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Artnes said:


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Hate to say it but that particular young Swedish D sorta looks like a magnificent trade chip for a strong, young, cheap-ish middle 6 forward. If he hasn't asked for a trade yet, he probably will now. There's no space for him and we know he's not shy to voice his displeasure about it.
 
I would check to see if Vancouver wants to reunite Engvall with Miheyev and Kerfoot.

Just give us Garland and Schenn with a small haircut of say 1 million in retention for Garland.

We keep Sandin, and trade Holl for a pick
 
So with the Retention on McCabe, he is making the same as Holl for 2 more additional years can play both sides and is above water on the nerdies. Lafferty, another centre, has another year left on his this year, so he is not a rental. Nice penalty killer, he should replace ZAR.

I do wonder if Kampf is here next year and which FA they do resign. With Lafferty, Accari, Holmberg, there is a lot of centre depth now.

Since I haven't put my thoughts out on the ROR trade, let me just say:

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Dom is LOF

Dom Luszczyszyn: In a vacuum, this is a helluva deal for the Leafs. McCabe is a legitimate top-four defender, a shutdown type that plays with some edge — the kind of playoff warrior a team like the Leafs definitely covets given their blue line.

McCabe is not just a player who is out there by necessity on a bad team. He can play and fits suitably as a potential Jake Muzzin replacement. On a putrid Blackhawks team, McCabe has somehow been on for 51 percent of the goals and 45 percent of the expected goals. Both lead all defenders on the team giving him a huge relative impact. Given the degree of difficulty, McCabe has been seriously impressive this season and is on pace to be worth 1.3 wins. That’s strong value for a top four, especially given the context of his environment.

It’s a deal that not only helps Toronto now but also in the future with McCabe having two years after this one remaining on his deal. Add 50 percent retention to that plus a solid (albeit overrated) fourth-line center in Sam Lafferty and it’s a tidy piece of business for the Leafs.

Here’s where I’m a bit hesitant: Was shoring up a blue line that already had seven NHL-caliber defenders — good ones at that — really this team’s biggest pressing concern? Every year the Leafs struggle to score in the playoffs and it feels like their solution here is to try their best to win 1-0. Maybe the belief is that Matthew Knies will be that scoring addition to the top nine. Maybe they just didn’t like anyone left available. It just feels like a slightly odd target for what is likely Toronto’s last big swing at the deadline.

The Leafs emptied the cupboard for a very strong player, one that will certainly help — but that help feels marginal given what the team already has. If it means less Justin Holl (or even a Holl trade), then Leafs fans will surely be happy with that. If it instead means Rasmus Sandin watching the playoffs from the press box… I’m much less convinced.
 
all the guys we added are tough and can actually play, and are good defensively

I think McCabe replaces Holl and Acciari replaces Kampf as 4C next year.
 
Hoss said:
This means we have the 2024 first rounder.. do we not???

I could see Sandin and the 2024 first bring in something hella interesting. But now we are getting a bit greedy methinks.

I would nut like ME for Garland and Schenn... OR Crouse
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CH1 said:
Dom is LOF

Dom Luszczyszyn: In a vacuum, this is a helluva deal for the Leafs. McCabe is a legitimate top-four defender, a shutdown type that plays with some edge — the kind of playoff warrior a team like the Leafs definitely covets given their blue line.

McCabe is not just a player who is out there by necessity on a bad team. He can play and fits suitably as a potential Jake Muzzin replacement. On a putrid Blackhawks team, McCabe has somehow been on for 51 percent of the goals and 45 percent of the expected goals. Both lead all defenders on the team giving him a huge relative impact. Given the degree of difficulty, McCabe has been seriously impressive this season and is on pace to be worth 1.3 wins. That’s strong value for a top four, especially given the context of his environment.

It’s a deal that not only helps Toronto now but also in the future with McCabe having two years after this one remaining on his deal. Add 50 percent retention to that plus a solid (albeit overrated) fourth-line center in Sam Lafferty and it’s a tidy piece of business for the Leafs.

Here’s where I’m a bit hesitant: Was shoring up a blue line that already had seven NHL-caliber defenders — good ones at that — really this team’s biggest pressing concern? Every year the Leafs struggle to score in the playoffs and it feels like their solution here is to try their best to win 1-0. Maybe the belief is that Matthew Knies will be that scoring addition to the top nine. Maybe they just didn’t like anyone left available. It just feels like a slightly odd target for what is likely Toronto’s last big swing at the deadline.

The Leafs emptied the cupboard for a very strong player, one that will certainly help — but that help feels marginal given what the team already has. If it means less Justin Holl (or even a Holl trade), then Leafs fans will surely be happy with that. If it instead means Rasmus Sandin watching the playoffs from the press box… I’m much less convinced.
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If he's right about what kind of value add that McCabe is, then the second half of his comments don't make much sense to me. If you can get a Jake Muzzin replacement at a 2m AAV for 3 playoff runs for just a 1st and a 2nd, I don't see how you can say no to that. Maybe Meier was the better addition but he would have cost way more in the way of salary if you decided to keep him after this year and they'd still be left without a true shutdown pair that all of the other contenders have. Everyone else on the forward market? Not all that sexy to me.

I am concerned about their depth scoring but they did just add two very good forwards... would have preferred if they were actually goal scorers, but oh well.
 
CH1 said:
If the Leafs make it to the final they’ll be facing their weakest opponent of the playoff
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Lighting-Bruins-Devils-Kraken

Yup.


Also. Kraken in 5 because that would be the funniest outcome for anyone not a Leaf fan and that's how the simulation seems to want to work now.
 
CH1 said:
Here’s where I’m a bit hesitant: Was shoring up a blue line that already had seven NHL-caliber defenders — good ones at that — really this team’s biggest pressing concern?
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Yes. You can never have enough quality D in the playoffs. War of attrition.
 
He’s saying they clearly won the deal but their D was already strong — having solid players sit in the press box doesn’t help you win games

He’s like LOF in that his major hankering is for more goals scored
 
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