New GM, New Trades and Signings Thread

[notbias]

It must be so frustrating talking to everyone on the panel as Mike Johnson.. bunch of clowns. Reaves is going to create space for our stars?

 

[CelticDruid]

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

The foreign press don't have a lot of good things to say right now. Players are human they read the news.

 

[myleafs]

They didn't trade assets for an extension. They traded assets to win a round and hopefully the cup. At least they accomplished the first thing.

yea, if they win the cup of go deep nobody cares about the assets. If we didnt spend assets while taking a run at it people would have lost their shit.... and Im not a Dubas fan but I understand why he did what he did. Guess there could be an argument on the types of players he gave up assets for re foligno but this year it seemed like both sides of the Dubas debate agreed that the players brought in were the kind we needed and overall was a pretty good tdl for us?

 

[Nylanderthal]

I think there's a trade in works. Nylander gone for a dman and than sign Tarasanko and domi

Unless that d man is a retained karlsson then this is a brutal idea.
They need to score more from more parts of the line up.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

What a shitty free agency day so far.

its day one but yes its definitely boring for us

Our splash will be via the trade

 

[PromisedLand]

I do indeed and have in the past yes

fair enough. i won't be b/c i don't that kinda dough. i gotta choose between eating, housing and leafs or eating/housing/something else.

 

[Stephen]

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

Don’t think Ryan Reaves turned the tide on the reputation of Toronto or that Treliving drove the team into the ground in 30 days.

It just goes back to the core players sullying their own reputation with immature playoff efforts year over year and they’ve crossed over from the hot young team on the cusp to a team that isn’t that desirable to play for.

Why would John Q Free Agent want to join a playoff underachiever making team friendly money to support an elite group at the top. Get tarred and feathered out of Toronto?

 

[htpwn]

So Bunting gets about market value. Good for him to get his payday.

Even though it is one of the more pricey deals signed this off-season, I think it will work out for Carolina.

40-50P/15-G20G plus an effective pest game that he is actually free to play without the refs hounding him as they did here.

(Edit: To be clear, I wouldn't have signed him to that deal. I was thinking he needed to take the Kerfoot contract [$3.5M]) to stay in Toronto).

 

[LeafalCrusader]

So wtf is our forward lineup right now?

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

Knies Matthews Marner
Robertson Tavares Nylander
Jarnkrok Kampf Lafferty
McMann Holmberg Reaves

Pukes. Get to work Brad.

 

[myleafs]

Nope. I think it is more likely that Yzerman is not quite as bullet proof as most people act like he is.

Lets wait and see how he is used. I had no problem with Holl if were down the lineup but there seemed to be many nights that he was played as a top pairing dman.

 

[rojac]

Beyond that I don’t think it’s attractive to play with this core group anymore. Feels like the reputational damage they’ve wrought on the franchise with their play might be more real than sports radio chat and fan dissatisfaction.

Or maybe it's a fanbase with a history of scapegoating or turning on players? I'm not sure I'd want to play for this fanbase. But as usual, I could be wrong.

 

[mcleex]

Better not be bringing Kerfoot back

 

[Nylanderthal]

Yea, and he had to piss away a jabillion pucks to undo his FA mistakes.

He moved back 13 spots to dump mrazek & gave a 3rd to swap Ritchie for lyubushkin. Those are not steep prices

 

[Rob Brown]

Ya I'm not being serious. Just wanted to feel worse so I typed it all out.

Makes sense.

I just finished a round at Parry Sound, tried not to check my phone until I was done. Depressing seeing ROR and Schenn leave. Now just sitting on the porch with a drink watching this shit lol

 

[LDN]

Bertuzzi-Matthew’s-Marner
Tavares-Domi-Nylander
Knies-Holmberg-McMann
Lafferty-Kampf-Reaves

Would be pretty good

 

[New User Name]

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

I don't necessarily disagree but why would players come to Canada? Especially those that have families and lived in the US for a number of years.

Higher taxes, completely different educational system, prices much lower in the states, and far more choice. usually better weather and not getting bugged by fans off the ice. Just a few reasons, there's more.

 

[Cor]

I’m personally excited for the 4pm conference with Brad Treliving talking about Ryan Reaves

 

[Leaf Rocket]

I love Mike Johnson...my new mancrush.

 

[al secord]

I’m personally excited for the 4pm conference with Brad Treliving talking about Ryan Reaves

Should be epic

 

[Marshy]

Makes sense.

I just finished a round at Parry Sound, tried not to check my phone until I was done. Depressing seeing ROR and Schenn leave. Now just sitting on the porch with a drink watching this shit lol

That's a pro move. Cheers and Happy Canada Day.

 

[Nylanderthal]

Michael Bunting just got the bag after playing in that top 6

Pretty decent top 6 to blend into there in Carolina

 

[Martin Skoula]

If this core is so toxic that no one wants to come here why was no effort made to move them before their NMCs kicked in?

 

[McSnypsky]

Did New York have like no one signed? It seems like they have signed like 20 guys already!

 

[notbias]

Johnson is making Hayes look like an idiot... Hayes is asking Matthews to take less so they can sign 4th liners, that panel is full of idiots... somehow Button is the second most reasonable.

 

[Nylanderthal]

It must be so frustrating talking to everyone on the panel as Mike Johnson.. bunch of clowns. Reaves is going to create space for our stars?

Hayes is such a blowhard