Confirmed with Link: Leafs acquire Brandon Carlo (15% retention) for Fraser Minten, cond. 2026 1st round pick and a 2025 4th round pick

[Leafsfan74]

Both will be in the lineup tomorrow which is perfect being on the road about as far away from Toronto as you can be in Colorado.

Laughton is one of those guys who wants to play for Toronto. It will be an interesting playoff now at the very least. I can tell from Brad that he knows he paid a steep price but at least he bought some term.

If they don't win the Cup, this team needs to make the tough decisions in the offseason and spend on the types of players Florida, Boston or Vegas would pick up in the forward position.

Yes and no. Our lineup wouldve looked a lot worse today if we had traded Knies and/or McMann.

If Minten only had the value of a 2nd, we should've traded a 2nd instead. Minten might've been an important bottom 6 contributer to the Leafs within the next 2 years.

I'm not trading either of McMann or Knies. Those are the types of players you trade FOR.

You'd think after 10 years of fans watching EA Sports Core who lose every first round they would understand this by now.

 

[Advanced stats]

15 percent retained to?

Yes

 

[The Shrike]

$3,485,000 cap hit....is that right?

 

[Roo]

Honestly guys, it’s all going to come down to Stolarz v Vas v Bob.

 

[Roo]

$3,485,000 cap hit....is that right?

Yep, for the whole term, which is solid!

 

[Gabriel426]

True. Literally the only team we have a playoff winning record against in the cap era.

Our records against TB is 1-1, that’s even. lol.

 

[Gallagbi]

Our records against TB is 1-1, that’s even. lol.

7-6 in games, but it was pretty tongue in cheek to start

 

[Gabriel426]

7-6 in games, but it as pretty tongue in cheek to start

I don’t even want to start, lol

 

[sxvnert]

Love the little bit of retention.

 

[GQS]

Carlo is kind of dman who need a more offensive minded dman with him. He played a lot by exemple with Krug and been fantastic together.

Rielly need a guy able to clear the front of the net and be the shutdown guy in the other side.

OEl moving down on 3rd pair and could move up in case of an injury.

Leafs never been even close to have that quality of d and leafs got it right now.

Well lets hope it works out and Carlo plays great because for better or worse the deal is done. Bye bye Minten.

 

[Brown Dog]

Nothing could be as bad as the Foligno deal, so I'm not too worried.

 

[ToneDog]

This Tampa team isn't playing much better. They have had a nice run in their last 10 games because they have played mostly terrible teams (Columbus, Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle, Montreal, Ottawa twice...). Before that stretch, they weren't much more than a .500ish team.

Last 7 games

4-1 over Seattle and Edmonton
3-0 over Calgary
3-1 over Washington
L 2-1 Florida
6-2 over Columbus
6-4 over Buffalo

Leafs haven't beaten any world beaters recently. They've won some games against bad teams while playing poorly. Gonna come down to who gets the better goaltending.

 

[Jmo89]

Maybe Minten turns into Laughton in 3-4 years. That doesn't help us now.

Agreed. Not big on Laughton but he's probably Minten's ceiling. The teams window is now and for the next few seasons.

 

[Doublerum1975]

Nothing could be as bad as the Foligno deal, so I'm not too worried.

I wanted the other folingno for years

 

[pspot]

Bennett and pionk would be my targets in the off season …and a goalie

Resign Marner
Resign jt last

 

[DarkKnight]

Interesting Tre said Carlo was on their radar for a long time. "He's big, long, big stick, defends the blue paint, excellent Pker and great character"

 

[Evilhomer]

Last 7 games

4-1 over Seattle and Edmonton
3-0 over Calgary
3-1 over Washington
L 2-1 Florida
6-2 over Columbus
6-4 over Buffalo

Leafs haven't beaten any world beaters recently. They've won some games against bad teams while playing poorly. Gonna come down to who gets the better goaltending.

Correct, the Leafs have also beaten some lousy teams over the past 10 games. I don't consider those wins to be particularly impressive either.

 

[matand]

Salery don't add up they have to drop a forward to the marlies

 

[Leafsfan74]

Our records against TB is 1-1, that’s even. lol.

We will see how this team stacks up against the S,C Cup Champions in less than a week.

After being humiliated by Vegas, will the new additions make a difference? Time will tell.

It's S.C Finals or Bust for this core IMO.

 

[Lightsol]

Barkov and Reinhart don't have bite and same thing with Verhaeghe. They're good but not exactly gritty. The three guys are Tkachuk (who's hurt), Bennett and Marchand, but he's old now and never drops the gloves, he really shouldn't be someone anyone is afraid of.

And ALL Bennett has is bite. If you're expecting offense from him, you're getting off-brand Max Domi. And we all hate Max right now, don't we?

 

[Gallagbi]

We will see how this team stacks up against the S,C Cup Champions in less than a week.

After being humiliated by Vegas, will the new additions make a difference? Time will tell.

It's S.C Finals or Bust for this core IMO.

What's the "bust" here mean? Blow it up?

 

[Sypher04]

We will see how this team stacks up against the S,C Cup Champions in less than a week.

After being humiliated by Vegas, will the new additions make a difference? Time will tell.

It's S.C Finals or Bust for this core IMO.

We spanked Vegas the previous game they played against each other.

Shouldn’t read too much into the loss last game.

 

[Lightsol]

We spanked Vegas the previous game they played against each other.

Shouldn’t read too much into the loss last game.

Also, 3rd game in 4 nights.

 

[Zonk]

This may not mean anything, but if the Leafs put Patches on LTIR they would have the cap space to activate Hakanpaa.

Edit: Should add that this assume Reaves and Mermis go to the Marlies.

 

[GoonieFace]

And ALL Bennett has is bite. If you're expecting offense from him, you're getting off-brand Max Domi. And we all hate Max right now, don't we?

Bennett has 19 goals….domi has 4