Confirmed Trade: [TOR/TBL] Darren Raddysh (signs 8 years, $8.5M AAV) for 2026 5th round pick (MOD WARNING 253)

[Divine]

Let me put it this way,

Unless you believe this guy just magically peaked at age 30, and everything else was just noise... his resume speaks for itself.


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Do you think Hedman getting injured and him actually getting more offensive zone starts and PP1 time had anything to do with it or are you just looking at his stats without context?

 

[Peasy]

17 goals plus 20 for a kid who just tasted NHL not too shabby in my books.

Yeah when your team has an awful history with drafting forwards I guess you'll get excited over such a minuscule player.

 

[The don godfather]

guy has 4 points in 20 playoff games...the perfect Leaf (if they even get there)

Yes but leaf fans it was the 4 points that tip the series.

 

[KniesMadeBradyCry]

Both the trade and the $AAV are very reasonable, IMO. However, 8 years contract at 30 is very risky. I don’t think any team should be handing that length of contract out at players 30 or older, so I’m not just piling on the Leafs.

You’re totally accurate with that assessment. 8 years is a long time, but that’s how they keep the AAV low.

 

[The don godfather]

Yeah when your team has an awful history with drafting forwards I guess you'll get excited over such a minuscule player.

21 year old kid just started in the NHL and popped nearly 20 I guess your right I shouldn't get too excited.

 

[MCR74]

Who tf cares about Lane Hutson? We are in a Leafs thread. One is coming off a rookie deal and the other is a UFA.

Is 90% of HFboards bots or something? There’s no way people can know this little about contracts

There really should be an age restriction in these threads.

 

[RoadWarrior]

Trievling made moves Carlo was a big one look at the tape.

Treliving was an idiot.

 

[frederixx]

Nice job Leafs.

Everyone was worried about overpaying for Raddysh, but if he can repeat last season and look like a true #1, then the Leafs just got a top pair D for no assets and 8.5m.

He's never been a #1 and i'm sure the leafs don't expect him to be one. Did you see him play in the playoffs? He was near invisible.

 

[895]

8.5m is no.2 defenseman money these days. No.1 defensemen are getting 12+ and Franchise defenseman are getting 15+

The contract is fine if you have confidence last years level is sustainable. If he turns into a pumpkin again then obviously you have a problem.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

Really like that deal for TOR. Last two years will likely feel some pain, but $8.5M will 100% be 2nd pair d-man money here in the near future. Good on Chayka for being aggressive and getting the best of a pretty poor UFA pool for essentially no assets. Sends the right message to the team, and fits with the core.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

So Leafs arent a playoff team next year?

No idea , its a weak parity league so they could bounce back for sure , the atlantic isn't exactly a cakewalk so I'm not sure why you would be so confident after the egg you guys laid last season

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I guessed 7x9.5
8x8.5 with that extra year involved gets an extra 1.5 million and Leafs have a cap hit 1 million less.

This is either going to be amazing or 100% horrible for the Leafs I do not think there is a middle ground. Excited to see what he does

 

[mydnyte]

Leaf fans should be at least concerned that Raddysh played much better with Moser than anyone else.

Leafs fans are used to Rielly not being able to play with anyone, and seriously, who was talking about Mosser before last season too?

 

[KniesMadeBradyCry]

He's never been a #1 and i'm sure the leafs don't expect him to be one. Did you see him play in the playoffs? He was near invisible.

Tampa had a lot bigger problems than him. Kucherov was far and away the worst player.

 

[Ninety7]

High risk high reward

Could end up great

Or could end up like darnell.

 

[JoelWarlord]

I think within the self-imposed confines Toronto finds itself in (ownership mandate not to rebuild, no 1sts in next two drafts) this is sensible but on a broader scale it's a bad investment. It's a dumb move but it's at least sensibly dumb with what they're trying to achieve. What they're trying to achieve is strategically dubious but within those confines this is a good way to work towards that goal.

He should help their PP but it doesn't really solve the core problem which is that they don't have a #1D and their blue line is old and locked up for a long time. All it cost was money but they're still stuck in a spot where their only valuable trade chip is Knies and that's just opening up another roster hole even if there's a magical trade for a #1D out there.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

So Leafs arent a playoff team next year?

nope
not better than TB, Florida, Montreal, Buffalo or Ottawa

 

[Drumman44]

At the end of the day, all he wants is money.

At the end of the day, it's night.

This contract has a good chance of not aging well but $8 million with the rising cap isn't the boat anchor it used to be. I know it's Toronto and I enjoy dunking on Chayka as much as anyone but this kind of seems like a pretty OK move?

 

[HavingACow4Cowan]

Seems like a good move. Only had to give up a fifth and that contract isn't ridiculous under a rising cap.

He won't score 70+ points again but should be good for 50+ playing with AM, WN, McKenna etc.

 

[Frank Drebin]

This is a good deal for Toronto. I thought he’d get a lot more

 

[frederixx]

8.5m is no.2 defenseman money these days. No.1 defensemen are getting 12+ and Franchise defenseman are getting 15+

The contract is fine if you have confidence last years level is sustainable. If he turns into a pumpkin again then obviously you have a problem.

Maybe one day, but there's not a single dman in the NHL making more than 11.5M as of today.

 

[sampollock]

this is a signing for a guy that 1 year and good playoffs at 30 we see

 

[Canadienna]

He's never been a #1 and i'm sure the leafs don't expect him to be one. Did you see him play in the playoffs? He was near invisible.

He was #1 on the the TBL last year in TOI and had 70 points.

If you feel like having a pedantic debate about what a true #1D is then find a different dance partner.

 

[KniesMadeBradyCry]

8.5m is no.2 defenseman money these days. No.1 defensemen are getting 12+ and Franchise defenseman are getting 15+

The contract is fine if you have confidence last years level is sustainable. If he turns into a pumpkin again then obviously you have a problem.

If teams thought last year was sustainable he would be getting 13+ million

 

[Frank Drebin]

nope
not better than TB, Florida, Montreal, Buffalo or Ottawa

I think tb takes a massive step back coming up