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

[Mr_Fun]

Dash 4 and looks lost....perhaps we can drop him off in Sudbury and hope he uses the same skills he shows in our D zone. He will be lost forever

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[Mr_Fun]

I seriously have to question Trelivings decision making skills. What did he see over the last few seasons that motivated him to sign Klingberg for $4.15 million is beyond me.

I was thinking the same. I wonder if Tre caught Klingon on a good week when Calgary played Dallas and thought to himself "now there's a guy I would love on my team"?. I'm just not convinced the scouting department(s) talked him into this.

 

[horner]

If Toronto waives Klinkberg and he refuses to go to the Marlies , what happens. I can't see him wanting to play in the AHL.

 

[horner]

I thing treliving wanted Dumba but at that time his price was 5.5 mil then he shifted to Klinkberg.
By the time Dumba dropped his price the Leafs already signed Klingberg

 

[Stephen]

If Toronto waives Klinkberg and he refuses to go to the Marlies , what happens. I can't see him wanting to play in the AHL.

I wonder if it could get to a mutual termination of contract.

 

[DarkKnight]

This guy is worse than Jake Gardiner. I'm not joking.

Dude, that isn't remotely outrageous to say, Gardiner was waaaaayyyyy better than this guy.

I've seen enough. He's looked like this before, my hope was he rediscover his past Norris nominee game, but sadly he is as advertised. Cut bait, there is no way you win shit come playoff time with this guy in your top 6. Failed experiment, again I'm just thankful it's a one year f*** up contract. Just get on with it, Klingberg is a mess.

 

[ACC1224]

If Toronto waives Klinkberg and he refuses to go to the Marlies , what happens. I can't see him wanting to play in the AHL.

He would be suspended

I wonder if it could get to a mutual termination of contract.

If you were the player would you? That’s a lot of money to throw away.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

This guy is worse than Jake Gardiner. I'm not joking.

He's nowhere as good as Gardiner. Well maybe on par with game 7 Gardiner lol.

 

[Maple Leaf]

He's nowhere as good as Gardiner. Well maybe on par with game 7 Gardiner lol.

There were games were Gardiner was real gud

 

[horner]

I was thinking the same. I wonder if Tre caught Klingon on a good week when Calgary played Dallas and thought to himself "now there's a guy I would love on my team"?. I'm just not convinced the scouting department(s) talked him into this.

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He would be suspended


If you were the player would you? That’s a lot of money to throw away.

If he is suspended does his cap disappear
Or
Does he retires

He would be suspended


If you were the player would you? That’s a lot of money to throw away.

Did he get a signing bonus if so by the new year there maybe 1.5 mil left on the contract

Just looked at his contract a 2 mil signing bonus so by the new year he will have a 1 mil left on his contract.

He won't go to the AHL

 

[authentic]

It's based on reputation. Klingberg was once a very good dman and because he was a part of the Stars' run to the finals in 2019-20, he gets the benefit of the deep playoff run contract bonus.

How many times have you witnessed players that were role players on Cup winners or Cup finalists get a big payday and flop? Lets count them:

- Nazem Kadri - A player btw, that everyone on this subreddit said was better than Tavares because of ONE outlier season.
- Bryan Bickell - Member of the Cup winning Blackhawks dynasty, got his payday in Carolina.
- Dave Bolland - Received a 4x$5.5 deal from Florida with a no move clause
- James Neal - Made the finals with the Golden Knights and was rewarded with 5x$5.75 deal immediately afterwards

He was a minus player in that playoff run too

 

[notbias]

So happy that one of Klingberg/Reaves (hopefully both) will be sat most likely.

I assumed Treliving would not want Keefe to point out the horrible signings, but that is good, at least he isn't controlling in that aspect.

I still think Bertuzzi has some redeeming qualities, is a good player, and can turn it around, but can't see it with those two.

Hoping Holmberg is in for Reaves and McCabe is back and Klingberg sits.

 

[HellasLEAF]

I thing treliving wanted Dumba but at that time his price was 5.5 mil then he shifted to Klinkberg.
By the time Dumba dropped his price the Leafs already signed Klingberg

Been hearing a lot of chatter on this. The guy Dumba chose Arizona over Toronto Maple Leafs in the end. I'm not blaming Tre there - if he wanted to come here Leafs would have made it work or Dumba would have came down a bit if he ended up taking that from Phoenix. I don't think he wanted to 'really' sign here in the end - if he did and it sounds like the Leafs definitely wanted him I think he'd be here right now.

 

[Stephen]

If you were the player would you? That’s a lot of money to throw away.

Well, that's probably why he'd report to the Marlies, though a contract termination has occurred very recently, but I don't think it's going to work out for Filip Zadina.

It's official: Red Wings terminate former top prospect Filip Zadina's contract

Filip Zadina cleared unconditional waivers on Friday and will look for a new opportunity elsewhere as an unrestricted free agent.

www.detroitnews.com

 

[Carltons Cup]

Klitberg reminds me of the massive dump I had this morning.

You get up off the toilet and admire the turd for the first 3 seconds, then realize how gross and smelly it is and have to double flush it.

 

[Auston Escobar]

Definitely going through this mess on the weekend and quote tweeting all the supporters. I’m sure they would’ve loved Dubas signing a soft, slow, defensively inept #6 D for $4 mil.

 

[Stephen]

Definitely going through this mess on the weekend and quote tweeting all the supporters. I’m sure they would’ve loved Dubas signing a soft, slow, defensively inept #6 D for $4 mil.

We could have traded for Erik Karlsson with 3 more years after this one and ended up at the bottom of the Atlantic, so things could definitely be different.

 

[BallardEra]

If Reaves is really benched tomorrow, he should come out and hang out with Carlton the Bear. Shoot t-shirts and shit into the stands to hype up the crowd

 

[cyris]

If Reaves is really benched tomorrow, he should come out and hang out with Carlton the Bear. Shoot t-shirts and shit into the stands to hype up the crowd

He can be the in arena DJ. I hear that’s the one thing he is good at.

 

[BallardEra]

Klingberg was utterly getting destroyed today by the Toronto media. Some of the analytics stats pointed out had him like the worst defence man in the league so far this season.

They even mentioned that he's untradable at the moment and very close to being waived.

There is no way this guy lasts the season here in Toronto based on the vitriol coming from all angles.

 

[cyris]

Klingberg and Reeves were terrible signings. There is no way to really say it other than that.

But with the right team around him or even the right moves here it could have been made to work. But with this collection of players it was never going to work.
You can shelter or hide 1 or 2 poor defensive players on a good team with a good system if they can make up for it with other parts of their game.

But right now at least half our roster needs sheltering and you can’t make up for that with any system. No matter how good it is.
And these 2 definitely don’t do anything to make up for their deficiencies.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Klingberg was utterly getting destroyed today by the Toronto media. Some of the analytics stats pointed out had him like the worst defence man in the league so far this season.

They even mentioned that he's untradable at the moment and very close to being waived.

There is no way this guy lasts the season here in Toronto based on the vitriol coming from all angles.

Admittedly, I didn't mind the signing because we desperately needed more offense from the blue line. I've been critical of his defensive play dating back to the last DAL/CGY playoff series, but I thought maybe in a better defensive system, he wouldn't look as bad and the offense would make up for the deficiencies.

It doesn't even look like he is trying out there. Stands up straight, stick on the wrong side of the body, questionable decisions with the puck, not taking his man....and worst of all, providing nothing offensively to negate some of the above.

Hard to say if he can turn it around. Maybe in a lesser role once everyone is healthy, but might be too late by that point.

 

[stickty111]

Admittedly, I didn't mind the signing because we desperately needed more offense from the blue line. I've been critical of his defensive play dating back to the last DAL/CGY playoff series, but I thought maybe in a better defensive system, he wouldn't look as bad and the offense would make up for the deficiencies.

It doesn't even look like he is trying out there. Stands up straight, stick on the wrong side of the body, questionable decisions with the puck, not taking his man....and worst of all, providing nothing offensively to negate some of the above.

Hard to say if he can turn it around. Maybe in a lesser role once everyone is healthy, but might be too late by that point.

The issue is they wanted Gudas, and he is like the complete opposite of Klingberg. This seems like they ran out of options, and desperately signed anyone that was left.

 

[BigBlu]

I still really, really like this signing. Excellent at what he does.

really, really?

 

[AcerComputer]

He's nowhere as good as Gardiner. Well maybe on par with game 7 Gardiner lol.

You realize he was the only one backchecking on that play. Laughable how people blame Gardiner, while the rest of the team was out to lunch. Guy could skate like the wind, and his D partners would throw him the puck like a hot potato because he was the only one that could move the puck back there.