ijuka
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- May 14, 2016
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You're talking about the previous managements. The Leafs have a different management team today.
Patches Chucky Gally
****** Pleks ******
Andrighetto DD/Danult Shaw
Byron Mitchell Flynn
Carr
You see those two holes on our second line? Shaw is not suited to fill either one of them. And I'm not all that comfortable with Gallagher on the first line but I can live with it if MB gets two second line wingers. He hasn't to date.
Now, this might be an unpopular opinion but I'd have paid Radulov his asking price and filled one of those roles. Yes, off ice issues and whatnot, but he still has always produced when he's played in NHL, should be in even better form now, and would have filled a role asset-free(So at least 1-2mil of UFA bonus should have been given).
It can be considered risky for sure, but it is a risk I at least would have been willing to take and the absolute worst-case scenario is that you wait 2 years with a bad contract.
Note: I'm a big fan of Radulov's gameplay.