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If it's not Jack Campbell who should be the Leafs new #1 goalie?

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I think they'll work on getting Campbell at a reasonable number before free agency starts.
Once he makes it to UFA, they will swing a trade for first Talbot, if no deal there Gibson. Murray will be the last resort.
 
Clark4Ever said:
Last season was a huge red flag as far as Campbell is concerned. He has no business being rated as a top UFA goalie, as his resume does not support it whatsoever.

I was hesitant to bring him back at a discount, but to get into a bidding war with Edmonton over his services would be insane.

He was statistically among the worst goaltenders in the NHL for several months last season, remember that.
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While true there isn't much else out there. With the rumor that Keumper probably going to Washington the Leafs are left with Campbell or going the trade route.

ACC1224 said:
I think they'll work on getting Campbell at a reasonable number before free agency starts.
Once he makes it to UFA, they will swing a trade for first Talbot, if no deal there Gibson. Murray will be the last resort.
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None of those are an upgrade. It's just more of the same.
 
Husso seems a lot like Nedeljkovic. Kind of 1 outlier season then traded to Detroit. I guess they're going to keep trying until they hit? The Detroit rebuild has kind of been a sh*t show. Was expecting more from Yzerman.
 
stealth1 said:
While true there isn't much else out there. With the rumor that Keumper probably going to Washington the Leafs are left with Campbell or going the trade route.


None of those are an upgrade. It's just more of the same.
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Then we should go the trade route and acquire a goaltender that can make a save in overtime in the playoffs.
 
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stealth1 said:
While true there isn't much else out there. With the rumor that Keumper probably going to Washington the Leafs are left with Campbell or going the trade route.


None of those are an upgrade. It's just more of the same.
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Pretty much.
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Clark4Ever said:
Then we should go the trade route and acquire a goaltender that can make a save in overtime in the playoffs.
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Even the ones that possibly are available by trade aren't an upgrade either. Gibson is not an upgrade and neither is Murray. I would even say Blackwood isn't either. They have backed themselves into a corner.
 
bentharbs said:
I simply think there are more goalies available than most are saying and Dubas’ comments last night support that claim.

I am not sure the starter on day 1 is going to be one of the names being thrown around.
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Dubas spends a good time of every presser talking out of his ass. There may be "more goalies available"if we're getting trash
 
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The issue with Jack is we gave him such a f*** you offer that he might want to go unless we over pay or the oilers underpay anyways.

The 2.5 appearently had like a terrible 3rd year that screamed we can buy you out if we want to.
 
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stealth1 said:
Even the ones that possibly are available by trade aren't an upgrade either. Gibson is not an upgrade and neither is Murray. I would even say Blackwood isn't either. They have backed themselves into a corner.
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Gibson would definitely be an upgrade. His track record supports that. He probably just needs a change of scenery at this point of his career.
 
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Clark4Ever said:
Gibson would definitely be an upgrade. His track record supports that. He probably just needs a change of scenery at this point of his career.
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Agree. Things to consider, he will cost more cap wise and you lose assets, which brings me back to Campbell. Gibson is the best alternative though, the team in front of him has been a tire fire, I don’t extrapolate much from that. You could make a similar argument for Murray with that absolutely awful defensive team in Ottawa, but it still seems more a risk he returns to any decent form.
 
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NewEraGM said:
“Seemed handcuffed “?…..leafs ARE handcuffed

I guess if they made some ballsy moves/trades they might not be as handcuffed as "WE" think. Problem is I don't feel Dubas has or would show that type of flex that it takes now does he want to rock the whole boat when he feels 1) in need of a goalie and tweek from there. I really don't mind the whole team in general but he did handcuff himself early on and is stickin with it.
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DarkKnight said:
Agree. Things to consider, he will cost more cap wise and you lose assets, which brings me back to Campbell. Gibson is the best alternative though, the team in front of him has been a tire fire, I don’t extrapolate much from that. You could make a similar argument for Murray with that absolutely awful defensive team in Ottawa, but it still seems more a risk he returns to any decent form.
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I agree Gibson is an upgrade but I don't think we're willing to pay the price for him

Murray is more expensive without retention and significantly more of a risk
 
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ToneDog said:
I remember raising the issue of Jack becoming a UFA early last year and being ripped by the Minister of Defence and Propaganda and here we are today with no goalies and talking about acquiring Matt Murray. Didn't check to see what the good Minister thinks about this desperation.
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The problem with that is, that early last year Jack was lights out and everyone wanted to throw a big long term contract at him. Then a long stretch of lousy play followed, until he finally settled down a bit. Leafs correctly wanted to see a full season out of him first.
 
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budzz said:
The problem with that is, that early last year Jack was lights out and everyone wanted to throw a big long term contract at him. Then a long stretch of lousy play followed, until he finally settled down a bit. Leafs correctly wanted to see a full season out of him first.
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Perhaps, some blame Lou for the Willie overpay because he did not sign Willie up to a year earlier. Soup should have be resigned after the Habs series and not gone after Mrazek. Two mistakes last summer and we are paying for them.
 
I’ve always said campbell was to mentally fragile to have a back up like mrazek , someone he would perceive as challenging him . He needs to be a workhorse number 1 with a vet backup like holtby
 
Suntouchable13 said:
Yes, Dubas is building a great team to lose in 7 games to Tampa with next year. I know that the goaltending options are not plentiful, but he is still really planning on running the same team back.
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Looks that way. Very discouraging as a fan. The team is clearly not good enough. Montreal will be crazy good moving forward.

I won’t be surprised to see the Leafs miss the playoffs this upcoming season.
 
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