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Confirmed Trade: [TOR/PHI] Scott Laughton (50% retained), 4th round pick, 6th round pick for Nikita Grebenkin, cond. 2027 1st round pick

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I liked Grebenkin but he was going to be a 4th or maybe a third liner at some point?

You get an effect 3C with retention. Signed for another year and some extra picks coming back.

Not jumping through hoops but I can live with this. We are a better team today.
 
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HockeyVirus said:
I love these posts. Which impact dman? be specific and what both teams agree on for the price.

Leafs have lost the last 3 years because they can't score goals in the playoffs. That is factual. It has never been an issue of keeping the puck out even with suspect goaltending
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That's actually Brad's job to figure that out. He gets the big bucks to put it all together despite never winning a single f***ing thing.

Laughton has 11Gs on his season and has never even scored 20. That is factual.
 
boltsfan86 said:
Not a BAD trade for the Leafs, but I wonder if Laughton is really that much of a needlemover.
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in a vaccum yes

our biggest need has been a 3C as domi has shown to be incapable in playing C in his own zone, but I don't know if it is a needlemover compared to Gourde + Bjorkstrand or Jones + Sturm
 
Aashir said:
in a vaccum yes

our biggest need has been a 3C as domi has shown to be incapable in playing C in his own zone, but I don't know if it is a needlemover compared to Gourde + Bjorkstrand or Jones + Sturm
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Well Florida is also without Tkachuk, although they did get better if you look at it overall, they are significantly worse without him.

The Tampa additions were nice, they paid a lot but are undoubtedly a much better team.

Considering we got 50% retention and still have the '26 1st + Cowan + Minten, I think we can expect another move before the deadline
 
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kevsh said:
TSN saying it's a conditional first?
+ retention makes it sound a lot better. Depending on the condition of course.
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Top-10 protected, confirmed by LeBrun.

The retention + another year at a strong bargain AAV 1.5m at 3C is huge.
Advanced stats said:
Not horrible considering rentention and the extra year.

Wondering if there's conditions on it.
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These 2 are x-factors that move this deal in Leafs favor by a fair margin when you consider the rumored cost and other deals this DL, IMO
 
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This isn’t even remotely close to some of the brutal overpays of this week - - tremendous deal by Treliving.

Flyers undersold on Kuzmenko and they undersold again with Laughton.

Grebekin is a goofy try-hard with some cute little sound bites but he’s a career minor leaguer. Please don’t embarrass yourself by proclaiming Grebekin is a “top prospect”.

Getting 50% retention for this year AND next year is huge. Most cases it’s just retention for pending UFAs.

Giving up a future 1st round pick ALWAYS has less value than giving up a current year’s 1st round pick.
 
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Donnie740 said:
This isn’t even remotely close to some of the brutal overpays of this week - - tremendous deal by Treliving.

Flyers undersold on Kuzmenko and they undersold again with Laughton.

Grebekin is a goofy try-hard with some cute little sound bites but he’s a career minor leaguer. Please don’t embarrass yourself by proclaiming Grebekin is a “top prospect”.

Getting 50% retention for this year AND next year is huge. Most cases it’s just retention for pending UFAs.

Giving up a future 1st round pick ALWAYS has less value than giving up a current year’s 1st round pick.
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are you confusing top prospect with good prospect?
 
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The 1st is a top 10 protected 2027 1st... That's likely a player that doesn't make a team until 2029, or later, especially if the pick is a D man. The Toronto window is now... 2029 and later doesn't matter much. For a third line player, at $1.5 million for two years, that's not a bad deal.

Grebenkin is a super fun player, tons of character and plays with an edge. He's only at 0.5PPG in the AHL this year though, so the offensive upside might be somewhat limited, probably a fourth liner in a couple of years. Sad to see him go, but at least it's not one of the players with more upside.
 
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That sucks. Toronto has everything to lose going forward, do something that actually moves the needle.
 
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