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Shayne Gostisbehere just won a Cup with Carolina at 33 years old, signed at 31. He scored 13 goals, 50 points in 55 games this season with another 12 points in 19 playoff games.
Carolina signed him for 3.25 AAV after he came from Detroit as a UFA after scoring 56 points and having multiple seasons of scoring 50-60 points on previous teams.
There is a reason why Tampa Bay was happy to pay Raddysh 800K but not 8.5 AAV x 8 at 30 years old. Because successful franchises know how to buy low and sell high. The Leafs buy high and sell low.
Decisions like that are why Carolina is having real Cup parades while the Leafs are having fantasy ones in June.
The offseason is a great time for the diaper fillers to fill up their diapers and wallow in misery where they are happiest
How did it work out for the Leafs the last time they grossly overpaid for a UFA that they already had too many of?
Oh right, Leafs fans debated about how many Cups they’d win by the end of the contract.
And here we are again.
The offseason is the best time of the year for the Leafs to sell hopeium to their most retarded fans. If you can’t sell results, sell hope.
He’s got $18M in cap space to play with, I would hope there is at least one more big move.
The Leafs have 5 pending RFAs with arbitration rights that are going to take a chunk out of that unless they don’t qualify them.
Maccelli @ 4.25, Robertson @ 3, Quillan @ 1, Andrae @ 3 and Ersson @ 2, that’s about 13.25 AAV if they all sign their QOs, go to arbitration or settle.
Trading Rielly to clear more space is the idea but he still needs to accept a trade and a team still has to want him. It’s the same problem the Leafs will have with Raddysh 3 years from now when he’s back to scoring 30-40 points and -10.
Am i reading this right, the Leafs have $18M in cap space AFTER the Raddysh signing?!??!
The Leafs have 5 pending RFAs with arbitration rights that are going to take a chunk out of that unless they don’t qualify them.
Maccelli @ 4.25, Robertson @ 3, Quillan @ 1, Andrae @ 3 and Ersson @ 2, that’s about 13.25 AAV if they all sign their QOs, go to arbitration or settle.
Trading Rielly to clear more space is the idea but he still needs to accept a trade and a team still has to want him. It’s the same problem the Leafs will have with Raddysh 3 years from now when he’s back to scoring 30-40 points and -10.
I’m really thinking that Chayka has one more big move to make. A center. The Leafs need a 2nd line center that allows Tavares to either slide to the wing, or to the 3rd line. He’ll still get his powerplay time, but he’s pretty much a 3C at this point of his career. Who knows? He may choose to retire in the next year or two, for an upper management position. Probably a figurehead to get him off the books, instead of Robidas Island. That’s where Tanev will be, following this year. The Jake Muzzin suite is all decorated in a Blue and White motif and ready for occupancy. The Joffrey Lupul suite is also available, with a Marlies Leaf & Crown on the door.
If the Leafs are foolishly going to dive dick first into trying to be a wild card team again, they still need goal prevention. They’re not going anywhere unless they can prevent goals. They allowed 295 goals last year and just traded away their best goalie and replaced him with a sieve. Stolarz is going to miss half the season and they have two rookies as their back-up plan. Their D are still dinosaurs and if Hiller tries to turn this team into what he did in LA, he still needs above average goaltending as he had Talbot, Kuemper and Forsberg give him some good years.
Leafs could score 300 goals next year but if they allow 300 goals, they end up golfing early just the same.
Defense: 54.
Yup, 8 more years of that will be wonderful.
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.
Tampa Bay threw the Leafs a grenade and the Leafs caught it with their mouth like a dumb golden retriever.
Too old and grossly overpaid for too long. Leafs just keep making the same mistakes over and over and over again. This is Rielly 2.0 but at least Rielly had more than one big year.
Even if you look at his AHL stats, last year was an outlier. The Leafs absolutely paid through the nose for a career year and it will blow up in their face when he doesn’t score like he did and the defense is allowing more goals than it creates.
Huge mistake. Same shit, different pile.
