Out of Town Thread - New Year's Edition!

[salbutera]

Dubas finally going to work. The thing is....will it be enough. He should have done that when the East was more takeable.

The East will be a last man standing war of attrition playoffs, all the playoff GMs recognize the West is there for the taking these playoffs.

I’m expecting another big move or two from the silent players: Det, Sens, Buf maybe even Caps

 

[Ezpz]

The leafs moves aren't all that impressive to be honest. Tampa will still beat them first round.

 

[Nashy]

All these crazy trades....it almost feels like Playstation.

 

[Wats]

All these crazy trades....it almost feels like Playstation.

So much for hard salary cap stopping trades. I'd argue this has been more active than NBA this year.

 

[donghabs98]

All these crazy trades....it almost feels like Playstation.

Somewhere Bergevin is in total disbelief at this notion of multiple trades

 

[ZUKI]

this one is a ????

 

[donghabs98]

The return of Luke Schenn.

Bust out your Leafs Schenn jerseys ladies and gentlemen, its relevant again!

 

[Nashy]

this one is a ????

Dubas recouping a 1st for another deal is the general consensus....if he's going down, he's going down swinging.

 

[WinterLion]

Bust out your Leafs Schenn jerseys ladies and gentlemen, its relevant again!

He's still got potential right??

 

[donghabs98]

He's still got potential right??

#1 franchise defenseman potential! According to HF dated 2009

 

[the valiant effort]

Somewhere Bergevin is in total disbelief at this notion of multiple trades

Blake is in the war room explaining to Bergevin the concepts of conference calling and text messaging

 

[donghabs98]

Blake is in the war room explaining to Bergevin the concepts of conference calling and text messaging

Bergevin "Wait, we dont send trade offers via fax anymore"

 

[salbutera]

Blake is in the war room explaining to Bergevin the concepts of conference calling and text messaging

Kings, Canes, Buf, Avs are playing this properly, deadline is for fine tuning at good prices not outrageous offers

 

[donghabs98]

Pretty Garbage return for Kaner honestly lol
Cracks me up how other teams can help like that

Whatever, as long as the Rags can keep the Leafs from the Cup, im ecstatic

I think the Hawks were handicap in the sense Kane seemed to only want to go to New York. Rangers are pretty lucky, they got Kane and Tarasenko for cheap by getting a team in New York City. Obviously being competitive is a factor too but big name guys seem to wanna go there.

 

[ReHabs]

I think the Hawks were handicap in the sense Kane seemed to only want to go to New York. Rangers are pretty lucky, they got Kane and Tarasenko for cheap by getting a team in New York City. Obviously being competitive is a factor too but big name guys seem to wanna go there.

Honestly, I love it.

I also love that they’re not dominant. It’s perfect.

Montreal would be a better destination and draw too if the organization wasn’t perpetually stuck in 1987.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Dubas moved his calculator and found his balls, good for him.

 

[Andrei79]

this one is a ????

Remember how valuable Sandin was ? The Leafs have been drafting like garbage since 2017.

 

[ReHabs]

Dubas is making incremental improvements to his roster other than the ROR acquisition which should, ideally, be a big defensive upgrade. Deep depth.

If they acquire another actual star somehow - any position - it’ll be a terrific haul for the playoffs.

Kudos to Dubas for going for it. Too many GMs sit on their hands and refuse to “mortgage the future” while they dither and waste season after season of their star players’ primes.

 

[HabsCowboysOwn]

Rangers will be ridiculous to watch with all that talent and I've always liked the players they added, might have to jump on their bandwagon in the East this year.

Not a team I'd normally cheer for but I'd rather see them go to the SCF and potentially win than Boston, Toronto, Carolina or TB (hate them all). Devils I wouldn't mind either, too bad they'll likely play each other round 1.

 

[donghabs98]

Dubas is making incremental improvements to his roster other than the ROR acquisition which should, ideally, be a big defensive upgrade. Deep depth.

If they acquire another actual star somehow - any position - it’ll be a terrific haul for the playoffs.

Kudos to Dubas for going for it. Too many GMs sit on their hands and refuse to “mortgage the future” while they dither and waste season after season of their star players’ primes.

To be fair, he doesnt have much of a choice. Hes locked into a 1st tound playoff series against Tampa and his contract is up. He's gotta go all in here. Props to him for doing it even if it should have been earlier. Bergevin should have done this while Price was in his prime.

 

[Canadienna]

It's crazy that this is how Kane went out

 

[the valiant effort]

How many names in and out for the Leafs over the past couple weeks? They will be an actual disaster against Tampa, one year after they should have won the damn series in 5, 6 tops.

 

[Miller Time]

i hope, of course, that the Laffs implode and lose in round 1 again...

But habs bias aside, hard not to love what Dubas has done this deadline.
ROR, Lafferty, McCabe & Schenn are very good playoff focused additions, especially to a team bursting with offensive studs but lacking in some grit and effective role players.

Plus he added a 1st that could easily end up a lottery pick. Shit, can you imagine the implosion around here is the Leafs end up picking higher than us in the first round this year


I'd imagine that Laffs fans are pretty stoked right now. hopefully it just means an even bigger fall come late-april lol

 

[George Lebay]

Analysts working on the NHL trade deadline show on TSN right now

 

[HuGort]

Cats up 4-0 on Tampa. Bolts definitely not same team this year. Lost their edge or something.

Watching the game, Eric Staal scored his 12th. I thought his career was finished couple of years ago. Good find for Florida. He's playing good game