Dr Quincy
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Friedman: Nikita Zaitsev has requested a trade from Toronto
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Riellyfan04
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Dude whens the last offer sheet that happend? Stop bringing up these offer sheets they arent gonna happen. Jez
Jack Johnson got a 5 year deal for less money last season but he was 4 years older than Zaitzev is now. Erik Gudbranson will probably get 4-5 years this summer from some dumb GM.
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What if something Around Zaitsev and Marleau to the kings? Send the two contracts from Leafs to free up some money and maybe get a roster player/ prospect back
Yes and they are all bad contracts and their gms regret it. GMs won’t trade for bad contracts. They might sign ufa’s to bad contracts. But not trade for one.
Otherwise, can I interest you in Alzner, Lucic, Sekera, Manning etc?
For once, I agree with Babcock, especially when he almost implies it might be a scam.
Analytics are a crutch for people who can't appreciate what they're seeing.
Tripod
I hate this team
They can't with his example....which you know.
But a team like Philly could OS Marner at 11 million and Kapanen at 4 million and make the Leafs sweat in what to do. Imagine HF if something like ever happened. HF would crash for days.
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I just listened to Button say otherwise on TSN, T.O's media is either delusional or theyre being paid to pump Zaitsev's tires.
From what I've read, Leafs want to move him, don't want to be taking cap back, and actually want something of value for him.
Good luck with that.
Good luck with that.
Martin Skoula
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Or maybe people who get paid to know these things are orders of magnitude better informed than a random Habs fan is.
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Am I the only one amused that the entire Stanley Cup final thread is at like 2500 posts while a thread on Zaitsev is at 944 posts in 26 hours?
Kadri + Zaitsev for Brodie + Jankowski
Flames get a big upgrade down the middle, in exchange for taking on Zaitsev’s contract. Zaitsev isn’t great but he’s cost controlled and I wouldn’t be worried about a Valimaki/Zaitsev bottom pairing, what so ever.
Leafs get a big upgrade on the backend, save $2.67 million, this year, with the opportunity to erase the Zaitsev contract completely at the end of the season or resign Brodie.
Flames get a big upgrade down the middle, in exchange for taking on Zaitsev’s contract. Zaitsev isn’t great but he’s cost controlled and I wouldn’t be worried about a Valimaki/Zaitsev bottom pairing, what so ever.
Leafs get a big upgrade on the backend, save $2.67 million, this year, with the opportunity to erase the Zaitsev contract completely at the end of the season or resign Brodie.
If Zaitsev is flexible about where he will go it shouldn't be too hard to move his contract.
4.5M cap hit for 5 years but is owed an average of 3.9 per year in real dollars after collecting 3M signing bonus on July 1st.
That's Ian Cole, Gudbranson, Kulikov, De Haan UFA type money. All deals signed in recent off-seasons. All guys coming off bad seasons (similar to Zaitsev) when they signed those deals. Zaitsev also looked a lot better after switching to playing Muzzin instead of Gardiner which I bet intrigues some GM's.
The options for UFA Dmen is also brutal this off-season so I'd expect some GM to take a shot on him.
4.5M cap hit for 5 years but is owed an average of 3.9 per year in real dollars after collecting 3M signing bonus on July 1st.
That's Ian Cole, Gudbranson, Kulikov, De Haan UFA type money. All deals signed in recent off-seasons. All guys coming off bad seasons (similar to Zaitsev) when they signed those deals. Zaitsev also looked a lot better after switching to playing Muzzin instead of Gardiner which I bet intrigues some GM's.
The options for UFA Dmen is also brutal this off-season so I'd expect some GM to take a shot on him.
FlyingLeafus
But what about the playoffs?
A lot of people saying(hoping?) he has negative value/ no interest. I'm not convinced that's the case, but I guess we'll find out soon.
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There is a Stanley Cup? Who is in it? Growlers up 3-1 in the prestigious Kelly Cup Final though with a 4-2 win tonight over Toledo.
Gudbrandson has two years left and won't be getting anything this summer.
He's not eligible for a new contact until 2020.
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If a team was looking for a bottom pairing 4m dollar Dman, why wouldn't they just trade for one of the guys you mentioned, who are all better than Zaitsev and signed for significantly less term?
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