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Lovely player but I sort of prefer they get a longer term solution on d as opposed to a stop gap that is old enough to implode at any point.

Of course if they trade Tavares they could have gotten McDonagh AND a longer term guy. But it's a little risky to go with a guy that age and pencil him in the top or even second pair without a contingency plan in place.

Brodie was two years younger than what Ryan will be this year and he imploded at random.
 
Preston said:
Lovely player but I sort of prefer they get a longer term solution on d as opposed to a stop gap that is old enough to implode at any point.

Of course if they trade Tavares they could have gotten McDonagh AND a longer term guy. But it's a little risky to go with a guy that age and pencil him in the top or even second pair without a contingency plan in place.

Brodie was two years younger than what Ryan will be this year and he imploded at random.
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Meh, Bolts will LTIR someone all year and make it work.
 
Does this take Tampa out of the running for one of the many solid UFA d out there? Probably not I guess? Not sure what their cap situation is like.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Meh, Bolts will LTIR someone all year and make it work.
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It's a fine move for them. But for the Leafs sake, I prefer they don't roll the dice on a bunch of older guys anymore. Muzzin and Brodie were great additions years ago, but they should have been replacing them actively a couple years before they got to the point of no return with some younger options.

Leafs need a minute eating all-situation horse that they can depend on. McDonagh may be that guy but at his age it's a risk to bet a lot of precious cap space on without having a solid d corps surrounding him in case he falls off.
 
yeah no chance TB can or would add another D now. They're all full up with big D contracts in sergachev hedman mcD and Cernak.

Unless they move someone they have about $3m in capspace to add a forward to replace Stamkos.
 
i wonder if the bolts and preds agreed all along that McD would return to TB once the cap crunch was over.
 
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MyNameIsJonas said:
I mean if there is an exception....Stamkos would be it, no?
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If they get rid of Tavares' entire salary and Stamkos signs for cheap then yeah I'd do it. If it's a home town pajama boy deal. Just for the pp. Not sure he's much of a 5 on 5 player anymore but idk if I care. Having that elite one timer option changes everything.
 
Does Nashville have anyone interesting? Don't say Forsberg, they're not trading him. Don't say Saros, he's not that interesting in a Marner package. Any nice d prospects?
 
Preston said:
Does Nashville have anyone interesting? Don't say Forsberg, they're not trading him. Don't say Saros, he's not that interesting in a Marner package. Any nice d prospects?
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I saw a suggestion of Lauzon, L'Heareux and Tommosino

I have no idea if any of these things are good
 
Preston said:
No. It's a terrible fit for a Marner trade. They have no one interesting that they'd actually trade. Pretty good fit for a Tavares trade tho.
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Nashville and Seattle are the two teams i keep seeing as Marner destinations, and in terms of help now for a contender i simply dont see the fit.
 
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