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05 Jul 2026 23:15:08
Stars don't appear to have enough cap space to sign Jason Robertson. What about this?
25/26 stats
OEL 8G 31 Pts
Harley 6G 30 Pts
OEL is signed for $3.5M for 2 years and Harley just started his new 8 year deal at $10.6M
To TOR: D - T.
Harley + 2028 3rd
To DAL: D - OEL + F - D. Joshua + 2027 2nd
This would save Dallas $4M in cap space. Giving them $13M+.
1.) 05 Jul 2026 22:43:20
Love the idea.
Don’t think Dallas will.
Plus will $13m be enough to sign Robertson?
He already rejected $15m w Kraken.
* Honestly don’t know ?♂️
2.) 05 Jul 2026 22:53:05
Zero chance Dallas takes that for Harley. Leafs don’t have anywhere near enough cap space to take him on either.
3.) 05 Jul 2026 23:30:29
Having Harley would be awesome tho ? but I’m w Ckps1976 on this one.
4.) 05 Jul 2026 23:47:39
For Cap space, Leafs would then move Rielly creating the necessary space.
Ok so what would it take to get Harley, conshe had a down year and now makes $10.6M?
5.) 06 Jul 2026 00:09:00
I would love to have Harley, LOVE!!! ❤️
He’s the Swiss army knife of D-Man
* 24yrs old
* 6’3
* 215lbs
* fast
* strong
* PK
* PP
* +64
* signed till 2033/2034
* $10.5m
????
My point, it’s gonna cost lots.
6.) 06 Jul 2026 03:19:29
He’s going to arbitration so they r hoping the $9.8m might be enough for the 1yr deal.
7.) 06 Jul 2026 08:07:54
This is probably the worst trade I’ve seen in a long time. Dallas would hang up the phone and fly to Toronto just to smack chayka for disrespecting him. Harley was the main piece in the WERENSKI deal and you think they would trade him for an old defenseman, a 4th liner, and a 2nd round pick. ????
04 Jul 2026 14:29:26
To SEA: D - M. Reilly + C - T. Luc Koblar
To TOR: F - S. Wright + 2028 2nd
Seattle gets a young C prospect and Reilly and the Leafs see if Wright can turn the page on his career.
1.) 04 Jul 2026 15:19:12
The thing is.... Is Koblar possibly already at a par with Wright and a year from now past him with more North America exposure?
2.) 04 Jul 2026 16:52:33
Editor in Leafs
By - Spencer Lazary
Leafs are asking the Ducks for Noah Warren (10th best prospect), a 7th round pick and no retention for Morgan Rielly.
3.) 04 Jul 2026 17:05:24
SEA already has a glut of young centres in Beniers, O'Brien, and Catton. They won't want our young center.
If we could somehow pry Dunn from them for Reilly and COL's 1st then that'd make a lot of sense, but unfortunately that wouldn't clear up any needed cap space, which is an issue at the moment.
If they get Dunn, then they need to clear Joshua off the books. If they get Wright, then great, but then they still need to add on the left side of the D corps, and that becomes harder to do if they give up the COL 1st for Wright.
If Chayka really wants to get nuts, you can move Knies and Reilly for Wright, O'Brien, and Dunn, which I'm not actually crazy about, but I think that'd be something SEA would listen to as they want a quality top 6 player.
4.) 04 Jul 2026 17:44:04
I still believe the team the Leafs need to target is the Ducks. But again, we gotta wait for the dust to settle w Flyers/Ducks first.
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
1.) 02 Jul 2026 22:39:40
That package doesn’t get u Morrissey.
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.
1.) 02 Jul 2026 16:46:17
I doubt Chayka would trade away their first trade target within 2 weeks
2.) 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.
01 Jul 2026 20:33:56
Werenski trade idea keeping Knies as a Leaf
To CBJ: F - E. Cowan + D - B. Danford + F - D. Joshua + G - D. Hildeby + 2027 1st + 2028 2nd
To TOR: D - Z. Werenski
1.) 01 Jul 2026 20:09:48
I think the time has come and gone for Werenski now ?♂️.
2.) 01 Jul 2026 20:44:55
Well Hildeby gone for Nick Paul. So he’s not part of any package. After the Nurse trade Reilly’s trade value just got a whole lot better.
3.) 01 Jul 2026 20:53:48
I’m guessing his value will improve even more once all the other D-man come off the board.
4.) 01 Jul 2026 21:21:17
3 teams that could use Reilly. Seattle, Anaheim, or Utah. Wouldn’t be surprised to hear one of these teams trade for them and I’m absolutely certain they r 3 out of the 4 teams on his list.
5.) 01 Jul 2026 21:24:26
Think we keep him.
6.) 01 Jul 2026 21:30:04
Soooo much has changed the past week and I couldn’t agree w you more. I was hoping to trade Reilly pre draft for a pick so it would free up money for today.
7.) 01 Jul 2026 21:34:19
Keeping him is definitely an option.
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09 Mar 2024 12:55:59
Trade deadline past, nothing crazy happened, not surprising. Not much to work with.
Off season, while nearly $7M is added from the Matthews and Nylander extensions, a lot of money falls off the books. Cap is rising $4.2M, so need to find $3M.
All the LTIR contracts are gone. Plus Bertuzzi $5.5M, Domi $3M, Brodie $5M, Samsonov $3.5M.
All other contracts are either close or near league minimum, so no need to list.
Re-sign Samsonov, but at a lower value than $3.5M, likely $2M to see it he can bring it together for a full year.
Bertuzzi, let walk, as that $5.5 unless he wants to come back for $4M.
Re-sign Domi, give him a 3 year at $2.5M
See if Brodie wants to come back at a significant discount or re-sign Edmundson, see who is better in the playoffs
Trade
To TOR: D - C. Parayko (14% retained) cap hit is $5.6M
To STL: 2024 1st + F - D. Kampf + F - A. Steeves
See how the team does in the playoffs and possibly look at this in the off-season.
1.) 09 Mar 2024 13:33:58
Interesting ideas, deserving much discussion.
First the in/ out has rounding errors so it’s only $2m that’s needed.
Not sure that Samsonov would resign in Toronto when other teams who are in need of a goalie could easily offer more.
LAK need two goalies next year; both Talbot and Rittich are UFAs. Let’s trade rights to Samsonov AND Jones to LAK for right to Matt Roy! LAK also have cap issues so this advance their cause getting 2 goalies whose combined salaries might be less than Roy’s new salary.
LAK have Brandt Clarke waiting to take Roy’s place and we get a solid 2-way RD to play with Reilly (if we resign him using Brodie’s money) .
I might have interest in resigning Domi at $2.5 and Bertuzzi at $3.75 but they rarely tilt the ice in our favour. And only on the 3rd line for both; their tenacity together might be effective. Bottom line is they are NOT 2L players.
I have zero interest in Brodie, even at minimum salary. There are simply better choices.
And yes Lyubushkin and Edmundson will get their audition in the playoffs when it counts. Neither are worth their current salaries but if they help the PK, clearing the net and are able to slow the rush with body checks we may have something.
Same for Dewar.
As for Parayko while I might like to have him I would continue to oppose any 1st in a package.
Just my opinion.
2.) 09 Mar 2024 14:29:58
St. Louis would owe 2 3rds to leafs as per hertl trade. A but differant but retaining low% for many season doesn’t seem like a huge ask compared to 50% retained with or without 3rd party gets a bigger return even though you’ve retained more than the few month retain. So weird because although a team retain me less % it’s not only moult leaving till the term of thd contract expires or player retires. In fact it takes up a retain slot and only allowed 3 at a time per year you might wanna do something big but that tiny % comes back to bite you
Maybe league will catch on to reversing the values since you end up retaining more cap and salary on the long term low%retain than high % retain on a less than half a year annoyance. It might seem to put u behind covering such a high retain but by the new offseason unlike other scenario you don’t need to think about it or worry if player goes to LTIR causing you to have to get your accounted involved over a non human entity
Just saying.
3.) 10 Mar 2024 01:01:49
@Rsears to say Brodie would be bad at league min is a bit much. I'd take a lot of guys at league min I wouldn't take any higher.
10 Jun 2019 12:43:48
Does the Skinner deal impact Marner's contract?
Skinner just scored 40 goals on a very poor team, and has scored 30+ goals 4 times in his career. He also was a pending UFA
My thoughts are no team is dumb enough to sign Marner to an offer sheet paying him north of $10.5M as no one will pay 4 1st's for a winger, I like Marner but he's not McDavid, sorry
So when looking at a contract, $10.5 is the max I would go with him on an 8 year deal. Ideally the Leafs want $9M on an 8 year deal, but that is not going to happen.
Can a 7 year 9.75M deal work? Slice off 1 year of UFA and meet half way?
1.) 14 Jun 2019 20:59:33
The Skinner deal impacts every contract. I would assume it gives Marner a lot more leverage. Marner is arguably the better player. Scores less goals, but has been instrumental in leading the play for the Leafs. Both are top line wingers and among the top offensive points leaders on their teams. The comparison is apt, and though it doesn’t give Marner any leverage to ask for more money, it does strengthen his case for what he has been asking.
20 Oct 2018 14:31:23
Does Tuch's new deal out of his ELC at $4,75MM for 7 years improve the contract offer talks for the Leafs with Nylander.
I understand he's not as good as Nylander, but also lower than what the Leafs are offering
last year
Nylander 20G, 41A, 61 Pts
Tuch 15G, 22A, 37 Pts
Leafs offer is around $6M - $6.5M on a LT deal
Also hearing a 4 year offer around $4.75M AAV
I would say the Leafs are bang on with their offers using this as a gauge!
1.) 21 Oct 2018 02:07:14
I think Tuch is going to be for Vegas what Lucic was for Edmonton.
09 Jun 2018 16:01:24
Looking towards the draft, the Leafs need to start to upgrade the depth at the C position. After looking at some mocks, here are two quality C to draft 1st and 2nd
1st - C - R. McLeod
2nd - C - J. McBain
Two young big bodied Centres who the Leafs can develop
The other need is at RHD, but I feel with Lilijegren in the pipe and they should be looking for a NHL ready RHD so the draft is not ideal unless they trade up for D - E. Bouchard
27 Feb 2018 02:48:51
Looking towards the off-season,what do contracts look like for the big 3
Using Eichel and McDavid and sandwich for Matthews I come to the following:
A. Matthews 8 years $88M, ($11M AAV)
For both Marner and Nylander who I say are valued the same, I use Ehlers and Pastrnak to sandwich their deals.
M. Marner 7 years 45.5M ($6.5M AAV)
W. Nylander 7 years $45.5M ($6.5M AAV)
Thoughts?
1.) 28 Feb 2018 01:31:57
the amount of years for marner should be 8 years and nylander should take 5.5M at 7 years.
05 Jul 2026 23:47:39
For Cap space, Leafs would then move Rielly creating the necessary space.
Ok so what would it take to get Harley, conshe had a down year and now makes $10.6M?
28 Jun 2026 13:43:15
I like Hayton as a swap for Robertson.
28 Jun 2026 13:42:41
I'm tossed up on the Knies or Cowan argument. I feel CBJ would want Knies. Cowan is certainly cheaper, still on ELC and likely will have a lower cap number.
To the other comment, Werenski can not be extended until next summer. If he then decides to not be extended, trade him away then and recoup picks.
16 May 2026 19:43:27
McKenna's point totals in the WHL a year ago were greater than both Bedard and McDavid in the same year for both of them.
When elite talent comes along, you draft it! Figure D out through trades.
16 May 2026 13:00:17
Makes no sense for the Leafs to not take the generational talent.
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