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Im notsure the Leafs have had a D like Raddysh in 20+ years, a cannon shot. ar least the last 2 years are not full no trade, they can move him if needed.
They need to add speed to the bottom 6, and have a checking line that can handle other teams top lines and not get dummied.
Mikheyev is a UFA, id look at him again, good for 15-20 goalsThe offseason is a great time for the diaper fillers to fill up their diapers and wallow in misery where they are happiest
All of this Leafs action going on this week and we still have the #1 pick next friday. what a crazy flurry of Leaf content to consume
He’s got $18M in cap space to play with, I would hope there is at least one more big move.
with 15 players signed, so that 18 mil has to be spread around to fill the rest of the roster.
Domi likely going to ltirwould be nice to free up 7.5 more from someone
The big issue I have is length. Raddysh had a great year. You have to also account that it was his last chance at a huge payday in a contract year. His previous years were average, but last year he was very good. I’m worried that a David Clarkson type of scenario happens. It’s a huge risk, if he reverts back to his previous performances. Teams like Tampa don’t let talent go so freely, especially to a division rival. That must also be taken into account.
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thats totally fair. weve been stung so many times.
I like Mike Kelly work with stats, I was very skeptical of his black box stuff early on, but imo hes been really bang on a lot of stuff the last few years, makes me feel a little better.
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Leafs sign Raddysh to 8-year, $8.5M AAV deal.
Coming off career best season (22 G, 70 pts).
Not sold on him scoring 20+ again but he’s a lot more than just a big shot.
Snaps a good first pass, rarely turns pucks over.
D ranks from my player archetype modelI don’t mind him on the team, but the term and the cap hit are not palatable. It should have been 4 years at $6M AAV. An overpayment. I guess you can officially say, it’s not going to be a rebuild, but a quick retool. The Leafs still need at least one more, YOUNG defenseman. They also need a number 2 center. There needs to be some pruning. Robertson, Domi, Maccelli Stecher and of course, addition through subtraction. It’s time to get Rielly off of he roster and start acquiring draft picks for future use. No more trading firsts and seconds for journeymen. The Leafs are looking like they’ll be competitive next year, so those 2 lost 1st’s won’t be top of the draft phenoms. Enough of that shit going forward.
I think you need to really recalibrate your AAV for 2026 on with cap hits 104 > 113 > 120+
8.5 feels a tad high to me, but I hope they still move out Rielly to make room for more moves8.5M isn’t top pair money or it won’t be this season.
Wait and see what Kucherov gets on his new deal, or Makar after this season, same for Quinn Hughes.
IF (and yes it’s an IF for sure) Raddysh’s play continues the way he played this past year for the first 4 or 5 years of this deal the Leafs made out like bandits are people will say how good the value for money is (much like many do with Makar’s deal now). If Raddysh takes a step back it’s a new whipping boy for the media and fanbase once Reilly is moved.
It could always be worse, look at what Pittsburgh is paying for Karleson or Edmonton is paying Nurse! lol
at the moment 8.5 is top pair $$, puts him around 25th highest paid D. 8.2% of cap
but yeah thats about to shift big time.im a bit surprised at the initial reactions from the statsy world on Raddysh. I expected the point and laugh as usual. but its mostly just…yeah this is fine.
Yuck
We haven’t even gotten out of the Rielly contract yet
8 x 8m for a 30 yr old?
Buying high >Rielly signed for 9.1% of the cap at the time of his deal, raddish just signed for 8.5 which is 8.1%.
so lower cap %Updated RHD:
Raddysh
Carlo
Tanev
Andrae
Danford
Villeneuve
Myers
(OEL can also play there)Something has to give
I could see Carlo moved, hes pretty pylon-ish. big and not mobile puck mover.
