Roster Building/Team Building/Future Trade/Drafting thread.

[namttebih]

On the preds boards it's a combination of both, I think Brunette isn't NHL caliber but Trotz's insistence in keeping him is a bad move if we want to win.

Ror should be moved out next deadline or hung on to for veteran leadership for no.5/McKenna. We needed warm bodies and Bunting fit Brunette's "system" more than Novak did.

Schenn was a head scratcher though.

 

[Tony Romo]

lol.

 

[SprDaVE]

lol.

That's the Ferris special. Been said a few times. He likes to go to free agency and get the best contract for his client regardless of the 7 or 8 year deal.

 

[LaPlante94]

That's the Ferris special. Been said a few times. He likes to go to free agency and get the best contract for his client regardless of the 7 or 8 year deal.

Bad year when the top 2 FA are Ferris clients. No wonder why people are thinking Bennett gonna get 10 mil.

 

[SprDaVE]

Bad year when the top 2 FA are Ferris clients. No wonder why people are thinking Bennett gonna get 10 mil.

Ferris special #2 -- use the media to negotiate, threaten or whatever else.

 

[Soundgarden]

Schenn was a head scratcher though.

Yeah, he should have gotten a 2nd for him.

 

[Maple Leaf]

Marner cares more about his contract than helping the Leafs win I am more of a Leaf fan than Marner and that is sad

 

[horner]

We need someone to make our players feel uncomfortable call out players.

Bennett Marchant Perry will speak there mind .

Who else

Knies will be that player soon

 

[Avilaj07]

I thought the idea was to improve the team’s makeup, Kane’s a great player shen he wants to be, but I don’t think his off ice issues will help with the aforementioned makeup……

His off ice issues haven't been issues for the last 3 years. It's time people move on

 

[hockeywiz542]

Dreger: ‘Marner is going to go to free agency, Leafs are going to try to reinvest that money’ - TSN.ca

Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill and Jamie McLennan are joined by TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger to discuss how realistic is it that the Maple Leafs run it back with the core, is John Tavares’ deal basically done, Craig Berube’s role in the new look front office in Toronto and is a sign-and-trade for Mitch Marner and the Leafs a possibility.

 

[Tony Romo]

I mean, i shouldn't be angry because he's a FA but saying this is your childhood team and knowing you're going to walk but not doing anything to at least help before you leave is a bit frustration.

Here's hoping he leaves, and the leafs end up going further in the playoffs

 

[namttebih]

Looking at it from an asset management perspective. Instead of changing the forward core through UFA, why not sign Ekblad and Gavrikov? Then trade Rielly and McCabe for forward pieces, or at least assets we can use to trade for them?

 

[TMLAM34]

Why would Marner help the Leafs if he’s leaving? Why would anyone really care about that? If anything you hope your previous team does worse without you.

The real question mark is not caring about that 8th year if you’re looking to sign a 7 year deal regardless in free agency.

 

[horner]

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Tanev at 2 mil NO
Corey Perry if he is available 1.5 mil
Robertson will be traded
Cowen will be eased into a top 6 role
Would love Patches to come back

 

[The Shadow]

Tavares as a 3rd liner is excellent at a reasonable cap hit

 

[Tony Romo]

I've looked at wrong in offering Rielly for Kreider since that doesn't save them cap. I wonder if Robertson + McMann or a package with one of them + another could get it done. Gives you a guy who can potentially score 20 at half the price.

 

[58 Years No Cup]

I'll start by saying that I realize that it's probably (almost assuredly) not going to happen. But I'm bored and have been trying different ways of retooling. Nothing I do makes the team a contender for either next season or in the long term. I think that we're all in need of a little levity, so let's see your NHL 2025 ideas for an excellerated rebuild.

Matthews 50% retained
To Utah for
Cooley
Guenther
4OA

Nylander
Rielly
To Nashville for
5OA
23OA
26OA


Sign Marner 1 x $19
Promise to trade him to a contender at the TDL. Tell him that his legacy will be fixed. Basically the opposite of Sundin at the end of his career.
FOR
2 1STs

Jake McCabe
To Buf for
Byram

Kids, let this post be a lesson to you. Please, don't do drugs.

 

[namttebih]

Kids, let this post be a lesson to you. Please, don't do drugs.

Haha. Hilarious. I started a fun thread and it was merged with this one. It wasn't meant to be serious. Maybe you should try some drugs and chill.

It literally says it's for levity.

 

[Tony Romo]

Knies - Matthews - Domi
Kreider - Idk - Nylander
Mangiapane - Tavares - Marchand

Could be a fun top 9

 

[hamzarocks]

Knies - Matthews - Domi
Kreider - Idk (Pray for a S&T for Karlsson) - Nylander
Marchand - Tavares - idk

Could be a fun top 9

Kreider had like 20 pts this year he's cooked

Marchand... f*** that rat piece of shit

Tavares as a 3C is nice

 

[Tony Romo]

Knies - Matthews - Domi
Kreider - Idk - Nylander
Mangiapane - Tavares - Marchand

Could be a fun top 9

If we had assets, trading for a young C that could be on the outs on his team for whatever reason could be fun. (looking at you Mason MacTavish)

 

[hamzarocks]

We should inquire on Ryan Strome

Could be a good 3C option who can play up and down the lineup

Makes 5M for 2 more years.

 

[MarMarSab3]

We should inquire on Ryan Strome

Could be a good 3C option who can play up and down the lineup

Makes 5M for 2 more years.

Yes please

 

[Puckstuff]

Knies - Matthews - Domi
Kreider - Idk - Nylander
Mangiapane - Tavares - Marchand

Could be a fun top 9

Kreider, Tavares and Marchand will all be 35+. I have no issue with a couple 35+ players on the roster—especially if they’re still producing like Tavares and Chris Tanev. Florida has Marchand, Edmonton has Perry—veterans who produce. But if the Leafs start stacking up multiple 35+ year old contracts, especially with guys like Tanev, OEL and maybe Pacioretty, already on board, the roster starts to feel old fast. Suddenly we’re looking more like Nashville or the Islanders—teams that tend to play slower, and struggle with pace.

I'm hoping we add one of Granlund or Duchene and Tavares down the middle because I think they are the best fits, then I'm hoping for some younger additions on the wing or on D if we flip Rielly.

 

[Dragao6]

Im done with Toronto guys coming home to play for their childhood team
It has always backfired for the leafs

Second who has 14 million free space to simply offer it to Marner??? Let him walk and call his bluff…who cares if he goes
Leafs will survive, not like he’s given us much success…people talking like this guy got us multiple cups!!