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01 Oct 2020 13:39:07
I have read many articles alluding to NJ Devils being willing to trade the 18th and/or the 20th overall for top six forwards or top 4 defensemen.
Any players going to Jersey would have to be 26 years old or under.
I wonder if Johnsson and the 15th along with a 4th or 5th would get the 18th and 20th for the Leafs.
Would that be fairly equal/equitable trade for both teams.
As a side note; if Leafs keep the 15th I personally hope to see them draft either Seth Jarvis of Dylan Holloway.
In a couple of years, with luck, Jarvis would be capable of replacing Nylander allowing Nylander to be traded for assets.
Dylan Holloway has the potential to be a #2 Center.
In 3 - 4 years when Tavares' game starts to slip with age, Leafs have a replacement.
Great skater.
Already up around 6 ft - 200lbs.
Excellent 2 way, 200 ft game.
Has good offensive skills.
1.) 01 Oct 2020 14:25:25
personaly i don't want them to trade nylander, i think they will trade marner if any of those big 4. jarvis would be a good addition tho and everything else looks good.
2.) 01 Oct 2020 14:43:31
Johnsson and dermott for the pick.
3.) 01 Oct 2020 15:43:29
Johnson isn't worth as much as you think so that's a no from NJ who would rather keep the 2 picks.
4.) 01 Oct 2020 15:55:17
Solid no.
28 Sep 2020 12:15:55
I hope the Leafs don't sign Pietrangelo.
They already have too many over priced players to fit in another one who will soon be 31 years old.
I do have a proposal:
To Anaheim: Nylander
To Leafs: #6 overall.
Leafs could afford to take back Kessler's contract and put him on LTIR for one season to sweeten the deal.
This deal would have to be done at the draft to make sure the "Marner clone" is available at #6.
Then Leafs then pick right wing, Lucas Raymond to replace Nylander and save $6 million a year for the next 3 years as he will be on an ELC.
Many articles I have read feel that Raymond may be the 3rd or 4th best player in the draft.
Raymond also plays a more physical, aggressive forechecking game than Nylander.
That would be a bonus.
1.) 28 Sep 2020 14:19:19
Kessler is rumoured to be working hard to come back, so that could blow up in our face if he still wants to play.
Otherwise, to me, it is one step forward but two-3 steps back until whomever we draft is ready. Now if you have a way to use that pick or our 15th to get a top pair D on a good contract and not take Kessler, I could be in for that. Of course that depends on if Ana would rather have Willy.
2.) 28 Sep 2020 15:10:36
Why would you trade Willy for 6th overall if the intention isn't to sign Petro? The only reason Marner/ Nylander get traded is because you need space to sign or resign guys. Even if we won Laffy Taffy he wouldn't be better than Nylander right away.
3.) 28 Sep 2020 18:43:40
I would rather keep Nylander vs. Marner. Marner will be difficult to move; he' paid to much and less affective than Nylander.
Trade Marner to the Rangers for Anthony DeAngelo, Alexander Georgiev, and their 2020 3rd rd pic.
Go Leafs!
4.) 28 Sep 2020 18:48:21
what about Johnson and maybe Bracco for Kesler 50% retained (nothing retained if he's done) + Bostons First.
5.) 28 Sep 2020 20:09:12
Apparently Kakko, georgiev and 1st overall was offer for Jack Eichel. so guys making 10 plus million For 4-6 years and not 100 point or 40 goal players Yet actually do have trade value. this undervaluing players due to their cap hit is silly. Like I’ve said if a team really loves the player and the team that player is on doesn’t want to trade them expect a monster package proposed to them. Usually to be declined. Also actual money owed plays huge role in these trades. Even more than the cap hit.
28 Sep 2020 09:03:13
A more outside the box trade:
To Rangers: Morgan Rielly.
To Leafs: Anthony DeAngelo
Alexander Georgiev
Brendan Lemieux
Rangers get their coveted #1, left handed defenseman to play on their first pairing with Jacob Trouba.
The cost is $5 million a year for the next two years.
Very cheap for a #1 defenseman.
Rangers just offloaded Staal's salary of $5.7 million to Detroit so they have the cap space.
Leafs get a right handed defenseman who plays a very similar game to Morgan Rielly.
Skates as well as Rielly.
Had more points than Rielly this past season.
Is younger than Rielly.
DeAngelo is a RFA who will be looking for term and in this era of flat salary cap probably close to the same money Leafs are sending out in Rielly.
Leafs get a young goalie who can platoon and compete with Campbell for #1.
Leafs get some much needed grit in Brendan Lemieux who also has a little bit of skill to his game.
This proposal would hinge on Leafs being able to sign a quality UFA like JT Brodie to play the left side in Rielly's place with DeAngelo.
Between the two of them they shouldn't cost much more than Pietrangelo is asking for.
If Leafs could also sign Dylan DeMelo they could have a defense of:
JT Brodie - DeAngelo
Muzzin - Holl
Lehtonen - DeMelo
Sandin - Liljegren
Each pairing has an offense player and a defensive player to back him up.
This would allow Leafs to trade Travis Dermot who in a package with Andreas Johnsson or Kerfoot should bring a more than reasonable return in the form of a good pick or prospect.
1.) 28 Sep 2020 11:35:50
DeAngelo is a goof. Dubas already had an up-close look at him when he played for the Soo. Given Dubas’ progressive views on supporting BLM and other causes, I’m pretty sure he wants nothing to do with a trouble maker like DeAngelo, who would only be a distraction in the locker room.
2.) 28 Sep 2020 11:39:55
All those reasons you state why Leafs should be trading Rielly for DeAngelo are the exact reasons why Rangers wouldn’t trade DeAngelo for Rielly. Let lone add Georgiev and Lemieux.
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
3.) 28 Sep 2020 13:28:39
For me, trading Rielly at all is a mistake. Obviously there may be an exception or two, but at $5M the guy can't be replaced in most cases.
4.) 28 Sep 2020 15:11:47
Trading Reilly is understandable. My favorite leaf for many years now but nonetheless it just moves Muzzin to top pair with Dermott playing second and Sandin 3rd. If it gets a RHD and you can sign another then the team does look better overall.
5.) 28 Sep 2020 16:18:15
LL. That is a lot of movement and you now have 31 year old Muzzin trying to play even more minutes and we have a weaker second pair. So instead of getting someone for Rielly, we trade him to find an RHD and another rhd. Rielly at $5 mil is great value. Trading great value unless it is from a position of strength and improving another area is typically not a good idea.
Defence is not a position of strength for us, so unless it is something we can't pass up, I don't expect Rielly to be moved.
6.) 28 Sep 2020 17:47:10
I agree 100% that trading Reilly wouldn't be my first option. Marner or Nylander would be. More just stating that if magically Reilly were traded for a RHD about the same age that can play top pair the team looks a lot better.
28 Sep 2020 08:25:21
To Arizona: Freddie Andersen
To Leafs: Darcy Kuemper.
Freddie's' Cap hit is $5 million but $4 million has already been paid.
Arizona, whose ownership is severely cash strapped saves the difference between Kuemper's salary, $4.5 million and the $1 million Andersen is owed.
Coyotes owner saves $3.5 million.
Big money in this C.V. inspired economy.
Coyotes get a slightly above average goaltender for $1 million but only have a 1 year commitment.
Leafs, on the other hand, get a goaltender who might have been a Vezina candidate the past two years except for injuries.
Kuemper has been one of the league's better goaltenders the past 2 - 3 season.
Kuemper is under cap control for 2 more seasons at a reasonable salary.
Leafs save $0.5 million against the cap which pays for 2/3rds of a 4th line players salary.
1.) 28 Sep 2020 12:35:17
Kuemper's salary is only 3.5 this year, but they still would save 2.5 in real money. Next year 5.5 for Kuemper, but if they trade him now, they would still need to find a goalie. ARZ might do it.
Issue I have with Kuemper, which I mentioned before, is that up until the last two seasons he is a career backup. He has had one season playing as much as 55 games. He has minimal playoff experience and is the same age as Anderson. Are we really any better in goal with Kuemper and is .5 a year savings enough to gamble he is?
Campbell's numbers as a backup have been really solid and at 1.6, that cap savings may be more worth the gamble. If moving Freddie, I would hope it is for a more proven goalie that we are getting or signing.
07 May 2020 10:56:28
I have a thought for Leaf fans to chew on.
To St Louis: Morgan Rielly
To Leafs: Alex Pietrangelo
Leafs have an abundance of left handed defensemen.
St Louis has an abundance of right handed defenders.
St Louis gets to delay the big payout for Pietrangelo by a year as Rielly is under contract until the end of the 2020 - 2021 season.
Leafs get their #1 right hand defender.
Leafs still have to scramble to sign Pietrangelo as he is an UFA plus he will want between $8 - $9 million while Rielly is making about $5.5 I believe.
But, it can be done.
1.) 07 May 2020 11:16:48
Here’s the issue petro is 30 Reilly is 26 if I’m a gm I’m not paying 8-9 mil to a guy on the back side of his career we made that mistake with Tavares perfect example is Sam Jose the have burns Karlsson and vlassic making 7 and higher and they are a terrible team but have no cap to fix it.
2.) 07 May 2020 15:45:55
Yeah Reilly won’t be traded unless like Parayko or someone young is coming back to the leafs.
3.) 07 May 2020 17:13:44
We are trading for Petro rights I assume? Or is it for the rest of this year?
4.) 07 May 2020 23:32:34
This doesn’t make sense. How are they being traded? What time frame? You know Petro is a UFA right? Does he come with an extension? This post is fairly poor, would like more details please.
5.) 08 May 2020 12:12:57
@FarmBoy
At the bottom of the post, we read that this is a trade for an unsigned Pietrangelo that leaves the Leafs "scrambling" to sign him for $8M-$9M, despite putting us over the cap, therefore meaning we need to trade another $4M player to fit Pietrangelo.
I agree. This is not a good trade for the Leafs.
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01 Oct 2020 13:46:29
I’m not a big fan of trading down.
Leafs traded down a few years ago and took Travis Dermot and Jeremy Bracco.
With the Leafs pick Flyers took Travis Konecney.
Which would you rather have on your team?
That one hurts almost as much as Mark Hunter drafting Korshkov with the 31st overall pick leaving DeBrincat for the Blackhawks.
DeBrincat was a two time 50 goal, 100+ point player in the OHL.
You know that if Dubas had been in charge of that draft instead of Lou and Hunter, DeBrincat would be a Leaf right now.
28 Sep 2020 12:02:09
What street is that?
More like the back alley!
28 Sep 2020 11:52:50
Can’t see Florida giving up a 1st round pick for Kerfoot a 3rd like C/ LW and Holl a 3rd pairing defenseman.
28 Sep 2020 10:37:54
I like the first trade as Leafs could likely select Seth Jarvis a highly skilled right wing to replace Nylander as well as Weaver.
I really know nothing about Gildon.
I would pass on the trade with the Islanders, keep #15 and draft Dylan Holloway.
Bailey at $5 is too expensive for my blood.
Trade #3: I would prefer to offer Johnsson to Arizona for Connor Garland. He is younger and has more upside than Woods who is what he is, merely a replacement level player who is being overpaid at $2.75 which is far too much for a RLP.
28 Sep 2020 10:24:46
Canadiens don’t need Or want Kerfoot.
They already have Kotkaniemi, Suzuki, Poehling, Danault and Domi all 5 of whom are centers.
Johnsson may be equal in value to Mete but certainly not a 1st round pick.
I think the Habs pass on this suggestion.
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