Dreger: Toronto will be as big a player as there is for Darren Raddysh

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

not a surprise we've been hearing it since March and consistently for about 6 weeks.

I'm at the point where I expect it because they NEED somebody on the defense that can shoot the puck but that contract makes me nervous

 

[amnesiac]

of course... watch him get $11M x 7

 

[domiwroze]

of course... watch him get $11M x 7

Make that 13.8x7

 

[Forge]

 

[HabsQC]

The next Jeff Finger

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Here before they sign him to a big deal, remove him from all the circumstances that worked, scapegoat him, and deal him to a team he thrives on.

Call it the Larry Murphy prophecy.

 

[Buckley]

Wow, Dreger is really breaking one here.

 

[MoneyManny]

That contract is going to be legendary.

 

[Bizz]

Please do. lol.

 

[JediOrderPizza]

What could go wrong.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[Buckley]

That contract is going to be legendary.

I think it will be fine. Raddysh will walk into a great powerplay in Toronto and get a pile of points. He is also underrated defensively. Even if he gets $8 million per year, that will basically be second-pairing defenseman comp within a couple of years.

 

[eojsmada]

What could go wrong with such a move?

 

[notbias]

I don't mind them pursuing him, but considering the media has been wrong about the coach, and they didn't know anything about the Woll trade, why does anyone think they know anything about this?

 

[sd1976]

I’d be full comfortable with 6x9 or 7x8

 

[Rebels57]

Chayka gonna speedrun directly to his termination

 

[hamzarocks]

7.5Mx7 I would do, maybe 8Mx7

However dont go Pejorative Slured and do 10/11/12M x 7

You are not bidding against tampa, there is no other team that would give that much.

Keep it at 8 or under

 

[HavocWreaker]

Jenner and Raddysh to the leafs let's go!

If the deals are there then great. I hope Leafs dont go to crazy. Just cause you can do it doesn't mean you should.

 

[gary559]

L O effin L

do it Toronto, not because you should but because it would be legendary

 

[ToDavid]

I don't think this is a complete surprise but I also doubt Dreger is actually reporting anything substantive. These guys have had absolutely nothing on the front office lately.

I'm not terribly concerned about a Raddysh contract. There's so much cap growth that I think it's going to pay to take risks rather than holding onto your cap space for the perfect deal. Yes, this past year was obviously a crazy outlier, but he's been a legit top 4 defenseman for three years.

 

[Nervousbreakdown]

I don't mind them pursuing him, but considering the media has been wrong about the coach, and they didn't know anything about the Woll trade, why does anyone think they know anything about this?

This is probably a broken clock being wrong twice a day thing. The leafs have a trillion dollars in cap space and hes the top UFA d man, I'm sure he really burned the candle at both ends getting this scoop.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Toronto offers $9M x 8.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Ugghh I see this becoming highly regretful.. getting to play on the high flyin offensive Tampa team was a huge reason for his huge point total.. there is a reason why he wasn’t really that good until he was 30.. I dunno, I would be really nervous handing him a crap load of money

Unreal for him getting a massive 7 year deal but the guy is already 30(turning 31 during next season in Feb)

He picked a great time to have this random unreal season this past year

 

[93gilmour93]

 

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