New GM, New Trades and Signings Thread

[Rude Dog]

you know your team is in trouble if Ryan Reaves is the only player signing right now.

And even then, they had to offer a 3 year to entice him. Takes him right to OAS.

 

[New User Name]

Becoming more and more clear that Canada is just not a desirable place to be right now

Hasn't been for a while. Kind of sad that a lot of Canadian players feel that way.

 

[myleafs]

Sarcasm right. It would be a tough team, but at least we’d get a top 15 draft pick

What? Removing Nylander and Brodie and adding Bertuzzi, Domi, Mayfield , Zadorov, and re-signing Acciari and you think we miss the playoffs?

 

[TimeZone]

Calling it now; we're going to sign Domi and call it a day.

The Hockey News will run a "Bash brothers" cover with Domi and Reeves back-to-back on it, spinning this like a good day.

I mean at this point, with what's left Domi would be one of the best possible outcomes.

Brad is currently on vacation getting day drunk celebrating the Ryan Reaves deal.

 

[Scion]

I think its more along the lines nobody has interest in working with this core.

Cant blame Treliving when nobody is interested in coming short of an overpayment.

When you’ve got a guy like ROR expressing himself the way he has, red flags can go up across the league.

Just my opinion tho.

I don't buy this at all. I also met ROR at the RBC Open that I recently volunteered at and he was very complimentary of the Leafs. People need to let the offseason play out before they complain that the sky is falling.

 

[al secord]

are you going to be spending your money on that league while also maintaining other daily/regular life expenses?

Yes

 

[CelticDruid]

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?

Winning one round in how many years?

If your happy with that then good for you!

One round participation trophies don't cut it for me.

Enjoy your day I know I will.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

I mean at this point, with what's left Domi would be one of the best possible outcomes.

Brad is currently on vacation getting day drunk celebrating the Ryan Reaves deal.

With imported Boston Pizza to go with it.

 

[keonsbitterness]

I'm waiting for Zeke to come back and say we aren't making the playoffs. And provide the stats

I remember when he had an argument with Dekes. That was when this site went to 11.

 

[Atomos2]

Leafs management looks incompetent

 

[myleafs]

I think Craig Button inherited Herb Tarlek's suits.

Showing our age with your comparison and me knowing exactly what you mean..

 

[MSZ]

Hasn't been for a while. Kind of sad that a lot of Canadian players feel that way.

I would do exactly the same if I'm a Canadian NHL player looking for a deal.

I live in Scarborough, if I sell my home and take that money to buy a house in Texas that would be twice as big.

 

[PromisedLand]

Becoming more and more clear that Canada is just not a desirable place to be right now

you don't say

if i had money; i'd leave too lol

 

[Leafy Undergrowth]

 

[McSnypsky]

wow bunting 3 x 4.5 :|

 

[htpwn]

Normally I would agree, but these contracts being given out today for forwards have been extremely cheap for the most part.

ROR 4.5, Pacioretty 2 mil, Duchene 3 mil, JVR 1 mil, Wheeler 800k.

Meanwhile we're giving Kampf 2.3 and signing 36 year old Ryan Reaves to 3 year contracts worth 1.3

As I said in the Reaves thread, I am trying not to get too worked up about a $1.3M deal, although 3 years is an absurd term.

But those are some really affordable contracts for top 9 forwards, even accounting for their aging curve.

Hopefully Treliving has something up his sleeve, because this is off-season is going bad, quick.

 

[al secord]

It's pretty obvious Matty Duche wasn't coming here. Family won't be uprooting with him in dallas

 

[Rude Dog]

anybody hear anything on Acciari?

Yeah. He agent is Lewis Gross.

 

[Menzinger]

Nick Bjugstad could be a sleeper pickup if he's cheap enough (which he should be).

Can play centre, and has that size/grit that Tre seems to be looking for in the bottom six

 

[Nylanderthal]

Winning one round in how many years?

If your happy with that then good for you!

One round participation trophies don't cut it for me.

Enjoy your day I know I will.

Nice straw man. I literally said right off the hop that the goal is to win.

 

[Rob Brown]

So wtf is our forward lineup right now?

Knies - Matthews - Marner
Jarnkrok - Tavares - Nylander
X - X - X
Lafferty - Kampf - Reaves

 

[LDN]

Announce Bert and Hathaway

 

[Budz]

Leafs management looks incompetent

This.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Saying Toronto isn't a desirable market is too much of a cop out and takes agency away from our shitty GM. Even as a worst case scenario, Toronto should be enticing players to build their value up in a big market with a chance to play with elite players. If we can't sign anyone other than Ryan Reaves, it's because our GM is incompetent

 

[Marshy]

So wtf is our forward lineup right now?

Knies - Matthews - Marner
Jarnkrok - Tavares - Nylander
X - X - X
Lafferty - Kampf - Reaves

Holmberg
McMann
Steeves
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