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Confirmed with Link: Leafs sign RHD John Klingberg (1 year, $4.15M) | UPD 11/23: LTIR

Dekes For Days said:
Do you think the only subtractions from last year are Kerfoot and Holl? Might want to take another look.
Despite your attempts to downplay them, Kerfoot and Holl were also good middle-tier players, and losing them isn't as far off a Kadri as you'd like to pretend.
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Well, Kerfoot and Holl combine to make $5.5 million so that pays for Klingberg’s $4.15 million with room to spare. Pretty straight forward unless you wanted to make bigger deal if it.

Actually it doesn’t even need to be Kerfoot and Holl. It’s like Kerfoot and Simmonds.
 
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Wish we used the cap space on forwards. Don't get what the plan is but we should be all over Bertuzzi.
 
Eternal Leaf said:
Ridiculous AAV even on a one-year deal.

I don't have much faith in Treliving now. He's going to run this straight into the ground. :laugh:
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It's like he's been dropped into his chair with zero context... hnow mcu do players make in this league???
 
Nineteen67 said:
The team was so poorly constructed that in the playoffs, not an exhibition game, but in the playoffs, they didn’t know their line combos. Trial and error in the playoffs. 11-7
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Yeah, it's not like multi-time cup winners go 11-7 or anything. Oh wait.
 
Shooter2x said:
How many playoff games were lost watching Brodie and Gio shoot the puck into shin pads?

If Aki Klingberg can get the puck on net this team has become exponentially better over night.
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Yeah who knows how it will turn out but now we have a point shot and a puck distributor from the point as another option.
 
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Future said:
If he plays on PP1, I wouldn’t be surprised if he potted 70 points. He’s that talented.

People comparing him to Gus and Barrie have no idea.

Mark my words, he’ll be a key player for this team.
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There’s always a chance he could be bad like Barrie, but if he just gave us half hearted, inconsistent defense a la Holl but actually brought the offensive stuff properly that Holl tried to do, we’d come out ahead.

If he split PP1 duties with Rielly or sometimes we just went 2D on the PP it would be fine too. Just different looks. Also, as a puck transporter you might be able to have him bring up the rear if they continue with the drop pass party and he would be able to enter the zone clean for you.
 
Nylanderthal said:
The D that has been in and around top 5-7 in pretty much every measurable metric that isolates skater impact for the last 3+ seasons? Are we still unable to see that this team's issues is crunch time scoring ability and not that theres a lack of knuckle draggers on the blue line?
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You dont play d at 2 and offensive at 3

If you foward are bad defensivly, you will struggle defensivly whatever if youre having a good D or not. # Edmonton oilers

If your D suck offensivly, that will affect your offensive. # leafs


Martin Skoula said:
How does Klingberg help our transition game? He’s good from the point, that doesn’t mean he’s good from behind his goal line.
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Klinberg is pretty good with puck to carry it, good passing game, great shot...

His defensive game is an issu but playing in a 3rd pair to minimiE klindberg drfensive issue with a guy like giodarno, thats can work
 
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Stephen said:
Well, Kerfoot and Holl combine to make $5.5 million so that pays for Klingberg’s $4.15 million with room to spare. Pretty straight forward unless you wanted to make bigger deal if it.

Actually it doesn’t even need to be Kerfoot and Holl. It’s like Kerfoot and Simmonds.
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How much is ROR and Acciari making? How much are Kling, Reeves and Kampf making?
 
Stephen said:
Well, Kerfoot and Holl combine to make $5.5 million so that pays for Klingberg’s $4.15 million with room to spare. Pretty straight forward unless you wanted to make bigger deal if it.
Actually it doesn’t even need to be Kerfoot and Holl. It’s like Kerfoot and Simmonds.
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You're cherry picking out what you believe to be the worst value pieces we previously had, to make a bad signing look better, but even Kerfoot+Holl for 5.5m is better value than Klingberg for 4.15m, so you're really achieving the opposite, before even getting into even better value pieces we're losing that you conveniently left out like Bunting or some of our deadline additions.
 
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thusk said:
You dont play d at 2 and offensive at 3

If you foward are bad defensivly, you will struggle defensivly whatever if youre having a good D or not. # Edmonton oilers

If your D suck offensivly, that will affect your offensive. # leafs



Klinberg is pretty good with puck to carry it, good passing game, great shot...

His defensive game is an issu but playing in a 3rd pair to minimiE klindberg drfensive issue with a guy like giodarno, thats can work
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Klingberg’s career average time on ice is almost 23 minutes a night. He’s not playing with Giordano on a sheltered third pairing.

Also hopefully Giordano retires or is a #7.
 
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An offensive D was a big need for us and Klingberg can absolutely bring the offense. I’m a bit skeptical of the AAV, but it’s hard to get upset about a one year deal. We still need a Muzzin replacement and forward depth, which we can’t really afford. We shall see.
 
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Gabriel426 said:
How much is ROR and Acciari making? How much are Kling, Reeves and Kampf making?
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ROR walked away from a Toronto offer that was similar to Nashville's, so how could he be counted?

Reaves is not the best at over a million. Kampf is probably overpaid by $500K and a year too long.

But while we're counting our last $500K in cap space we also have a $4.7 million goalie, vanity bet gone wrong.
 
I honestly like this signing a lot more than most people. This team needs more skating and more skill from the backend. He brings that to the 2nd/3rd pairing.

I never expected him to be a target but it makes sense. For 1 year, this is a very good move to give us more puck movement.

There's a lot of upside to Klingberg bouncing back. He wouldn't be the first player in the NHL to do so.
 
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the stats for defence are pretty bad. Websites try to make them sound more important by calling them "metrics" but they are still completely full of holes. And the offensie ones are just as bad they don't even bother to watch if a shot was actually a scoring chance they just list it as one if it was shot from a certain part of the ice. It's pure silliness. All the current "metrics" will go in the dust bin once actual useful stats come out. Any day now.
 
Dekes For Days said:
You're cherry picking out what you believe to be the worst value pieces we previously had, to make a bad signing look better, but even Kerfoot+Holl for 5.5m is better value than Klingberg for 4.15m, so you're really achieving the opposite, before even getting into even better value pieces we're losing that you conveniently left out like Bunting or some of our deadline additions.
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Feel free to name the player we walked away from today who was better than 2018 Nazem Kadri so we could make John Klingberg happen.
 
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Stephen said:
Feel free to name the player we walked away from today who was better than 2018 Nazem Kadri so we could make John Klingberg happen.
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ROR for pennies more than Kling is an easy one that was better than the declining 3C Kadri was here.
 
SprDaVE said:
I honestly like this signing a lot more than most people. This team needs more skating and more skill from the backend. He brings that to the 2nd/3rd pairing.

I never expected him to be a target but it makes sense. For 1 year, this is a very good move to give us more puck movement.

There's a lot of upside to Klingberg bouncing back. He wouldn't be the first player in the NHL to do so.
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I'm more and more positive about it too. A rangy, prime aged defenseman who used to be on the cusp of elite on a one year deal who can QB the transition, walk the line and has a wrist and slap shot arsenal. I think about the poor plumbing on PP1 and this is a new look. Also, had a huge run in 2020 in the playoff bubble finals run with Dallas scoring over 20 points and logging 23 plus minutes.

His defense could be an adventure, we have no idea how it will work out but he's a new look for this team. The downside is always there, but the AAV, term and upside is pretty interesting.
 
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