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14 Jul 2020 16:14:44
Tor: Jarnkrok
Nash: Kerfoot
Leafs upgrade 3C and save 1.5mil
1.) 14 Jul 2020 17:44:29
If it's an upgrade and savings, why would Nashville do it?
2.) 14 Jul 2020 17:48:42
If this is an upgrade wouldn’t the leafs have to add? Like I mean maybe not a ton since contract length is in favour of Kerfoot and he is younger, but still you have to give up a little more if your getting an upgrade. I would suggest adding something like Engvall and Hollowell. while Nashville adds a 3rd or something.
3.) 15 Jul 2020 04:51:50
Kerfoot hold lil value. Just a younger bozak.
4.) 15 Jul 2020 20:59:32
How is Jarnkrok an upgrade over Kerfoot. If he is, it is a marginal one. I don't see either team making this deal.
10 Jun 2020 13:51:33
Tor: David Savard (extension in place)
Boone Jenner
Clb: Alex Kerfoot
Travis Dermott
2021 3rd
lads can then deal Johnsson for draft picks, prospects etc.
1.) 10 Jun 2020 14:05:53
This is the exact same trade I posted on my profile and I 100 percent like this trade and hope it happens. That would make our team a little bit better but not much but besides that I really like it.
2.) 10 Jun 2020 14:37:53
Not sure this is affordable without a follow up move. Would need to lose Kapanen as well possibly more as well.
If an extension is already in place it's not a bad trade though.
3.) 10 Jun 2020 18:18:34
Depends on the extension. Savard a best years are behind him now. He's still a good defenseman, but for how long? Most players that are physical as he is don't age well.
Jenner and Savard definitely up the compete level. If this was affordable then I don't see any reason to it consider a move like this.
08 Jun 2020 16:50:05
Toronto: Kempe
LA: Kerfoot Bracco
1.) 08 Jun 2020 17:53:24
I foresee Kerfoot, Johnson and possibly Kapanen being traded. I'm almost certain it won't be for replacements. They need to be traded for cheaper models making league min.
13m+ in LTIR space is being used this year. That comes off the books. Throw in raises for Holl, Muzzin, Dermott, Engvall, and Mikheyev and the money your UFAs make doesn't make up the difference. If the cap stays flat Dubas is going to have an extremely busy "Summer" shedding salary. By the end I'm not even sure if kempe is affordable as of right now.
Without doing anything as it stands Dubas needs to find somewhere around 8m from somewhere. He is going to have to make this a true Studs N' Duds roster.
2.) 08 Jun 2020 19:50:16
Yep. Time to gut the depth. I'm thinking g at least 2/ 3 of the third line is gone for minimal return. Possibly Dermott too.
We can keep trying to bring the best KHL players over every year all we want. It just becomes a shrinking talent pool where each next signing is not as good as the previous one.
Leafs have four years to win. Maybe less depending on what happens to Andersen and Reilly. The countdown is on now.
3.) 08 Jun 2020 20:58:57
I don't see a situation where you keep Reilly, Hyman, and Freddy. It just doesn't look possible.
Dermott and Mikheyev I can see staying because they will both be fairly cheap. Probably the Goat as well but having your third line making 9+ doesn't seem possible.
4.) 09 Jun 2020 00:43:43
Hyman and Freddy are almost both definitely gone.
Dubas missed his chance when MNM were on there elc's. Look at what Jersey tried to do this year. It didn't work for them, but he had the right idea. Go for it now while Hughes and Hirschier and all the rest were still on elc's. Vancouver is trying to do the same thing before Petterson and Hughes elc's run out. Leafs didn't even try. And now the fallout of those big contracts is coming home and Dubas is realizing just what a mess his whole philosophy is and that he missed the best chance they ever had at winning the cup.
5.) 09 Jun 2020 04:26:28
I don’t think you fully grasp the idea of LTIR. It’s not like the leafs had $94 million of useable players signed like some of you seem to think. Using LTIR isn’t just free money. The leafs weren’t over the cap once you take off the guys on LTIR.
6.) 09 Jun 2020 05:18:03
Couldn't agree more. I hear comparisons to teams like Pitts and Chicago but Kane and Towels won on ELC and never again. Crosby is signed to a contract that isn't aloud anymore giving leeway.
Without Hyman and Freddy this becomes tough. Signing a replacement for Freddy at a discount won't be easy. Any trade involving a goalie costs assets and there really aren't any left in the system other than roster players (inc. Sandin Lili and Robertson) .
Everyone wants a defensive upgrade which costs probably the third line once you factor in salary. Replacement goalie costs a 1st if it's a decent starter since you can't out right sign anyone for more than 3-4m. I don't see a way out of this beyond trading Marner, Mathews or Tavares. Even Nylander 7m alone doesn't seem to solve the issue.
7.) 09 Jun 2020 12:45:40
I don't think you grasp LTIR lmao. The Leafs WERE over the cap. We're over the cap this entire year actually.
LTIR has negatives but it as is what you described. Free money.
8.) 09 Jun 2020 13:20:11
Leafslife. If you actually think the leafs were able to go over the cap by 13+million of useable players there is no hope in trying to explain things to you. Seasons end the leafs had a cap hit of 95.2 million with players on ltir totalling 14.9 million. Leaving a total cap hit for players ACTUALLY PLAYING of $81 million exactly which is 0.5 million UNDER the cap. You aren’t just allowed to have $95 million of USEABLE players because you have players on LTIR.
9.) 09 Jun 2020 13:54:46
We've had LTIR discussions A LOT on this forum. I'm pretty sure LeafsLife has a good idea what he's talking about.
LTIR allows us the opportunity to bring in players to equal the cap space. It allows us to run a 23 man roster while still being pressed to the cap. Without taking on Clarkson's LTIR we wouldn't have been able to sign Marner. And if we didn't have LTIR because Marner got hurt exact same day Hyman got hurt, we would have had to run with a short roster.
It allows us to run with a maximum roster by allowing us to "spend" above the cap. It doesn't inflate our cap or anything. It just allows us to keep our actual paid playing players under the $81M cap hit. Once you add in the LTIR guys, we were close to $100M last year.
10.) 09 Jun 2020 14:48:20
@Matt
Do you think Dubas was picking up LTIR contracts because he thought it would be funny? Lol. Just think to yourself why would any GM ever even bother putting anyone on LTIR if it did nothing?
LTIR has its downsides but what your describing is not one of them lol.
11.) 09 Jun 2020 14:52:34
Sorry. Meant to say Human returned to injury same day Marner got hurt and was placed on LTIR. As a result of Marner being in LTIR, Leafs were able to maintain a 23 man roster.
12.) 09 Jun 2020 18:17:42
Not even worth trying to explain it to you guys. There is a little benefit and flexibility, but it does not provide you the ability to have $13 million over the cap like you guys seem to think. I don’t even know how to get through to you if you think that is the case. I would just recommend you do some research on it. At the beginning of the season with the ltir the leafs would have only been able to run a 20-21 man roster not a 23 man roster, but they never had everyone heathy so we never had to see that. Just go look at cap friendly for yourself and you will quickly see the leafs only had $81 million in players playing at the end of the season.
13.) 09 Jun 2020 22:39:48
I don't think you understand what we are trying to explain to you. But that's ok. It's a complicated subject and I can understand why you are struggling with it.
14.) 09 Jun 2020 23:45:03
Ok so don't explain it then lol. Up to you buddy. I can't speak for Hockeyluvr but I'm pretty sure both of us have a good idea how it works and if we are wrong would appreciate the enlightenment on the actually rule of IR.
Just saying it isn't worth explaining is actually more of a childish response though lol.
23 May 2020 19:50:54
Tor offersheet Erik Cernak
Trade: Kerfoot, Johnsson, Malgin
Walk: Barrie, Ceci, Clifford
1.) 23 May 2020 20:17:38
Whats the offer? Where traded too?
2.) 23 May 2020 20:56:15
Trade the 3 of them to any team that will take them off the Leafs hands.
3.) 23 May 2020 21:13:24
Lol. Kerfoot is definitely worth the 3.5 he gets paid. Johnson I would also trade anywhere though.
4.) 23 May 2020 21:44:35
How much are you giving Cernak and for how long?
So many questions here. Lol. It's easy to just say it. No ody will disagree with offer sheet to Cernak at 8x$2M. Or trading a those guys for Seth Jones, for example. But without something concrete to compare what we are getting rid of these guys for, it's pretty hard to evaluate if the choice is the right one or not.
I can see Johnsson and Kapanen both being traded this off season. Kerfoot will likely be retained because of his ability to play centre and defensive abilities. We have far more wing depth than center. After Kerfoot the skill drops pretty dramatically, so we better keep him. Good insurance for injury and only makes $3.5M. So my guess is he won't be going anywhere right now. Brooks is next in line to get a tryout. He didn't look bad in 7 games last year, and if he can come up and play 40 games this year and look good doing it, then Kerfoot might be on the block 2021. Hard to say. Depends on how Brooks does more than anything I suppose.
5.) 24 May 2020 00:29:26
Trade to wpg for Conner, winger that doesn't know how to play in his own end, winnipeg should really reatain on this deal because Conner is such a liability.
6.) 24 May 2020 16:27:56
I would take Kyle Connor in a second.
He is no worse in his own end than nylander Kapanen Johnsson.
7.) 24 May 2020 20:51:22
Kyle Connor is a prototype of Dubas beliefs. He would fit this system very well.
8.) 24 May 2020 23:50:32
Connor is a one dimensional player. Like every other Winnipeg player, he's playing for the name on the back and not the crest on the front. Its systemic over there and worse than the Leafs. We saw it with Trouba, with Byfuglien, with Connor and Laine almost holding out. They only took bridge deals. They won't hesitate to hold out next time if they keep putting up good numbers. Expect them both to be asking $8M+ easily. That's the way it is in Winnipeg. Me first. They might even lose their goalie because of it all. A Vezina winning goalie walks because he knows the system there is incapable of putting up a winning team.
19 May 2020 20:11:40
Toronto:
Brett Howden
NY Rangers:
Alex Kerfoot
Filip Kral
Lads get new 3C
1.) 20 May 2020 00:54:49
Good, smart idea. Cap saver, and we get an adequate replacement with upside.
I actually think Kerfoot is the better player though. More established and his stats are better (both headline numbers and underlying numbers) . If anything, I would expect Rangers to add. If Gettinger was worked in to the deal somehow I would like it a lot better.
Would Rangers want the older guy though? They might want to keep the core as young as possible still. Depends on if they see themselves as contenders I guess.
2.) 20 May 2020 01:44:54
Do it.
3.) 21 May 2020 01:47:36
Yup that’s a good post.
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16 Nov 2019 17:25:01
Couple potential Leafs signings
G-Patrick Bartosak
D-Nikita Nesterov
Both 1 year 8-900K
08 Nov 2019 21:06:40
Leafs need new Backup goalie
Who should they get?
Miller
Stalock
DeSmith
Copley
Subban
Lindgren
Condon
Domingue
Dell
Forsberg
Brossoit
Elliott
You choose
Ufas options: Johnson/Montoya
1.) 10 Nov 2019 18:38:02
Kaskisuo.
26 Oct 2019 15:33:03
I think Ryan Suter would be amazing on Leafs what would it take to get him?
Maybe Nylander, Ceci, prospects/draft picks
1.) 27 Oct 2019 17:57:30
Stop trading Nylander lol. Honestly trading out 6.9 isn't even a huge help for a cap hit right now. Nylander, if he can score 70pts, isn't an overpay like Marner is right now. He isn't really the answer to the financial woes.
29 Dec 2019 15:52:32
It's Wayne Simmonds not Pk. He is a winger.
09 Nov 2019 17:54:11
We can resign Muzzin and I've included that this trade only happens if Hamonic is willing to negotiate an extension in season.
07 Nov 2019 00:25:52
U cannot ask for a long-term asset in exchange for a rental.
28 Oct 2019 23:06:22
I would do Nylander+ picks, prospects for parayko instead.