09 Mar 2024 20:58:03
Leafs seldom give their rookies a 100 games to find their way, often trading them before they mature into an everyday player. Makes one wonder if even a Kucherov would have gotten a shot in Toronto, based on an unimpressive first season maybe not. Two examples of bad Leaf rookie trades.


Marchment for Malgin

&

Verhaeghe as part of the Grabner deal


Imagine

Knies Matthews Marner
Marchment Verhaeghe Nylander
McMann Tavares Jarncrock

1.) 10 Mar 2024
09 Mar 2024 22:31:56
Verhage was an ECHL write off. I wouldn't hold that against anyone.

Marchment for Malgin never made sense. I don't get that one at all.

2.) 10 Mar 2024
09 Mar 2024 23:09:20
Verhaege needed a lot of time to develop until he was about. 24 years old. The drafting team doesn’t have that much time on a player. Look Robertson he is getting there but still needs more time but Carter was just too slow. But when he got his game going to took off.

3.) 10 Mar 2024
10 Mar 2024 01:53:10
Marchment for Malgin was such a typical Dubas mistake!
Like protecting Justin Holl in the expansion draft and losing Jarred McCann.

4.) 10 Mar 2024
10 Mar 2024 03:07:38
Lou came to Toronto to take over from a trigger happy Dubas. From May to July he did a draft and made 6 trades. Kessel was the headliner along with mckegg and 4 AHL players and a 1st 2nd 4th 7th. Hyman and kapanen 3 fringe nhl players and an AHL player 1st 2 2nds 2 3rds.
That’s not all though he went on a signing spree. 3 ELC hyman being one of them, then resigned 5 RFA as Kadri was 1 of them. He then signed 5 UFA all OK players but no big fish.
Lou comes in sees the he has 2 standard contract spots are remaining and signs marner. Marners and all he and all contracted jr eligible players are standard contract until they get cut. He needed to still sign bernier so now they full and knowing he came here for a quick rebuild but what he saw in training camp bothered him. He knew he had to send marner back to jrs but beck and verhaeghe just weren’t showing Lou enough to warrant marner leaving so he made a decision to trade 5 guys he anticipated making the team but had bad camps for a proven scorer in grabner to offset the production lost in Kessel.
Once the deal was done marner was sent back to London and now 4 open contract spots. He signs bought out Brad Boyes hoping he can net a few while getting paid peanuts. Then signs Andrew campbell for depth.

So he misjudged 1 of the 5 guys. Lou expected all 5 to at least challenge but nylander brown Hyman kapanen and marner Valiev Dermott all outplayed the 4 skaters dealt and Gibson could even get in the marlie conversation as sparks was takin over and reimer just wasn’t challenged . So Lou made the deal

Heck a few months later he did it again dealing phaneuf

Every move had a reason as the plan was to ice nhl players while hoping to tank but not open long showing it. Then have the the marlies develop the young guys and keep marner Dermott in jrs.

Snow never saw verhaghe potential either.
I mean yeah he could have easily kept him sent marner home or simply sent him to marlies let him grow with this group but he didn’t.

Say marner or verheghe makes team if Lou never makes trade. Is it possible leafs win a few extra games due to it. Oh yeah imagine that extra few points causes 1 point more Edmonton to win lottery and Matthews mcdavid driaseidl on my.


Turns out sept 17 is important. 1st Matthews was born in it and 2nd he missed 2015 draft eligability by 1 day due to 16th is cutoff and 3 Lou traded for grabner on that date in 2015 to get marner back to jr which caused the guy celebrating his 18th then 1 year later legally drinking after going 1

So if u wanna keep bringing up how bad Lou missed the boat I guess I counter with Matthews wouldn't be a leaf without that trade

September 17th the date that prevented him going to Buffalo or Arizona. The date that started lous hush hush quest for last and the date that we will all celebrate one if the franchises all time best.