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

[Antropovsky]

I mean he has size but will he use it to actually defend? He's atrocious defensively..... he'll make Jake Gardiner look like prime Lidstrom.

All depends on cost. Rh shot, 30 years old, 6'3, can move the puck.

 

[justashadowof]

Klingberg is not comparable to Gustavsson gimme a break. He plays a lot of minutes and he's a RHD. He's not ideal, he's a bit soft, and more of a minutes eater who I would have expected to sign with a bottom feeder.

 

[Advanced stats]

Klingberg was traded at the deadline for a 4th.

And we just gave him 4 million dollars.

This Treliving guy is a superstar jeez

 

[NewEraGM]

So 6M in space left for Samsonov and depth signing. Guess this takes leads out of bertuzzi. Maybe Domi if he takes 3M

 

[Contenderorpretender]

Holl is better defensively

Another bad signing

If he fights and does face washes after the whistle he will be a fan favorite even tho he is a minus player

Holl can't handle a fckn puck. It's as if someone constantly threw a grenade at him. Just absolute panic.

 

[Rare Jewel]

Oh yea...trust me it can be

Just be glad it's a year.

Well, you hope for a Montour-like come back and put up with the bad if he produces offense.

 

[cyris]

So they wanted someone because they hoped he would improve enough to be worth getting?

Gotcha.

Yeah young player develop over time. Some get better, some don’t.
If you can sign someone like Comtois to a cheap contract you can bury there is no risk and some potential for a big reward.

It’s not a hard concept.

 

[PromisedLand]

Treliving better be planning on tanking for the next 2 years and drafting high as a retool

 

[socko]

Some time when the team is up against it, and the breaks are going against the boys, tell them to get out there and give it all they got, and win just one for the Klinger.

 

[Jozay]

1 year so they can bail half way through at least

 

[diceman934]

Klingberg can't hold Holl's jock defensively and Holl sucks.

So wrong. Holl can not skate and got walked so many times. King is a vastly supervisor skill wise and can skate.

 

[phillipmike]

I mean why not try and resign Gustafsson ? He's similar in style and didn't cost 4.25 million.

Left handed shot and really isn’t someone you can trust in your top 4. Been on 8 teams in 4 years so many teams think the same.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Might as well just spoon feed him top pp minutes and sell him at the deadline to recoup some picks. Team's going nowhere this year.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Well, you hope for a Montour-like come back and put up with the bad if he produces offense.

I will definitely hope for the best. Just want to see all the pieces from the trade so here's hoping.

 

[Advanced stats]

Left handed shot and really isn’t someone you can trust in your top 4. Been on 8 teams in 4 years so many teams think the same.

You trust Klingberg in your top 4?

 

[Da Mash]

Holl can't handle a fckn puck. It's as if someone constantly threw a grenade at him. Just absolute panic.

Wait to you see this guy

-78 the last 4 yrs and will cost double what hill cost us probably

 

[Advanced stats]

I actually feel bad for Klingberg, he's going to be absolutely roasted and whipped by the largest hockey fanbase in the world.

 

[eramosat]

I myself would have preferred a run at Gostisbehere, for about half the money. He's already learned his lessons, about just how far his offence can take him in the NHL, and has developed some defensive chops to go along with a pretty smart offensive sense.

But then again, I didn't know the Leafs were looking at this sort of dee-man.

Regardless...the play of the Top 5, plus their goalie, plus overall playoff demeanour will have much more impact next season. Klingberg is just a guy going along for the ride, not the driver by any stretch.

 

[RoadWarrior]

I actually feel bad for Klingberg, he's going to be absolutely roasted and whipped by the largest hockey fanbase in the world

Yup. That’s why he got the extra $2M .

 

[The Iceman]

$4.150,000
WAY TOO MUCH

WTF, get this GM out of here.

Heard a Mike Futa interview last year where he just slagged klingberg.
WE NEED HEAVY NOT SOFT.

 

[Dreakmur]

You trust Klingberg in your top 4?

The way Brodie played last year, Klingberg might be in our top-2….

 

[Da Mash]

FIGHT!?
Calm the f*** down, he doesn't even hit.

I was being sarcastic

 

[The Management]

Kilger? Oh man, I had no idea Chad was still playing hock...

Oh...

 

[cyris]

Well this fan base alway has to hate a Dman and with Holl gone I was wondering who the new guy was going to be. This signing may have answered that question

 

[All Mod Cons]

$4.25M one year. Thank god one yr. Leafs looking towards 2024/25 IMO. Signing short contracts this summer. Running it back

Yeah, i think they have resigned themselves to the fact nothing can be done until Tavares leaves.