Confirmed with Link: Leafs have acquired Ryan O’Reilly, Noel Acciari & Josh Pillar in a three-team trade with STL and MIN

[Eternal Leaf]

Excellent trade.

ROR is the real deal when it comes to playoff experience and tenacity. Having one of Matthews, Tavares, and ROR on the ice in a playoff game is a major advantage.

Getting him at 1.875M is even better.

 

[TheMadHatTrick]

Praying that this isn’t a foligno type situarion

ROR just came back from injury, hopefully he can give that 3rd line some spark

That's my concern. Trading another 1st only for a guy to get injured when we need him would be disastrous.

 

[BTP]

And we aint done yet.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Imagine getting two players for a late first and a bunch of meaningless picks + prospects. And complaining.

Never change HF.

We do not have meaningless prospects. You'd get shot around here for saying that.

 

[ULF_55]

And all the top prospects sill in the system...

Could see ROR and Knies on the same line come the playoffs lol

COmpletely changes the bottom 6.

 

[ACC1224]

Really hard to hate this at all lol

Amen to that. Well done

 

[meefer]

I like the deal. I like the deal even more because it gives both players more games to acclimate with the team than if something had been done at the TDL.

I don't think Dubas is finished.

Things are definitely going to be interesting in the next few days.

GLG

 

[Dayjobdave]

This is an awesome pickup. O Rielly should be a great fit and we have room to add on d if need be

 

[BTP]

I like getting this done way before the trade deadline. Gives as much time possible to build chemistry.

 

[All Mod Cons]

That's my concern. Trading another 1st only for a guy to get injured when we need him would be disastrous.

If he stays healthy we should be good. He's got that Jake Muzzin, West Coast wear and tear feeling to him though.

Fingers and toes crossed.

 

[SprDaVE]

Leafs gave up a ton of picks to make it happen. Don't really care and it's not a big deal, but it will be a bit harder to make another trade by the deadline.

I'd expect the Leafs to try hard to extend ROR.

 

[Stephen]

These are serious playoff style upgrades. Kudos to the Leafs for bringing that insane center depth to the dance, at a reasonable price.

 

[bax]

Really hard to hate this at all lol

Holy shit.

 

[Burnie97]

Whoopsies

Give this person some credit... above ... see original post. Kinda called it in the free agency thread.

Well ... nailed it ... well done.

I just finished a post going for more middling guys lol then that.

So kudos to you.

I don't mind that. Better than the Kane idea. A lot of picks but.... and many will say we got fleeced etc but Dubas likes his own picks and we lost none of them(Knies, Niemela etc). Who gives a shit about the guys in the system leafs gave up. The picks hurt a bit this year but clearly Dubas wants to go for it.

Leafs are very solid down the middle. Not many teams beat that now and it pushes guys to the lines they should be on.

 

[leafsfan5]

ROR had 12 points in 12 playoff games last year, if we're getting that we are sooooo set

 

[Bellefour20]

Wow. Checked twitter before loading ferry and nothing. Check again on the ferry and all the things happened and my boy Minten is safe!

 

[RunItBackAgain]

Not bad not bad! Maybe we can get O'Reilly on a Gio/Spezza type deal for the next couple years too. I kind of balked when I first saw this price but if we can hang onto O'Reilly for a few runs this will be WELL worth it. RIP the 2023 draft though hahaha! Good job Dubas

 

[Martin Skoula]

Gotta think Kerfoot or someone from the bottom 6 is out now.

 

[Its not your fault]

That's a fairly steep price in futures given up. There's no denying that the present looks to have become significantly brighter though.

Yes and no

Leafs gave up a ton of picks to make it happen. Don't really care and it's not a big deal, but it will be a bit harder to make another trade by the deadline.

I'd expect the Leafs to try hard to extend ROR.

He's the type to take a discount but do not like the mileage.

 

[MapleLeafs77]

Pretty steep price

 

[Griffin76]

Exactly the same time that I was posting that Dubas is a bum in the other thread. I have the power!

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

Gotta think Kerfoot or someone from the bottom 6 is out now.

Why would Kerfoot be going anywhere?

 

[DopeyFish]

These are serious playoff style upgrades. Kudos to the Leafs for bringing that insane center depth to the dance, at a reasonable price.

if we get kane, we may be dipping into the prospect pool if we aim to double retain there too, fit them all under muzzin contract

 

[Bomber0104]

This gives Keefe more cracks at stacking a 1st line when it's push time.

Now you can shorten the bench and rotate a cast of Matthews/Marner/Nylander/JT as mainstays up front and go with a 2nd line of ROR/Kerfoot/X...

 

[TMLeafer]

Looks like Acciari has been playing C as well. 3rd most faceoffs on the Blues this year.

ROR 54%, Acciari 53.5%, both guys played PK too.