Confirmed with Link: Joe Thornton to Leafs [1yr/700k]

[meefer]

I suspect Brandon Pridham will be the busiest exec on the team this year. There's going to be a lot of contract movement between the Leafs and the Marlies, well, if there is a Marlies.

Did Nick Robertson just see his chances of playing with the Leafs increase? Getting set up by SDA (and his 63 assists last year) must have been nice. Getting set up by Joe Thornton, ok

 

[hotpaws]

You’re laughing now and you’ll cry later when you see the opposition skating circles around our 3rd and 4th lines.

it's the off season and in the off season every move the team makes is a stroke of genius

last off season Barrie was an elite 1st pair D , lol

 

[fahad203]

This is now the most excited I have ever been for TML team.

This reminds me of the year when we got Ron Francis and Brian Leetch. I was so stoked

 

[Kurtz]

This reminds me of the year when we got Ron Francis and Brian Leetch. I was so stoked

Leetch was amazing for us.

 

[Once]

I still can’t believe Boston shipped him out when they did. I will always remember that day. That move never made any sense to me.

 

[fahad203]

Leetch was amazing for us.

He was. Unfortunately thats the year lock out happened and we lost his contract

 

[Gallagbi]

Dubas always struck me as more of a Sergei Samsonov type of guy

 

[TMLeafer]

Asking the real questions: What number will he wear?

19 and 91 are taken.

97 as he did with Team Canada I suppose.

 

[grapes55]

Love it, cheap as hell and Joe can still play. I wonder if we see Engvall moved out? On this team 1.25 mil for a 4th liner might be a bit steep

 

[Once]

Also I highly doubt we ever see a line of Thornton - Spezza - Simmonds. If kerf is still around he plays with at least two of them and perhaps Robertson and Vesey mixed in there too.

 

[NoName]

Hopefully his career trajectory mimics Ray Bourque.

 

[kb]

So the answer is to trade a 26 year old #3c under control for 3 more seasons, and replace him with a league minimum 41 year old in steep decline?

Anyone care to answer me as to what happens next year? Just keep hoping for more 41 year olds?

I like the signing, but people really need to put on their thinking caps here. Most appear to be lost or stolen. Logic has left the building.

 

[kb]

Just your posts .
I bet 20 bucks you're not even a real leaf fan.
I know the difference between leaf fans that are negative but care on here and people like you who show up with new accounts spewing bullshit

But it's OK. All of those types are allowed/encouraged, but the real Leaf fans get infracted for saying anything about them.

 

[al secord]

Matthew's is gonna be pissed when JT passes the cup to Thornton, then Thornton passes it to Spezza...

 

[Cor]

Asking the real questions: What number will he wear?

19 and 91 are taken.

97 as he did with Team Canada I suppose.

Yeah, he’ll do 97. Maybe Spezza is nice and offered 19 to him during the recruitment process and will go to 90 lol

 

[kb]

I bet he overtakes Kerfoot as the 3C by mid season. He had 31 points on a team that scored 100 less goals than the Leafs. Kerfoot had 28 points.

So Thornton will improve, and Kerfoot, who had a broken face for most of the season and played with a full face shield....will regress?

What am I missing here?

 

[nuck]

Also I highly doubt we ever see a line of Thornton - Spezza - Simmonds. If kerf is still around he plays with at least two of them and perhaps Robertson and Vesey mixed in there too.

The quicksand line. The statue line. The glacial line. It needs to be done just for the comedy potential. If they had a RD with Rielly's wheels it could work in certain situations. The funny thing is this would easily be the toughest line the club has been able to roll out in years.

 

[kb]

100%

Yeah, says the Sens fan. lol

 

[Gallagbi]

Does this bump Malgin from the 4th line? I read he and Rodrigues were projected to play on the bottom line this year.

 

[Anthrax442]

Does this bump Malgin from the 4th line? I read he and Rodrigues were projected to play on the bottom line this year.

Rodrigues signed with Pens

 

[kb]

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

Underrated Wiggum comment.

 

[NJG]

So the answer is to trade a 26 year old #3c under control for 3 more seasons, and replace him with a league minimum 41 year old in steep decline?

Anyone care to answer me as to what happens next year? Just keep hoping for more 41 year olds?

I like the signing, but people really need to put on their thinking caps here. Most appear to be lost or stolen. Logic has left the building.

Fill the lineup with Marlies players/Prospects.... isn't that the point of the Marlies and having prospects?

 

[Sypher04]

he said if each made 2m less and to be honest they all are worth 2m less at there term regardless if JT would have signed for that or not

He did not say each. You're adding that. And no, that wasn't a reasonable expectation for either JT or Matthews

 

[SprDaVE]

Does this bump Malgin from the 4th line? I read he and Rodrigues were projected to play on the bottom line this year.

Malgin is a taxi squad/Marlies for sure, even before signing Thornton.

And Rodrigues wasn't signed.

 

[Hclass47]

Next time Mathews is caught with his pants down will jumbo tell him to avoid telling management like patty Marleau