Confirmed with Link: [TOR/OTT] Matt Murray (25% retention), a 3rd in 2023 and a 7th in 2024 for Future Considerations.

[Socreges]

Father is dancing around the house. He says by next spring people will be calling this an outright steal of the century by Dubas!!

 

[ER89]

Don't resort to name calling

I didn't. If you are not kyle's immediate family or connected to him and you defend this deal then you lose all credibility. Even if murray becomes good, this deal f***ing is horrific.

End of the day Morgs has been defending dubas (and you as well to be fair) for everything. Call a spade a f***ing spade. This deal is ass. Period.

 

[Leafy Undergrowth]

I look forward to the acceptably meh trade that Dubas makes to clean up the mess that this trade creates after another first round exit.

 

[cyris]

Fire Dubas.
What a bad trade. But he is a former Soo Greyhound so he had to have him.

I have been willing to give home some benefi of the doubt cause I like his drafting but he ruins it with so many bad moves.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

Wow, no defending that. f***ing terrible trade, should have let Murray get bought out. An expensive risk

 

[Arthur Morgan]

I just don;t understand why Murray was his first option. even if there's a deal that could be made Dubas should have seen how the market went or what others would cost. hell giving up a little for a better chance over taking assets and cap space for free if the return is f***ing Matt Murray who seems to not be the goalie he was in PIT before they also moved on from

 

[NewEraGM]

So realistically out for Campbell, Varlamov?

Probably looking for a backup for 1-2M?
Tandem will be 1M more expensive than last years tandem…and arguable way worse

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

Hi leaf fans, was wondering if stolarz made sense for a back up plan for MM…. Dostal is ready to jump in…. And seems highly unlikely we move gibson.


Stolarz is on last year of his contract, has put up solid numbers and his contract is essentially nothing

Don't want dubas trading with anyone else he is a complete joke.

 

[Magic Man]

At 50% retained, you could have grabbed a tandem goalie and used the extra space to upgrade the team.

Murray at 4.7M puts the squeeze on the cap again.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Dubas clearly hasn't learned enough in his tenure. That seat is hot and he's on borrowed time.

 

[WestCoastLeafs]

I'm just really happy I can stop refreshing my twitter feed. I've written the finger prints of my thumb

I keep refreshing mine now hoping that we actually took on 25% of the salary and the details aren't all in yet.

 

[jaric1862]

The only way a Murray trade was even stomach-able was if 50% was retained.

 

[Subway Schenn]

Could be the worst trade of the Dubas era.... sheesh.

 

[57 Years No Cup]

Good. This will finally be the nail in the coffin that will take Dubas out of town. No one in their right mind could defend this move.

Leafs were better off keeping Mrazek as their starter.

Oh the Dubas Defenders will be here soon, if they're not already. But you did qualify your statement by saying "no one in their right mind".

 

[saltming]

 

[ULF_55]

The time to cry is after you get hit not before you wusses.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

This is the type of trade I'd expect from Dubas if he was newer on the job or hadn't been named GM yet. Like back when he was co-GMs with Hunter or like a year 1 trade. It reeks of a rookie GM move.

 

[cyris]

If we wanted an injury prone goalie with poor rebound control we should have just kept Mrazek and our first.

 

[Ianturnedbull]

This ******* stinks!

2 obscure draft picks and 25%?

 

[Trapper]

Clearly he believes Murray can be a quality tender with a lot of games ... which is a damn scary thought.

I hate this.

I hope for the sake of the fans he’s right. If not, I hope it’s the final epitaph.

 

[666]

This just boggles the mind. Murray can win the Vezina next year and it still doesn't make this trade, today, on pure value, any better.

We know Ottawa dealt him to buffalo with the 7th for the 16th. The value jump in that is surely worth at least a late first. So how do you, as a GM, approach this deal, knowing that Ottawa is willing to give up about a 1st, and then settle for a 3rd.

Boggles the mind.

If you go by the various charts the drop from 7th to 16th is worth about 35-40 depending on the chart. An early third plus plus an early 7th is fairly close to that value so it's not nearly as bad as you think from that perspective anyway.

 

[Magic Man]

I'd imagine they'll pair either Samsonov or Holtby with him.

 

[Aashir]

Someone gotta tell dubas….1m isn’t a reasonable price tag, it’s a bargain bin dumpster hunt

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

On the bright side we got him for free... that's good right?

lol who am i kidding. ffs.

 

[ErnieLeafs]

I’m not a fan, nor a hater of Kyle Dubas. I think he’s done a decent job so far, and his draft record is pretty good.

All that said, this is baffling. This is the single most important season for the franchise in years, and he’s going to gamble it on Matt Murray returning to form from 5 years ago, and whatever backup we can grab from the bargain bin. Whether or not Murray had a great stretch before the concussion, he hasn’t been consistently good in years.

I understand the term is what put us off Soup, but really, I trust him more, with the issues he has, than I do Murray to find his old form and make it his norm again.