15 Nov 2022 22:47:39
During the offseason
Matthews ( in a sign & trade ) & Reilly to ? for the 1st overall pick in 2023
Marner & Nylander to ? for the 2nd overall pick in 2023
Leafs draft Bedard & Michkov 1st & 2nd overall, & pay the KHL handsomely to release Michkov.
Leafs sign Kane as UFA for 3 yrs @ 6 million per season
Leafs sign Pasternak as UFA for 3 years @ 6 million per season
Leafs sign Meier as UFA for 3 years @ 6 million per season
Leafs sign Dumba as UFA for 3 years @ 6 million per season
Robertson, Sandin & a 1st rd pick in 2024 for Chychurin
Leafs sign Gostibehere as UFA for 3 yrs @ 6 million
Meier Tavares Kane
Bunting Bedard Pasternak
Knies Kerfoot Michkov
Engvall Kampf Steeves
Brodie Dumba
Chychurin Liljegren
Gostibehere Niemela
Holl
Murray Samsonov
Ist PP : Bedard, Michkov, Kane, Tavares & Dumba
2nd PP: Bedard, Michkov, Pasternak, Meier & ( Chychurin or Gostibehere )
Approx. 36 million in salarys moved, allowing for all the moves posted.
Adding to the roster via draft, trade or UFA signings Kane, Pasternak, Dumba, Chychurin, Gostibehere, Bedard & Michkov.
* Prospects promoted Niemela, Steeves & Knies.
Subtracting from the roster, Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Reilly, Robertson & Sandin.
Kane, Pasternak, Meier, Bedard & Michkov vs Matthews, Marner, Nylander & Robertson.
Dumba, Chychurin, Gostibehere vs Reilly & Sandin
Leafs become much improved with 3 scoring lines & the most mobile & offensive D core in the league. Dumba, Liljegren, Chychurin & Gostibehere would put up some points & possibly a Niemela.
For at 3 seasons Leafs would have a core of Kane, Pasternak, Meier, Bedard, Michkov, Dumba, & Gostibehere.
With Tavares & Chychurin under contract or 2 of those 3 seasons. 15 million in cap savings beteeen the two so possible they resign Chychurin, & possibly Tavares but for much less than his current salary.
Leafs win first Cup since 1967 Bedard & Michkov are co winners of rookie of the year. Bedard wins playoff MVP.
1.) 16 Nov 2022
15 Nov 2022 23:45:37
Do you have a title for your novel?
2.) 16 Nov 2022
16 Nov 2022 14:19:27
Chychrun, Dumba and Gostbihere?
No thanks.
None of them are difference makers.
Pastranak at $6 requires him to take a cut in pay.
He will be looking for $8.5 - $9
Meier is already making $6 and will be looking for $7.5 - $8
The only part that I enjoyed from your bestseller was trading Matthews for the #1 and Marner for the #2 picks.
Including Nylander with Marner for the #2 would be a criminal offense.
3.) 16 Nov 2022
16 Nov 2022 23:04:51
Hey Kennedy, nice book, I am just wondering why you kept the two worst players on the team in Hellboy Hands Kerfoot and Giraffe Puff Ball Engvall on your new team.
How about you start with these two guys first in a trade and then add Hide me Please Holl!
Dumbass!
4.) 17 Nov 2022
17 Nov 2022 12:35:00
Meier is actually an RFA with a salary this year of $10M. Meaning that is his qualifying offer. I doubt he is anywhere near $6M, nor does many of the other signings seem likely.
5.) 17 Nov 2022
17 Nov 2022 16:05:39
Seeing long posts like this trading away our big names for declining old guys to start a rebuild is guaranteed to only have the first couple sentences read then skipped.