I would be disappointed tbh
Even at 50% retained that contract can go off the rails
I’m not saying I’d be disappointed if we traded for Karlsson, but I have my concerns about him.
Dubas can gut the Penguins for him.
Hard pass.
Don't know how that would work, Rielly has a full NMC and I doubt he's waiving it for SJ.
The only way it could work would be if you got double retention down to about 4 million and Brodie was part of the deal.
Then obviously you'd have to figure out the actual trade package.
But just to play Devils advocate if you COULD get it done Karlsson would be a fantastic addition
I think he gets less than people think.
That's A LOT of money
Easy to get players to waive NMC, especially when that player lives to drive offence. Find a way to put him in every pain in the ass defensive position, 1st unit PK, pair him with Klingberg and tell him he is the guy who stays back and defends while Klingberg leads the rush, reduce his minutes.
Seems incredibly stupid.Easy to get players to waive NMC, especially when that player lives to drive offence. Find a way to put him in every pain in the ass defensive position, 1st unit PK, pair him with Klingberg and tell him he is the guy who stays back and defends while Klingberg leads the rush, reduce his minutes.
This doesn’t happen in the real world.Easy to get players to waive NMC, especially when that player lives to drive offence. Find a way to put him in every pain in the ass defensive position, 1st unit PK, pair him with Klingberg and tell him he is the guy who stays back and defends while Klingberg leads the rush, reduce his minutes.
Seems extremely unlikely to me but Klingberg could be part of the package going out.How is this a rumour if karlsson said it?
Also there is no way he comes here with klingberg
This doesn’t happen in the real world.
Seems extremely unlikely to me but Klingberg could be part of the package going out.
I have thought out loud about a Rielly trade. Not my first choice, but they have a lot of work to do and they’re not getting anything for anyone else on DKinda think Rielly is on the move.
1) We know Tre likes big, tough , defensive defence men. Rielly is not that.
2) He signed a one way, train wreck of a defensive defenceman in Klingberg to basically play 1st unit PP. Rielly while better defensively, is not a defensive defenceman, his job is to QB the PP and drive offence from the 1st pairing. This is what Klingberg does. How do you have two defenders with suspect defensive ability play big minutes and not suffer defensivly? Kinda looks like Klingberg is stealing Riellys easy minutes on PP1. If Rielly is not playing 1st unit , how does he get enough minutes to drive offence, we pay him to produce points not play a shutdown role?
3) If the Karlsson rumor is true, how could any sane person have Rielly, Klingberg and Karlsson on the back end and think that is a defence that will play big rough playoff hockey and defend enough to shut down the other teams stars? F-ing nightmare if those guys are our top 3. the scores are going to be 9-8 every night.
4) Rielly is a Jekyll/Hyde player, not sure you want that inconsistency on the back end when you got Klingberg who is a nightmare in his own end, think Sandin but better point producer. Two poor defenders in your top 3 is not a good recipe + the guy we depended on in Brodie, to be that stabilizing defender, has clearly been affected by father time and has lost a step..
I know it’s not ideal and pretty rare but it could happen. (I think)Can you sign a guy just to trade him? Does he not have to be on the roster until Jan 1 or is that an extension?
Either way I think that would be bad vibes for future ufa
Samsonov watching Karlsson and Klingberg play defense in front of him.
The PP would be insane though.
Fortunately the Leafs don't have assets they can move to acquire him.