Speculation: Kypreos- Leafs thought Rantanen deal was done

[LOFIN]

Kypreos comes off as a guy that makes shit up that you can't prove one way or another because he has to stay relevant or he will be fired again.

Yet he was the first one to report the original potential Rantanen trade, and today was the first one to report that the deal had gone through

 

[Unbiased Fan]

Imagine if Tavares signed a league minimum contract and they kept Marner wow

 

[EXTRAS]

The combo of Cowen and Minton exceeds Stankoven on his own imo

No way stank is going to be a star. Those guys are okay pieces.

 

[EXTRAS]

I agree Stankoven is likely valued more than Cowan + Minten, but he doesn't touch Knies

Knies produces significantly more while being a powerforward who PKs. He's a unicorn in this league and is only a sophomore

Does knies produce significantly more though? This stankoven is in his rookie season and is going to pretty easily beat knies rookie season in points. Also solid chance stank ends up a center.

 

[Coffee]

Imagine if Tavares signed a league minimum contract and they kept Marner wow

Like next year?

 

[Do Make Say Think]

The combo of Cowen and Minton exceeds Stankoven on his own imo

Do you realize that the second they are not in Toronto's system, they are a lot less valuable?

Everybody wants Toronto's prospects because Toronto, not because of the players.

 

[JoeSakic13]

And you make me look like a replaceable poster.

Some people are better than others are things, it is what it is

 

[MS]

Yeah, that Stars package is just obviously better. Lame Leafs propaganda from Kypreos to try claiming the worse package was better and Carolina was just scared of trading Rantanen inside their conference.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Does knies produce significantly more though? This stankoven is in his rookie season and is going to pretty easily beat knies rookie season in points. Also solid chance stank ends up a center.

He’s 5’8

 

[koyvoo]

The genius’s come out late at night, I see.

 

[Coffee]

He’s 5’8

Once he fills out he will be like Martin St Louis lite

 

[Juniorhockeyguru]

The combo of Cowen and Minton exceeds Stankoven on his own imo

Minten was second banana in Kamloops for a reason.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Once he fills out he will be like Martin St Louis

So the best case scenario of Marty building up genetic freak tree trunk legs took what 4-5 years post draft? Carolina gonna be laughing in 3 years vs getting a plug and play 30/30 PWF next year.

 

[Coffee]

sorry delete

 

[Aashir]

if i was the canes i'd want knies instead of the prospects

i'm not sure if knies is valued more by them than stankoven, but he is an nhl ready top 6 player minimum.

problem for the leafs is its impossible to get marner and rantanen so either we bring one or the other. if we let rantanen walk we gave up a lot of value for a pure rental, and if we let marner walk than we lose a high end player that would need to be replaced.

 

[JaegerDice]

Nah, I’d prefer to maybe win a cup.

The word 'maybe' is a doing a loooooooooooot of lifting in that sentence.

 

[koyvoo]

if i was the canes i'd want knies instead of the prospects

i'm not sure if knies is valued more by them than stankoven, but he is an nhl ready top 6 player minimum.

problem for the leafs is its impossible to get marner and rantanen so either we bring one or the other. if we let rantanen walk we gave up a lot of value for a pure rental, and if we let marner walk than we lose a high end player that would need to be replaced.

It’s believable that they’d have valued Knies more than Stankoven, but I doubt the leafs would have considered putting him on the table. Knies is a unicorn on the leafs roster and it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if he’s their best playoff performer as early as this post season.

 

[Unbiased Fan]

Like next year?

Yes. Rantanen 8x 13, Marner 8x12 and Tavares 1x 700k

 

[Hall of Faber]

Also 1 number away from getting mcdavid. What could of been

 

[HuGort]

According to Kypreos, Leafs offer was Cowen, Minten, and 2 1sts.

They were also all in for signing him between 13-13.5 per for 8 years.

Carolina decided they didn’t want to maybe face him in the playoffs and wanted to send him west for what they considered a lesser offer.

THIS SITE WOULD HAVE IMPLODED!

Imagine a top six of:

Knies - Matthews- Marner
Rantanen- Tavares-Nylander

On top of that, they apparently would have had enough for Laughton as well but not Carlo.

McMann-Laughton-Domi
Jarnkrok-Kampf-Holmberg

What could have been

That was quite the gamble

 

[67 others]

The combo of Cowen and Minton exceeds Stankoven on his own imo

No, stankoven is better lol.
As a sharks fan I would want him for my rebuild over Cowen and Minton

 

[sd1976]

The word 'maybe' is a doing a loooooooooooot of lifting in that sentence.

That’s because there are no guarantees for any team at any time. Your attempt at humour falls flat.

 

[sd1976]

No, stankoven is better lol.
As a sharks fan I would want him for my rebuild over Cowen and Minton

That’s your opinion and you are entitled to it. But based on your name my assumption is you’d have the same opinion slant for anything Leafs.

 

[BobClarkesfrontteeth]

People keep saying this and while I understand it, he actually has sources in Toronto ever since Treliving became GM

He called the Matthews captaincy a month out, he called Nylander's cap signing (I think), he called Toronto in on Rantanen long before Friedman or McKenzie, he called them dealing Minten a week before it happened

He knows what's going on with the Leafs

Kyper is good friends with Shanahan so Shanny uses him to leak info to the press.

 

[JPT]

You know what they say about thinking. It's the first step to being wrong.