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

[Menzinger]

Buffalo really is a cursed franchise

 

[Buds17]

Peterka for Kesselring and Doan? While BUF fared alright here to fill an extra spot on the team, if the familiar statement is true about the team receiving the best player winning the trade...

 

[Kiwi]

That’s what I don’t understand while the rest of league can always trade their players with NTC or NMC and still attract players yet Leafs can never get their players to waive and still apparently(I don’t believe it) being known as a ‘toxic’ environment for players.

Our guys like it in Toronto, I can't remember the last guy who willingly waived so we could ship him out of town

Jesus back in the day even Sundin refused to waive so we could trade him

 

[Torontonian]

If we don't have a package like that to trade, this will be a bad off season

Oh ya, As the names come off the board and players re-sign with their teams, a big step back might be coming here for Toronto.

I don't see it though, telling me Carlo + Cowan wouldn't have gotten that deal done? I personally would have traded Cowan for Peterka.

 

[Rare Jewel]

Who are these comparable targets who play C, and would likely sign near league min?

Well, unlike most here, I'm fine with Kampf as a 4th center. Very good PKer and he takes a shite ton Dzs

He's overpaid by about 700k, but with the cap going up, and given I'm not in the keep JT camp, I also don't want to replace three centers.

So, for players for #3 spot, the two I 'm most interested in are Isac Lundestrom and Cody Glass. Both may not be qualified, so that would put their AAVs right around the min, but I'd rather go get one of them now via trade, and save the bidding war.

 

[Menzinger]

Perry is apparently looking for 2.5Mish for 2 years. I'd give him a little more for just 1 year, but 2 years at 2M could be ok? That would jam up the bottom lines quite a bit.

Hes already 40. I think it's pretty hard to justify any sort of multi year deal at this point. We all remember how Joe Thornton looked, especially his skating.

List of oldest National Hockey League players - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's a pretty rare group to of guys to still be effective at that age

 

[Amadeus]

Hes already 40. I think it's pretty hard to justify any sort of multi year deal at this point. We all remember how Joe Thornton looked, especially his skating.

List of oldest National Hockey League players - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It's a pretty rare group to of guys to still be effective at that age

I’d give it to him just for his speech skills because I don’t think we have that skill set. Especially in the playoffs lol!

 

[stickty111]

Oh ya, As the names come off the board and players re-sign with their teams, a big step back might be coming here for Toronto.

I don't see it though, telling me Carlo + Cowan wouldn't have gotten that deal done? I personally would have traded Cowan for Peterka.

Thats a better package than what Buffalo got. Is this just the front office telling Mirtle to put that out there to save face?

 

[Jozay]

Don’t understand why Carlo is the odd man out.

Reilly should be the odd man out.

Would much rather have
McCabe-Ekblad
OEL-Tanev
Benoit-Carlo

As the Dcorps

Reilly isnt going anywhere, time to accept it

 

[KMNRB]

Our guys like it in Toronto, I can't remember the last guy who willingly waived so we could ship him out of town

Jesus back in the day even Sundin refused to waive so we could trade him

How is it possible that everyone loves it here so much that they're never willing to waive their NMC, but players from US teams don't want to get traded to Toronto?

 

[Kurtz]

You watched her movie. Admit it

 

[HolyCrap]

Don’t understand why Carlo is the odd man out.

Reilly should be the odd man out.

Would much rather have
McCabe-Ekblad
OEL-Tanev
Benoit-Carlo

As the Dcorps

Amen. Try to move Reilly. Make him waive other teams do it all the time.

 

[ULF_55]

Amen. Try to move Reilly. Make him waive other teams do it all the time.

Do you think some teams ask and the player refuses and we never hear about it?

 

[Zero1]

Brad stays doing nothing.

Multiple guys were moved that they should have been on. Yes, those guys aren’t perfect but they were cheap for the value they brought.

This off-season is going to suck.

 

[Buds17]

How is it possible that everyone loves it here so much that they're never willing to waive their NMC, but players from US teams don't want to get traded to Toronto?

It depends on the player. Brandon Carlo is an American player who was on an American team that didn't mind joining the Leafs for what may amount to as being a minimum of two full seasons (and hopefully three playoff runs).

 

[Amadeus]

Brad stays doing nothing.

Multiple guys were moved that they should have been on. Yes, those guys aren’t perfect but they were cheap for the value they brought.

This off-season is going to suck.

We don’t have the assets, as simple as that!

 

[aingefan]

I like both Doan and Kesselring as players.
Not sure it’s good value overall, but they’re good players and at a combined salary of something like 2.3 for this year.
I was kinda hoping Jack Quinn might shake free.
Not a good vibe to this off-season so far.

 

[HolyCrap]

Do you think some teams ask and the player refuses and we never hear about it?

Does a tree make a sound when it falls if nobody is there to hear it?

But yeah I’m sure that happens all the time. I’m just being overly optimistic we could move him.

 

[Buds17]

Do you think some teams ask and the player refuses and we never hear about it?

Seems doubtful considering a team has to first bring forward a trade proposal for the player to nix in order for that to happen.

 

[Kiwi]

How is it possible that everyone loves it here so much that they're never willing to waive their NMC, but players from US teams don't want to get traded to Toronto?

I think guys not wanting to come here gets overplayed, we don't seem to have a ton of trouble getting guys to come here

Especially compared to the other Canadian teams

 

[Lightsol]

Our guys like it in Toronto, I can't remember the last guy who willingly waived so we could ship him out of town

Jesus back in the day even Sundin refused to waive so we could trade him

Bryan McCabe.

 

[Kiwi]

Bryan McCabe.

That's a fair while ago

 

[ULF_55]

Does a tree make a sound when it falls if nobody is there to hear it?

But yeah I’m sure that happens all the time. I’m just being overly optimistic we could move him.

Stop.

Optimism is not welcome in Leaf Fandom...

 

[ahmedou]

 

[ULF_55]

Seems doubtful considering a team has to first bring forward a trade proposal for the player to nix in order for that to happen.

If Treliving went to Rielly and asked, would you waive and Rielly said no why would Treliving pursue a trade?