General consensus on the Raddysh signing.

[gary559]

Just want to have a reference point to look back on years later of public opinion on this.

 

[JaegerDice]

Cap hit is fine, term is incredibly not fine.

 

[Albatros]

A clear need and I'm not aware of something significantly better being available, so yes.

 

[Oleksiak]

Chayka thought he was still working at Wendy's and had brought in radishes.

 

[Moose Head]

Good move, but not great.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

When your roster has holes and you have to fix your roster through UFA you could do a lot worse.

 

[FourHourParekhtion]

Nylander-Tavares-Matthews
McKenna-Raddysh

Is a helluva PP1

 

[HavingACow4Cowan]

It's similar to the Tanev deal in that they made the term longer than ideal in order to reduce the yearly average.

I thought that the Tanev signing would be okay if they got four solid to good years out of him. Never cared about the last two. He was very good in year one but missed most of his second season as a Leaf, and now his future looks uncertain.

The Raddysh signing is generally good. The Leafs needed to upgrade their defense and can really use a defenseman who is a threat to shoot on the PP. Sure, he probably had a career year last year, but with that shot, there's no reason he can't be a 50+ point PP quarterback for at least three or four years playing with the talent TOR has up front. If they get four or five quality seasons out of him, I won't really care what happens afterward. They can re-evaluate whether they need to buy him out five years from now.

 

[bardown on ur 5hole]

they gave him both term and a high cap hit. i think its risky to give him both.

 

[dgibb10]

There is very little difference between this and the Montour to seattle deal.

 

[HavingACow4Cowan]

they gave him both term and a high cap hit. i think its risky to give him both.

I don't think the cap hit is really high.

He would have been the best defenseman available in a weak UFA class. He's coming off a career season. Yes, he likely won't repeat it, but GMs always overpay for players under the conditions mentioned.

I honestly think he would have gotten at least $9.5 mil or more per if he had hit free agency.

 

[dgibb10]

Raddysh last 3 seasons: 70, 37,33
Montour 3 seasons before UFA: 37, 73, 33

 

[authentic]

He’ll be our best defensman for a few seasons atleast. A bad move would be not seizing an opportunity to upgrade your defense.

 

[koivalev]

Reasonable move considering their nightmarish situation with no 1sts the two years after this. By the time Raddysh is getting too old to be worth that deal, Matthews and Nylander will also be quite old

 

[Summer Rose]

Cap hit is fine, term is incredibly not fine.

Well, yes, but if the cap climbs significantly (which it very well might) then the relative cap charge of the later years probably won’t be that big of a deal. I’m in alignment with your assessment for the most part though.

Which means a yes vote in the poll, of course.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Cap hit is fine, term is incredibly not fine.

This

I was sure he was going to sign something around 10, so 8.5 is ok
But 8 years is way too long
Hopefully it will backfire right in Toronto's face, to the great pleasure of everyone

 

[NikolaTesla]

8 years might be too long but 8.5 mill won't be nearly as bad in 8 years. Every 2nd pair defenseman will earn that (or close to that).

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I think the contract is fine. There’s a fair amount of risk there and it’s at least two years too long but this will probably be the new reality in the new cap era. $8.5 million will likely become second pairing money.

 

[Reimannsum1988]

Toronto is not sufficiently competitive to justify the signing, which will age poorly but is excellent value for a team with aspirations of winning a cup in the next five years.

 

[BB79]

Much like the Panthers giving Marchand a long term contract, the Leafs did so while within their best player's window with a guy who is at least only 30 instead of 40, although far less proven than Marchand. I guess it's ok, but they better hope Raddysh's 25-26 season wasn't a fluke or this is going to be some really good meme material in about 5 years

 

[BeranekAndNeck]

He had a mirage season and will regress without the game’s best winger to feed him on the PP.

 

[crowi]

It's as good move for the Leafs to make. I wouldn't like it as Anaheim fan. To Leafs, it makes sense and if you never take any risks, you barely win.

 

[PistolPete]

The dude is 30 years old, less than 250 games of experience.

Odds are he crashes after this season.

 

[Breakers]

I mean you neglect the defense core for so long and free agency forces you into these situations

 

[PistolPete]

I mean you neglect the defense core for so long and free agency forces you into these situations

Desperation.

Makes ya take the ugly chick home at the end of the night.