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GDT: Free Agent Frenzy 2022

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Hockey 4 Life said:
I think a Nylander for Holtz + McLeod + 2023 1st is a deal that could really help both teams. Holtz looks very ready for the NHL and I believe he puts up atleast 50 points this season.
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I don't think this helps the leafs at all though.

Why would we trade our best contract for that? Noris just got 8.5? If we have to trade william we have to have a core piece coming back. Not four quarters for the dollar.
 
ULF_55 said:
I don't think Kerfoot is holding anything up.

They could easily move him if something fell into their laps.

But it has to be better than Kerfoot.
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I think Nido Niderreiter is better than Kerfoot and a better fit with the team.

If Kerfoot's salary is a roadblock to that happening, he should be traded.
 
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SprDaVE said:
I'd move out Kerfoot, Holl and probably Sandin to fit in Kadri personally, if he's willing to take a little less. Short-term it likely works, long-term it's a mess.

I'm surprised the Leafs haven't been rumoured to be trying.
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I would gladly take just draft picks for Kerfoot and Holl at this point.

Not sure I'm willing to move Sandin yet. He was excellent with Liljegren for a decent stretch last season prior to his injury.
 
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Are Mete and Benn just contingencies in case of a Sandin offersheet?

Trade Muzzin and use Benn as 7D.
Let Sandin walk and use Mete as the 7D.
 
Also, apparently, Johan Larrson's contract with Pittsburgh fell through or something. Seravelli had him on his top free agents still available list as of this morning.

He should be added to the list (Along with ZAR and Motte) of additional players for the 4th line
 
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SeaOfBlue said:
I don't think Milano, Donato, Sanford, or Connolly make sense for us at all. Sanford and Connolly would struggle in the same way that Ritchie struggled. Not enough skating ability to keep up. Donato and Milano can be decent depth offensive forwards for cheap, but neither are very good in their own end and he doesn't have the offense to make up for it. Same with a guy like Rem Pitlick (except Pitlick had a ridiculous shooting percentage that he likely does not replicate). None are going to help Tavares in the dirty areas either, assuming they are used at 2LW.

ZAR, Raffl, and Motte only make sense for a shutdown line. Unless we are putting Engvall on a more offensive line, then we already have our shutdown line: Engvall - Kampf - NAK. None of them provide any offensive value at all. Johan Larsson, who is not signing with PIT it seems, can also fit in this category as a gritty shutdown guy, but he may have a little bit more offensive value and he can spot at center once in a while.

Steel, Heinen, Rask, Stastny, and Tierney should be on the list, but the list is definitely shrinking and it is definitely not the best.
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Raffl was fantastic against the Flames for Dallas in the playoffs and was great the year before too. By end of the year a 4th line of him with Kampf and NAK would be great. Assuming you get more help further up the lineup.

The rest are fillers I agree but what else we gonna do.
 
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OVO16 said:
Im honestly mad one of them hasn't been traded yet
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GM's at this point of the offseason tend not to move players before they have someone else lined up. If they need to move either, I don't think it will be an issue.

And it's smarter to do it that way because keeping their cap hits now means the Leafs can grind out better deals with $2 million in cap space than say if they had $8 million in cap space.

TheGroceryStick said:
So far, we've downgraded ... woo
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Have you checked our closest rivals?
 
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OVO16 said:
I think Nido Niderreiter is better than Kerfoot and a better fit with the team.

If Kerfoot's salary is a roadblock to that happening, he should be traded.
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I am not sure Niederreiter comes in less than $5mm, so it would have to be both Kerfoot and Holl going out.

Then they'd have to find a RD making less than 2 who can play Top 4 (okay not great top 4).
 
Last Year Age/Paces:

W N.Robertson (20, AHL): 47gls/82pts ---- NHL 10gms, 1gls, 1pts
C A.Steeves (22, AHL): 33gls/65pts
W J.Anderson (23, AHL): 38gls/62pts ------ NHL 5gms, 0gls, 0pts
C P.Holmberg (22, SHL): 21gls/73pts ------ AHL 6gms, 2gls, 4pts
C N.Abruzzese (22, NCAA): 26gls/97pts --- NHL 9gms, 1gls, 1pts

Time to give them a shot.

Nick in the top-9, the rest battling for 4th line duty.
 
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ULF_55 said:
I am not sure Niederreiter comes in less than $5mm, so it would have to be both Kerfoot and Holl going out.

Then they'd have to find a RD making less than 2 who can play Top 4 (okay not great top 4).
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I don't think you need to have Neiderreiter to improve on Kerf at $3.5. Just a defensively responsible 15g scorer for under $2.5M per. I think they exist but not in UFA form (maybe Stastny)
 
zeke said:
Last Year Age/Paces:

W N.Robertson (20, AHL): 47gls/82pts ---- NHL 10gms, 1gls, 1pts
C A.Steeves (22, AHL): 33gls/65pts
W J.Anderson (23, AHL): 38gls/62pts ------ NHL 5gms, 0gls, 0pts
C P.Holmberg (22, SHL): 21gls/73pts ------ AHL 6gms, 2gls, 4pts
C N.Abruzzese (22, NCAA): 26gls/97pts --- NHL 9gms, 1gls, 1pts

Time to give them a shot.

Nick in the top-9, the rest battling for 4th line duty.
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I could see one of them get some looks beside Tavares.

They just need someone there who can skate, play a little physical.
Nylander and Tavares have the hands.
 
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kb said:
The more I look at things, the more Sandin and his contract will be an issue.

He's going to be starting off as a #7D, and I suspect he'll get in the range of Liljegren - to sit in the press box fairly often.

Can't afford to have a $1.5ish million cap hit sitting in the press box if they want to make improvements up front. And as much as trading Holl appears to be the answer.....it is not. Sandin has not proven to be able to handle top-4 matchups regularly yet - let alone on his off side.
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And this is all because of Tavares.
 
ULF_55 said:
I am not sure Niederreiter comes in less than $5mm, so it would have to be both Kerfoot and Holl going out.

Then they'd have to find a RD making less than 2 who can play Top 4 (okay not great top 4).
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His production is a tier below Marchment, Palat, Nuke, Burakovsky, Copp, Smith, etc. who all got 4.5m-5.5m. The two exceptions are Palat and Nuke, who landed at 6m after high-profile playoff runs with better regular season production.

His realistic comps are in the 4.5m range comparable to Marchment, Smith, etc.

There's currently 2m in cap space to sign Sandin/Engvall. Clearing Holl and Kerfoot would make it doable and Nino is the ideal two-way piece with size that would help the LW.

Unfortunately Dubas stressed only 1-2yr deals for UFAs, so probably won't happen.
 
Nino would be a really good pickup. 2LW with size, a good defensive game, and 5-20 goal seasons

ULF_55 said:
I am not sure Niederreiter comes in less than $5mm, so it would have to be both Kerfoot and Holl going out.

Then they'd have to find a RD making less than 2 who can play Top 4 (okay not great top 4).
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Well thankfully we have Timothy Liljergen
 
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zeke said:
Last Year Age/Paces:

W N.Robertson (20, AHL): 47gls/82pts ---- NHL 10gms, 1gls, 1pts
C A.Steeves (22, AHL): 33gls/65pts
W J.Anderson (23, AHL): 38gls/62pts ------ NHL 5gms, 0gls, 0pts
C P.Holmberg (22, SHL): 21gls/73pts ------ AHL 6gms, 2gls, 4pts
C N.Abruzzese (22, NCAA): 26gls/97pts --- NHL 9gms, 1gls, 1pts

Time to give them a shot.

Nick in the top-9, the rest battling for 4th line duty.
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It'd be a huge blessing and would go a long way if Robertson actually stepped up and fulfilled some of his highly touted potential.
 
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Clark4Ever said:
I would gladly take just draft picks for Kerfoot and Holl at this point.

Not sure I'm willing to move Sandin yet. He was excellent with Liljegren for a decent stretch last season prior to his injury.
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I agree, especially moving Sandin but if the Leafs can get Kadri back and he wants to be back, I think the overall deal might be good and a lot of fun/chaos. Not sure they could afford to retain Sandin though.
 
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Knies iT said:
His production is a tier below Marchment, Palat, Nuke, Burakovsky, Copp, Smith, etc. who all got 4.5m-5.5m. The two exceptions are Palat and Nuke, who landed at 6m after high-profile playoff runs with better regular season production.

His realistic comps are in the 4.5m range comparable to Marchment, Smith, etc.

There's currently 2m in cap space to sign Sandin/Engvall. Clearing Holl and Kerfoot would make it doable and Nino is the ideal two-way piece with size that would help the LW.

Unfortunately Dubas stressed only 1-2yr deals for UFAs, so probably won't happen.
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I'd take Niederreiter's body of work before 1 year Marchment.

Dallas is gambling, but they can afford to gamble, there are no expectations for them.
 
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