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

[HockeyVirus]

A bottom five team better than the Habs??????
I’ll have what you’re having!

Should be easy money for you. Free HF membership

You think The Leafs are better than the Sabres and Habs?

Sabres are hard to get a read on. Habs definitely.

 

[BobClarkesfrontteeth]

I never said it was a great contract, so you are inventing things already. Also source on “no cap space”?



They are idiots, yes.

14 million in cap space to sign at least 1 goalie, 2 defencemen, 4 forwards.

I explained why Edmonton has no cap space explain how they are idiots then.

 

[Frank Drebin]

OEL and McCabe have been very good for us. You're asking the question because you know the opposite to be true while making the claim neither is nearly as good as Moser? Or are you asking because you don't know and presume no one on the club is nearly as good as Moser?

What? I’m asking the question who he will play with while making a comment, in parallel, that Toronto doesn’t have a partner for raddysh as good as Moser. Was meant to be more complimentary to moser than anything

 

[General Fanager]

isn't the cap going to be something silly like 140 within 5 yrs? with the elc rates projected to be only 1mil, its really no big deal to spend now

I guess it will just depend on how he performs.

 

[PensandCaps]

Yeah the 30 point seasons is not why he got 8.5 hence the one good year (relative)

Sure, but acting like he wasnt a solid D before this year is just fantasy

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

Sure, but acting like he wasnt a solid D before this year is just fantasy

If people are saying that then sure.

 

[Killer Orca]

The good side of 30 is being under 30. This saying has been around forever lol.

Some don't really understand it's a saying. I wouldn't bother trying to explain it anymore.

 

[General Fanager]

Should be easy money for you. Free HF membership



Sabres are hard to get a read on. Habs definitely.

honest question....are you ok?

 

[LBloor]

This just in. Skilled defenceman scores more points when playing with the best winger in the game

Between Matthews, nylander and McKenna, I think Raddysh will be alright

Except Mathews and nylander are shooters not play makers and mckenna hasn't played a game yet lol

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

What’s tampas replacement? Hedman back but everyone’s another year older. Is this when they finally decline?

 

[Todd1a]

You think The Leafs are better than the Sabres and Habs?

The leafs aren’t better than Montreal , Tampa bay , Florida or Buffalo.

 

[BeranekAndNeck]

14 million in cap space to sign at least 1 goalie, 2 defencemen, 4 forwards.

I explained why Edmonton has no cap space explain how they are idiots then.

So you were wrong when you said they had “no” cap space. Thank you for admitting it.

 

[Mugzy97]

The good side of 30 is being under 30. This saying has been around forever lol.

30-33 = good side of 30
34-36 = mid thirties
37-39 = wrong side of 30

Nylander won’t be on the wrong side of 30 for 7 years

 

[ToDavid]

I'm sure he'll come back down to earth a bit next season regardless of personnel but $8.5 million isn't point per game defense money.

That said, one player doesn't make a team. Outside of Toronto's one dreadful year, Tampa has not been a significantly better offensive team than Toronto. They weren't even a better power play team last year and Toronto's PP was last place until the end of December.

In fact, last season William Nylander was on the ice for more PP goals per minute than Kucherov, the difference is when Kucherov is on the ice it all goes through him.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Should be easy money for you. Free HF membership



Sabres are hard to get a read on. Habs definitely.

Ill bet you. Habs finish below the leafs in rs standings I’ll buy a hf membership to whoever you choose

 

[Frank Drebin]

30-33 = good side of 30
34-36 = mid thirties
37-39 = wrong side of 30

Nylander won’t be on the wrong side of 30 for 7 years

Lmao what

 

[Strangle]

It's more than a year. Raddysh will turn 31 in Feb and Marner will still be 29 for the whole regular season. Plus signed the contract a year at 28. That's a big difference, esp when one has a track record of success and the other one outlier season and older.

lol ‘huge difference’

 

[6ix]

Yes Hiller is the next torts to take this to the finals put money on it. I play lotto max every week too bud.

You’re all over the map Don. Time to take your vitamins and root for Portugal & USA. Closet leaf fan we all get it.

 

[General Fanager]

The leafs aren’t better than Montreal , Tampa bay , Florida or Buffalo.

Id add Ottawa there too if Brady stays and is healthy

 

[Canadienna]

Everyone misses once in a while. It was obvious early that Berube needed to be fired and it never happened and injuries on top.

This year... Leafs are the team to beat in the Atlantic

I disagree, but no doubt this is a big win for the Leafs.

Maybe both teams can actually be good at the same time for once.

 

[LBloor]

Leafs obviously aren't a true Stanley Cup potential. With that said - they're in a situation where the coach completely lost the team last year, their difference makers are about 30, and they don't have either of their next 2 1st round DP's. This is a deal for an organization trying to do the best it can with the cards it has to play. I understand why they don't want to rebuild right now. And if the Leaf's absolutely implode this year, they can still rebuild next year. Matthews value potentially goes up with a team being able to negotiate an extension on 7/1/2027 so the acquiring team knows they're getting him long term. Knies and Nylander trade value isn't materially affected by 1 less year on those deals. If that does happen, it's not like Raddysh's contract is going to be an anchor that is a problem, or that the Leaf's moved premier assets to get DR that could be bettered used elsewhere. IMO, at the end of the day - there is potential upside and no real downside to this deal.

My point on the age is that Raddysh is just 30 with not a ton of NHL miles on the body. This isn't the case of signing Tanev to that deal he got. IMO, this is a reasonable UFA deal where you hope it's only the last couple of years that are questionable, which is the standard expectation for UFA contracts.

I would just end that from the TB games I saw - Raddysh wasn't the problem on the Lightning. They were obviously missing Hedman, and a bunch of guys underperformed. Raddysh, while solid, isn't the level of player who is going to carry a team on his back, and that shouldn't be the expectation based on his contract going forward.

How dare you bring sense to leafs chat lol

 

[Nostradeeznuts]

I guess it will just depend on how he performs.

I think the cap going up that high is going to break the habs cap structure. They will eventually be signing worse players than Hutson, Suzuki for more to hit the floor

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

30-33 = good side of 30
34-36 = mid thirties
37-39 = wrong side of 30

Nylander won’t be on the wrong side of 30 for 7 years

You don’t get to just re-define a commonly used phrase

 

[PensandCaps]

He absolutely was a journeyman until this past year.

Journeyman is someone who plays a longtime on many teams.

Raddysh has played 5 years for exactly 1 team. lol not a journeyman. hence the word "journey"

 

[DaaaaB's]

Even if that is the case, the point the other dude was making is that Nylander is old, which he isn’t

I was simply explaining the saying.