Confirmed with Link: Philippe Myers Contract Extension || 2 years 850k AAV

[TMLAM34]

Awesome, I’ve liked him as our 6/7.

 

[cyris]

How is this a bad signing?

Who said it was?

 

[Ianturnedbull]

He is now in a brand-new category I invented: Cost Elite

Go Leafs Go

 

[ULF_55]

He is now in a brand-new category I invented: Cost Elite

Go Leafs Go

AKA Columbus Category.

 

[LeafSteel]

Happy with this deal.

I liked Myers when he was drafted by the Flyers, and looks like Leafs management likes him as well.

Think he has some untapped potential that hopefully puts him in as our 3RHD. Seems more defensively sound and physical than Timmins, without Timmins shooting and offense. Seems decent at moving the puck out and playing a simple game in his own end.

Does this mean he can go between the Leafs and Marlies without waivers?

 

[Roo]

makes sense for our #7 dman. He's been decent, and probably can improve a little.

 

[Fogelhund]

Happy with this deal.

I liked Myers when he was drafted by the Flyers, and looks like Leafs management likes him as well.

Think he has some untapped potential that hopefully puts him in as our 3RHD. Seems more defensively sound and physical than Timmins, without Timmins shooting and offense. Seems decent at moving the puck out and playing a simple game in his own end.

Does this mean he can go between the Leafs and Marlies without waivers?

no

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I'm happy with the signing... cheap depth, it works.

 

[ULF_55]

Happy with this deal.

I liked Myers when he was drafted by the Flyers, and looks like Leafs management likes him as well.

Think he has some untapped potential that hopefully puts him in as our 3RHD. Seems more defensively sound and physical than Timmins, without Timmins shooting and offense. Seems decent at moving the puck out and playing a simple game in his own end.

Does this mean he can go between the Leafs and Marlies without waivers?

No.

But a team has to cover an additional 2 years of contract now.

Toronto Maple Leafs | Salary cap and contracts

 

[DarkKnight]

I knew my Myers tattoo wasn't a mistake.

 

[Obo]

I knew my Myers tattoo wasn't a mistake.

I still say you shouldn't have put it on your face.

 

[Captain34]

I expect Benoit/Timmins to be shipped out for a forward and to be replaced by Rifai, who by all indications, is ready for a regular bottom-pairing role.

 

[ponder]

He’s a perfectly decent 7/8 D, I’m good with this. When you send a player to the AHL, the cap relief is up to the min NHL salary (currently 775K) + 375K. So players with a salary of $1.15 mil or less take up zero NHL cap when they’re in the AHL. Then when he’s in the NHL, his salary is barely over the min anyways.

Nothing wrong with this deal, and I’ve been happy with his play, for a 7/8 type D.

For teams that are very cost conscious, these types of deals don’t make sense, don’t want to commit the real dollars. But for teams like the Leafs, where this money is nothing and only the cap matters, these deals make perfect sense. They also dissuade the cost-conscious teams from grabbing Myers off waivers when we send him up/down.

 

[CelticDruid]

I'd rather have Myers than Reilly at this point.

 

[LeafSteel]

I expect Benoit/Timmins to be shipped out for a forward and to be replaced by Rifai, who by all indications, is ready for a regular bottom-pairing role.

I think it's Timmins that is sweating the most after this deal.

I think Timmins gets moved in a package. RHD and still room to grow, someone will find value.

Still love the idea of getting Connor Murphy from the Blackhawks, and sending Timmins as part of the package would have value to Chicago. Timmins has shown he can play minimum 3RHD.

 

[Gabriel426]

Who said it was?

I was being sarcastic

 

[sunstersun]

I'd rather have Myers than Reilly at this point.

Obviously. Rielly is playing like a 3.5mil player being generous. He's an outright negative asset.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Was this the contract loads of fans were pissing themselves over? Jeez.

 

[trellaine201]

Why the rush? These guys are easily available . Looks we just picked up Memis.

 

[cyris]

Why the rush? These guys are easily available . Looks we just picked up Memis.

Meh if you find one you like and he is willing to sign for near league minimum why not.

As some others have pointed out it also makes it much easier to get him through waivers later if you do make a trade for someone to play with Mo.

 

[Puckstuff]

Happy with this deal.

I liked Myers when he was drafted by the Flyers, and looks like Leafs management likes him as well.

Think he has some untapped potential that hopefully puts him in as our 3RHD. Seems more defensively sound and physical than Timmins, without Timmins shooting and offense. Seems decent at moving the puck out and playing a simple game in his own end.

Does this mean he can go between the Leafs and Marlies without waivers?

Definitely a better fit to play with Rielly then Timmins given he leans more defensive then offensive.

 

[CabanaBoy5]

No way to complain about this. He's paid appropriately for the role he fills. And I'm betting he wouldn't be a disaster if he had to take on more minutes for a stretch.

I agree. He hasn’t looked bad beside Rielly and he plays top 4 minutes.

 

[Maple Leaf]

I don't think think i have ever seen this guy play in my life but good depth signing

 

[Mr_Fun]

Good guy to have. He knows and fits into the system, albeit, in a diminished role. He can fit into the 3rd pairing without too much loss. I think the benefits of having this guy signed outweigh the benefits of leaving him open to waivers.

 

[Smif]

Surprised by how few PIMs he has career and especially for us. I like that he's not a liability that way.

 

[Folignos Helmet]

All good, classic leafs using cash to protect players from waiver claim type of move.

We now have 9 defencemen on NHL contracts next year plus Timmons as an RFA. 5 of those are about league minimum so not really an issue. Just interesting.