Confirmed with Link: Edmundson to Toronto

[IPS]

At least he was cheap? Find it hard to be at all inspired by this. Bruins are gonna get Lindholm and they're gonna dog-walk us in the playoffs again. Can't wait.

Yeah watch Lindholm get traded to the Bruins and go from playoff wimp to playoff destroyer extraordinaire and outproduce all of our stars.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

He also makes 6.5 mil until 2030.

Having a top pairing dman locked up for that long isn't necessarily a bad thing but I see your point.

 

[robertmac43]

I remember him being asshole to play against in the Habs series....On the other hand, 2 picks for a rental D on the wrong side of the ice.

 

[IceColdBear]

We now just have a 6th and a 7th round pick in the 2025 draft, might as well fire all the scouts after the draft this year.

I'm not a fan of the moves so far - is Edmunson even better than Benoit?

We traded two thirds, a fifth and a sixth for Edmunson and Boosh - I would have preferred to have moved all of that for an actual difference maker. Or just kept the picks.

 

[ER89]

They still have 4 of the most valuable assets to the team. The horror of trading a few 3rd round picks and 5th round picks!!!!!!!!!

You aren't getting a difference maker with 3rd and 5th round picks ever, (unless your packaging ur top prospects and 1st round picks).

So maybe don't do shit then

 

[bax]

I sincerely doubt we would be in on this.

There's no chance.

 

[TheShape]

He is the biggest dman on the team right now. Crease clearing specialties. PK. Physical. I don't know if his game has 'fallen off' but he was excellent for Montreal in playoffs vs us I remember him well.

It's 100% fallen off. This isn't the 2019 or 2021 Edmundson. Yes he's a prick to play against, but can the guy still play hockey? Package these picks or sweeten the deal for someone with term, this is just more of the same every year.

 

[Cleetus]

Fair (also, didn't realize this was the Leafs board, lol)

I like what you guys are doing back there. With McCabe, Bush, Benoit and now Edmundson, it's a pretty nasty team to go into the corners with.

we got a lot of Wardlows, Brian Cages, that cant move the puck lol, but lets see what happens, I like bringing in size on the back end, it cant hurt

 

[MSZ]

I remember him being asshole to play against in the Habs series....On the other hand, 2 picks for a rental D on the wrong side of the ice.

He was pretty damn good with the Blues during their cup run too.

 

[stickty111]

Brad better have something good planned.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Didn't you also say that anyone who thought that Lybushkin is an asset was an idiot or didn't know hockey or something? And Boosh has looked pretty good.

Let's wait and see where we are on Friday. The high retention suggests that we might still be moving some pieces around.

Any move the advanced stat community isn't happy with, is perfectly fine by me. It's like they have never seen a playoff game before.

 

[IPS]

Our D is truly stacked with pawn shop type acquisitions, really uninteresting to watch.

 

[mikeyz]

They still have 4 of the most valuable assets to the team. The horror of trading a few 3rd round picks and 5th round picks!!!!!!!!!

You aren't getting a difference maker with 3rd and 5th round picks ever, (unless your packaging ur top prospects and 1st round picks).

Maybe. But at the same time, a 3rd and a 5th isn't cheap either

 

[TheDoldrums]

We won't get pushed around. Going to lose in 5 games but damnit we won't be pushed around.

Liljegren definitely deserves to be in the press box after like a dozen amazing games before one bad Boston game.

 

[Torontonian]

So maybe don't do shit then

Id rather have insurance on the team incase the team goes on a run then not have any insurance and play one of Gio/Lajoie/Lagersson.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Me to Treliving if I were Team President and he asked about acquiring yet another depth defenseman.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Any move the advanced stat community isn't happy with, is perfectly fine by me. It's like they have never seen a playoff game before.

I probably love this post more than I should.

 

[BallardEra]

 

[SnizzNasty88]

Good move. Moving parts still. More to come…

 

[Kurtz]

Any move the advanced stat community isn't happy with, is perfectly fine by me. It's like they have never seen a playoff game before.

Not only that, but the community doesn't seem to realize that those stats are highly contextual and can flip on a dime when that player is in a different system with different line-mates and is motivated to play on a contender.

 

[Menzinger]

At the moment he's around #7-8 on the Leafs D depth chart (depending on how good Gio can still be on a particular night).

So the move ideally is a signal there's still one more coming

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Hard not to be critical of this move until all the moves are played out... It is yet to be seen so here's hoping it'll be good.

 

[MarMarSab3]

Why? so 4 draft picks thrown away on 2 ufas who are at best #6 defenceman, God this team us so frustrating

 

[Leaf Rocket]

At the moment he's around #7-8 on the Leafs D depth chart (depending on how good Gio can still be on a particular night).

So the move ideally is a signal there's still one more coming

siad exactly the same thing lol

 

[Magic Man]

I don't think the people complaining have taken a gander at the depth chart. If one injury occurred the Leafs would have had to have played 40 year old Mark Giordano. Toronto is going into the playoffs. They needed someone to come in and compete for minutes. Edmundson is a #6-7 guy who can battle with Benoit for ice. I think the move is pretty solid when it comes to who they targeted.

My only beef is why Edmundson cost more than Lyubushkin? Lube (75% retained) + Slepets cost a 3rd + 6th, Edmundson (50% retained) pulled a 3rd + 5th. I thought Edmundson would have been the cheaper of the two.