Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign F Ryan Reaves (3 years, $1.3M AAV)

[horner]

Hard not to be a little excited seeing him on TV there lol.

As much as I may not love the length of the deal/term, I can't wait to see him hand out some beatdowns.

Hits
People get hurt when he hits

 

[francis246]

Probably had more to do with Keefe than the core honestly. It's not like Nashville has particularly amazing core players

Could be true as well, In his post playoff media tour O’Reilly was very critical of Keefe.

 

[Nylanderthal]

I think you got a bad memory then...

Go ahead and remind us of worse situations relative to expectations?

Dubas was an overpaying moron, get over it and stop throwing his name in every thread already.

Dubas might’ve overpaid his stars by 250-750k but he never saddled the team with immovable deals and when he signed a bad deal he wasn’t too proud to go down with it & corrected the mistake immediately

 

[therealkoho]

Could be true as well, In his post playoff media tour O’Reilly was very critical of Keefe.

more critical of the dressing room than the coach I thought

 

[The Iceman]

How’d it go with Martin, Clifford, Simmonds, or Schenn?

One guy doesn’t do shit. You need toughness that can actually play, throughout the lineup.

You know why a guy like Bennett is hard to play against? Because he’s running against your top six all night and he’s putting the puck in the net.

Bennett had 5 playoff goals in 4 series...hardly filling the net

Go ahead and remind us of worse situations relative to expectations?

Dubas might’ve overpaid his stars by 250-750k but he never saddled the team with immovable deals and when he signed a bad deal he wasn’t too proud to go down with it & corrected the mistake immediately

Overpayed his stars by $250K
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Its not your fault]

I'm open to hearing your ideas for worse offseasons. Name them please.

Clarkson was a great call scoring just Blake. Most of the FA with Sundin was a huge waste. Infact Sundin probably never even seen the true star he was because he wouldn't get 1 player in their prime. Name one you're proud of? Of course got some good players here and there Mogs and Cujo and Belfour but then again when was the last time we scored a star like that in a trade, kessel possibly. We are very lucky to have the team we have. Heck our excessively good drafting in the last few years has lots of exLeafs going to the cup finals. So which one of these off seasons did you just love? The one we lost JVR and Bozak for nothing.

 

[Nylanderthal]

You are right, he just made 5 years of bad moves

Every manager has swings and misses, it’s how those managers adapt and fix those mistakes Vs. Doubling down on them that separates the wheat from the chaff

 

[therealkoho]

So are the Leafs going to

1 trade Nylander to Car for a Dman?
2 sign Matt Duchene?
3 resign Cookie?

 

[CelticDruid]

Could be true as well, In his post playoff media tour O’Reilly was very critical of Keefe.

What did ROR say?
I missed that part.

 

[GoonieFace]

Go ahead and remind us of worse situations relative to expectations?

Dubas might’ve overpaid his stars by 250-750k but he never saddled the team with immovable deals and when he signed a bad deal he wasn’t too proud to go down with it & corrected the mistake immediately

He made many mistakes so he was used to correcting them

 

[SprDaVE]

Reaves doesn't lack confidence and swag that's for sure. He'll love the spotlight of Toronto* for sure. He'll likely do alright if he can play a simple physical game.

*Until he's thrown on waivers and/or bought out, but that's for another day.

 

[Nylanderthal]

Bennett had 5 playoff goals in 4 series...hardly filling the net


Overpayed his stars by $250K
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

So you think nylander was taking less than 6.2? You think Matthews was taking less than 11? Based on what?

 

[The Iceman]

So you think nylander was taking less than 6.2? You think Matthews was taking less than 11? Based on what?

Check in on the JT contract for me.
I would suggest teams would not take him for free at 50% retained.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Not crazy about the term, but the AAV is fine as long as he puts a beat down on Bennett just once. He and Tkachuk were taking liberties on our core and Knies with no fear of retribution. I'm not sure if he's the answer at 36 but I'm willing to bet Bennett doesn't facepunch and throw our player to the ice knowing Reaves is sitting on the bench.

 

[Dave92]

There's something to be said for beating up the other team when you're getting blown out. The Lou/Dubas era just bend over and take it while pretending it doesn't bother you mentality hasn't worked well.

 

[therealkoho]

What did ROR say?
I missed that part.

 

[francis246]

What did ROR say?
I missed that part.

Just said they didn’t make adjustments that would have helped them win, it was inferred he was talking about Keefe.

 

[Nylanderthal]

Check in on the JT contract for me.
I would suggest teams would not take him for free at 50% retained.

He’s a ppg 2 way c, Ror who’s half the player just got 4 x 4.5.
There were up to 5 other times willing to give him the same deal if it not more.
Flat cap absolutely ruined their roster building. Having the 5 guys locked up to 47m if a 95m cap isn’t anywhere nearly as dire as on a 83m cap.

 

[CelticDruid]

Thank you.

Just said they didn’t make adjustments that would have helped them win, it was inferred he was talking about Keefe.

Thanks.

That's an eye opener but I'm not surprised.

 

[saltming]

We need some character on this team .

And the report is he's good in the locker room

 

[AlienWorkShop]

Some exciting highlights from four years ago

 

[Da Mash]

Not thrilled with giving a 37 yr old a 3 yr contract to sit most of the season as he offers nothing except a fight or two. Will probably be a playoff scratch as he is such a liability playing the game of hockey.

We just crapped 1.35 mil a yr for 3 yrs for nothing

 

[ToDavid]

Bennett had 5 playoff goals in 4 series...hardly filling the net

Two more than Reaves has in his entire career.

 

[ToneDog]

ROR's brother Cal lives in Nashville and had we paid Luke that contract there would have been sweater burnings

Daren do the words fried onions mean anything to ya

Seriously you f***ing slow witted troll take your insider bulshit and stuff it


he's a music man, his brother Cal is also a music man and lives there

personally if I played in the league right now Nashville would be my first choice and see if I could get lessons from Tom Bukovac

So ROR chooses a team that is blowing it up over a SC contender. Does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling as a Leafs fan. Not a good look.

 

[Macman]

Check in on the JT contract for me.
I would suggest teams would not take him for free at 50% retained.

For an 80-point centre? Sure.