Confirmed with Link: TOR sign RD Zach Bogosian [1 year, 1M]

[LeafParade]

3.5 million for Dermot is Ludacris I say trade him for a draft pick and use that money more wisely

He means 3.5 to sign Dermott+Soup+12 forward combined.

 

[stickty111]

Very well said. Dubas gets A for Respect from me this off season. I am a fan of him but I like him even more now. He is adapting and changing. Won't all be good moves but he is not stuck on one aspect

 

[Community]

3.5 million for Dermot is Ludacris I say trade him for a draft pick and use that money more wisely

That is not what I said. Re-read please.

 

[Le Cobra]

Bogosian AND Simmonds? All we need is Wilson and we have 90s leafs toughness back

 

[LeafsNation75]

Schenn was a 10:00 minute a night guy in the playoffs and Bogo was 17:00 so when it mattered they had a preference. Bogo was full time top 4 in 18-19. He is not strictly a bottom pairing guy if needed and will put pressure on Holl to perform or lose minutes. At that cost he is a nice add..

Before signing with Tampa let's remember that Schenn has played for Toronto, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Arizona, Anaheim and Vancouver. That's not including his time in the AHL with San Diego, (Anaheim's AHL team) Utica (Vancouver's AHL team) and he was even in Syracuse who is Tampa's AHL team. So I guess he wanted the guarantee of an NHL contract for the 2020-21 season.

 

[Mess]

Dallas made it all the way to the SCF with Khudobin in net and decent D; if we can execute well defensively this may finally be the year we probably make a deep run

As TB proved a player of Bogosian's ilk can be a contributing member of a successful team when deployed correctly, and does provide that underlying physicality that we all saw being very prevalent throughout the playoffs.

 

[Leafsfan74]

In my 10+ years on here it's the first time where I speculated about Toronto possibly signing or trading for a player and it happening on the same day.

Dubas realizes you need men on this team. Especially on the backend where veteran experience means so much. Men who play with some fire and compete. Balance the Leafs somewhat flyweight skill up front, and make it a bit tougher for the opposition.

 

[Deebo]

Can we not protect Morgan? Hes UFA... resign him after the expansion draft as long as he doesnt want to go to seattle

At this point, there are only 4 forwards that need protection so they can protect 4D.

 

[Leafsfan74]

As TB proved a player of Bogosian's ilk can be a contributing member of a successful team when deployed correctly, and does provide that underlying physicality that we all saw being very prevalent throughout the playoffs.

He and Muzzin on two different pairings. It's going to provide a little more of what they have been lacking back there.

 

[Community]

saving 200K or so on a few contracts can give around 1 to 2 million in cap relief and that can help;

imagine if we had save 200K to 500K on the big 4 contracts we would have had around 800K to 2M in cap relief

If we saved 200-500k on each of the big contracts I can guarantee you would literally be posting the same thing.

 

[Stephen]

Bogosian AND Simmonds? All we need is Wilson and we have 90s leafs toughness back

90s Leafs toughness and 20s Leafs skill would get you pretty far in the playoffs.

 

[francis246]

I have to give Dubas credit. He actually came through.

 

[PromisedLand]

As TB proved a player of Bogosian's ilk can be a contributing member of a successful team when deployed correctly, and does provide that underlying physicality that we all saw being very prevalent throughout the playoffs.

Yup!

 

[stickty111]

Nice view

 

[Martin Skoula]

I like the upside of seeing what Toronto's medical staff and Underhill can do for him. If he's healthy and committed to the role, he's not the worst guy to have ready to move up if there's an injury.

 

[Mess]

A lot of people may not remember or know this but since we never got to land Alex Pietrangelo, we now got the next best thing because Bogosian went +1 spot earlier in the 2008 entry draft.

2008 NHL Entry Draft

Round 1	NHL Totals
Round	Num.	Drafted By	Player	Pos -	Drafted From	GP	G	A	Pts -	PIM -	Last Season
1	1	Tampa Bay	Steven Stamkos	C	Sarnia Sting [OHL]	803	422	410	832	499	2019-20
1	2	Los Angeles	Drew Doughty	D	Guelph Storm [OHL]	919	117	385	502	635	2019-20
1	3	Atlanta	Zach Bogosian	D	Peterborough Petes [OHL]	644	53	143	196	571	2019-20
1	4	St. Louis	Alex Pietrangelo	D	Niagara IceDogs [OHL]	758	109	341	450	241	2019-20
1	5	Toronto	Luke Schenn	D	Kelowna Rockets [WHL]	759	31	117	148	568	2019-20

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[supermann_98]

Lehtonen

Lehtonen dominating the KHL right now may be sealing Dermott's fate right now. Sandin is cheaper and higher upside as well. Dermott's done I'd say, which kinda sucks because he's been okay

 

[Sypher04]

Bogosian AND Simmonds? All we need is Wilson and we have 90s leafs toughness back

We still have Muzz

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Bogosian was garbage on Buffalo, but much better on Tampa. Being on a competitive team and playing with good players can really make a difference for some (if not most) players

 

[htpwn]

I always see this crap from people and it makes no sense. Like do we not see players each year have their values rebuilt on new teams? The Leafs need a different element for one thing.

More importantly, though, they need depth. Even if they're not great for 82 games, they need actual NHL players and multiple NHL players who can actually play. Can't be so thin that Marty Marincin is your first option when someone goes down again.

There is a flat cap. Teams who can spend are already bumping up against the ceiling. Teams who can't spend, well, can't spend because of the expected lack of gate revenue for at least part of next year. All that means is that when the music stops, there is a high chance that some decent NHL players are going to be left without jobs. By no means am I railing against either the Simmonds signing or this signing; I'd just rather wait and see who is available come training camp over signing those two for $1.1M above league minimum. That's the logic. You can agree or disagree with it, but it most certainly does make sense.

 

[LeafsNation75]

90s Leafs toughness and 20s Leafs skill would get you pretty far in the playoffs.

The last time Toronto won a playoff series is when they had players who played tough like Darcy Tucker and Tie Domi.

 

[Kiwi]

If it is Holl, though, who replaces him? Are we pencilling Lethonen in there? Are we giving Dermott a legitimate shot to lock down that spot this season? What if neither are up to the task? Then we just have a gaping hole in our top-4 RDs again.

Dermott I'd imagine, although Lehtonen has been great overseas he hasn't played an NHL game yet

 

[LeafsNation75]

Bogosian was garbage on Buffalo, but much better on Tampa. Being on a competitive team and playing with good players can really make a difference for some (if not most) players

Besides Jack Eichel how many other players on Buffalo were considered to be garbage?

 

[Koolboss]

We should make the playoffs next season now that we loaded up.
Dubas you have ruined this organization dude

 

[Trapper]

As TB proved a player of Bogosian's ilk can be a contributing member of a successful team when deployed correctly, and does provide that underlying physicality that we all saw being very prevalent throughout the playoffs.

Next up (and last but not least) will be the top 6 core.

We’ve changed the coach, reconfigured the D several times, rotated the bottom 6, changed backup goalies, etc.

Now the 4 wise men will need to bring that Dubas harder to play against or what else do you adjust.

There will be 2 areas of concern as they are the bus drivers.

1. The 4 together just aren’t hard enough to play against. Yes or no.

2. The 4 together (at combined salary) are leaving you just too barren throughout the lineup for enhanced support.