Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign D Oliver Ekman-Larsson (4 years, $3.5M AAV)

[notbias]

Tre won free agency with the Tanev + OEL combo.

You realize they aren't one year contracts right?

 

[The Shadow]

You realize they aren't one year contracts right?

Well this goes for a good percentage of players in the NHL when signed. You still have to give Tre credit for making several great moves

Tanev
OEL
Stolarz

And add in the PTO of Lorentz

Great adds that bring championship experience to the team

 

[notbias]

Well this goes for a good percentage of players in the NHL when signed. You still have to give Tre credit for making several great moves

Tanev
OEL
Stolarz

And add in the PTO of Lorentz

Great adds that bring championship experience to the team

Lorentz dropped off after game 2, OEL has regressed from the start of the season, and so has Stolarz, Tanev has been good, but not great.

OEL is the only person who played a significant role in the Cup win...

I think overall it was a good offseason, but the length of some of the contracts worries me, and pretending like these are "several great moves" is not reality...

 

[SHANNYPLAN]

Lorentz dropped off after game 2, OEL has regressed from the start of the season, and so has Stolarz, Tanev has been good, but not great.

OEL is the only person who played a significant role in the Cup win...

I think overall it was a good offseason, but the length of some of the contracts worries me, and pretending like these are "several great moves" is not reality...

Regressed from looking like a Norris caliber #1 D to a legit top 4 guy ... at 3.5 million ... what a failure of a signing...

 

[AcerComputer]

The Toronto Maple Leafs have regrets: Timothy Liljegren > Oliver Ekman-Larsson

 

[notbias]

Regressed from looking like a Norris caliber #1 D to a legit top 4 guy ... at 3.5 million ... what a failure of a signing...

There are 3.5 more seasons on that contract, and yes, now he looks like a #4, that is fair value.

He was never Norris caliber here, that is delusion... he went from looking like a top pairing player to what he is now.

6 points in his first 12 and 2 since.

As I said, good signings, but a lot of term left.

 

[1specter]

Tanev has been good, but not great.

Now you are just making shit up.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5960708/2024/12/02/maple-leafs-chris-tanev-effect?source=user-shared-article

Tanev looks like the most important addition to the Toronto Maple Leafs this season (though Anthony Stolarz has a case), showcasing a level of mastery on the back end this team hasn’t seen since peak Jake Muzzin. And even Muzzin probably wasn’t at quite this level.

Squaring off against top-line competition every night, Tanev has been on the ice for only 11 five-on-five goals in 23 games. That’s actually a smidge more than the expected number of goals against: 10.5.

In the nine games Auston Matthews missed in November, Tanev was caught on the ice for one measly five-on-five goal against.

Among the nearly 150 NHL defenders who have logged at least 300 five-on-five minutes this season, Tanev ranks eighth in expected goal rate defensively, fourth in the number of shots surrendered and fifth in the high-danger attempt department.

This is what an elite defender looks like.