04 Sep 2017 03:42:53
Hey guys I read an article and had to share lol tell me what you think

Proposed trade

WPG
Trouba

Toronto
JVR + Dermotte + Brooks + gundstrom + 2 1st round picks 2018 and 2020

How the author justified it:
1. Players like trouba do not become available often
2. If acquired he would be the #1 dman and would give the leafs
3. Trouba is way better than Larson and no one but Matthews is better then hall right now. So a large amount will need to be given up to acquire trouba if marner nylander and Matthews are off the table.
4. We become a contender right now.


1.) 04 Sep 2017
04 Sep 2017 04:54:38
Is your source the article written by James Tanner? Same article where he identifies Trouba as a number 1 defenceman? And where he states is better than any of the current Leaf defencemen and prospects? The same defence where Reilly was a top pairing defence for his team and for team North America while Trouba wasn't even in the lineup to start the tournament?

Tanner recently wrote another article how easily the Coyotes could become Stanley cup contenders this year if they used up their 20 million in cap space while flipping 75% of their useless roster into bonafide NHL talent and put their 1st round picks into play. It's that simple. right. He identified that the coyotes already have a top centre, top goalie, and a number 1 D, so all they need are the complementary pieces to contend.

Other authored articles involved trading JVR, keeping JVR, critics on why the Leafs didn't target the ancient one Jagr, Franson and Demers. I don't know if this guy is under pressure to pump out stories, but lately some of them were fantasyland.

Tanner also wrote articles on how the Leafs should be trading away their 1sr round picks now that they've turned the corner with Matthews, Marner and Nylander. As if we forgotten what's happened to this franchise for trading away it's high picks and prospects in the past.

Other articles on the Leafs maxing the cap while the iron is hot because our Stanley Cup window is only 2 years before the big contracts kick in. After that it sounds like there's no winning the cup. Just nonesense. Tell the penguins that as they've won cups with the same core spread over 7 years.

Then you have Trouba, who will be an RFA after this year. What's his asking price going to be? Does he want to come to Toronto? Will he want to play for another Canadian team? It wasn't long ago where the media were reporting that Trouba wanted to play in the U. S.

I think Toronto is better off passing on a Trouba trade of this price and choosing to be patient with what they have. As some of the other members on here, Davidmackin, Goatson, Dbone, have all identified young defence talent within the organization that are close to ascending to the NHL.


2.) 04 Sep 2017
04 Sep 2017 15:46:01
Ares99R - well said!


3.) 04 Sep 2017
04 Sep 2017 18:02:07
Thank you DBF.


4.) 04 Sep 2017
04 Sep 2017 18:27:13
Cheaper to sign him to an offer sheet of 7 million a year (not worth it by the way) and trade JVR for picks and/ or prospects.

With an offer sheet you'd loose 1st,2nd and 3rd.

There are very few D that are worth that much if not more $$$. (Drew Doughty, PK Subban, Erik Karlsson, Brent Burns, Alex Pietrangelo, Victor Hedman, Seth Jones and in the future maybe Rasmus Ristolainen and Zachary Werenski)


5.) 04 Sep 2017
04 Sep 2017 21:46:00
LesHabitants,

The majority of defence you've outlined are true top pairing guys and number 1 defencemen. Most were drafted by their own teams. The best way for the Leafs to acquire a top defencemen is by drafting one.


6.) 04 Sep 2017
04 Sep 2017 22:08:18
Only Matthews is better than Hall?

How about the top twenty last year. All of which were better than Hall last year.

Where did you get the story from? Comedy Central?


7.) 05 Sep 2017
05 Sep 2017 00:25:09
I found the article and he states on the Leafs; your re-type errs there, but Marner and Nylander were also better.


8.) 06 Sep 2017
06 Sep 2017 00:53:24
Look James Tanner's job is to write articles and have people read them. That's it. Not all his articles have to be precise or make sense. He's written some good articles and has had some serious bad ones.

If he's done something well is open people's eyes about the pros and cons of advanced metrics. It's not easy to always be on point when churning out articles on a limited subject area.


9.) 09 Sep 2017
09 Sep 2017 21:40:25
Chrisdadish,
Great of you to come to Tanner's defence and I meant no disrespect to the guy. Up until recently, he was always one of my favourite bloggers.