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

[River Meadow]

Bro ain’t NO WAY the leafs are stupid enough to give him 8 years

Isn’t he 31 years old

It's the Leafs breh... come on.

 

[mydnyte]

for all the he was a 30 point player before last season...
he was playing behind BOTH Hedman and Cernak on the 3rd pair, 30 points from a bottom D pair is ELITE!!

 

[gn2007]

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Maybe if he's bald it will help lol

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Better forwards, better D, better goaltending. Yep I could see it.

classic Leafs delusion.... It's why its so funny when you fail spectacularly every spring

 

[RabbleMasterBlaster]

You know, Leafs fans, it's REALLY REALLY hard not to pile on to you guys. I mean...we don't even have to try.

YIIIIIIIIKES.

 

[digmor crusher]

I love it, Tuch next please, another 60 years in the wilderness would be exquisite.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Speaking of lottery, wait til Babcock drives McDavid out of Edmonton. It's coming.

I mean, McDavid basically hired him

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Nothing could ever go wrong giving a 30 year old that just had his breakout season on a much better team a $68M contract lmao.

 

[BeranekAndNeck]

Better forwards, better D, better goaltending. Yep I could see it.

Your eyes are as good as most referees in our game then.

Speaking of lottery, wait til Babcock drives McDavid out of Edmonton. It's coming.

Leafs fans will post things like this and then run around crying that no other fan base on HF likes them and it’s open season on trolling them. It’s really something.

 

[Zybalto]

Many GM got saved here is my thinking time will tell.

Oh, theres real risk here too. How much of his production was due to Tampa's excellent forward core? How much does he owe to playing with Moser? Will there be chemistry issues with the Leafs?

In the end, his underlying numbers ARE good and even if he had help, he was the one who scored the goals to break the Tampa record for goals scored by a dman last season. It was his stick that put the puck in the net and he's got one of the best points shots in the league and hes a RHD.

Half the league was probably thinking of making an offer.

 

[DaaaaB's]

An opinion born only out of emotion lol.

No but your reply clearly is lol.

 

[MCR74]

I mean, McDavid basically hired him

Even McDavid is prone to mistakes. Him attempting to tell Babcock what to do won't go over well.

 

[BlueBaron]

Your defense of the signing bad signings can be buried? That's not really a ringing endorsement or what I asked.

I didn't declare it a bad contract (that is called projection), but in 5 years he may decline and it could be. He could also be quite serviceable til the end. The point (which clearly went over your head) was that it is not crippling if it goes south. This is not the same as saying it will.

 

[K Fleur]

8 years to a 30 year old undrafted dman who had 1 good year this past year at age 30 on a super offensive Tampa team.

Good job Toronto.

What could go wrong?

I think this is your best point in this post.

The player Raddysh was 12-13 years ago is very relevant.

 

[The don godfather]

So how much coin do the leafs have now after blowing top dollar on this meh D now anyone know?

 

[DaaaaB's]

I’ll bet ya they finish ahead of Boston

Thanks for the laugh. And that being said, I wouldn't be surprised at all if Boston misses playoffs next year too.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

You know, Leafs fans, it's REALLY REALLY hard not to pile on to you guys. I mean...we don't even have to try.

YIIIIIIIIKES.

Honestly getting Raddysh isin't a bad move since they aren't rebuilding , but the fan reaction and hope they have is really cute , it's always funner to laugh at them in hindsight when they have hope.

It was boring when they were all down in the dumps and negative , much funner when they are delusional

 

[Cancuks]

As a Canucks fan, I approve this deal for the Leafs. It will age like spoiled milk.

 

[super6646]

8.5 isn’t actually bad at all? Huh. That term is killer though.

 

[DaaaaB's]

They could especially if he puts up 100 points but it's no guarantee, Karlson put up 100 and didn't make the playoffs with SJ.

I highly doubt they would. The division is too stacked.

 

[Natey]

Not a Leafs fan but I think that contact is market value.

There is clear risk with it, due to possibly being a 1 year wonder and playing for a strong Lightning team. But this was likely what multiple teams would have paid for him - so fair market value.

To me Toronto is coming to the end of it contender window (depending on Matthews) so this makes a lot of sense. They really are not worried about 5 years from now.

That would my issue. Tampa is also very good with a very defined system. Hillier, unless he changes his system, should help Raddysh keep his defensive game on point. Guess we will see.

The risk is enormous for a team who just got the #1 in my opinion. But I'm not paid to make the decisions, I guess we have 8 years to see how it goes.

 

[MCR74]

As a Canucks fan, I approve this deal for the Leafs. It will age like spoiled milk.

Well you would know all about that.

 

[K Fleur]

Honestly getting Raddysh isin't a bad move since they aren't rebuilding , but the fan reaction and hope they have is really cute , it's always funner to laugh at them in hindsight when they have hope.

It was boring when they were all down in the dumps and negative , much funner when they are delusional

Dude every sports fan is delusional to a certain extent.

 

[HockeyVirus]

also nice that after all the Marner discourse a local guy specifically wanted to come home and play for the Leafs, this is not a contract he'd be hard to duplicate from someone else on July 1st.

A lot of narratives being destroyed.

No GMs are going to work with Chayka - Makes 2 trades in 48 hours

No one wants to go to Toronto - Get the top free agent

 

[Drytoast]

The Leafs did something it is both the worst thing and clown move in all the history of the NHL!

- Raddish is 30 years old. Born in 1996.
- Defensemen don't die after 35. (we had Giordano who was serviceable up until he was 40)
- If he blows out his knee or something at 36+ oh well? he goes on LTIR for the rest of his contract. See Muzzin for an example.
- He brings a huge point shot on the PP which is a tool we've never had in all the Matthews era. We always trying to get it down low for Matthews which is predictable