Confirmed with Link: Connor Dewar - Signed one-year, $1.18mm

[Stephen]

I dunno, at this price I’d rather have given it to a Daniel Sprong and hope for some cheap 18-20 goal production.

 

[Fogelhund]

Minors Buriable Amount

2024-25: $775,000 + $375,000 = $1,150,000

With 24 of 23 roster spots... we are $1,974,667 over the cap.

This includes the mystery Hakanpaa signing..

we send down Timmins and Webber and we are below the cap. They mysteriously total $1.975 mil.

I dunno, at this price I’d rather have given it to a Daniel Sprong and hope for some cheap 18-20 goal production.

Dewar scored 11 goals last year.

So less than your suggested for Sprong.

But Dewar can play D, he PK's, he plays C, and hits.... all things Sprong can't do.

I just don't think building a team of soft offense only wingers is the way to go.

 

[Folignos Helmet]

He’s fine but a 5’10 energy guy on the 4th line isn’t gonna get you far in the playoffs.

 

[Discoverer]

The fact that it went over the $1 million mark feels kinda iffy to me even though it doesn’t matter.

There’s not that much daylight between a Dewar and an Aston-Reese or an Aube-Kubel or a Gregor.

I think his ability to play a fairly significant PK role is a pretty big difference.

 

[Racer88]

With 24 of 23 roster spots... we are $1,974,667 over the cap.

This includes the mystery Hakanpaa signing..

we send down Timmins and Webber and we are below the cap. They mysteriously total $1.975 mil.



Dewar scored 11 goals last year.

So less than your suggested for Sprong.

But Dewar can play D, he PK's, he plays C, and hits.... all things Sprong can't do.

I just don't think building a team of soft offense only wingers is the way to go.

Very mysterious

 

[Frostitute]

I dunno, at this price I’d rather have given it to a Daniel Sprong and hope for some cheap 18-20 goal production.

nah.

Backcheck, forecheck, paycheck.

 

[Leafidelity]

Not a fan of the player, but I can only be so dissapointed at the price.

 

[notbias]

Our 4th line is:

Dewar - Kampf - Reaves ($5 million)

Seems pricey for what it is... hopefully Reaves is sent to the AHL.

The Dewar contract is buriable, so it is fine, but it is another contract of a fringe NHLer that is over $1 million.

 

[Frostitute]

Our 4th line is:

Dewar - Kampf - Reaves ($5 million)

Seems pricey for what it is... hopefully Reaves is sent to the AHL.

The Dewar contract is buriable, so it is fine, but it is another contract of a fringe NHLer that is over $1 million.

Reeves is here to punch faces and set the tone at the beginning of a playoff series.

Kampf is overpaid for the 4th line but can play 3rd easily in a pinch and PK.

Dewars deal is fair. 25yrs old, still has potential. Plays physical, sound defensively, can play C and PK.

Is 5mill too much? Id say yes. But not enough to worry about.

 

[notbias]

Reeves is here to punch faces and set the tone at the beginning of a playoff series.

Didn't help in that sense at all and ended up being a liability, can't imagine it getting better as he is approaching 40.

Kampf is overpaid for the 4th line but can play 3rd easily in a pinch and PK.

Don't disagree, but he is being used as a 4th line player, his deal is a slight overpay.

Dewars deal is fair. 25yrs old, still has potential. Plays physical, sound defensively, can play C and PK.

Fine with the deal, but he is a fringe NHLer... I don't think he provides much and these players are signed as UFAs every year for around the same amount, usually less.

Is 5mill too much? Id say yes. But not enough to worry about.

Our fanbase worries about every dollar being spent in every thread, just pointing out that it is a lot to be spending on a bad 4th line.

 

[ITM]

Meh. Small potatoes.

But according to all of our new favourite stats site Puckpedia.com, we've got $1.2M - ish left to offer William's brother Alex a one year try-out. Give him $888,888 and roll the bones.

 

[Fogelhund]

He’s fine but a 5’10 energy guy on the 4th line isn’t gonna get you far in the playoffs.

For sure. His signing definitely will be the downfall of this team this year.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Cheap depth .. it’s fine

 

[TheDoldrums]

He’s fine but a 5’10 energy guy on the 4th line isn’t gonna get you far in the playoffs.

yeah a team could never go far in the playoffs with a guy the size of Derek Ryan on their 4th line

 

[ULF_55]

With 24 of 23 roster spots... we are $1,974,667 over the cap.

This includes the mystery Hakanpaa signing..

we send down Timmins and Webber and we are below the cap. They mysteriously total $1.975 mil.

Reaves and Webber

Both won't require waivers.

Reaves because no one will pick him up.
He does not have a normal 35+ contract due to the way Treliving structured it.
Capwages show it as a 35+, but Capfriendly had the explanation.

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/news/maple-leafs-gm-brad-treliving-explains-why-he-signed-ryan-reaves-to-three-year-contract

There is a new provision in the CBA that was established in 2020 that as long as a player's 35+ deal is multiple years and has the same salary or increased in each subsequent season, the contract will be treated as a regular standard player contract and not carry the same penalties. That makes Reaves' contract less risky in the event Toronto goes this route with the 6-foor-2, 225-pound bruiser.

 

[Anthrax442]

Meh. Small potatoes.

But according to all of our new favourite stats site Puckpedia.com, we've got $1.2M - ish left to offer William's brother Alex a one year try-out. Give him $888,888 and roll the bones.

I like it. Do it

 

[Aashir Mallik]

Sure whatever

I still think holmberg + Dewar could’ve been used in replacement of kampf + Jarnkrok instead of having all 4 black holes in our offence come playoff time

Could’ve saved like 2-3 million and used it somewhere else instead.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Malentsyn just signed for 2 years at 1.35M

I projected 1x1 for Dewar

Other models projected 2 years at 1.42M

1 year for 1.18M on Dewar is fine, he can pk which we need. It removes the arbitration uncertainty and likely paves the way for 1-2 moves between now and training camp.

 

[Folignos Helmet]

yeah a team could never go far in the playoffs with a guy the size of Derek Ryan on their 4th line

Florida cup. One guy played regularly sub 6 was Rodrigues.
Year before. 1 guy for Vegas. Marchessault.

Derek Ryan. Odd choice. He was benched at times and was the only sub 6 forward amongst the oiler forwards.

Domi. Dewar. Robertson. Potentially Cowan.

Dewar is not the one I would choose.

Ferraro was on overdrive the other day hammering home the same point. I tend to agree with him.

For sure. His signing definitely will be the downfall of this team this year.

Yes that is what I said.

 

[TheDoldrums]

Derek Ryan. Odd choice. He was benched at times and was the only sub 6 forward amongst the oiler forwards.

and Dewar might be benched at times too. That's why he makes barely over a million. He's a role player with some versatility.

 

[Fogelhund]

Florida cup. One guy played regularly sub 6 was Rodrigues.
Year before. 1 guy for Vegas. Marchessault.

Derek Ryan. Odd choice. He was benched at times and was the only sub 6 forward amongst the oiler forwards.

Domi. Dewar. Robertson. Potentially Cowan.

Dewar is not the one I would choose.

Ferraro was on overdrive the other day hammering home the same point. I tend to agree with him.


Yes that is what I said.

Don't forget Lomberg is 5'9" played 8 games for Florida these playoffs, including in the finals.
or Cousins at 5'11" or Rodrigues at 5'11"

I'm not sure how Ryan is the odd choice.. still 5'10" and played 19 games. I thought you couldn't win anything with short guys?

No way that either of those teams can win either.

Worked up over a 4th line guy, who was also a scratch at times. Good times.

 

[Torontonian]

Type of forward you want to avoid wasting draft picks on at the trade deadline. It's better to sign him now and have him as depth then using a late pick on trading for depth at the deadline.

 

[TheDoldrums]

There’s not that much daylight between a Dewar and an Aston-Reese or an Aube-Kubel or a Gregor.

There really is tho

The 4th line with Gregor sucked. They had terrible underlyings and were heavily outscored.

Once Dewar was added to the 4th line, it was actually really good. Dewar-Kampf-Reaves had 52% of the shot attempts, 63% of expected goals and even in actual goals despite getting buried in defensive starts. Dewar has speed like Gregor but is a far more well-rounded player who does a lot more.

The 4th line was quietly very good in the playoffs against Boston as well.

 

[notbias]

Florida cup. One guy played regularly sub 6 was Rodrigues.
Year before. 1 guy for Vegas. Marchessault.

Derek Ryan. Odd choice. He was benched at times and was the only sub 6 forward amongst the oiler forwards.

Domi. Dewar. Robertson. Potentially Cowan.

Dewar is not the one I would choose.

Ferraro was on overdrive the other day hammering home the same point. I tend to agree with him.

Now do the most dominant playoff run (Colorado) of the last 5 years...

4 players sub 6 foot.

11 players under 200lbs.

Tampa also had 5 players sub 6 foot one year and 5 the year before.

Ferraro seems to be very wrong here if he is saying you can't win with "small" players...

 

[crump]

Let’s see what you can do kid.