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26 Mar 2021 23:52:05
Leafs: 2nd round pick 2021
Sabres: Hall - Buffalo retains salary.
Leafs: Kerfoot, lillegren, and 2nd round 2023
Nashville: Ekholm
Sounds like hall is only going to cost a 2nd rounder - after the staal move.
What do people think ?
1.) 27 Mar 2021 03:57:06
I do not want Hall.
Also, Buffalo stated the price at a first currently.
Your cap is way over buddy. Even if hall is retained at half.
2.) 27 Mar 2021 13:08:41
Make Buffalo eat the salary as I said above?
Give them a 2nd and mid tier prospect then (someone not in our top 4)
Then ekholm and Kerfoot basically cancel each other out.
So now that works or am I missing something?
Hall is going to be fire sold at the market as no one eating the cap.
3.) 27 Mar 2021 14:11:51
@Babcock. A team can only retain 50%, you can't retain the whole thing. Even at 50% you are way over the cap is what he is telling you.
4.) 27 Mar 2021 14:13:01
You're still missing half of halls 8 million dollar contract.
5.) 27 Mar 2021 14:30:34
So hall at 4 million cap hit just magically fits the leafs cap situation?
6.) 27 Mar 2021 15:39:03
As of today leafs need 3.1 million accumulated cap to obtain Hall at full price (45X.069)
At deadline that number turns into 2 million (29X.069)
Any retaining% cuts that amount needing to cover the rest of his cap for season by that %
Leafs have 1.2 million of accumulated cap saved. So in theory if Buffalo takes 50% back leafs can technically get him on April 10th but no sooner with what’s been saved to this point.
Now Dubas has been manipulating the cap on days off by taxi squading eligible higher salary players for eligible lower salary players thus accumulating cap on off days by saving 700 plus grand on cap thus accumulating 60 grand on these days roughly. However by 5pm on game day that 700 grand turns into 29 grand thus accumulating 2 grand roughly for the next 24hrs. So if Dubas keeps this maneuvering up Hall might be afforded by April 1st but he’d be a fool to use all his available money he saved for last 90 days on 1 player.
Light schedule last 2 weeks and having no one on LTIR has really allowed Dubas to accumulate some deadline space.
Leafs have doubled their deadline cap availability in last 10 days due to above paragraph.
7.) 27 Mar 2021 21:25:10
This is some good analysis.
If you dumb it down you are saying that we have about how much accumulated cap saved by trade deadline . best guess. and to be clear - we can apply this to any trade? So if we acquire person x and we retain z salary we can just subtract our accumulated cap from that to determine our true burden?
This part I don’t get - why do you think this
So if Dubas keeps this maneuvering up Hall might be afforded by April 1st but he’d be a fool to use all his available money he saved for last 90 days on 1 player.
20 Mar 2021 11:44:25
Andersen is leaving Dubas no choice. We have to improve our goaltending.
Leafs: Nylander, 2021 first, lilegren, kerfoot. Ducks: Rackell, Gibson.
Robertson steps in.
1.) 20 Mar 2021 12:53:07
I’m sold.
2.) 20 Mar 2021 15:03:17
Gibson is hurt day to day but if he chooses to remain “hurt†up to and past the trade deadline he can’t get dealt without his permission
Players on non playoff teams that don't want to get dealt but have no clauses tend to “hurt†themselves up to a month before the deadline. Many players have done this. It’s a flaw in the system exposed by many including Darcy Tucker missed 7 games leading into trade deadline in 08. Fletcher had taken over as GM in January and by the feb trade deadline Rumours had him being dealt to numerous teams (Buffalo, Ottawa, Minnesota, all 3 western Canadian teams) and he just signed a 4X3 million deal to start year and wanted to stay in Toronto. So having no clause he “hurt†himself and said no to being dealt. They got a 2nd 3rd and 2 5ths for the lines of kilger Gill and belak so who knows what the haul could of been for a known playoff warrior. Fletcher knew tuckers contract stated his NMC took affect once the leafs 07-08 year was over. He wanted to deal him and Mats at this 08 deadline but mats declined and Tucker “hurt†himself.
End result Sundin goes to Vancouver and fletcher is forced to buy out 6 of the remaining 9 million of tuckers now unmovable contract.
Anyways moral of story some players just don’t want to leave their situation and if said player has no clauses that player will use this flaw in the system to stay where they are.
Gibson may be doing this people.
01 Jan 2020 23:50:19
Leafs: bracco, 2021 4th round pick
Rangers: Georgiev
Makes us better now and into the future and we don't lose a roster player.
Bracco not being called up now - makes sense that he is on the move.
Rangers have to deal Georgiev because they have Lundqvist and then Shesterkin in the ahl. Shesterkin in ahl is future. He has to be called up or else he says he's going to khl. Georgiev has played 60 games so can't be sent down. So if they don't deal him he will go through waivers and they lose him for nothing feb 20.
1.) 02 Jan 2020 03:25:31
Gorgiev will be traded but for better than Bracco and a 4th. You need to add something in there.
2.) 02 Jan 2020 11:14:52
Trevor Moore + Bracco + 4th round 2020 for Gorgiev.
3.) 02 Jan 2020 16:05:39
It'll be timashov + bracco + 3rd/ 4rd pick.
4.) 02 Jan 2020 22:36:27
The other thing to keep in mind is the expansion draft next year. Lundqvist will be retired by then. So Rangers can only protect one goalie. If NYR do you go with Shestyorkin or Georgiev? Personally I think they keep Georgiev and we see Shestyorkin in the move.
5.) 02 Jan 2020 22:40:23
I don't see Moore going anywhere either. If Marchment plays well on call up then he might be sent in a package as well.
27 Dec 2019 04:28:45
Leafs trade nylander
Hawks trade Boqvist and their 2020 1st round pick.
We then draft askarov and we are set for next 15 yrs in goal. Who's with me ?
1.) 27 Dec 2019 10:28:03
Definitely not the Hawks.
2.) 27 Dec 2019 17:56:46
I could actually see Bowman making this deal though. Chicago is riddled with injuries. Bowman is probably fired after this season if Chicago doesn’t make the playoffs. So he has nothing to lose making this deal, which immediately and significantly improves the team.
As for the Leafs, I’m not so sure they would do this. Boqvist is good, not great. And Askarov is no guarantee. If both these guys work out as expected, Leafs win long term. Short term they lose a big chunk of their offense and don’t replace it at all. It’s a one step back, two step forward move, but not one I would expect Dubas to make when he is trying to ice a cup contending team.
16 Aug 2019 00:01:47
Our abundance of rw talent is ridiculous.
Mikheyev looks like he is going to be really good.
Current line up
Hyman / Tavares / marner
Johnson / Matthews / nylander
Moore / Kerfoot / kapanen
Petan / spezza / mikheyev
And we still have shore on rw
Rielly / Barrie
Muzzin / ceci
Dermott / lillegren or schmaltz
So.... you have to make the kapanen for Pesce trade. Mikheyev is a big scoring winger that shouldn't be on 4th line.
Then we win the cup with the following
Hyman / Tavares / marner
Johnson / Matthews / nylander
Moore / Kerfoot / mikheyev
Petan / spezza / shore
Rielly / Pesce
Muzzin / Barrie
Dermott / ceci
lillegren, sandin and schmaltz
Maybe the answer isn't kapanen. But dealing one of our wingers for a rhd like Pesce puts us over the top.
1.) 16 Aug 2019 15:50:19
The guy hasn’t played an nhl
Game yet Lindholm put up similar numbers before he came over and was nothing more than a 4th liner I hope I’m wrong and he’s a stud but I just don’t think it’s smart to bet on a guy before he actually plays.
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13 Apr 2021 03:18:27
What do people think is our best playoff lineup ? Below is the best I can come up with.
Alex g / Matthews / Marner
Foligno / Tavares / Nylander
Hyman / kerfoot / Ilya
Spezza / Nash / Simmonds
Other
Thornton
Robertson
Engerval
I think keefe has Nash penciled in for 4th line center which should relegate engerval. Keefe is super bullish on rash based on press conference and nash is amazing defensively. Can't really take time from spezza IMO as he has been so good. Thornton seems like odd man out and we still don't know if Robertson is accretive - my view is he just seems like he would take simmonds before anyone else.
What do people think ?
1.) 13 Apr 2021 06:18:15
Engvall plays higher up the depth chart right now than Kerfoot.
Hard to say Thornton doesn't play. Been wondering that myself.
2.) 13 Apr 2021 11:32:12
I think Nash is going to play on the third line center position he’s a defensive centre and keefe has wanted that third line to be a shutdown line my prediction is
Galchenyuk matthews marner
Foligno Tavares Nylander
Mikheyev Nash Hyman
Simmonds Kerfoot Spezza
Thornton engvall
The leafs need to start using Thornton better he should not be dressed every game.
3.) 14 Apr 2021 00:43:44
Hyman and Gally look good in the top 6 so far. I'm more leaving towards Nash and Foligno being the bottom 6 centres. Foligno would look good beside Mathews/ Marner though in my opinion. Both are making great strides in the defensive side of the game but Foligno can show them how a true defensive forward plays.
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03 May 2021 01:01:01
And. No. Go take a cold shower then get back to bed. Will bring you back to reality.
28 Mar 2021 16:35:10
Way too much offered on our end
Muzzin deal is the comp which was
forward Carl Grundstrom, the rights to defenseman Sean Durzi and a first-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft.
The target is great but the package you are giving is a huge overpayment.
27 Mar 2021 21:25:10
This is some good analysis.
If you dumb it down you are saying that we have about how much accumulated cap saved by trade deadline . best guess. and to be clear - we can apply this to any trade? So if we acquire person x and we retain z salary we can just subtract our accumulated cap from that to determine our true burden?
This part I don’t get - why do you think this
So if Dubas keeps this maneuvering up Hall might be afforded by April 1st but he’d be a fool to use all his available money he saved for last 90 days on 1 player.
27 Mar 2021 16:58:42
Ok here is the actual best I got. There are rumors that Freddy is going to LTIR. Which would be amazing.
Leafs: 2nd round pick, Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, lillegren, kerfoot
Preds: granlund, ekholm
Leafs: 2022 2nd, 2024 4th rounder, Hallander
Sabres: Hall, ullmark
So what do people think about this?
27 Mar 2021 16:39:57
So to dumb it down as you are all correct on salary implications - we basically have to give up kerfoot to make room for someone like hall.
What if Anderson is actually on LTIR or something? Either way here is the best I got - recognizing that preds may want to split up any trade of their two assets (may not even sell at this point)
Leafs: 2nd round pick (2021) Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, lillegren, kerfoot
Preds: granlund, ekholm
Depending on dollars they retain the math can probably work.
Then on hall - I mean If he is available and it looks like it will be relatively cheap - and we probably have to move kerfoot if we want to keep Hyman next year I don’t know how they don’t make a move for him. Hall Tavares Nylander as your 2nd line should significantly improve their performance which has been subpar for most of the year IMO.
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