Friedman: Keep an eye on Dylan Strome

[jmelm]

He's the type of guy that will make a career out of being a middle 6er on bad teams.

Exactly this. I'd rather have nothing to do with this player. Wish him the best, but hard pass for me.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Somebody has to get points on bad teams. Dylan will have a job going forward.

 

[kerrabria]

I have a feeling that 10 years from now, Strome will still be in the league as a veteran warm body, and many teenagers (who were in diapers when Strome was drafted) are gonna stumble upon his draft position and be blown away.

 

[Stephen]

I could see him filling the Galchenyuk/Vesey/Ritchie reclamation project spot in Toronto.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

This is a guy I can see Ottawa being interested in.

 

[KevinRedkey]

Wouldn't want him on Ottawa at all. He's too damn slow.

 

[GermanSpitfire]

I could see him filling the Galchenyuk/Vesey/Ritchie reclamation project spot in Toronto.

Don't think he is really a reclamation project though. Just posted solid numbers and got better as the season progressed. Reminds me of the Duclair situation a few years back after not receiving a QO from Ottawa.

 

[Gurglesons]

Seems like a good bet for a team like PIT if they can get him cheap.

 

[Kaizen]

he was still allowed to walk, which considering he makes 950K is amazing that they couldn't, or wouldn't pay that

It wasn't a matter of couldn't or wouldn't, Bunting chose to go home. Arizona reportedly offered the same or more $$ but you can't blame a kid for wanting to go home and take advantage of an awesome opportunity.

 

[Heldig]

he was still allowed to walk, which considering he makes 950K is amazing that they couldn't, or wouldn't pay that

I believe the Coyotes offered him a contract but Bunting informed them he wanted to go to Toronto.

The stupidity was not playing him sooner (stupid Tocchet) and losing the window to sign him before he could go UFA.

 

[fmrdh]

His brother managed to carve out a pretty good career after a few years there where it was questionable how much longer he will be an NHL player. Might be the case here as well?

 

[Stephen]

Don't think he is really a reclamation project though. Just posted solid numbers and got better as the season progressed. Reminds me of the Duclair situation a few years back after not receiving a QO from Ottawa.

Reclamation only in the sense that he's not going to get his typical QO raise and stay on the pay scale he's on.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Thought Friedman was going to mention Kubalik as well. Now that's a guy that I'd like to get on a cheap contract.

me too, if he isn't qualified I'd be all over him

 

[Big Muddy]

Honestly why? The team makeup has its scoring

It needs players that can play hard and heavy in all three zones

And a goalie if Campbell leaves. Hence the gazillions of posts from Leaf fans for goalies.

 

[Kaners PPGs]

me too, if he isn't qualified I'd be all over him

I'd love to see Toronto snatch him up on the cheap. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see him bounce back to pot 25 goals next season.

 

[Djp]

Friedman was on the radio today and he said that contract talks are going slower around the league than they usually do at this time because teams think there are going to be more free agents then we currently recognize.

The guy that was brought up specifically was Dylan Strome, Freidman said teams are waiting to see if he gets a qualifying offer.

22 goals and 48 points I'd be surprised if he didn't get a qualifying offer, but then again Pius Suter didn't get a qualifying offer last year after a solid rookie season either

Michael Bunting was allowed to walk after he had 10 goals and 13 points in 21 games

there are usually some surprising names that don't get qualified

Still though after 22 goals and 48 points I can't see him not getting a qualifying offer.

If he doesn't he will have teams interested for sure.

not talking about Strome but QO in general.

the issue is arbitration. A player can file arbitration after yr 4 and every year after till UFA. A team can only file once.

if a team gives a QO the player can file fir arbitration. The team can then have to pay a higher than anticipated salary. If a player wins, the team can say no.

captight teams will look at a player and ask how replacinpble is he was someone else. If he is, they don’t qualify him.

thr other issue with arbitration…what he gets might not be bad in itself but it could then benchmark their future RFAs thst coukd be coming due the next couple years skewing payroll.

i don’t recall the sign rate of no QOs by original team that summer.

the other factor at play is if the team has higher priority contracts to do that summer like negotiating with a young ELC ending player who can’t file arbitration so it’s a 2-3 yr bridge vs 6-8 yr contract. The differences here between these two could take away the space to keep the Dylan strome player

if you don’t have 2 arbitration hearings, you don’t have a second buy out window.

 

[Curufinwe]

Come to Philly to play with your little brother. He'll be in Allentown, but close enough.

 

[StreetHawk]

trade his rights please.

His cap hit was $3 mill. New QO rules apply to him so that is what 20% more than his cap hit? So $3.6 mill plus he has arbitration rights. Min amount to walk away for a team is over $4 mill?

Those factor into whether he has trade value. What is the amount another team would pay him?

 

[Fatass]

the big reason that they lost other than Jack Campbell shitting the bed in games 2, 4 and 6 was because they didn't get enough scoring in the playoffs.

The big boys showed up but where was Engvall, Mikyehev, Kerfoot? the depth didn't provide enough.

They need more punch beyond the big boys.

Before you mention it, I know Engvall had a 3 point gamebut 2 of those came with an empty net, so did both Mikyehev goals.

Kampf had 2 goals that's about all you can expect from in a series the rest of the depth sucked

Strome doesn't make the Leafs better.

 

[GM Armchair]

if he comes cheap I'd give him a shot

I do believe he has a girlfriend you homewrecker

 

[Fogelhund]

if he comes cheap I'd give him a shot

No, he isn't what we want, or need.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

If he comes in cheap I’d give him a shot beside Tavares.
If he can only play C, there’s rumour of moving JT to the wing anyways. He can take the draws and shift over.

Don’t expect much out of Strome, but it’s possible that he succeeds. The talent is there, Tavares can help cover defensively, and they both move at the same (horribly slow) pace.

 

[Slats432]

I am not a fan of the player but 48 points in 69 games on a bad team seems pretty decent. Outscoring guys like Boeser, Sharangovich, Roslovic....I am sure he will get a decent chance somewhere.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Seems like the guy is always available

That's probably why there is speculation around him being qualified.

 

[Drumman44]

Honestly I think the hawks front office should extend him cheap. He loves playing with Debrincat and just had a kid. If he’s looking for stability he might bite at a low dollar long term deal. Ex: 2.5 million x 5 years