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03 Jul 2026 17:13:45
Tor: Reilly (2.5 m retained)
Pit: Rakell, 2030 1st (top 5 protected)
Pens probably want one more crack at it and dumbass loved Reilly. Not sure he pays this but they need money going out to make it happen. We get upgraded to probably a good 1st due to such long retention on Reilly.
03 Jul 2026 12:13:11
Any options just spit balling here again.
Package Reilly with prospects to get a RW?
Columbus
Marchenko
Toronto send
Reilly
Cowan?
Quillan?
Colorado 1st?
What would it take? Marchenko is only 25.
03 Jul 2026 12:37:19
Reilly won’t go there.
03 Jul 2026 12:44:42
A few roadblocks to this trade.
1) I don’t think Reilly will go.
2) Columbus GM (Don Waddle) made a statement yesterday pulling Marchenko off the board.
* Would love to have Marchenko tho. 👍
03 Jul 2026 13:02:27
Werenski and Marchenko will be in the trade conversation at the trade deadline again if Columbus has a poor yealeading up to the deadline.
03 Jul 2026 13:16:53
I think there are still options in UFA to consider before giving up that package.
03 Jul 2026 15:51:59
There may be options but not a player like Marchenko options. You are hard up against the cap so u r not signing anyone else unless contracts are sent out first.
03 Jul 2026 01:03:59
Ducks
Rielly
Joshua
Leafs
Noah Warren
2nd 2027 Detroit pick
2nd 2027 Ducks pick
Sign
Andrew Peeke
McKenna Matthews Nylander
Knies Paul Roslovic
Cowan Tavares Scissons
Lorentz Blueger Duhaime
McCabe Tanev
OEL Raddysh
Andrae Peeke
Stecher
Bob 45 games
Stolarz 30 games
AA 9 games
Power Play
McKenna Matthews Nylander Tavares Raddysh
Knies Paul Roslovic Cowan Andrae
Pk
McCabe Tanev Paul Scissons
Raddysh Peeke Blueger Lorentz
03 Jul 2026 13:09:34
If u get rid of Rielly you are getting a LD replacement. Your right side is more than fine with Stetcher, Andrae, Villeneuve and Danford. Don’t need Peeke. Need Stanley or another LD.
03 Jul 2026 17:11:11
I’d take that trade in a heartbeat. Don’t know if the Ducks would bite. This is a perfect example of a trade the Leafs need to look for. It will give them options (money and assets).
*Trades like this will help us today and tomorrow.
👍
02 Jul 2026 19:45:56
I really have no clue on values in this prop, but here are a couple players I would love to get.
I doubt LA does this.
To Toronto
Anderson, Mickey $4.13M/ 5yrs
Lafferiere $4.1M/ 2yrs
To LA
Rielly $7.5M/ 4yrs
Joshua $3.25M/ 2yrs
2027 1st (via Colorado)
Holinka ELC
As I said, no clue on the values with this prop.
Anderson and Laferiere would complete the team IMO.
McKenna Matthews Roslovic
Knies Tavares Nylander
Cowan Paul Laferiere
Duhaime Blueger Sissons
Lorentz
Anderson Raddysh
McCabe Tanev
OEL Andrae
Stecher
Thoughts?
02 Jul 2026 20:51:31
I think it seems pretty fair Tags. But I really want to see what Joshua can do this year. Get in for a full training camp and hopefully no injuries, I think he can be very valuable if he gets back to what he was a few years ago. Plus we need the big bodies that will bang.
02 Jul 2026 21:22:17
Joshua is baked.
02 Jul 2026 22:03:49
Laine and Stanley it is there roaster full.
02 Jul 2026 22:28:12
@Tags Bud if L. A. does this sold! Let em have Joshua Anderson and Lafrenier will more then do enough bangn on opposition and ya they’d look great on this roster. Good prop!
02 Jul 2026 22:39:10
If this could happen it would be great. But I don’t see LA giving those guys up
02 Jul 2026 23:02:36
LA would never consider this.
02 Jul 2026 20:12:04
Come the NHL trade deadline, if Winnipeg is out, is this an option?
To TOR: D - J. Morrissey
To WNG: C - T. Luc Koblar + 2027 1st (Col) + D - E. Andrae
And
To ANA: D - M. Reilly
To TOR: 2027 2nd + 2028 2nd
New D
Morrissey Raddysh
OEL Stecher
McCabe Tanev
Myers
02 Jul 2026 22:39:40
That package doesn’t get u Morrissey.
02 Jul 2026 18:30:41
Now we’re stuck w only 4x teams to trade w 🤷♂️.
02 Jul 2026 18:37:41
When it comes to Reilly, so wish we traded him pre draft for that extra money.
02 Jul 2026 18:45:26
We were always stuck with that.
02 Jul 2026 19:33:33
I get that, my point was we shoulda dumped him to one of those 4x teams for a middle pick to open up cap space.
For some reason my post came in outta order 🤷♂️.
02 Jul 2026 18:57:46
Tor: Reilly
Ana: Tarin Smith
Another big kid from the WHL Leafs then take the cap space and fish adding to their blueline maybe a Stanley or a Soucy type.
02 Jul 2026 18:29:38
I wanted that cash from Reilly’s contract sooooo bad. It woulda given us sooo many different options to tackle free agency. Not sure what pathway I woulda taken (and I’m sure we would all argue about it) but it woulda opened the door for more options.
02 Jul 2026 18:55:01
What options you talking about? Obviously you are thinking something but don’t want to say it. Remember Domi will be LTIR; that’s another 3.75m that can be used. Plus Chayka still not done; he’s going to make more moves. Rielly will be gone. Joshua Lorentz, lots of time.
02 Jul 2026 20:06:29
I'm not holding back, swear!
I guess where I'm struggling as a Leaf fan is lack of prospects. If we actually had a solid prospect pool we wouldn't need to over pay to fill our bottom 6. We'd have younger, faster, stronger and cheaper options and that would give us more money to spend on better players.
Go'n into free agency we were forced to over pay on balancing our lineup. We did a good job keeping those over payed contract to short terms.
Again, woulda loved to get rid of Reilys' contract so we could at least signed one solid player (3rd line centre/D-man) that we coulda built around.
03 Jul 2026 01:15:40
@kingmatty That’s what going for it for 9 years will do. To be honest I thought there were gonna be a few Marlies players get a really look but on the other hand I kinda see what Chayka is doing, like most I don’t think this is a finished product so we can only
Wait and see.
03 Jul 2026 15:56:30
King when u go short term u always pay more. You get better aav with more term. But then again Trouba and Marchement deals kinda are the exception 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
02 Jul 2026 17:17:53
To CHI: D - E. Andrae
To TOR: D - K. Korchinski
Korchinski has not flourished in Chicago and may need a change of scenery.
02 Jul 2026 16:46:17
I doubt Chayka would trade away their first trade target within 2 weeks
02 Jul 2026 17:31:52
I could see Joshua going to Chicago for a 3rd pick and Lorentz going there for 6th rd. I believe they will waiver Lorentz if they don’t find a trade for him. But Andrae was the main piece for Woll he’s not going anywhere.
02 Jul 2026 16:32:13
Sign Logan Stanley 2x2.2M
Morgan Rielly
To The Anaheim Ducks for
2027 2nd Round Draft Selection
Maxime Masse
Dakota Joshua
To The Ottawa Senators for
Stephan Halliday (Send down to Minors)
Dakota Mermis
To Any Team For
7th Round Draft Pick
McKenna - Matthews - Roslovic
Knies - Matthews - Nylander
Paul - Sissons - Cowan
Lorentz - Blueger - Duhaime
OEL - Raddysh
McCabe - Tanev
Stabley - Stetcher
Andrae - Myers
Bobrovsky - Stolarz
02 Jul 2026 17:27:35
Mermis doesn’t count against the cap, so buried in the minors is not bothering anyone. Joshua getting a prospect or a mid rd pick is totally fine. Rielly will get u more than Maxim Masse. I would say at least the 2nd and Colangelo, or a dman in return like Helleson or Mintyukov.
FYI, you r not signing Stanley at that contract. He’ll cost you $3m on a 4-5yr term. With Rielly gone, that is very good value. If u get him, he’s only 28yrs old.
02 Jul 2026 15:06:47
I'm fine with the pick ups and trades yesterday. Most have 2 years term, so easy to change direction in 2 years if Matthews decides to leave. These guys would get good compensation at the TDL if need be.
Anyways, with that said, I still think we need to move out Rielly & Joshua.
To Anaheim
Rielly $7.5M/ 4yrs
Joshua $3.25M/ 2yrs
To Toronto
Helleson $1.1M/ 1yr RFA
Killorn $6.25M/ 1yr
McKenna Matthews Roslovic (?)
Knies Tavares Nylander
Killorn Paul Cowan
Duhaime Blueger Sissons
Lorentz
McCabe Raddysh
OEL Helleson
Andrae Tanev
Stecher
Bob
Stolarz
Thoughts?
02 Jul 2026 16:00:01
Well as the Terms of the Contracts got posted last night we did end up with a couple of head scratchers.
We gave Colton Sissons an overpay (In my opinion) of $4,250,000 and also gave him 2 years of a 10 team no trade list. That is a lot of give for a guy that got 11 points last year.
The other one was Duhaime at $2,600,000 for 3 years and for his huge 9 points last year we gave him the first year of a complete no trade followed by 2 years 10 team No Trade. Honestly. He has averaged 16 points a year in his career and we gave him a No trade at all in that first year?
I get that we got role players in a large bunch.
But this is also what they need as a groupl on the 3rd line and the 4th line to bring offensively. In 2023 there was a great article that outlined The average amount of points per player a 1st,2nd 3rd and 4th line player needed to score based on league wide research by player.
1st line average 77 points per man, 2nd line 50 points per man, 3rd line 34 points per man, 4th line 20 points per per man.
That was 3 years ago and the trend has been for teams to start loading up their 3rd lines to aim towards 35-40 points.
So yes we got role players but did we get role players that can hit those numbers?
02 Jul 2026 16:42:57
@Sufferingsince1967
Please show me a team where every player on every line hit the projected numbers you referenced. This sounds like a ridiculous way to just choose players to play for your team.
Duhaime's contract is perfectly fine, he was paid $1.85M for each of the last 2 seasons. He brings lots of speed, defence, physicality and PKing ability. Plus he will fight and stick up for teammates.
He wasn't signed because of points and not everyone on the team needs to be about points.
I agree on Sissons being overpaid for sure, but it sounded like many teams were offering longer than 2 years term. Obviously Chayka valued term over AAV in this instance.
The other signings were all okay IMO.
The only signing I'm on the fence with is Roslovic, not sure where he perfectly fits. I wish we could have gotten Arvidsson instead, but who knows if he even wanted to come here.
This team is now bigger, faster, more physical and much better defensively. I think for what was out there, Chayka did well and completely restructured our bottom 6, where everyone should have a more clear understanding of their roles.
Keep in mind that Chayka is probably not done yet and the starting lineup will still look differently from what it is today.
02 Jul 2026 16:52:26
Sorry, I wanted to also say that he brought in a lot of playoff and championship experience.
Bobrovsky 2 cups 3 finals
Paul 2 cups 3 finals
Roslovic finals
Blueger 1 cup
Sissons finals
Duhaime lots of playoff gp and according to Pierre McGuire, he's the league's most underrated PKer.
02 Jul 2026 17:10:54
The team is structured so that the bottom 6 take the majority of defensive zone duties and the top 2 take majority of offensive zone duties. Not what Berube was doing where Matthews was in the defensive zone starting shifts instead of offensive zone. We r structured to do that now. Tags like that you r getting rid of Rielly and Joshua but I'm not taking back Killorn u have too many forwards now I would go as far as getting rid of Lorentz as well but draft picks is fine with me.
I'm good with Mintyukov or Helleson for Rielly. Which I think is a realistic return. But I don’t see Ducks wanting Joshua might have to find a different suitor for him.
02 Jul 2026 17:13:20
Where did I say every player? I said Average per player on those lines. Plus I was just saying that with Duhaime it's rediculous to give a no trade contract to a player of that ilk. Plus who am I to argue with Pierre McGuire, lol.
02 Jul 2026 17:40:08
10 team no trade clause is pretty much standard these days in the NHL Marchement has it and Arvidsson has a full no move clause.
02 Jul 2026 17:47:51
@Sufferingsince1967
Sorry about the confusion per player.
Can you show me a team where every line as a whole reached those projectons? It still doesn't sound achievable.
Duhaime NTC is only for year 1, the other years are modified.
Whether you like Pierre McGuire or not; he does watch and analyze a lot more hockey than you or I.
@Champishere2627
Great point on the new bottom 6 taking the harder matchups for the most part, especially at home where Leafs have the last change.
Matthews and Taveres lines will get mostly O-zone starts and hopefully no more PKing time for Matthews.
02 Jul 2026 01:37:56
I still want to add a beast.
Target = Matt Rempe
Trade Morgan @ 1.5 retained, Pezzetta, 2027 5th to the NYR for:
Matt Rempe
U. Vaakanainen
02 Jul 2026 00:43:50
You got McEwen don’t need that Rempe.
02 Jul 2026 00:48:41
He is not a beast.
02 Jul 2026 00:48:52
McEwen is the worst heavy weight fighter in the league. Gets beat every time. He is a terrible skater too. Why can’t they get a tough guy that can play in the lineup? Pezzetta and so on, at least the aMarlies will be tough.
02 Jul 2026 00:50:48
I can’t believe we wouldn’t go after Anders Lee for 5.85M. The exact type we need. I feel like we have all said that about a number of players that got signed today.
02 Jul 2026 00:51:32
Rempe that is.
02 Jul 2026 01:23:45
Rempe is a sideshow. No thanks. And
Reilly won’t go to NY
02 Jul 2026 02:08:58
I don't mind a "side show" when needed... And we need it, not just past tense but for the short future at least... think protection of McKenna, Matthews, Bobo ect,.... Now you add the effects of what Chakacon just added to our bottom 6, and players will rise imo and stand up for each other....
... but, ... also getting rid of Morgan and capturing a Young D man back that was chose in the first round 18th overall pick (by Boston) for me is a good future ploy. *Protect and serve.
02 Jul 2026 02:15:00
Why do you want that.
02 Jul 2026 09:33:21
LeafsGM78
"Read above ^^^^,...I thought I explained,...if you can't catch the grasp then quit this game" :D
02 Jul 2026 10:23:59
Edm got a top 20 pick RS dman for nurse without any retention. You want to retain on Rielly give them Pezzetta and a 5th for 2 bums.
02 Jul 2026 11:24:10
Well Guy, I figured you’d want a guy that could at least skate. I value this team enough not to do this, and hello we have more than enough young defenders and we could get a far better return for Reilly.
02 Jul 2026 12:13:29
Clarky, why do u need a 36yr old LW who put up 42pts last season at $5.4m aav for the next 3 seasons are you ok?
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