kb
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For one year? Sure. But he's got 2 left and the Leafs need $$$ for the 2 raises the following season.
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Nick Kypreos: The Maple Leafs can create a bidding war for captain John Tavares. Here’s how and why they should do it
A willingness by Leafs to retain salary on a Tavares trade could easily put a dozen teams in a bidding war — and completely reconfigure their cap.
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As the July 1 date approaches, allowing players with one year remaining on their current contracts to sign extensions, there’s lots of talk this week that a Matthews one with the Maple Leafs will fall between $12.75 million and $13.5 million annually on a short-term deal, leaving money on the table to offer the club a better chance to win. It’s a far cry from his comment five years ago when discussing Brendan Shanahan’s remarks about the club’s leaders taking less to fit everyone in: “That’s why we have agents, right?” he said back then. As far a Nylander extension goes, the Leafs are taking the same approach the Los Angeles Kings did with Pierre-Luc Dubois, essentially “we can make this work but it has to be at this specific number.” Dubois took the $8.5 million a season on an extension that set off the sign-and-trade with Winnipeg …
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On no-movement clauses. They are pure evil in a salary-cap system. Good on players who get them included in their contracts but I’d never give them out if I ran a hockey club.
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Not a big fan of Smith. He was pretty invisible in the playoffs, not very physical, will get you 50 points, sure but Vegas seems to know what they're doing and they dumped him with no sentiment.
You could do worse, but hopefully we can do better.
kb
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It actually doesn't, as the only D they currently have signed beyond next season are Reilly, McCabe, and Timmins. And the D that are UFA/RFA account for a $7.2 million combined cap hit.
So unless the Leafs want to go back to the patchwork model for D, it doesn't work.
thusk
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If you resign kampf 2,5M, Acciari 2,5M ... etc... somewhere youre gonna miss money...
If you get reaves at league minimal or close vs acciari at 2,5M its not the same thing
It's very easy to say that when you aren't running a hockey club.
SprDaVE
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Ehhhh I don't know about that one. Will we? *looks at the list of UFAs* yeah, ok, maybe.
The Leafs currently have 48M of cap space this time next year. Even with the highest of salaries to Matthews and Nylander, they will have 25M. With a Smith 5M player, that's 20M left to replace Brodie and get whoever to bolster it back up. That's without even knowing the cap number, which could go up by 10M. We'll be ok lol People worry about the most absurd and far away things.
What are we supposed to do... only sign bargain bin players to 1 year contracts and hope it works? I don't know.
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I agree with that. But not sure they wont end up over paying older guys anyway in FA. That Kampf signing for 4 years at 2.5 surprised me. I guess its easy to underappreciate a guy you can trust in the d zone.
If Brad is re-committing to the core 4 (who possess very little jam), I would fill out the rest of my roster with guys who are tough to play against. Losing those guys while bringing back Kampf and maybe Kerfoot is the wrong direction. Would love Reeves but he would be a line killer if playing with skill guys. Look at what Simmonds brought.
If they go with Reeves they might as well bring in Hathaway as well. Have a "killer" fourth line that plays 5-8 mins a game but will bring fear to the other team, creating more space for our skilled guys. It would be nice to have a line which can change the energy of a game with a hit or a fight once again. Haven't had that since the Colton Orr days.
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Matthews at 12.6-13.5 for 4-5 years is a great deal. Would be ecstatic
Looking like we are likely to trade Nylander for a Dubois type return. This would give us cap space for some big addition to defense and bring in a lower caliber top 6 F
Looking like we are likely to trade Nylander for a Dubois type return. This would give us cap space for some big addition to defense and bring in a lower caliber top 6 F
Rob Brown
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So they have options to trade down but elected to pick Cowan.
Where do people see him ranked 23rd on Leafs' list?
How does he help from the pressbox? He's be as effective as Simmonds was last year.
Rob Brown
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A 13th forward won't be in the press box all 82 games. Plus he'd be around in practice, on the road etc.
thusk
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What acciari bring more than Kampf? Scoring ? No
It is better defensivly? No kampf is better
Acciari 3 year older
Hit category, its the only place acciari is better...
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We’ve already done this, a 13th forward tough guy does nothing
SprDaVE
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I find it hilarious that with everything happening, one of the headlines right now for the Leafs they plan on making a pitch to Ryan Reaves. That's a priority. Ryan Reaves. 36 year old 5 goal scorer Ryan Reaves. And people are happy with that.
We're heading down a path...
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Reaves won't be able to defend guys from the press box...like Gudas burying Kampf through the boards or Bennett manhandling Knies. It's on the pansies that play big minutes to stick up for each other, not simply laugh as opposing players emasculate them.
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Sure as hell would have been nice to have either a 3rd round pick to trade or the cap space to make that move….
SprDaVE
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2024 3rd rounder (which is what Pitts traded). We have 12M in cap space and a need for a top 6 player.
Here to help!
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Come on now with Dubas gone we’ll finally get those big changes everyone wanted.
There’s no way we’re just going to bring the core, coach, bottom 6 Cs back and tinker with a physical 13th forward and overpaying for a Zadorov or something. Brad Treliving is 100% in charge of the team with 0 interference and he clearly knows what’s best.
I think people heavily overrate this stuff. We have guys like Clifford and Clune who do the same thing.
Guys likw Spezza/Acciari/Schenn do the same thing. It's not lije our NHL guys don't work put at all and suddenly realize they have to if Reaves shows up.
Get me phyical guys that can play in the top 9, or play at least a #4D role.
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