Rate Brad Treliving's TDL

[SprDaVE]

Whelmed. Nothing absurd. I hope the concept of adding a couple ogres and a decent fast energy player works out this time around

 

[thewave]

I don't know how anyone could like his deadline. If you think the team is too far away from being able to compete and too short on future assets, he should have sold some players off rather than jettison even more picks away. If you think the team should be trying to compete given they only have Matthews for a few more years, he did pretty much nothing to make the team better today. It's okay to admit he's been a bad GM so far, we've certainly seen our share of bad GMs

He surrounded our stars with some grit and just said. No excuses to them. Its not like our stars are leaving cap on the table for him to get better players.

Good for Tre. If Marner and JT fall flat I am guessing he will hit the brakes on Mitch Gretzky's inevitable 13m ask.

 

[Sypher04]

He didn't do great, but didn't do terrible. There was no point to sell the farm when we are most likely not beating Boston/Florida. Sadly that the way it looks...

But when you see Dumba + Zadorov cost less then Lybushkin + Edmundson (I think) you can't be too happy.

There is nothing stopping us from being able to beat Boston. I don’t understand the defeatist attitude people keep going with. I understand this week was suboptimal, but regular season series hasn’t generally been a great barometer of playoffs and even if it was we were only beaten in regulation 2 out of the 4 times. The Bruins are probably favoured but not by a significant margin. The leafs will have to play their A game, I’d expect no less to advance, but we are fully capable. It’s gonna be a war, those two losses this week sting because having home ice for a potential game 7 would have been nice.

 

[TakeTheBody]

I gave Brad the grade of A at the deadline. He dipped his toe in the water. Got band-aids for gaping wounds. Kept our prospects and the number one pick. I'm glad he didn't over spend. It's not happening this year for the Leafs, they went all in last season. Actually won a round.

I would give Brad the grade of C in his free agent signings. The team isn't cohesive. Defense regressed, PK sucks. Change the coach.

 

[Menzinger]

An issue of course is this team's chances of a cup are likely going to come first or foremost through Matthews,.who is currently having a career year. This is the biggest reason why I had a hard time evaluating the TDL

It's going to be very interesting to look back at to see if the right call was made.

Either it was smart to preserve assets for future run, or we just had a massive missed opportunity with our 1C he playing the way he is. The best case scenario is the Leafs go on the playoff run we've been looking for while keeping those assets

 

[Eternal Leaf]

I'm glad he didn't further mortgage the future but the Edmundson deal was unnecessary after Boosh was onboard.

He wasted picks there.

 

[Sypher04]

I don't know how anyone could like his deadline. If you think the team is too far away from being able to compete and too short on future assets, he should have sold some players off rather than jettison even more picks away. If you think the team should be trying to compete given they only have Matthews for a few more years, he did pretty much nothing to make the team better today. It's okay to admit he's been a bad GM so far, we've certainly seen our share of bad GMs

It’s definitely a fence sitting, one foot in one foot out deadline. A lot of my assessment will depend on whether these players walk as UFAs.

 

[mcleex]

Lost Lagesson for no reason, slightly overpaid for Lybushkin, wasted picks for Edmundson who is no better than Lagesson, moved Knies to the minors for what? Pretending to create capapace
Overall just making fluff moves that don't do anything

 

[ponder]

C+. I’m glad he didn’t do anything super stupid, this team doesn’t seem like a true contender this year. However, I don’t get the Edmondson deal at all - another lefty who’s very much at the same level as Benoit and Gio, doesn’t move the needle IMO, threw away a 3rd and 5th for no reason.

 

[thewave]

I'm glad he didn't further mortgage the future but the Edmundson deal was unnecessary after Boosh was onboard.

He wasted picks there.

We may have defenders playing injured. If so loading up on extra D is never bad

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Fine with it.

He needs to find us an NHL coach.

I give him 12 months from today.

Otherwise I’ll advocate for his walking papers.

 

[CelticDruid]

Didn't put us any closer to winning the cup, he's far worse than Dubas. People will realise in short order.

Nobody could be worse than that idiot.
Tre will build his team in the summer.

 

[LaPlante94]

We kept our 1st round pick and got some depth on D which is nice considering we've been shorthanded on defence all year because of injuries. Then we got a pretty good defensive forward who PKs which is what we needed badly. I'd say it was a pretty good deadline. Hopefully guys like Robertson, Knies and McMann realize that management trusts them to get it done and they provide depth scoring which we need.

 

[horner]

The only ones not to show up in Boston last night was the core

Unless the match Pasta and Marchant will to win we are finished

Iam glad he keep the 1st and Cowen Minten and Grebyonkin

 

[Mr_Fun]

I'll give him a B. He didn't pick up any old jalopies, nor did he give away any top prospects or a 1st. We look a little more equipped for playoff hockey and if Dewar can improve the PK, I'll consider upgrading to an A.

 

[Anthrax442]

B+

Just okay.

 

[57 Years No Cup]

How did Tre do given draft capital/assets available, team's performance this season; and taking into account the historical performance of the core guys

I give him A-

I am happy he didn't do much and mortgage the future too much. We need to see MORE from matthews, marner, nylander in the post season before we invest any more significant draft capital/futures for help now.

What about you?

This team has no path towards The Cup as long as the Core 4 are still here and Morgan Reilly is the teams best "defenseman".

F.

Didn't put us any closer to winning the cup, he's far worse than Dubas. People will realise in short order.

He's a puppet just like Dubas was. Shanny runs the show doing what the Corporate MLSE Board orders.

 

[Budz]

No massive mistakes - but it’s not like he did something special.

Not a fan of his approach or reputation.

 

[egd27]

There is nothing stopping us from being able to beat Boston. I don’t understand the defeatist attitude people keep going with. I understand this week was suboptimal, but regular season series hasn’t generally been a great barometer of playoffs and even if it was we were only beaten in regulation 2 out of the 4 times. The Bruins are probably favoured but not by a significant margin. The leafs will have to play their A game, I’d expect no less to advance, but we are fully capable. It’s gonna be a war, those two losses this week sting because having home ice for a potential game 7 would have been nice.

You don't?

You really don't understand why some people have a defeatist attitude about this team?

Really?

 

[Stephen]

He protected the “next wave” of Cowan, Minten, Knies and maybe that first rounder so the franchise still has a future. You have to respect that.

 

[DarkKnight]

Sometimes the best deal is the one you don't do.

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Sometimes the best deal is the one you don't do.

No one is interested in something you didn’t do.

Spoiler: Sundown ….. in the Paris of the Praries

 

[TMLAM34]

I’d give him a B. Dewar is a nice low key move, perfect fourth liner.

 

[PromisedLand]

 

[Matthews4Calder]

A+ for me because he didn't waste any more picks or prospects on this bunch that isn't going anywhere.