New GM, New Trades and Signings Thread

[Stephen]

I was visibly frustrated with him throwing blind pizzas to the Panthers repeatedly.

When he threw that center piece pizza up the middle late in the third or in OT vs Florida, I was joking that was when he had fully bought into the team concept… certainly was a sentimental favourite for a time but if he’d rather be in Nashville you gotta just turn the page.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Duchene is not the most veteran savvy, good in the room dudes by reputation.

Do we care? It’s always toughness, intangibles, and defence whenever we go shopping in free agency or trades, can the motherf***er score or not? Leafs had their best setup in terms of leadership this past run and it resulted in a 5 game round 2 exit that saw us score two goals in our last 7 games.

 

[GoodNewfieBoy]

I thought brown would get 2 x 2

 

[Marshy]

Ah, well in that case f*** him then

In protest...I am personally banishing ending every 2nd sentence with "...and such."

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Connor Brown 1 yr 4 mil with Edmonton

that's big, even for 1 year

 

[CapspaceKiller]

Brown for 4mil...hmm, could go either way

 

[CelticDruid]

Perhaps this is message to the previous GM strategy and 4 forwards making 1/2 the cap and that doesn't leave much room for depth and 2nd scoring.

ROR was clinical of both coach Keefe and some of Leafs star players in the 2nd round.

ROR a Conn Smythe winner looked at Leafs setup currently and thought leaving was better in his long-term interest.

Something stinks that for sure.

 

[MSZ]

Reimer 1 yr 1.5 mil with Detroit

 

[Stephen]

Do we care? It’s always toughness, intangibles, and defence whenever we go shopping in free agency or trades, can the motherf***er score or not? Leafs had their best setup in terms of leadership this past run and it resulted in a 5 game round 2 exit that saw us score two goals in our last 7 games.

I mean, getting the Tyson Barrie equivalent of a forward will get you some offense but I guarantee you’ll hate him for other reasons.

 

[taurine330]

 

[Dreakmur]

yes, Trotz was better at selling Nashville than Treliving was at selling Toronto. It's really that simple.

Salesmanship can only make so much impact. O’Reilly was just in this team, so he knows exactly what he’s walking away from.

 

[JKG33]

Is Duchene that bad in locker room? His numbers looks alright
I havent' seen him play at all this year

Colorado was better off after him. Ottawa was better off before him. Columbus was better off before him. Now a guy like Trotz wants to pay him to leave despite him putting up points. I wouldn't trust a player with that kind of track record despite his performance

 

[SprDaVE]

ultimately we were too slow with ROR and JT. We need to inject speed back into our group

Yep. Really need to find options that gives us better forechecking, speed and quality in the top 9.

Reaves is a bad start to that philosophy but we'll see what else happens. Options are dwindling.

 

[fahad203]

Nah, it was a good gamble. I said when he signed that he could be what Gary Roberts used to be, and he was damn good until he got hit with a puck and broke his hand.

With all do respect, even when Simmonds was fully healthy he was never goign to be what Gary Roberts used to be
Hands he broke, legs he didn't. He was always slow to begin with

He's been in decline for about 8 years now. Anways, he's done as a leafs. Lets move on to Reaves

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Buds17]

Connor Brown 1x 4 m to Edm

Heavy on the bonuses!

 

[New Liskeard]

He has 142 points in his last 149 games. I would easily go over 5 for him.

Nashville is paying him to not play for their team due to cultural issue. They sign high character guy in Schenn and Orielly, yet Leaf fans want to sign a player who has a history of having issues in the locker room. Would not take him for free. Big mistake signing if it happens,

 

[Commander Clueless]

Salesmanship can only make so much impact. O’Reilly was just in this team, so he knows exactly what he’s walking away from.

We all saw it.

Hard to blame him honestly.

 

[4thline]

I get wanting to carry a tougher presence, someone that plays physical on the forecheck, can fight, and is a veteran presence in the room, that has playoff experience. Ideally this player doesn't make much, so that we can carry a 23 man roster, have them as part of rotation. I wonder where we could find such a player

 

[Apex Predator]

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Bruins did this with Bergeron ?

 

[JKG33]

Do we care? It’s always toughness, intangibles, and defence whenever we go shopping in free agency or trades, can the motherf***er score or not? Leafs had their best setup in terms of leadership this past run and it resulted in a 5 game round 2 exit that saw us score two goals in our last 7 games.

Exactly, it doesn't matter what you surround this core with they've proven they won't win

 

[Menzinger]

Lucic to Boston finalized. Probably the worst kept secret out there

 

[leafan11]

That makes zero sense.

I’ve mentioned it a few times but both Kyper and CJ said he wasn’t crazy about his time with the Leafs.

 

[fahad203]

I thought brown would get 2 x 2

Play with McDavid. Get 20 goals. Get 3.75 in bonsus
Sign 4 year deal at 3 Million per next year

 

[MSZ]