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Confirmed with Link: TJ Brodie to TOR | 4 years 5M per
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As I was playing around with capfriendly there are only two options I can think of to reduce cap without trading anyone away:
1) Put players like Engvall / Lehtonen / Barabanov / Sandin in the minor first and uses 700K players in their spots at the start of the season. Bring them up when the cap accumulates enough.
2) Buyout Johnsson or Kerfoot (save 2 mil or so each). That of course is only needed if no team wants them for nothing which I don't think is the case.
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Don't know about that...Karlsson and Doughty contracts are aging awfully.
Edit: and Subban...and Weber.
nuck
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Dubas kind of hinted at using trades to build the lineup a while ago so this doesn't come as a surprise. Salaries out, salaries in. His commitment to his forwards meant there was no realistic Pie opportunity. It was never a likely thing with JT already on the books. I'm a bit disappointed but it has to fit without blowing stuff up. It would kind of suck to have him on Boston though.
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Yeah, but if Pietro doesn't sign with the Leafs and Dubas loses out on Brodie, the Leafs will be screwed.
Man Bear Pig
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Tanev and Brodie are massive upgrades on Barrie and Ceci IMO. It's not even close to me.
Pietro >>>> Faulk and Krug combined. Crap management folks.
OvermanKingGainer
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You guys got a stud.
I mean it.
A steal of a contract.
Helluva player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCYlGyDpnqA
I mean it.
A steal of a contract.
Helluva player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCYlGyDpnqA
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I guess either or both sides didn't want a Leafs-Pietrangelo agreement to enough of a degree to get that done. Brodie is still a good addition. Come up a bit on the AAV to shave a bit off of the term, at least in comparison to his previous contract. Don't mind the group of six if this is it for blueline adds. Might be too early to definitively state that though. Brodie has been a solid playoff performer as well.
I understand. Leafs couldn't wait around for him to make a decision. As a fan, it sucks though.
Pietrangelo might just be sitting there waiting for Vegas to clear cap anyways.
CantLoseWithMatthews
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also Burns, Keith, and Subban have fallen off cliffs in their 30s. Pretending there's not much risk with signing someone who will be 31 by next season to an 8.5 x 7 contract is bizarre
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A natural left shot, the 30-year-old Brodie is happy skating on the right side and should slide in nicely next to the offensive-minded Morgan Rielly in Toronto's top four. Rielly has been unable to find a comfortable, stay-at-home partner since Ron Hainsey left the club last off-season.
Responsible in his own zone, Brodie, a native of Chatham, Ont., put up 19 points over 64 games in 2019-20.
His underlying numbers are strong.
Despite starting most shifts in his own zone, Brodie drives possession, and he has been a plus-36 defender over the past two seasons. Further, he rarely turns the puck over in his own zone — a crippling deficiency in the Leafs' recent efforts.
Dubas has long had eyes for Brodie.
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I imagine Sandin will be in the AHL.
More than likely they have some kind of plan involving Johnsson or Andersen. Perhaps moving Andersen for futures and using Johnsson to get the goalie, or just moving Johnsson for futures. Then sign a replacement for Johnsson who can play 4C and a versatile 13th forward and I would say we are good for this offseason.
Maybe they do Johnsson for Kuemper (with small pluses involved) and then have a taker like Buffalo for Andersen. That would open up almost 4 mill in cap, which should give them more than enough money to re-sign Mikheyev and Dermott, as well as signing two more forwards to round out that group.
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dubey
$$$$$$$*NICE*$$$$$$$ 69 in 79 $$$$$$$*NICE*$$$$$$$
Too bad GMs don't have a function to make moves that don't involving contract signings
I can't believe I'm even responding to this lol
LeafsNation75
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How much longer can Doug Armstrong be given a pass for winning the Stanley Cup in 2019, because we have seen Dubas get bashed for a lot less with the contracts he's given out.
nuck
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Not sure about Doughty. That is a real toilet lineup to carry. He may have a lot more in the tank. EK was a nuclear risk to take on and I would not have looked at that trade with the obvious medical issues although the big mistake was SJ not top 10 protecting the 1st. Without that it makes some sense.
I feel bad for Pietrangelo if he has no team to go to, as it's difficult to see how Vegas juggles their cap.
I sure hope he won't sign with Boston on a team friendly deal.
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nuck
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Not to forget he isn't coming off of a great season. The value of the deal is that he must actually be better than the year he just had which kind of illogical. Still better than Barrie but is that the bar to set for success?
