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

[Ezpz]

He's not a great skater but he's very good at moving the puck out of the zone, this isn't a Marc Andre Bergeron who has just a good shot

He's very much carried by Moser on the d side of things though so the Leafs kind of need an elite shutdown guy.

Also keep in mind Tampa usually has four good players on the ice with Raddysh. Leafs don't have comparable depth on D.

 

[Leaf Fans]

In the strong Atlantic good luck trying throwing darts on the board and hope it sticks.

I know you wanted a higher pick from Toronto. There are no guarantees, you can still get it. The odds got worse, but the team that had 8.5 chance to win the lottery did so. You can still hope.

 

[34]

would be entertaining if this is the knies trade

Hahahaha

The incompetent Treliving has been fired, along with his counterpart Berube. Matthew Knies is not getting traded under any circumstance at this point. He will be staying in Toronto. First line, 23 year-old power forward. Yeah, not going anywhere. Keep dreaming.

 

[The don godfather]

Yeah it seems like people are just looking at his stat line from last year and are just assuming he’s a play driving dman. He’s definitely not.

His numbers very likely are a product of Tampa’s system and being on the ice with Kucherov more often than not.

The reality is that this is an average player who had a career year after being elevated to Tampa’s top pairing by necessity because of injuries.

The money is fine I guess, it’s the expectations that this player will be the solution to Toronto’s issues on D that I have questions about. That’s before even thinking that these acquisitions of guys on the other side of 30 just rarely work out.

This reminds of the scene in a movie called speed where the bus was going on a highway ramp and there was a huge gap because of construction and they had to jump it.

 

[BlueBaron]

He's very much carried by Moser on the d side of things though so the Leafs kind of need an elite shutdown guy.

Also keep in mind Tampa usually has four good players on the ice with Raddysh. Leafs don't have comparable depth on D.

He gets Tanev or McCabe, he'll be fine.

 

[The don godfather]

Who is Tyler?

Woops Darren I always get confused with those two.

 

[mydnyte]

Seems like a strong candidate to regress to the mean to me, since he literally just doubled his career best point total and is 30 years old

I mean, he could reproduce it but it doesn't seem mathematically likely. And a 35 point puck moving D-man is probably more like a $6million player?

this is why i used Giordano as a comparison, he was a very late bloomer himself.
Raddysh was played his entire career behind Hedman and Cernak (rightfully) so, there was no chance for him to have better stats before last season where Hedman was out as long as he was.
When he finally got the Full time top pairing chance, he excelled.

 

[jfhabs]

Raddysh is definitely a great puck mover

None of this is predicting what he will be, it just shows what he was last season... Everybody knows he was good last season, on the best team defense team in the league. The concern is how he will look in another enrivonment for a guy that has all the signs of a fluke career year

 

[sxvnert]

Love the trade & sign. A huge need for the PP and on RD.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Admittedly, I forgot about those two, and I do really like Koblar. Still, though, I see Danford and Koblar as long-term projects. There's not much immediate help outside of Cowan/McKenna/Villeneuve.

Sure we don't have a NHL ready prospect ready to jump in outside of likely McKenna. But they have help coming and several really young roster players (Knies 24, Andrae 24, Cowan 21, McKenna 18, Danford, TLK, etc.

Their rebuild is already happening while the team still competes. Missing a top end C and D prospect of course but those come at the top of the draft when lucky with position. They likely address those with a pretty quick turnaround after moving off Matthews and Nylander in a few years.

 

[A1LeafNation]

I think this is an indictment on Tampa.

Coveted players thinking they are getting old and window closed?

 

[Jumptheshark]

5th sounds about right

 

[Leaf Fans]

A team that finished 5th last signs a big UFA contract. Classic.

Yeah, like some think about Raddysh, the team belives that was an outlier seasons.

 

[ijuka]

So Carlson at 36 years old signing a two-year deal at $10 million is good. but Raddysh at 30 signing an eight-year deal for $8.5 million is bad. Aren't they both going to be 38 at the end of their deals?

What are the chances that Raddysh is as good at 36 as Carlson is right now?

 

[The don godfather]

I know you wanted a higher pick from Toronto. There are no guarantees, you can still get it. The odds got worse, but the team that had 8.5 chance to win the lottery did so. You can still hope.

Doesn't matter getting Minten alone was a joke but all these picks are ridiculous who cares where it lands I'm sure it will be decent maybe pick number 15.

 

[chethejet]

This is a bad move if the numbers are right. But Toronto needs positive pub and with the first pick, they are wanting to be in the making moves to get better category

 

[TD Charlie]

Seems like a gamble to me. But hey, that’s how she goes sometimes. He can’t be any worse than Carlo. It’s not like they gave up a 1st and an NHL ready prospect this time around

 

[Gregor Samsa]

It will either be an anchor contract or great value for the next couple years. No matter what the last few years will probably be ugly. Always risky with a 30 year old with a dramatic breakout year

 

[Ezpz]

He gets Tanev or McCabe, he'll be fine.

They all have mostly played RD at the NHL level. McCabe also cratered in metrics last year suggesting he's about to steeply decline.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I wonder if adding Raddysh and Andrae, who are both puck moving D means the Leafs have offers for Morgan Reilly? He does seem to be redundant.

 

[Leaf Fans]

This reminds of the scene in a movie called speed where the bus was going on a highway ramp and there was a huge gap because of construction and they had to jump it.

And were successful.

 

[landy]

@Empoleon8771

I mis-read this and thought it said Byram 8x$10+. Still time for that I suppose.​

 

[mr4tno]

10 million plus for a 31 y/o with one elite season under his belt. what could go wrong

If you had told me the new contract without the teams, I would have thought it was the Flyers. Add NMC and that has Flyers written all over it.....

 

[matt trick]

They always seem to figure it out, but between Florida's improved health and cap situation, and Toronto adding significantly, I wonder if TBL is at risk of not being a playoff team next year.

The Atlantic is ridiculously competitive. Buff, MTL, Florida seem to be the top three to me, but Ottawa, Tampa, Toronto, and Boston would all be disappointed not to be in the playoffs next year. Detroit as well, but they seem like they're screwed with a Larkin-less center group.

 

[The don godfather]

And were successful.

Yep miracles do happen.