I’m not surprised you think kadri sucked.
Barrie didn’t suck in Colorado, I never said that. What I’m getting at is that it was an unnecessary and short sighted move with one of our best trade chips, it’s almost exactly the same as the stupid as hell Karlsson move.
This wasn’t needed, we had Rielly and we didn’t need another powerplay qb who had no semblance of physicality or a defensive game. Rielly was coming off a 20G 72P season and was solid in the playoffs. Muzzin was more than enough for PP2.
If Barrie worked here, we couldn’t afford him. If Barrie didn’t work here, it was a waste of an incredible asset
Love the no mention on kerfoot, you must agree how awful he was then.
Kadri still produced at roughly a .5ppg playing with the likes of Connor brown and Leo komorav. Had we tried him on the wing or with better wingers he could’ve had even more success. Not surprising he went on to be great for Colorado in the playoffs. Over a point per game in 3 years and 30+ games for the team with a cup.
Kadri and Kerfoot were not that different in the playoffs... Kadri was not some savior in the playoffs.
I think in hindsight, the trade sucked because Barrie didn't live up to what people expected.
But Kadri also got suspended again, do you think this market would tolerate a third suspension? They didn't even tolerate the second.
I don't care about how he did in Colorado, in Toronto he was not that player.
"He was great in Colorado, forget that we have an example of him with the Leafs already, imagine what he could have done with the Leafs if you ignore it"
I definitely didn’t want him traded. He was ours: we drafted and developed that beautiful boy. I wanted that guy to retire a leaf more than any other player in team history. The guy was more of a maple leaf to the core than anybody. Team f***ed him and f***ed themselves in the process
Did they trade him because of his actions?
If the answer is yes, he screwed himself.