Confirmed with Link: [TOR/CAR] Leafs acquire rights to D Cade Webber for '26 6th round pick || Signed to ELC (2 years, $875k AAV) Extended thru 26-27

[Commander Clueless]

I would think they had permission to talk to him.

Right?

......Right?

 

[smitty10]

3/5 of these are guys that Tre signed

Yes, but on 1 year deals. Given the flexibility he'll have he will be able to acquire more longer term assets.

 

[Antropovsky]

It's a 6th rounder... it's definitely a good idea to use the pick to acquire a prospect you like rather than play roulette at the draft table.

 

[Menzinger]

Webber's rights expire in August.

There's a pretty good chance he goes to free agency and chooses his own destination. Boston? Just a stab in the dark.

He's not going to sign until after the NCAA playoffs, so likely won't hear much about it till then. Nothing to worry about until after that

 

[Maple Leaf]

This good be a good pickup

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

You would hope. But yeah that is my caveat to this trade. I like it if we can sign him. I hate it if we don’t have some assurance that he will sign when his season is done.

Why? It's a 6th round pick, there's what? a 3%% chance that that pick becomes anything

 

[genk]

Realistically he’s Keith Allie 2.0. Most likely bound for Europe after toiling away in the AHL once his ELC is up.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

 

[Fogelhund]

Realistically he’s Keith Allie 2.0. Most likely bound for Europe after toiling away in the AHL once his ELC is up.

cough.. .Aulie.

Maybe, maybe not... 6th round pick isn't much to give up, and if a 6'7" 216lb kid can find a way to make it, that's something we could use. Sure, it's a long shot, but we could use a big kid like him.

 

[genk]

Yes, Aulie. iPhone autocorrect.

 

[SprDaVE]

Realistically he’s Keith Allie 2.0. Most likely bound for Europe after toiling away in the AHL once his ELC is up.

cough.. .Aulie.

Maybe, maybe not... 6th round pick isn't much to give up, and if a 6'7" 216lb kid can find a way to make it, that's something we could use. Sure, it's a long shot, but we could use a big kid like him.

Keith Aulie still played 167 NHL games, and many many AHL games. That is decent value for a 6th round pick if Webber is close to that.

 

[darrylsittler27]

It's a 6th rounder... it's definitely a good idea to use the pick to acquire a prospect you like rather than play roulette at the draft table.

A 6th rounder won't play till 2031. A bit late for us.

 

[Da Cool Rula]

 

[ULF_55]

cough.. .Aulie.

Maybe, maybe not... 6th round pick isn't much to give up, and if a 6'7" 216lb kid can find a way to make it, that's something we could use. Sure, it's a long shot, but we could use a big kid like him.

If he can skate backwards and forward he can making a living playing hockey.

I'm sure there aren't more than a handful of people here who know anything about him, so I'll just go off the award he just won and believe he is the best Defensive Defenseman in Hockey East, which makes him the best defensive defenseman in Hockey East. Anyone who wants to debate that better be announcing their credentials being better than the voters in Hockey East, and even then I won't believe them. I'll just believe they're being obstinate and ridiculous.

Anyway, I hope he isn't so good he goes to market and the Bruins sign him.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

"Easton" "Fraser" "Cade" "Topi" we just need a "Landon" or "Finnegan" added and our prospect pool sounds like an Ivy League School debate team.

I mean I'm white but not that white.

 

[dubplatepressure]

So Keith Aulie.

Nice

 

[Da Cool Rula]

Towering new Maple Leafs prospect Cade Webber may be on fast track to NHL

Acquired at the trade deadline, 6-foot-7 defenceman Cade Webber's best traits might see him become part of the Leafs soon enough.

theathletic.com

 

[Confucius]

We’re down to trading 2026 picks now? Lol

 

[acrobaticgoalie]

Ryan Whitney on Spittin Chiclets had some good things to say about Webber on this week's episode. He's a big BU guy and also a Leafs Hater.

Said this kid is huge, plays mean, can skate and blocks more shots than he's ever seen. Absolutely thinks he'll be an NHLer and that the Leafs got a good one.

 

[Its not your fault]

It's a 6th rounder... it's definitely a good idea to use the pick to acquire a prospect you like rather than play roulette at the draft table.

When people talk like that I wonder if they just want to see failure. Even most those types already believe that the Leafs suck so why would they rekon we would hit a homerun with a 6th rounder. I never understood that.

 

[Dayjobdave]

If he can skate backwards and forward he can making a living playing hockey.

I'm sure there aren't more than a handful of people here who know anything about him, so I'll just go off the award he just won and believe he is the best Defensive Defenseman in Hockey East, which makes him the best defensive defenseman in Hockey East. Anyone who wants to debate that better be announcing their credentials being better than the voters in Hockey East, and even then I won't believe them. I'll just believe they're being obstinate and ridiculous.

Anyway, I hope he isn't so good he goes to market and the Bruins sign him.

Everyone knows the best defensive defensemen are in Hockey West....but I hear he's looking forward to coming here, so the internet can hate on him, but we will love him, because he will be one of the blue and white.

 

[FerrisRox]

Ryan Whitney on Spittin Chiclets had some good things to say about Webber on this week's episode. He's a big BU guy and also a Leafs Hater.

Why does Ryan Whitney hate the Leafs?

 

[acrobaticgoalie]

Why does Ryan Whitney hate the Leafs?

Because of our fans

 

[Its not your fault]

Webber's rights expire in August.

There's a pretty good chance he goes to free agency and chooses his own destination. Boston? Just a stab in the dark.

Why worry about a stab a stab in the dark that's rather specific.

 

[Spargon]

"Easton" "Fraser" "Cade" "Topi" we just need a "Landon" or "Finnegan" added and our prospect pool sounds like an Ivy League School debate team.

I mean I'm white but not that white.

Needs a Trent as well.