Cut the dead weight. Jarnkrok is absolutely garbage in the playoffs and Reaves doesn’t play.
Why they are even on the team is beyond me
Why they are even on the team is beyond me
Player Discussion Ryan Reaves and Calle Jarnkrok
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Don’t get the Reaves hate. He started off slow last year due to injury but came back strong and did the exact job he was brought here to do as a 4th liner for 1.35 mill. Jarnkrok I agree needs to go
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Agreed. See more of a role for Reeves than CJ at this point.
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My problem with Reaves is that the only place to play him on is the fourth line. If we do that, then we neutralize that line's ability to act as a primary shutdown weapon. If we played something like Lorenz - Kampf - Holmberg, you could throw them out in their own end and not worry so much about it. Reaves needs to be sheltered, and he doesn't provide anything offensively.
If he had league min it would be okay, but we can't even afford the 1.35
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50 regular season games should probably be the limit for Reaves. He made a big playoff blunder vs the Bruins, which isn't good for a guy whose career playoff contribution has been close to non-existent.
Yes he did. He’s very unlikely to play in the playoffs but overall in that series he was pretty impactful. That being said I stick to my point that for his cap and role he does what he was expected. If you prefer to go into the season without this type of player that’s a different story, but I personally don’t. Even if he doesn’t play every game, having him around to loop in to rivalry games helps us. We’re pretty soft team all things considered.
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I'm fine with him on the team as long as he can play like he did in the last part of 23-24.
Menzinger
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That's probably the right number for him.
Problem is he complained to the media last season when he was kept on IR for a couple days longer than he liked. If he's here he expects to play
Jarnkrok is the most replaceable player there is. At least Reaves provides something unique.
It’s funny cause I kinda like playoff Jarnkrok but factoring in all 81 plus playoffs, his cap could defiantly be better served to improve the team. Maybe someone like when we had Acciari as a rental
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Jarnkrok is versatile and pretty smart out there but yeah, he makes Alex Kerfoot look dynamic in comparison.
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He doesn’t bring enough hockey or emotional heat in the big moments. I wouldn’t really miss him.
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Really? A 20/20 guy for $2m/year. Probably one of the best value contracts in the league.
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I can confidently say Jarnkrok played better than Marner. That said Leafs can trade him because he has value, Reaves and Kampf would cost them assets to move.
Wow. Ok...5 goals in 93 playoff games. 0 points in the last 7 games last series. Guy was invisible. I won't be surprised if we have to pay to get rid of him. Hopefully not but I could see it.
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yea because marner was casper the ghost and jarncock played some tough minutes
No, it gets worse. We are 1 million over cap. I have bad news. Berube Reeves yes. Jarnkrok no. It makes no sense to keep him and stifle cheap young. Might get a 4th rounder after camp.
Darcy Tucker
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It's almost like this stuff has to play itself out before we know what will happen.
According to who? You? I guess that's why they put him in the top 6 for those pre-season games...
Unlike most people on this board, the players and the coaches on the team value Järnkrok and his abilities.
"but he disappears in the playoffs!", Yes he does, just like 90% of our roster, but go ahead and give everyone else a free pass.
"he is soft and not very physical!" I don't know why so many people believe everyone has to be physical in order for this team to succeed, because its just not true.
Ok, my counter to this would be that he is sound defensively.
He Kampf and Dewar at close to $7M is an expensive 4th line.
4 forwards making 8 figures is also not great.
There would however be 4 players in the top 9 making $1.35 or less - 3 of which make less than a mill.
Having a 4th line that you can trust - although over payed is comforting.
