Perry

[DarkKnight]

I say do it if he signs for league minimum. Despite the last saga, his rep in the room is good and he makes our fourth line instantly better. Go for it, hopefully this is where he wants to land.

 

[Razz]

Perry of 3 to 5 yrs ago a is high priority ingredient for the Leafs. Good player that agitates the opposition, and he’s a winner.

Having said that, no way the Leafs would entertain bringing him in.

If Dubas was still the GM, I would agree, but Treliving I think has shown based on his signings so far to have a very different perspective.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Not gonna lie, Perry is a damn good fit for the Leafs. This team has a clear agenda for the playoffs and who better than Perry to re-shape the bottom 6 during the run? Perry, Bertuzzi, and Domi on the same team are pretty exciting.

You forgot the R Y A N R E A V E S W O W

 

[horner]

I say do it if he signs for league minimum. Despite the last saga, his rep in the room is good and he makes our fourth line instantly better. Go for it, hopefully this is where he wants to land.

He still has skill can play on the 3rd line if someone gets injured on the top 2 lines he can fill in .

16 gp 4 g 5 a 9 pts

 

[34]

He is going to Edmonton, Holland has proven to be the biggest garbage collector in the league.

 

[DarkKnight]

If Dubas was still the GM, I would agree, but Treliving I think has shown based on his signings so far to have a very different perspective.

He's already have been a Leaf if Dubas wasn't GM, he's wanted to come here before by all accounts.

 

[1specter]

He's already have been a Leaf if Dubas wasn't GM, he's wanted to come here before by all accounts.

If I'm not mistaken there was strong interest in 2020 but I think Perry was holding out hope for more money / bigger contract after his playoffs with Dallas, and we decided to just move on with Simmonds instead while Perry didn't sign until 2 weeks before the season started with the Habs. Oddly enough, Perry actually got waived to get sent down to the Taxi squad so that the Habs could be cap compliant, and nobody bothered to pick him up. As we know he had a solid season for them and performed well in the playoffs, going to the finals again that year. I do wish we had tried again in 2021, but with the Simmonds deal being 2 years it pretty much blocked us.

 

[The Management]

Is Colaiacovo connected? Haven't really kept up with the guy. Is it possible he's extrapolating the "mutual interest" thing from previous rumours?

 

[Notsince67]

If Dubas was still the GM, I would agree, but Treliving I think has shown based on his signings so far to have a very different perspective.

You raise a good point.
What would Dubas do?
He would pass.
That means we go get him.

 

[Enga Olly]

I'd like to get him just so no other Eastern Conference team can have him.

 

[DarkKnight]

I'd like to get him just so no other Eastern Conference team can have him.

You just know we won't get him and one of our foes does, he'll score in OT to knock us out. I mean, it's the Leafiest thing ever, it will happen.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

If it was Dubas who didn’t want Perry and not Shanahan then I think we’ve got a real shot here. Perry on the ice would add decent value but more importantly he’d be kept off our rivals in Florida and Boston which is equally if not more valuable than what he’d do here.

He won’t be able to get away with what he usually gets away with here but so long as he’s not getting away with murder against us that’s fine. And who knows maybe Perry’s veteran status and years of maturity will keep him from going over the line or getting called too much like with Bunting.

 

[Bellzy]

I’d rather have him than play against him. Imagine Florida got him, my god. No thanks. Get him! 1 year 750k baby

 

[crump]

There’s a lot of hate for this guy, accidental on purpose hits on Tavares, playoff rival, but I’d love to have his snarl on our side. We need that element. Someone with hockey sense but a POS.

 

[Fogelhund]

If it was Dubas who didn’t want Perry and not Shanahan then I think we’ve got a real shot here. Perry on the ice would add decent value but more importantly he’d be kept off our rivals in Florida and Boston which is equally if not more valuable than what he’d do here.

He won’t be able to get away with what he usually gets away with here but so long as he’s not getting away with murder against us that’s fine. And who knows maybe Perry’s veteran status and years of maturity will keep him from going over the line or getting called too much like with Bunting.

Also, he can probably provide some veteran leadership, who has won series and Cups. He plays tough, and knows what that's like.... The theory was, Reaves would provide that, but he's not been the leader, or winner that Perry has been. Perry would likely push our guys some, and probably would like to play near his hometown. It's something that makes sense.

 

[djdev]

another angle of this is, its like a ROR trade at the deadline without giving up assets, with our top players making so much of the cap, these types of signings become way more important for protecting draft capitol.

 

[Apex Predator]

Is Colaiacovo connected? Haven't really kept up with the guy. Is it possible he's extrapolating the "mutual interest" thing from previous rumours?

I could be wrong but I thought they were friends?

 

[Menzinger]

 

[AvroArrow]

A whiny bitch who's almost 40, why do we want this guy ?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

A whiny bitch who's almost 40, why do we want this guy ?

Because he adds value in the playoffs. Not hard to figure out….and if he doesn’t then he doesn’t play lol

 

[Nineteen67]

its all the off ice shit thats going on with him. That I mean by short leash. Anymore bullshit that comes up if hes here, whatever that is, hes gone. Well aware of what he can do on the ice.

I don’t know what he did. So I certainly don’t know if it’s bullshit or not.

 

[supermann_98]

A whiny bitch who's almost 40, why do we want this guy ?

Because if he goes to Boston or Florida he will destroy us in the playoffs like he always does

 

[Nineteen67]

If Dubas was still the GM, I would agree, but Treliving I think has shown based on his signings so far to have a very different perspective.

I would like to think he’d reach out to Perry and vet him and if he passes their evaluation he’d be a terrific add.

A whiny bitch who's almost 40, why do we want this guy ?

His resume.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Bottom 6 with Perry would be quite interesting.

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Have one line designed for offence and general assholery, and the other one for shutdown duties. Don’t think we’ve got the personnel as of now to actually pull this setup off, but finding a bottom six defence guy shouldn’t be too difficult or expensive at the deadline.

 

[Nineteen67]

Bottom 6 with Perry would be quite interesting.

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Have one line designed for offence and general assholery, and the other one for shutdown duties. Don’t think we’ve got the personnel as of now to actually pull this setup off, but finding a bottom six defence guy shouldn’t be too difficult or expensive at the deadline.

But, Robertson might be the odd man out if the acquired Perry.