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

[Leaf Fans]

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.

Maybe but you want a higher pick.

 

[Divine]

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

What are the chances the significance of an 8.5M cap hit in 8 years is going to be the same as it is right now?

In 8 years it might be the equivalent of 4-5M right now.

 

[HockeyVirus]

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Boston isn't getting their pick next year

Oh my bad, it’s the what after

Philly will get a high pick next early and follow up by Boston

 

[PuckFegula]

Wow. Ok, my thing is- they gotta keep adding to D. I suspect in 2-3 years this will already look bad if they don’t insulate Raddysh a bit, or at least make it so he isn’t expected to be, like, a #1 dman. Huge gamble to think he could step to that level, I suspect he won’t. But you’ve committed, so fill out a d corp around him.

Like others are saying, he was best utilized in TB and Toronto seems a much worse situation, but the skills are still there. He’s got a great shot, you need to create chances for him to shoot- not a massively complicated issue, at least.

 

[Warden of the North]

 

[Natey]

Are you saying they shouldn’t have signed the top UFA target, that addresses their #1 need, and costs them 0 assets?

Wrong, right, wrong.

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

He had a statistical blip year. You don’t give term and dollars based on that, you pick one and have the player prove their worth. There was zero shock in how it went. Even if not injured, the likelihood of replicating the blip was smaller than the likelihood of not.

Hes still would have produced and likely would not have had to have been dumped. Also this year may have been an outlier regarding stats for Raddysh but his previous years were solid. This was also the first year he took the reigns as the main point shot on pp1. So what Ive gathered is you only like context if it supports your position lol.

 

[Divine]

Oh my bad, it’s the what after

Philly will get a high pick next early and follow up by Boston

Ask your crystal ball who wins the Cup next year

 

[mydnyte]

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.

Holinka is the top prospect, and they have a very young Nansi who started to come into his own last season (was one of the youngest players in his draft) who is trending upwards as well

 

[The don godfather]

Maybe but you want a higher pick.

Of coarse this signing may help if this guy blows implode I think he got very lucky on a amazing last season and terms into a meh 30 point minus 5 dman signed to a ridiculous contract.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Yep miracles do happen.

They really do. Or they are just random things that appear to be miracles. However, my faith makes me believe that at least some of them are real.

 

[TheDoldrums]

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.

The Leafs have good forwards too. That's not their problem.

We don't know what the defense will look like next season. The draft hasn't even happened and they've already added Raddysh and Andrae. I expect more additions (and subtractions) will be coming.

 

[Divine]

People are unaware of the cap rising and the impact yet.

Q. Hughes & Makar contracts next summer (or earlier) are going to reset expectations of what 8M gets you.

 

[2023FriendshipTour]

Odd story I met his aunt or something up in Northern BC at a friendsgiving and she said he's looking to go home.. I didn't believe her and here we are.

This year was an anomaly but he's been on the up and up the prior few seasons and will be a key cog in the Leafs PP that wasn't very good this year, so wouldn't be shocked if he gets 50 to 60 points the next few seasons. 8 million is not much with the rising cap he took a discount for the Leafs.

 

[BlueBaron]

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

McCabe played LD and has almost exclusively since being a Leaf except the early part of his first year with us. A bad year on a team that floundered does not suggest a rapid decline, it's suggests your wishful thinking.

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

Let's see if he gets 70 points doubt it .

Even at 50 to 60 points with solid two way play justifies this contract. The cap is going up even more next year and you'll soon find there isnt enough high end talent in the NHL to spend it on. Take a lap.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

A consistent 70 point defenseman is getting way more than $8.5M this summer. Every LT UFA signing is some sort of risk anyway.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

More like Leaf haters are sad they didn't get to see the Leafs gift a top 10 pick to the Bruins and then didn't get to dunk on Toronto with Marner and now don't get to see them give up future high firsts as they will be retooled and in the playoffs.

I actually love what I’m seeing from the Leafs, not sad at all

 

[HomeAndHome]

Probably a gamble the Leafs have to take at this point with their lack of puck moving & PP defense... But man I don't know about that term. One outlier year for Raddysh getting fed by the league's best playmaker and Hart winner and then looking average at best in the playoffs when the games got tighter. Not too sure about it, although I am a hater so could be blinded a bit
Great for him though, what a story!

 

[The don godfather]

They really do. Or they are just random things that appear to be miracles. However, my faith makes me believe that at least some of them are real.

Leafs are still waiting for to happen 1967 to now let's see if this is the year.

 

[KniesMadeBradyCry]

Wrong, right, wrong.

Explain?

 

[jfhabs]

It shows what he was over the last three seasons, not just last year.

1st card yes.
2nd card is only 2025-2026.

 

[The don godfather]

Even at 50 to 60 points with solid two way play justifies this contract. The cap is going up even more next year and you'll soon find there isnt enough high end talent in the NHL to spend it on. Take a lap.

This is the leafs were talking about this poor guy is gonna get 30 minus 4 and leaf fans throwing his jersey on the ice I've seen this script before.

 

[Waltz With Brashear]

I enjoy how this subject is on the first page of every big contract signing that seems high, especially of Defenseman, but it seemed to be forgotten/casually ignored until now.

I still don't really like it because it's not the direction I was hoping we were going (I feel like this year is our best chance to sell off for a true, quality, rebuild).