Confirmed with Link: Leafs trade F Sam Lafferty to Vancouver for a 2024 5th

[Superstar]

WTF Treliving couldn't even get Pettersson for him!?

Fire his ass turkey dump style!

I was eyeing Quinn Hughes...huge fail on Tre's part...

 

[Gabriel426]

This is the first bad move Tre has made imo. Really good depth guy for playoffs. No chance Minten provides value come playoff time but Lafferty definitely could have. I would honestly rather have Lafferty than Jarnkrok come playoff time. Laffertys speed and physicality are really good assets and he actually has a bit of skill as well. I really dont get the move.

Considering that Lafferty didn't even crack the playoffs lineup last year as Keefe would rather go 11/7. Goes to show what Keefe thinks of Lafferty.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Sam has chucked 'em a few times over his career and once during his time here, compared to a lot of the bottom 6 talent we've had over the years he may as well have been Colton Orr. However he wasn't as physical as I'd have liked otherwise. He was closer to Blackwell than Acciari in terms of impact.

Agreed 100%. And Blackwell was useless as well. Acciari was a physical bottom 6 forward, Lafferty isn't IMO.

 

[Gabriel426]

I was eyeing Quinn Hughes...huge fail on Tre's part...

We all know Garland is the guy that all these Tre's sucks... want from the Nucks, as he is under 6'feet, skill with speed. lol.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I don't doubt that Lafferty would've eventually found a niche here if he'd remained, but it's not like we're losing a world-beater here. As far as our TDL acquisitions went last year he was the one with the least amount of impact. Gregor could fill Lafferty's role for cheaper and betting on Minten having an impact over Lafferty isn't all that ill-advised.

 

[justashadowof]

Why do I keep reading Lafferty is physical? He played 28 games here including playoffs and he never was physical in any noticeable way.

Only ZAR and Acciardi had a higher hits per 60 in the 2022-23 playoffs for Leafs forwards.

 

[1specter]

Why do I keep reading Lafferty is physical? He played 28 games here including playoffs and he never was physical in any noticeable way.

He definitely played with some jam, I'm not sure why everyone seems to be forgetting how he was legitimately one of our best players against Florida. Him and Kampf outperformed most of the big guns especially at 5v5.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Only ZAR and Acciardi had a higher hits per 60 in the 2022-23 playoffs for Leafs forwards.

I don't consider lightly bumping into a guy after he has already moved the puck hits, but for some reason the league does.

 

[Stringer Bell]

I don't consider lightly bumping into a guy after he has already moved the puck hits, but for some reason the league does.

Probably because it's more than a lot of the league does.

 

[justashadowof]

He definitely played with some jam, I'm not sure why everyone seems to be forgetting how he was legitimately one of our best players against Florida. Him and Kampf outperformed most of the big guns especially at 5v5.

He was one of the few forwards who didn't frustrate the hell out of me during that Florida series.

 

[Canucks LB]

How has he played for you guys?

 

[The Iceman]

But - but ... Ryan Reaves is loud and you know.. a locker room guy and all that.

Reaves will play a role. Just like he has done for the past 12+ seasons.
Pretty sure Treliving knows a thing or two about team building and this team was way too soft.

 

[Guided by Veseys]

How has he played for you guys?

He’s not a bad player at all. I think you will like him. Solid guy for 4th line. Nice wheels and some grit. Fair defensive acumen.

 

[The Iceman]

How has he played for you guys?

Solid size, top 15% of the league speed, but just meh production.
Always left you wanting more.

At the end of the day he is just a guy.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

How has he played for you guys?

He’s ideally a fast, defensively responsible 4th liner who can fill in on a 3rd line. Very average player, but has versatility to play anywhere in a bottom 6.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

Where has this myth of Lafferty being physical sprouted from? I watched him with my own eyes and that shit is a lie.

Did they even watch the playoffs? He was the definition of useless and insignificant.

 

[Rude Dog]

I liked Laff in a bottom 6 role. Wish him well in Vancouver.

 

[MilkofthePoppy]

I preferred Engvall over this guy.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Overpaid average 4th liner gets traded for a pick, hard not to like it. Dime a dozen player, who was invisible more often than not.

So in the end it was:

McCabe at 50% + 3 x 5th round picks

For

1st, 2nd + Gogolev + Anderson


Meh. Dubas gonna Dubas.

Lmao, that's a pretty solid trade.

 

[notbias]

Reaves will play a role. Just like he has done for the past 12+ seasons.
Pretty sure Treliving knows a thing or two about team building and this team was way too soft.

He knows as much or less than whatever you think our former GM knows... he's succeeded just as much... except it looks like the team he just left has their window closed thanks to him signing over-the-hill players.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Thankyou Dubas.

I don't see the issue with having extra picks.
It means you have extra picks to move at the deadline to strengthen the team

 

[Smif]

Trading a 20 goal scorer is generally a bad idea

Do you know how many 20 goal scorers we've moved out in the last 5 years?

Also, the plan would be to move out a no-show playoff performer and bulster the D to reduce the goals against by Jarnkrok's contributions.

Thankyou Dubas.

Might want to count the 2025 picks before you congratulate someone.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

Lafferty,

We hardly knew ye...

...and ye was not exactly...elite.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

He definitely played with some jam, I'm not sure why everyone seems to be forgetting how he was legitimately one of our best players against Florida. Him and Kampf outperformed most of the big guns especially at 5v5.

With all due respect, wouldn't the return for him be a lot greater than a 5th round pick?

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

The next Leafs Report Podcast is going to be filled with tons of salt. Jonas was already in histrionics about Reaves' contract before this deal, and his latest article lamenting this trade brings him up early and often.