biggest mistakes on July 1st. He jumped the gun and was in a rush to sign guys because he thought they’d disappear.

    Rielly and Joshua need to be traded and together make over 10 million. Not finding a way to dump those guys was a big error.

    #81191
    senstrolltwo
    Participant

    I dont understand why Chayka needed to burn through all the cap space immediately.
    leaving some flexibility would come in handy.
    are still a few ufa that can probably be had for really good value deals now

    #81168
    Unholy_Goalie
    Participant

    Tell me more about IPTV streaming boxes? What do they do, and where can you acquire one? I’m leaning towards ESPN+. I have a couple of high-end routers having VPN’s from different American locations.

    80,000 channels (movies, shows, live TV, PPV, any streaming platform etc,) for 10 dollars a month. It’s not complicated. Depending where you live, you can find them in any plaza or strip mall. Or buy an Amazon FireStick and install the programs remotely. Just pay for unlimited internet usage and top of the line speed and you’re golden.

    #81167
    PrinceLH
    Participant

    Tell me more about IPTV streaming boxes? What do they do, and where can you acquire one? I’m leaning towards ESPN+. I have a couple of high-end routers having VPN’s from different American locations.

Viewing 10 posts - 21 through 30 (of 53 total)
Scroll to Top