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29 Jan 2018 17:00:13
Trade JVR to Carolina for Roland McKeown and a first. Trade bozak to the highest bidder. Should at least be able to get a first and I mid draft pick for him. Lines would be Hyman-Mathews- Nylander, marleau- kadri- marner, lievo- aaltonen- brown, sosh/ Martin- komarov- kapenan.
1.) 29 Jan 2018 17:41:01
I like that one but sad to say general manager Lou is conservative. So even if he isn't resigning Jvr he probably won't trade him. Which to me is a big mistake you either extend JVR or you trade him.
2.) 29 Jan 2018 18:13:25
Something has to give in leafland
Kapanan
Leivo
Johnson
Leivo and Johnson are both left wingers, Leivo would be claimed in a second if put on waivers and you only have one more year and Johnson is no longer waiver exempt.
Current left wingers Toronto
Hyman. Babcock will never move him away from Matthews
Marleau not really slowing down has two more years after this one
JVR if you resign him Johnson is gone as he isn't a forth line player.
3.) 29 Jan 2018 18:45:38
The only solution to utilize Johnson on forth line is you put kapanan with him. And in off-season you find cheap centre who is very fast. Kapanan and Johnson are dynamic together with Marlies and have speed to burn.
Wings are way too crowded for leafs
Left side
Hyman
Marleau
JVR
Komarov
Martin
Leivo
Johnson
Right side
Nylander
Marner
Brown
Soshnikov
Grundstrom
Korshkov
Leafs are balancing things now but soon you have 5 more players pushing for jobs.
Kapanan
Leivo
Johnson
Grundstrom
Korshkov
This is why you must sell JVR Bozak and Komarov the skill of JVR is a given but more left wing help is coming on entry level contracts.
4.) 29 Jan 2018 19:26:28
Dave hate to break it to you but this is 2018 the new nhl wingers can play both sides but I do agree with you at some point Toronto needs to insert some of theses player but you can’t win with all rookies you need a balance between vets and rookies to be honest a couple of these rookies that you listed will never suit up for the leafs.
5.) 29 Jan 2018 20:35:37
Leafs94
Which players won't suit up for leafs?
6.) 29 Jan 2018 20:38:28
And if your saying korshkov the person that suggested drafting him should be fired immidately. Remember Debrincat could have bees had. What a blunder.
7.) 29 Jan 2018 21:48:45
Yea he’s one Grundstrom I think is good but just no room and I can see the leafs trading Leivo even Johnsson I mean if he can carry his play into next season it’s just I don’t see where he slots in and he already 23.
8.) 29 Jan 2018 22:15:48
Leafs 94
Your math is all wrong. You need guys like Johnson and apparently Grundstrom is the second coming of komarov with more scoring touch. Korshkov may come to North America next year but it will require one way contract. He will never come here to earn 70k in the AHL on two way deal. Maybe signing bonus gets him here so we see how he stacks up.
9.) 29 Jan 2018 22:46:03
He just turned 23 in late November. NHL math you want as many quality players as you can get between 24 and 28 years of age. That's when they peak so below 24 is no problem at all. He is NHL ready find skilled center and put him between Kapanan and Johnson but the center needs to have wheels.
Leafs could roll out four scoring lines but finding the minutes might be the problem. I like fast skilled lineup Matt Marin maybe done with leafs at season end waivers. trade buyout or marlies. I don't see him having any trade value the roughand tumble payers with no skill are Dinosaurs.
10.) 29 Jan 2018 23:13:38
Ok but my question is where do they get slotted into the line up brown or Kapanen will replace komorov. The only place is the fourth line or in the case if leafs lose jvr but I think leafs would try and bring in an experience player to fill jvr to keep the rookie to vet balance but you never know.
11.) 29 Jan 2018 23:30:51
Your right he is still only 23 but also no nhl experience and also Babcock will never run three rookies on the fourth line the reason Martin is still playing and will continue to play is to keep weasels like Marchand and so on from running our star players I’ll tell you now the only player that makes the leafs full time is Kapanen and maybe you seen Johnson in and out of the lineup next year.
12.) 30 Jan 2018 03:04:59
Leafs 94
Matt Martin is on his way out. Don't see any team wanting him buyout or demoted marlies at camp sept 2018.
21 Jan 2018 00:30:30
Trade JVR, Carrick, conditional 2019 2nd for sverson from the devil's. If devil's resign JVR 2nd becomes a third.
1.) 21 Jan 2018 06:53:19
New Jersey's defense isn't that great so they're not trading Severson.
14 Jan 2018 22:30:17
Trade Gardiner, Carrick, Rosen, timishov, and 1st to LA for doughty. D pairings would be Reilly-doughty, hainsey-zaitsev, borgman-dermott with Polak as the spare.
1.) 15 Jan 2018 01:02:43
That would get you Doughty's left skate.
2.) 15 Jan 2018 06:03:04
Unless they are re-signed to their respective team (s) the likes of Erik Karlsson and Drew Doughty will no doubt create much trade buzz between now until the end of there contracts in 2018-19. The biggest issue for any team looking to trade for them right now is that they would be taking two big risks:
1.) They would be forfeiting prospects and draft picks via trade to have this player for less than two seasons with no guarantees of a re-sign.
2.) Each player will undoubtedly be looking for a long-term contract at Shea Weber type money (i. e. $7.8M - $9M) . That's a lot of cap space for one player to command for someone heading into there 30's. Not to mention that it would create very little wiggle room for signing younger prospects/ superstars.
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01 Feb 2018 16:31:28
I love the leafs lineup against the Islanders last night. Would still like to see at some point komarov moved to 4th line center and sosh or lievo on the left with kapenan on the right.
20 Jan 2018 20:05:11
I'd love to see the leafs try to get sverson from the devil's. What does everyone think it would cost us?
1.) 20 Jan 2018 23:00:44
He's a good solid RHD with some offense. He's young and on a long term affordable contract. The Devils aren't going to trade him any time soon.
He will cost a late 1st, 2nd and a prospect.
2.) 21 Jan 2018 00:38:12
Would JVR, Carrick, and a second do it.
02 Jan 2018 02:10:47
Leafs trade komarov to tbl for Andre sustr. Trade JVR at the deadline to the highest bidder. Trade Gardiner, Carrick, Rosen, bracco, and 2018 first to LA for doughty. Or the same trade to Arizona for OEL. Lines would be. Marleau-mathews-leivo, brown-kadri-kapanen, hyman-nylander-marner, martin-bozak-sosh, Reilly-doughty, hainsey-zaitsev, borgman-sustr
1.) 03 Jan 2018 03:59:08
why trade jvr?
2.) 03 Jan 2018 15:46:57
Why trade for Sustr? He's a free agent at the end of the season. Sign him then.
Any return you get for JVR should be picks, prospects, or a vet with term remaining on his contract.
To do otherwise is losing JVR for short term gain.
3.) 21 Jan 2018 01:09:39
Sustr is a RHD and you get to test him out till the end of the year to see if he's a fit. He's big (6'7" I think) and he can kill penalties so polak can be sat. If he doesn't work then you let him walk in free agency. And sosh can do what komarov does. And get picks and prospects for JVR so that Hunter can keep the cupboard door.
04 Apr 2018 21:12:56
I think for the leafs top pair rhd we should go after Tyler Myers on the off season. I'm thinking Jake Gardiner plus to make it happen. Maybe the plus is Carrick and a second? Babs clearly doesn't trust him and even though I like Carrick if he's not being played over Polak he'll never play. Or maybe just Gardiner and a first. Leafs could sweeten the pot a bit if needed but this would def get the conversation started. Thoughts?
21 Feb 2018 21:45:05
I thinking giving holl a chance is the best option as well.
20 Feb 2018 20:33:46
What about bozak for Jenner and a second?
20 Feb 2018 20:30:28
Those are both solid deals. Good deals for the leafs. I think Jenner might cost a bit more than that though, I think you take out the pick coming back to the leafs and it's close.
20 Feb 2018 20:27:50
Stay away from that guy his numbers are terrible!
09 Feb 2018 17:35:54
Where is marleau?
07 Feb 2018 15:54:21
That's exactly what needs to happen. Only problem is that jets think trouba is gold. So I think Myers would be a cheaper option and would look great with rielly. Gardiner could be part of that trade as I think Dermott can fill his role.
05 Feb 2018 03:53:47
Totally agree. Everyone is on the trade lievo train right now because of his comments but he just wants to play. Get rid of the ufa's that aren't going to be signed anyway and showcase this guy. If he's good then great we've got a player for under a million bucks. If not then you can trade him in the off season.
04 Feb 2018 15:13:17
I agree work trying to get faksa. But JVR needs to go. He's only good at one thing and he's poor defensively and he's getting older. Jvr realistically gets you 30 goals a season. If lievo and kapenan are on the lineup for a full year together they make up that production plus offer now to the team. And to clarify with Martin gone the roster spots and the production add up.
04 Feb 2018 01:44:25
There isn't anyone out there that can help immediately. That's why you need to trade the ufa's and get some picks. We need those for players that can play in 3-4 years when Mathews, Nylander, and marner get paid. You have to have a pipeline if young cheap talent to contend for years to come. We aren't dining the cup this year and we have a lot of good young d coming just take a look at the marlies. Our time to go for it if after next year when the ufa market will be flooded with top end d talent or by then we truly know how good our prospects are.