17 Aug 2022 17:51:46
SJ
Kerfoot $3.5M

Tor
Bonino $2.05M
Gadjovich RFA

An exchange of pending UFA forwards. Kerfoot should carry more value.
SJ picks up a top 9 forward that adds some speed to their lineup.
Toronto picks up a 3C or possible winger in Bonino and a guy(Gadjovich) I had forgot about but liked when he was younger. Big, physical, great net-front and he can score. Could be a good fit with JT and Willy on the cheap like Bunting. Didn't really get a chance in Van or SJ. Shouldn't take much to re-sign him as he is from Whitby. Opens up cap for the Leafs. If they could only swing a deal for a guy like Peeke after this, they are looking more like a playoff team imo.

18 Aug 2022 01:02:46
I like it.

SJ is the one team I have never come up with a prop for. I honestly don't know what they're doing. They're in limbo, between rebuild and wanting to make the playoffs.

I think they might go for this and it definitely makes the team better.

18 Aug 2022 02:18:02
This trade does not clear sufficient cap space to make the downgrade worthwhile.
Kerfoot ($3.5)
Bonino ($2.05)
Savings ($1.45)
Not enough to sign Sandin.
Also, why Bonino?
Leafs don’t need a 3C as we have a much better one in Kampf.
We don’t need 3rd line wingers as we have better ones in Engvall and Jarnkrok.
Yes, Gadjovich was a scorer in junior but the knock against him has always been his skating!
Pass, thanks any ways!

18 Aug 2022 03:03:32
@WB. At what point did I say it opens cap to sign Sandin? Gad also scored in the A. Yes, the knock was his skating, but it has improved! He is a hitting machine and will stand up for teammates! Why Bonino? Because SJ can't absorb all of Kerfoot's cap hit! Also nothing wrong with having another vet in the room with playoff experience.

18 Aug 2022 13:42:13
@WB. I have to ask. Did you even really know anything about Gadjovich? Or did you just quickly google him. I also have to ask why you think Kampf is so much better than Bonino?
Bonino is a puck blocking machine, very good defensively, good on the dot and has mutiple seasons with more points than Kampf's last season where they had equal points. Bonino is also pretty solid on the PP and PK.

23 Aug 2022 02:22:12
Kampf is one of the best faceoff centers in the league ranking in the top 25 of players with over 1000 faceoffs and is the second cheapest option out of those players.

Among all players with over 1000 faceoffs last Season Kampf is ranked second in defensive zone draws and second in shorthanded draws.

That ranks him in the top 25 of players with over 1000 faceoffs and is the second cheapest option out of those players. This means he’s not just winning a ton of faceoffs; he’s winning them against the toughest faceoff opponents in the league.

It is the reason the Canadiens would throw Philip Danault over the boards to shutdown the Auston Matthews in the 2021 playoffs– a performance many Leafs fans won’t soon forget.

Nick Bonino ($2.05) is also 34 years of age while Kampf at ($1.5) is 27 years of age.
7 years younger and cheaper.

To satisfy your curiosity, I was following Gadjovich while he was s junior, prior to him even being drafted and likely before you had ever heard of him.

23 Aug 2022 05:52:07
@WB you can't honestly believe that FO% is the entire selke conversation, can you? Lol.

Bergeron is a hall of famer because he's great defensively. If his FO% was 10, he'd still be good.

23 Aug 2022 05:53:07
Everytime you make an arrogant comment about someone you googled, everyone respects you less.

23 Aug 2022 13:58:45
I agree that Kampf is very good defensively, but so is Bonino. The guy has had Selke votes multiple times in his career and as I said, you can't even compare them production wise. Bonino also spends most of his starts in the d-zone with a 51.4% faceoff. Kampf 52.9%. Not that big of a difference. Plus, I am not trading Bonino for Kampf so who cares if one is younger or cheaper as the Leafs would have them both. I said Bonino could also be a winger, so not sure why you went down this path in the first place.

As for Gad, I already said he is a player I liked in the past when he was young and had forgot about. If you followed him since junior, then you would know he has worked on his skating, but his skating was never going to be his strength anyway. It was his ability to use his size, get to the net and tip in pucks and bang in rebounds.

The point of the deal was that the Leafs move a player they already have many similar to for another pending vet who can take his place cheaper and a player they will still have contract control over. 2 for 1 and a little cap space in the end. Gad could be another diamond in the rough on the cheap and the Leafs need those diamonds.