• Moderators, please send me a PM if you are unable to access mod permissions. Thanks, Habsy.

No Excuses No Limits! The mother fucking goddamn season thread

Wayward DP said:
this was your first post on the topic:


this was your second:



this was your third:



and numero cuatro:



y cinco:



so the best I can glean from the above is that you have concluded that Tre's philosophy is to acquire exclusively "difference makers", and therefore any player Tre is interested in acquiring must be a "difference maker" in his eyes (based on post two).

for the reasons already explained, I disagree. if there is additional information that supports the conclusion you reached regarding Tre's philosophy, I would be keen to see it.
Click to expand...

Still waiting for what the "basis" is that we need in order to discuss something, Mr. Hutz
 
Seems pretty obvious what happened here:

Zadorov is a guy who could help the Leafs by bringing some toughness to the bottom pair or even as a #7 guy. He's not a top 4 D on a Cup contender, which is what we're mostly looking for, thus paying $3.5m for him would not be smart, which is why Treliving was on the phone with the Calgary GM talking about Weegar/Hanifin/Tanev, and discussed adding Z along with Tanev, provided there was significant retention.

If the idea of Zadorov alone was even discussed at all, it would have been with 50% reduction. Without that, neither Treliving nor any other GM was willing to beat the ridiculously low price it cost to acquire him.
 
The best part of all of this is that the contracts that both players carry were negotiated by Treliving.
 
leafman101 said:
His quote was essentially “ya we looked at the market, but if we are going to make a trade it has to make sense in cost and impact”

so if they didn’t make a trade the reasonable implication is the cost and impact didn’t make sense.
Click to expand...

I posted the quote because I liked the imo fairly clear implication that he wasn't looking around to add just anyone, especially given the current rumor mill atmosphere which has every shit D in the league attached to the leafs.

As he shouldn't be - the bottom pair depth fill in guys have been more than fine so far, and the team defense has been solid since Klingberg went out, even with all the other injuries.
 
leafman101 said:
His quote was essentially “ya we looked at the market, but if we are going to make a trade it has to make sense in cost and impact”

so if they didn’t make a trade the reasonable implication is the cost and impact didn’t make sense.
Click to expand...

That seems pretty clear.
 
zeke said:
not hard at all to fit Lindholm and Hanifin under the cap.
Click to expand...
I would start loving the team if we got them and didn't give up Knies or Robertson.

The games would legit be exciting again to see them in, and to permanently knock out the worst D and Reaves. Domi to the 4th line.
 
I care more about Lindholm than Hanifin. We need that extra juice down the middle, especially in case of injury to either of Matty or Tavares. And with them all healthy and in the lineup, no other team is matching that. It's certainly better than ROR last year. Plus, would love to sign Lindholm to an extension. I like Hanifin too, would be amazing to add both somehow.
 
Seems like the CGY owner is vindictive enough towards Tre and the Leafs that he would veto any deal he deems is "helping them out"
 
Just looking at some of the bottom feeders and who may be available:

Chicago: Tyler Johnson
San Jose: Duclair, Granlund
Ducks: Henrique, Fowler? 2 more years left and 32 years old.
Ottawa: Tarasenko
Blue Jackets: long shot wish but Jenner, Provorov
Edmonton: likely nobody but maybe Brown for free if it only is $775k

Fairly slim pickings from the teams that look dead in the water.
 
trujaysfan said:
Just looking at some of the bottom feeders and who may be available:

Chicago: Tyler Johnson
San Jose: Duclair, Granlund
Ducks: Henrique, Fowler? 2 more years left and 32 years old.
Ottawa: Tarasenko
Blue Jackets: long shot wish but Jenner, Provorov
Edmonton: likely nobody but maybe Brown for free if it only is $775k

Fairly slim pickings from the teams that look dead in the water.
Click to expand...
I cannot see Edmonton selling this season.

And no thanks to Provorov.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top