19 Apr 2018 02:44:18
All in good fun. I think Leafs need a makeover. Three trades to think about:

Trade 1: Leafs and Kings

Leafs sign JVR to 8 years, $6M

Leafs trade JVR, Gardiner, Brown
LA trades Doughty

Trade 2: Leafs and NYI

Leafs trade Kapanen, Grundstrom
NYI trade Eberle

Trade 3: Leafs and Colorado

Leafs trade Zaitsev, Hyman, 1st
Av’s trade Landeskog

Leafs lineups:

Landeskog/ Matthews/ / Nylander
Marleau/ Kadri/ Marner.

1.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 06:20:37
Leafs lineups after three trades above

Landeskog/ Matthews/ Nylander
Marleau/ Kadri/ Marner
Johnsson/ Eberle/ Grundstrom
Lievo/ Aaltonen/?

Rielly/ Doughty
Dermott/ Liljegren
Holl/ Hainsey

We are still weak 4th line forwards and 3rd line defense.
We could pull in a cheap UFA or two such as Vanek, or re-sign Bozak.

2.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 11:32:46
Wasn't Grundstrom just traded to NYI in your proposal?

3.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 16:14:29
Dermott and Liljegren as our top 4? That's asking for trouble. Lily is NOT ready for that and Dermott could only do that with a steady partner. Your third line has too much inexperience and you're just taking away our depth with these trades. It's not all about a really good top 6, depth is what gets you far in the playoffs. I say no to all theae.

4.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 16:26:06
Oops. So he was. We’ll have to give them someone else. Substitute other prospect or pick as you consider fit.

5.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 16:33:32
Yes, he did trade Grundstrom then included him in the lineup. Maybe he forgot to save his game in NHL '18 because that is where this idea came from.

6.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 17:09:09
DBF

You criticize Mackin formoosting the same trades over and over, yet you are just as unoriginal. Maybe worse. I’ve read that same stupid comment about NHL ‘18 like twenty times now. You need to come up with some new material. How about “Leafsgm, you can’t even be GM of little league”, or “This trade is so unrealistic it may as well involve unicorns”. I don’t know. But reading the same old insults is tiring after a while.

Why don’t you grow a pair of balls and contribute something yourself. This site is all in good fun. Rumors and speculation. There is no need to be insulting. If you aren’t here to post stuff in fun and become a better armchair GM, then what’s the point.

7.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 20:36:32
Here are my lines if this site was a team :

Mackin - Blizzard - LeafsGM
Marquesmen - finniecent - mars bars


DBF - Dermott
Lab - Reilly

We only need to roll 2 lines.

8.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 21:37:07
MarquesMen should be on that top line LW side. The kids a beauty, easy 50 goal scorer.

9.) 19 Apr 2018
19 Apr 2018 21:43:35
MarquesMen

I pretty much agree with your assessment on these proposals of mine. The fact that I slotted Grundstrom in after i traded him, and still had a? for fourth line RW tells me that Leafs don’t have as much depth as it seems like on paper at first glance. After our top six, the talent and experience e level drops somewhat drastically. Losing JVR and Uncle Leo this year to UFA isn’t a big deal, because we have younger guys in the system who can come up and replace them. But as soon as you start to trade players further down the depth chart, it immediately becomes obvious that unless you are bringing someone else back in, the Leafs quickly run out of options.