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Gibson going to the wings for mrazek and two picks….foolish wings
Timmins and Belliveau going to the sabres for connor clifton and the 39th pickI hope the Leafs can bring in B. Tanev. I think he will help with the bottom 6.
3yr deal @ 8M with 2M differed …. Well that’s what I’m thinking.Assuming Knies comes back at about ~ 7M the Leafs would have about 20.5M to spend with defence and g’tending filled out and …
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XXX-Laughton-XXXI don’t hate that top 6 to start. If Marner is walking and Marchand is too long/expensive then save your bullets for the trade deadline to add to the top 6. Spend a bunch on some really good 3rd liners. Maybe improve the D. Weaponize that cap space.
They have Reaves, Jarnkrok, Kampf to help fill that out already. Holmberg is RFA and so is Robertson. They pretty much have a roster IF they wanted to. I hope and believe they will make some changes but they have a lot of guys to take spots for the moment.
Personally, I can see Kampf,Jarnkrok moved. Maybe Reaves? Open up space for bringing back the likes of Patches and space for Cowan.
I can’t see anyone being interested in Reaves. If he retires his cap hit is a problem, but otherwise he’s either walking into LTIR or a Marlie that costs us $200k against the cap.
Kampf played in 1 playoff game, was -2 at 5v5 in the game, and his line was outshot 8-3. I can’t see them wanting him back. I know as a fan I don’t – for a defensive specialist, he loses too many battles and contributes too little.
Similarly it’s the second year in a row where Robertson was sat in the playoffs. I didn’t think he was awful this year, but while he isn’t good at defense, overall his line was better with him than they were without. It’s obvious the Leafs don’t want him and if I were him, I’d want out, too.
Jarnkrok . . . I mean, geez. He’s been pretty unimpressive. 30 playoff games with the Leafs, 1 goal, 3 assists and -4 at 5v5. He loses almost all his battles. Whatever it takes to jettison him, I’m for.
And Holmberg is a (sort of) tough call. You see these moments in his game where you think he might have more but then you realize he’s 26 and 95% of the time when tries to be fancy, it doesn’t work out and then he gets steamrolled for his efforts. He’s almost like a momentum machine for the other team. Realistically I think you can do better than him just about anywhere, but if they have loyalty, he could be a Marlie sitting on the depth charts.
I sincerely feel they need to get rid of all of those guys and just get a new bottom-6 that compliments Lorentz and Laughton and fits in with a higher level of compete and battle. I want them to win more puck battles than they lose – and our current bottom-6 loses WAY more puck battles than they win. And it should be noted that I am giving Laughton a fuckton of rope in this based on his previous play because he didn’t really impress in the blue & white last year.
Assuming Knies comes back at about ~ 7M the Leafs would have about 20.5M to spend with defence and g’tending filled out and …
Domi-Matthews-Nylander
Knies-JT-McMann
XXX-Laughton-XXXI don’t hate that top 6 to start. If Marner is walking and Marchand is too long/expensive then save your bullets for the trade deadline to add to the top 6. Spend a bunch on some really good 3rd liners. Maybe improve the D. Weaponize that cap space.
They have Reaves, Jarnkrok, Kampf to help fill that out already. Holmberg is RFA and so is Robertson. They pretty much have a roster IF they wanted to. I hope and believe they will make some changes but they have a lot of guys to take spots for the moment.
Personally, I can see Kampf,Jarnkrok moved. Maybe Reaves? Open up space for bringing back the likes of Patches and space for Cowan.
Assuming Knies comes back at about ~ 7M the Leafs would have about 20.5M to spend with defence and g’tending filled out and …
Domi-Matthews-Nylander
Knies-JT-McMann
XXX-Laughton-XXXI don’t hate that top 6 to start. If Marner is walking and Marchand is too long/expensive then save your bullets for the trade deadline to add to the top 6. Spend a bunch on some really good 3rd liners. Maybe improve the D. Weaponize that cap space.
Yawn……this draft blows. Next year…..Atlanta! Or not.
I always feel the draft is overrated. Usually a big trade on the weekend like the Dobson one but the actual draft is quite mid.
