The Mother-fucking goddamn Off-season Thread

[LeafGm]

I am not sure what about Bennett looked promising in Calgary. But Florida is one of the more analytic reliant teams and have pulled a ton of undervalued players from other organizations over the last few years (Duclair, Verhaghe, Marchment, Bennett, Montour, Forsling) so there must have been something.

The only promising sign from Bennett was that even when he sucked, somehow he always produced in the playoffs.

Otherwise, yeah…can’t claim that I was clamouring for us to acquire him at any point.

Though I will take credit for being a massive Nick Foligno hater from pretty much the moment he was first suggested as a trade target around here.

 

[hockeylover]

I’m not sure Foligno on its own is that big a thing, but man, that whole deadline really sucked. It was almost a whole draft’s worth of picks that helped the team minimally if at all. So it kinda rubs me the wrong way to hear his minions run to the papers and imply he was prevented from making this team more successful.

 

[LeafGm]

I’m not sure Foligno on its own is that big a thing, but man, that whole deadline really sucked. It was almost a whole draft’s worth of picks that helped the team minimally if at all. So it kinda rubs me the wrong way to hear his minions run to the papers and imply he was prevented from making this team more successful.

One of the most annoying parts of that was it was all done vaguely enough that the audience could fill in the blanks themselves and attribute all the moves they liked to Dubas, and all the moves they didn’t like to that nasty, interfering Shanahan.

 

[MindzEye]

I’m not sure Foligno on its own is that big a thing, but man, that whole deadline really sucked. It was almost a whole draft’s worth of picks that helped the team minimally if at all. So it kinda rubs me the wrong way to hear his minions run to the papers and imply he was prevented from making this team more successful.

The good news is that I hear Pittsburgh is nicer than Toronto, so they will like their new jobs when they fuck off eventually.

 

[zeke]

I wonder if we could use Jarnkrok as the sweetener to give Murray to Dubas.

 

[BG]

Dubas is a boy-scout, a quick call from Shanny should have Murray off the books.

 

[Killer93]

Would you trade Rielly for Karlsson?

 

[zeke]

I woulda been tempted before the playoffs but rielly stepped it right up to elite again. And paying $11.5m for any player's 33 to 36 yr old seasons still seems a bit crazy to me even with his bounceback.

 

[leafman101]

 

[Preston]

When in doubt assume the fourth period dude is bullshitting

 

[leafman101]

Maybe we can get a Sandin

 

[MyNameIsJonas]

Take it for whatever its worth, but the Leafs will be drafting Gavin Brindley or Otto Stenberg at 28

Or trading down

 

[zeke]

When in doubt assume the fourth period dude is bullshitting

and expect the leafs to be attached to every single possible dman name, even though the D is not a priority.

 

[zeke]

Maybe we can get a Sandin

trade dat pick

 

[Leafin']

I think at 7.5 you probably consider it. He’s likely to be elite all the way to 40.

 

[JackBurton]

I still think that trade will take awhile. That's a massive cap hit for 4 years for him with the cap again barely going up. Sharks will not get much for him.

 

[JackBurton]

If Kings get PLD, can we make a play for Byfield?

 

[thehabhater]

Would you trade Rielly for Karlsson?

Reilly has a full NMC. Players don't sign NMC's with the intention of immediately waving them.
The Leafs currently only have 7 forwards ( 8 if you count the glass man Robertson). Getting more forwards signed would be the more urgent need.

 

[JackBurton]

And San Jose, despite the warm weather ass kissing teams like them get, won't be a coveted place to go to. That's one bad team looking at a long ass rebuild.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

If Karlsson can be had for cheap and with that retention, that should be our top top top priority.