The Tavares trade pushed Kadri down to the #3 spot and 17 goals, which was predictable for the available minutes and wingers. $4.5M is too much for a #3c. Colorado retained 50% on Barrie and Kerf was making $925k so the Leafs saved about $800k. That was the only way they could afford to fill two lineup spots and why there was only two dance partners for a Kadri deal.
We signed kerfoot to a 3.5million contract before he even played a game for the leafs. This trade happened in the off season. Kerfoot was an unsigned rfa
We are probably in the "Goals are more important unless we didn't score them" phase of defending our group of winners. I wouldn't be thrilled that Jack didn't score but at least wasn't MIA like our 3 wonder kids. If the roles were reversed they would be saying how a point is just as good as a goal because it led to one. There is no point in arguing sometimes.
Hated that deal instantly
Barrie was a mess.. he was a mess before his breakout he was a mess before the trade he was a mess after and he is still a mess
That type of player was the furthest from what was needed to supplement the roster, it was a stupid flashy trade that was either rusbed or severely misjudge
Comparing Bertuzzi to Murray is crazy. Bertuzzi was a legit 30-30 top line forward just a year ago, and was healthy in the playoffs for Boston and was terrific. He's also only signed for one year and was the most desirable forward on the free agent market.
If he had kept Hyman the bottom six and D would have suffered even more. Thd unnecessary Tavares and his overpayment were he trigger for the bulk of our problems.
I'm not sure that spending almost $30M on 3 centers (especially back in 2018) represents 'flexibility', particularly when it handicaps other positions.
Rantenen, point, Tkachuk. Two of those dudes signed bridges and still make less than him. Can't believe there's still people to this day defending good ol Mitch Marner and his contract lmao.
They signed after mitch and we'll below his performance. He would always be the high level mark. You don't cite comparables from the future. Nobody does.
I never did like Dubas, he always gave the impression that he knew more than everyone else. However, we all need to remember that Shanahan was going to bring him back! So I believe Shanny is the one ultimately responsible for this mess. Can he change, it appears so with Nylander. But I’m also betting that Matthews and Marner will receive nice raises (no hometown discount at all, even though they “love playing here” and “want to stay”). No wonder they want to play here. SMH!!!
No, that's not true. Barrie has fallen off over the past few years, and he always had weaknesses, but he was also a good player.
We had just got finished losing a playoff series because Boston repeatedly targeted the right side of our defense and trapped us in, because nobody on the right side could move a puck. We were losing an offensive defenseman in Gardiner. People here were demanding a shot from the point for the PP. We were in a tight cap squeeze and needed a top-4 defenseman for cheap. And Kadri had hit like strike 15 and the consensus around here was that he had to go. There were some other types of defensemen that people wanted too (which we tried to get and then did get a year later in Brodie and Bogosian), but the idea that Barrie wasn't viewed as a piece that filled holes is just revisionist history. It was widely viewed as a win at the time by even the harshest critics.
I'm not sure what you think a highlight package proves. That video is what our guys do.
That wasn't my criteria. The only one who decided to cherry pick out a 5 game sample that most benefitted Eichel and least benefitted our players while ignoring all of the context of the series and production was you, all on your own.
