New GM, New Trades and Signings Thread

[TheBeastCoast]

Man we are getting torn apart today. Going to be a painful season.

 

[MSZ]

Duchene for 3M 1 year in Dallas, we couldn’t do this ??

To be fair Dallas has shown they're much closer to the cup than this team ever was.

 

[ChuckWoods]

Duchene for 3M 1 year in Dallas, we couldn’t do this ??

Takes two interested parties.

 

[Cleetus]

Where you see that? Twitter is down

Dreger mentioned it on Twitter mines still working for now lol

 

[CelticDruid]

You're fine, don't worry.

Thanks.

Ha ha.

 

[Marshy]

We can't and we didn't.

 

[keonsbitterness]

So on one side we have random internet posters and on the other actual nhl GM’s one of whom is a 3x cup/Olympic gold winner that is the architect of the most dominant team of this era. I guess y’all know better eh?

Maybe he wouldn't have been so vilified if they played him primarily as a 3rd pair.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The PWHPA: Okay NHL be our daddies now.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Duchene gone

 

[al secord]

We missed out on Duchene. Shits getting real now.

 

[KaN19]

Toronto is closer to Winnipeg in terms of desirability for free agents than it is to Florida or Dallas.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Takes two interested parties.

I don’t know what interests Treliving lol

 

[Mitch nylander]

So many great deals we could have had. Man treliving better have some ideas to address our forward core losses.

 

[Nylanderthal]

First round champions
Awesome

This is a miserable way to determine value on things. Obviously the goal is to win, but only 1 team wins each year. So there’s 31 other organizations that are losers and have nothing positive to take from the previous seasons?

 

[Dion TheFluff]

Duchene for 3M 1 year in Dallas, we couldn’t do this ??

Players probably don't wanna come play for this losing culture.

 

[TimeZone]

What on earth does our forward group even look like at this point?

Are we just going to run a team full of fourth line NHL/AHL tweeners alongside the same loser core and hope for the best?

 

[al secord]

Of course she's from Burlington

 

[Rob Brown]

So basically we have like...Acciari, Killorn, Bertuzzi left? lol

 

[Budz]

Our lack of any sort of plan, is super obvious.

We have greedy players angling and holding us hostage to get every buck - while real teams are adding quality players and growing their team.

 

[leafan11]

This women’s league is going to fail .

 

[Kelly]

Duchene for 3M 1 year in Dallas, we couldn’t do this ??

Takes two to tango, but yeah... That sucks.

Suspect how little has been done, praying Trev is working on something big

 

[The Management]

Duchene to Dallas, Carolina loading up, hopefully that makes some of the other big names more available. Might also be why things have been quiet on Toronto's front as they work on a couple of the more sought after candidates, i.e., Bertuzzi?

 

[Mess]

Feels like Toronto isn't a preferred destination for free agents to come to or stay.

Because of Leafs cap management strategies of top heavy spending on 4 forwards it becomes a Haves and Have Nots society.

Toronto simply becomes a short-term opportunity for players among the annual reshuffling of deck chairs of depth players that come in to help bump their next contract potential earnings and Leafs can't afford to keep them anyways. Its a constant musical chairs of bottom 6 and depth players where the core has proven time and time again they can't win and carry a team in the playoffs.

After the Leafs top 4 forwards their 5th highest paid forward is Kampf at $2.4 mil and he is considered overpaid to stay, and everyone from that done needs to be priced below them as dumpster diving and finding value in bargan bins to round out the roster.

 

[Kurtz]

Everyone’s favourite executive Stevie Y just gave Justin Holl $10m over 3 years ( 3 x 3.4) can we all admit now that he WAS a reliable piece of the puzzle now?

I think it's more of a reflection of how much easier it is to GM in tax free sunshine state than in Detroit.

 

[MSZ]

Toronto is closer to Winnipeg in terms of desirability for free agents than it is to Florida or Dallas.

Yep, that's why they will overpay Matthews and Nylander.