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PrinceLH wrote:

OK, now that Bobrovsky is in the fold, the Leafs need to beef up on the bottom 6. Boon Jenner for 3C should be the next domino. Also make the trade for Rielly and backfill with a better, tougher defenseman, in free agency. It’s time to get tougher to take on the Panthers, who now are the most goonish team in recent history. The Atlantic is going to be a battlefield, every night.

Leafs too busy wasting money on Roslovic and Paul to get Jenner and Stenlund. Huge mistake.

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dmnted wrote:

hello Nick Paul.
Leafs make a trade.

Horrible trade. Missed out on Jenner to sign dogshit like Roslovic and acquire Paul.

Chayka can’t make a good move without making a retarded one.

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Duhaime, Sissons and Blueger good additions.

Roslovic sucks.

Bob for 3 years is the absolute max and is a 50/50 risk. 90th out of 98 goalies last year in goals allowed above expected is not good.

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dmnted wrote:

Roslovic has been signed eh!
a bit too much

Absolute waste of 4 million. Fucking one-way pylon.

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dmnted wrote:

that’s alot of home town discounts.

I hope the Leafs use their cap space wisely today.

Not really, that’s what they’re projected to make. A discount is possible for certain players but that’s market value unless they get a stupid offer like Byram got from Chicago. Horrible contract.

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Happy July 1st, the most wonderful mistake filled time of the year!

Here’s a list of things that would make the Leafs better in the short term that probably won’t happen.

Trade Andrae, Robertson and Rielly to SEA for McCann.
Trade Stolarz to VGK for Adin Hill + 1st in 2028.
Trade Joshua to DET for 4th round pick.

Sign Arvidsson, 5.25 AAV, 3 years. Sundin / Hiller connection discount?
Sign Jenner, 5.25 AAV, 3 years. Home town discount?
Sign Ferraro, 5 AAV, 5 years. Home town discount?
Sign Stenlund, 2.5 AAV, 3 years. Sundin discount?
Sign Sissons, 2.25 AAV, 3 years.
Sign Acciari, 2.25 AAV, 2 years.
Sign Schenn, 1.35 AAV, 1 year. Home town discount?

(Domi LTIR)

Cap space: 2 million. Allows wiggle room for potential UFA contract increases and seasonal adjustments.

McKenna | Matthews | McCann – 18 min/G – Primarily O-Zone / Offensive Neutral Zone FOs
Knies | Tavares | Nylander – 16 min/G – Exclusively O-Zone FOs
Jenner | Stenlund | Arvidsson – 14 min/G – Primarily D-Zone / Defensive Neutral Zone FOs
Cowan | Acciari | Sissons – 12 min/G – Exclusively D-Zone FOs
Lorentz

General Pairings:
McCabe | Raddysh – 21 min/G
Ferraro | Tanev – 20 min/G
OEL | Stecher – 19 min/G
Schenn

O-Zone Pairings:
OEL | Raddysh
Ferraro | Stecher

D-Zone Pairings:
Ferraro | Tanev
McCabe | Stecher (Schenn)

Hill | Hildeby (50/34)
*Inquire about Murray for depth if healthy.

PP1 – Nylander (Left Wall) | Tavares (Net Front) | McKenna (Right Wall) | Raddysh (Left Point) | Matthews (Right Point)
PP2 – Knies (Left Wall) | Jenner (Net Front) | McCann (Right Wall) | Arvidsson (Left Point) | OEL (Right Point)

PK1 – Stenlund, Jenner | McCabe, Tanev
PK2 – Acciari, Cowan (Lorentz) | Ferraro, Stecher (Schenn)
PK3 – Sissons, McCann | OEL, Raddysh
PK4 – Matthews, Knies

This line-up gives the Leafs very specialized offensive and defensive roles. The top-six take all the O-Zone FOs and play the PP while staying away from the D-Zone at all costs. The bottom-six take all the D-Zone FOs and play the PK. This reduces the wear and tear on Matthews and Tavares to keep them healthy. Bottom-six plays regular shifts and roll all four lines to increase physicality, forecheck, O-Zone time and create energy. Defensive pairings are balanced and no single pairing plays too much or too little while sticking to defined roles for offensive and defensive situations.

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Werenski wants Tampa Bay. Makes perfect sense why they dumped Raddysh.

Will be interesting to see what current roster players go the other way but a top four of Werenski, Hedman, Moser and Cernak with McDonagh and Vasilevski behind them all is a serious wall of defense.

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One has to consider the possibility that Knies himself (or his agent) has requested a trade quietly and that’s why he is being shopped around so hard. Perhaps he feels like McKenna will take his ice time away on the 1st line and on the PP and he prefers to play on another team in a top line role. Hopefully that isn’t the case but it’s possible.

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Penguins made a pretty good deal to get Korczak. Leafs should have acquired him to fill the hole left by Carlo as a 3rd pair RHD who can kill penalties. Korczak is a big body, only 25 and would have fit nicely into the line-up better than Stecher as a defensive option.

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Fakepartofme wrote:

Not a bad draft for the leafs by all accounts

They made a mess of their goalie picks. Better ranked goalies were available and the Leafs took two nobodies. That was a mistake. They could have had the #1 ranked goalie in the draft and the Sharks got him instead. Sharks won the draft big time.

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