TSN: Leafs again kicking tires on Luke Glendening
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A 1st, Liljegren and a sweetener for Luke Glendening?
And Leaf fans need a reality check lmao
Hobnobs
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Since you took that proposal seriously, yes. A reality check and a sarcasm detector.
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Eh, I might retract my "love to see him gone" with "would be okay to see him go" but I don't think anyone other than a very, very casual fan would care too much to see him go
He is a workhorse and the type of guy who could wear an A for this team but he belongs on the 4th line. He is one of the best 4th liner type guys a coach could want, though.
Yeah, its so crazy that a playoff team hoping to go far in the playoffs for the next few years would want to add one of the league's best shutdown forwards who has experience successfully shutting down top forwards in the playoffs.
Of course you wouldn't. Holland wouldn't take your calls after that.
Glendening is the type of forward who gets his minutes increased in the playoffs.
If he's barely a 4th line guy, its because he's top 90 in TOI, ESTOI (more than teammate Frans Nielsen), and even strength points, so he's actually closer to a 3C.
This if HFBoards. No proposals are obviously sarcasm. I suggest using the emoji next time.
I don't really see anything happening here.
IMO, this is much more of a Babcock wishlist than Dubas. If Babcock was GM, Glennie would have already been a Leaf, with Leaf fans still fuming to this day over how much he gave up for him.
Dubas seems to be more calculating, where the price has to be right on the button(or less) to pull the trigger.
IMO, this is much more of a Babcock wishlist than Dubas. If Babcock was GM, Glennie would have already been a Leaf, with Leaf fans still fuming to this day over how much he gave up for him.
Dubas seems to be more calculating, where the price has to be right on the button(or less) to pull the trigger.
That's fine. Detroit still isn't taking him. Thing is regardless of what you think of Glendening, he is a valued piece in Detroit. He is younger than Boyle, fairly cheap (certainly not a contract we need to get rid of), is speedy, gritty and having a career year. He is a character guy that is close friends with our young core.
Boyle set the market for a valued 4th line Center at a 2nd.
Want us to retain money? 2nd +
Want us to take on a contract we don't want or need (Zaitsev)? Well the cost of the trade goes up even more.
Detroit isn't dumping a player they like just to help the leafs out. This entire thread is lunacy.
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To Detroit:
Zaitsev (25% retained about 1.3 mil)
Kapanen
To Toronto:
Luke Glendening (50% retained)
Nick Jensen
2019 3rd round pick
Zaitsev (25% retained about 1.3 mil)
Kapanen
To Toronto:
Luke Glendening (50% retained)
Nick Jensen
2019 3rd round pick
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I'm sure cap considerations would be at play, but I think you're severely underrating Glendening with this comment. He is #3C quality and can play crucial minutes and kill penalties. Not just a run of the mill 4C. Dollar for Dollar, Glendening's 1.8 million would be some of the best money spent on any team.
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This whole post, absolutely. Zaitsev is the new Komisarek. I mean this only a little bit in terms of sheer dumpster fire play and godawful contract...but mostly in the sense that some of the HFBoards Leafs fans think he's even remotely tradable.
God I miss the "Komisarek + to ________ for ________" threads lmao.
Not giving up Kapanen in any deal in which Glendening is the piece coming back.
Tit
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FTFY
Real educated hockey fans know Zaitsev is all of the above:
Negative value
A cap dump
Our only right hand shot top 4 D.
Signed to a stupid contract
An Offensive black hole
Cannot handle the puck effectively
Is a half decent shot blocker
That's it.
If any leaf fans argues otherwise, they are either blatantly misinformed, don't watch hockey, or trolling.
Simple as that.
Leaf fans want Zaitsev gone due to cap issues, but in reality, the cost would be a 2nd just to get someone to take him and then we still don't have a replacement for him. It's a conundrum to say the least.
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You are getting rid of the Zaitsev contract too. It’s going to be hard to keep Kapanen and improve the defense I thought it was pretty close in value.
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You didn't have to fix what wasn't broken, lol. Look again or see below
"This whole post, absolutely. Zaitsev is the new Komisarek. I mean this only a little bit in terms of sheer dumpster fire play and godawful contract...but mostly in the sense that some of the HFBoards (SOME) Leafs fans think he's even remotely tradable.
God I miss the "Komisarek + to ________ for ________" threads lmao."
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That's simply not good asset management for the Leafs. Kapanen returns a lot more than Glendening.
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Good asset management should have started by recognizing Zaitsev wasn’t worth 4.5 million dollars for 6 years.
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Nikita Zaitsev, Connor Brown & Dymtro Tymashov
for
Luke Glendening & Nick Jensen
then
Luke Glendening for Zack Kassian
Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander
Hyman - - - Tavares - - - Marner
Marleau - - - Kadri - - - Kapanen
Ennis - - - Gauthier - - - Kassian
Muzzin - - - Rielly
Gardiner - Jensen
Dermott - Hainsey
for
Luke Glendening & Nick Jensen
then
Luke Glendening for Zack Kassian
Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander
Hyman - - - Tavares - - - Marner
Marleau - - - Kadri - - - Kapanen
Ennis - - - Gauthier - - - Kassian
Muzzin - - - Rielly
Gardiner - Jensen
Dermott - Hainsey
