Leafs Trade Rumors

05 Jun 2020 20:21:18
To LA:
Kerfoot, Engvall, Liljgren
To Leafs:
Kempe, Walker OR Roy

05 Jun 2020 21:46:51
I like it, but I doubt LA does it. It would be sweet if they did. Walker and Roy are both better than Liljegren, while Kempe is pretty close to Kerfoot's level and Engvall doesn't close the gap (imo only of course) .

Apparently Kempe is a real speedster, so he would make a good third line with Johnsson and Kapanen.

06 Jun 2020 04:52:11
Ya the leafs may need to add a pick or decent prospect but it’s still something they should consider. It takes care of both of their needs as it gets them a proper 3C and at least a decent upgrade to RHD.

05 Jun 2020 05:40:33
Leafs sign Brodie 5x$5.5M

Leafs trade Kapanen
Anaheim trade Lundestrom

I'm making the call right now that Leafs absolutely sign Brodie this offseason. He was the original target of the Kadri trade before Kadri shot it down. And since Dubas' doesn't do rental deals, the intention was to sign him to an extension. This can still be done, but Leafs have to dump cap space. In order to do that, they need to trade someone, and that someone is going to be Kapanen. I choose Anaheim because they are frequent trading partners and Lundestrom is a pretty good prospect at center that they might be willing to let go since they are still pretty strong up the middle and still have superstar in the making Zegras ahead of him too. It might not be Anaheim, but Kapanen goes for picks/ prospects somewhere

You heard it hear first folks. Maybe not from me first. But on this site first. Well maybe not that even. Does t matter. Because I'm staking claim.

These two things I am extremely confident will happen:

1. Brodie signs
2. Kapanen gets traded (for futures)

I would bet if I could. But tell you what instead of a bet, if I am wrong on either of these two things, I will tell RedWing that Parayko really is a better defenseman than Reilly. And I'll even make it sound like I believe it. Lol.

05 Jun 2020 18:25:50
Leafs don’t need another LHD we have way too many as it is. He can play the right side but really isn’t the kind of dman we even need.
I hope we can move out Johnsson and Kapanen this summer to free up cap and roster spots for players that deserve it.

05 Jun 2020 19:32:25
I wouldn't move Kapanen happily. He really showed some heart before the break and he's good enough to play top 6 if need be. I would move Kerfoot and Johnson before kappy.

05 Jun 2020 20:10:20
@leafslife

Ur my new favourite person I couldn’t agree more with you.

05 Jun 2020 22:59:49
I hope Kappy's "heart" is a real thing and does come back in the playoffs and next year. worried that he only stepped up his game due to all the rumors that were going around about all the trades Dubas could do because of all the LTIR space we had. so here's hopin' it was not smoke and mirrors on his part and that his game has actually grown.

05 Jun 2020 23:47:52
I agree loxley. I just wouldn't want to see him moved yet.

06 Jun 2020 00:19:12
I agree as well it seems when kappy popped up on the rumour mill as a potential trade bait he had a lot more jump in his game he’s a grinder yet he scores (he hits a lot has a little fire under his ass) I think we need to keep him at all costs although I am aware of how much value he could have to another team I think he has a great role in Toronto I would love to see him play up with Tavares and marner.

06 Jun 2020 02:38:49
I thought they tried him LW beside Tavares and Marner at the beginning of the season while Hyman was hurt did they not? And he blew it.

Kapanen is a good player, but he is not a great player. He's limited to the right side and seems to work best in a somewhat sheltered role. Of the three JKK, I like Kapanen the best too and hope we keep him. But I assume everyone in the league likes Kapanen best too. We all know Carolina and Edmonton do. It's because he is a good player that the demand will be there is the reason I expect him to get traded. The return will be much better.

06 Jun 2020 02:52:46
@BigWilly

I know Brodie is LHD, but he plays RHD, same as Hainsey did. I don't think Leafs are too concerned about whether or not he is a natural righty, only if he can play RHD. Look at it this way, we have needed a top line RHD for years. But last year we brought in Muzzin, a lefty. And we signed Lehtonen, a other lefty. I think Leafs are more interested in someone who can just play the right side over actual handedness and it seems to show that in their most recent trades. Even the talk of moving Dermott to the right shows that Leafs value skill more than handedness.

04 Jun 2020 22:47:45
Tor: Johnson/ kappy, Liljegren

Nyi: pulock

Just a thought pulock is a solid rhd and young at age 25 islanders get a good rhd prospect to replace old man mquaid and kappy or Johnson helps boost their offense.

05 Jun 2020 03:01:56
I wouldn't include Liljegren. NYI have Dobson and Wilde already anyway. He would actually have a better chance with us. I think Islanders are weak LHD though. They have Toews, but he's really the best they have. Leddy hasn't been all that impressive lately. Maybe instead of Liljegren they could take Dermott and throw us a pick to balance or something like that.

I like the idea though. It's a straightforward no nonsense makes a helluva lot of sense trade. And I would love to see Dubas do something like this.

05 Jun 2020 04:11:22
I don't think pulock will be affordable. Dubas has himself a serious mess right now. So much of what saved him this year was LTIR. that's all disappearing now. I don't see any big name signings or trades even ones like this unless a large contract moves out.

05 Jun 2020 09:17:35
Would take a lot to pry him away from Lou but not bad target.

05 Jun 2020 17:05:42
I know he needs an extension and I’m aware dubas is a pussy when it comes to negotiations could we sign pulock imo under 5m per year.

05 Jun 2020 19:34:21
Dubas biggest issue is how much he gave out already. Anyone looking at those deals will be thinking "I'm almost as good as Marner why can't I get 9m? "

05 Jun 2020 21:42:39
NHL salaries in average right now tend toward about $1M per 10 points. So using that standard, and using Marners best season at just over 90 points, then Marner is at least $2.5M-$3M overpay. Using a comparison to peers though, it would seem that he could be even more overpaid, as some of his comparable players signed for less than $8M.

How Dubas thinks he can explain to someone that they deserve only $5M for scoring 25-30 goals and 60-70 points (I'm thinking Hyman here) while Marner earns over twice that is beyond me. And how does he expect to sign any free agents knowing, and he absolutely has to know, that anyone sitting down across the table from him is going to throw those MMT deals in his face.

Just because a player is elite doesn't mean we should overpay for him. And just because a player is not elite doesn't mean we should earn league minimum. Dubas' doesn't think a middle class exists in hockey. It's either you're a star or you're a bust. How much resentment is on the team right now as everyone else is getting paid cheap while the Fantastic Four are receiving all the rewards? I have a feeling that the skew in salaries is going to create some bad blood in the dressing room.

06 Jun 2020 00:49:52
The bad blood is already there I'm sure. Reilly is the rightful captain and was passed over now will be asked to take a discount. No way he stays.

06 Jun 2020 02:55:17
I think you might be right about that. Unfortunately.

Maybe the reason Dubas didn't name Reilly captain is because he didn't think he could re-sign him?

04 Jun 2020 07:54:22
Dermott + Johnsson for

Sanheim + Frost

Leafs trade

Kerfoot for

Jarnkrok

Hyman Matthew Marner
Robertson Tavares Nylander
Mikheyev Jarnkrok Kapanen
Engvall Spezza Barbanov
53 MM
Reilly Sanheim
Muzzin Holl
Sandin Lehtonen
17.5 MM
Anderson
Campbell
6.65 MM
Kessel 1.2 MM
Total $78.35 MM

04 Jun 2020 16:19:13
Frost is highly rated in the Flyers system and has progressed a lot since his draft year. There is no way he and a competent top 4 defenseman go for a 3rd liner and a 3rd pairing dman. I like dermott and johnsson a lot, but i think the value isn't quite equal. we might have to add a little here. good target in sandheim!

04 Jun 2020 18:55:34
Let say you add a Korshkov or a Brooks with the Dermott, Johnsson and Brooks

for
Sanheim and Frost.

Interesting nobody complained about Kerfoot for Jarnkrok.

05 Jun 2020 03:15:32
Adam Brooks had 120 and 130 points in his last two years of Junior. And Brooks numbers at the AHL level are just as good.

Frost has a lot of talent, but I'm not holding my breath in him to be a star just yet. He will likely be a good middle six player in the 40-50 point range, but I don't think he will be much better than Kapanen, who was also a 1st round draft pick. Of course this trade was for Johnsson, but he was hurt last year, so I substituted the closest thing we had on the team that made sense. Personally, I'd rather keep Kapanen (Johnsson) right now then trade him for Frost. You draft a player in Frost's spot and would be ecstatic he turns into a player like Kapanen. Because the average player drafted late first round, like Frost was, is a lot worse than Kapanen.