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GDT: Trade and Free Agency Thread - 2021/22 PART II

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Haven't gone through the older thread, so sorry if this has been talked about.

Biggest need right now would be a top six winger for Toronto at the TDL. Either Engvall/Ritchie/Mikheyev would need to go the other way to make the money work along with having a 3rd team retain money, much like they did with Foligno. We are currently 8th in GA and it seems like the team has finally bought into playing some team defense, with that though has come their production which sits them at 17th in the league in GF.

I think the cause of that is not having a stable winger being able to play on one of the top two lines (although it does seem like we finally have a 3rd line that Keefe trusts to put out there anytime), Ritchie has struggled playing top line minutes and it has impacted the top lines (I do believe Bunting has fit the best in the top six). I don't think Mikheyev coming back is that missing piece in the top six either.

Who would be a good target for the Leafs to go after?
 
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Torontonian said:
Haven't gone through the older thread, so sorry if this has been talked about.

Biggest need right now would be a top six winger for Toronto at the TDL. Either Engvall/Ritchie/Mikheyev would need to go the other way to make the money work along with having a 3rd team retain money, much like they did with Foligno. We are currently 8th in GA and it seems like the team has finally bought into playing some team defense, with that though has come their production which sits them at 17th in the league in GF.

I think the cause of that is not having a stable winger being able to play on one of the top two lines, Ritchie has struggled playing top line minutes and it has impacted the top lines (I do believe Bunting has fit the best in the top six). I don't think Mikheyev coming back is that missing piece in the top six either.

Who would be a good target for the Leafs to go after?
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That's probably their biggest need right now. Bunting and Kerfoot in the top 6 are ok, Mikheyev could step up... maybe. Ritchie experiment is dead to me.

The Leafs have zero cap space and the players they have to dangle don't hold much value or big cap savings to get a big upgrade. They will need the other team to retain a good chunk of salary and that pushes the value even higher in most cases. The Leafs are short on picks but do have a couple good top prospects that perhaps they could trade if they really want to go for it.

It will be very hard for Dubas to find a LW upgrade they can afford, that is worth it and makes sense. I would keep my expectations very low on that. I would keep my expectations pretty low on the Leafs making a big addition to their team this season period.

As for targets, I think the one that makes a lot of sense is Kubalik out of Chicago. 3.7M cap hit and having a bit of a down season so far with a bad team but would be a big boost to our LW quality I think. He's got a huge shot. It would be fun to see another Czech player added too.
 
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SprDaVE said:
That's probably their biggest need right now. Bunting and Kerfoot in the top 6 is ok, Mikheyev could step up... maybe. Ritchie experiment is dead to me.

The Leafs have zero cap space and the players they have to dangle don't hold much value or big cap savings to get a big upgrade. They will need the other team to retain a good chunk of salary and that pushes the value even higher in most cases. The Leafs are short on picks but do have a couple good top prospects that perhaps they could trade if they really want to go for it.

It will be very hard for Dubas to find a LW upgrade they can afford, that is worth it and makes sense. I would keep my expectations very low on that. I would keep my expectations pretty low on the Leafs making a big addition to their team this season period.

As for targets, I think the one that makes a lot of sense is Kubalik out of Chicago. 3.7M cap hit and having a bit of a down season so far with a bad team but would be a big boost to our LW quality I think. He's got a huge shot. It would be fun to see another Czech player added too.
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I could see a Kubulik-JT-Marner line doing well, definitely a capable finisher but needs a playmaker. JT/Matthews are more finisher than set up guys but Marner at least would help.

Dermott
Mrazek (They will trade MAF and not have any significant goalies under contract after this year)
Ritchie

for

Kubulik
Lankinen
Gustafsson

Not sure if a plus needs to come towards Chicago like a prospect? I think so, not sure who, maybe Kokkonen?
 
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A sneaky under the radar one could be Dzingel out of Arizona

He's a rental
He's making Engvall type money
He's a top 9 LW
He'd be cheap I'd imagine
 
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Kiwi said:
A sneaky under the radar one could be Dzingel out of Arizona

He's a rental
He's making Engvall type money
He's a top 9 LW
He'd be cheap I'd imagine
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I remember him being able to finish quite well but just god awful defensively.
 
Biggest need I'd say would be a good top 6 LW, basically an upgrade since they have so much depth.

I think they should still wait & work with what they got, keep giving guys opportunities. They're gonna run into cap problems once everyone comes off LTIR though, they should look to move a contract, it'll help them gain futures & accrue cap space for later, or just give them some flexibility in the meantime.

Ideally they'd get a guy with good fair term, but a rental is more likely.
 
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I remember him being able to finish quite well but just god awful defensively.
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I've watched the last 3 Arizona games to see what could be possible targets. I was watching Crouse as someone I'd like. Lybushkin because a few guys whose opinions I respect around here think he should be a target. But Dzingel has been really good on both sides of the puck. Small sample size but impressive. I wouldn't be against any of the 3 or any combination of the 3.

Not proposing this as a trade or anything but

In
Crouse
Dzingel
Lybushkin

Out
Ritchie
Engvall/Mikheyev
Holl

Should save cap space too i think.
 
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Kiwi said:
A sneaky under the radar one could be Dzingel out of Arizona

He's a rental
He's making Engvall type money
He's a top 9 LW
He'd be cheap I'd imagine
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He's one player I really like as well but he's had it rough since leaving the Sens a few years back, especially with injuries. I'm not sure he's much of an upgrade on what we have either.

If anything, I hope the Leafs can look at signing him in free agency at the very least.
 
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Holl back taking a regular shift is the best development as hopefully the GM formulates a way to acquire a legit 2nd pairing right side defender and fit him under the cap. Don't move Holl until there's a replacement in place. Liljegren shouldn't be 2nd pairing this season.
 
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LeafChief said:
I wonder if Max Comtois would become available at some point. Anaheim is playing well and he seems to be in the doghouse.
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Yeah, I mentioned this a bit back in the last thread.

Great candidate to buy low on, could be actual long term solution as a top 6 LW.
 
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I wonder if Max Comtois would become available at some point. Anaheim is playing well and he seems to be in the doghouse.
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Comtois is a guy I've mentioned multiple times as well. He's out for six weeks with right hand surgery, to repair a broken bone. I'm not sure that they would be in any hurry to move him, but it's worth a call.
 
while i agree we need an upgrade at LW, i have a hard time justifying it. At some point Matthews, Marner, Nylander, and Tavares need to understand that by the team giving them almost half the cap these are the level of wingers they should expect to play with.

I would rather trade Marner and get 2 x $5-7 million wingers for around the same cap contribution.

What the leafs need is another top 4 RD to play with either Muzzin or Rielly.
 
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gabeliscious said:
while i agree we need an upgrade at LW, i have a hard time justifying it. At some point Matthews, Marner, Nylander, and Tavares need to understand that by the team giving them almost half the cap these are the level of wingers they should expect to play with.

I would rather trade Marner and get 2 x $5-7 million wingers for around the same cap contribution.

What the leafs need is another top 4 RD to play with either Muzzin or Rielly.
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When will people realize splitting Marner into individual players is a fantasy scenario and not real life.

Players you'd even want at that cap hit are probably young stars on bridge deals because there's no way in hell we are splitting Marner into two Palmieries. Good young players on bridge deals are untouchable you're not getting multiples of them.
 
Anthrax442 said:
Are people here willing to stomach trading another 1st rounder if necessary
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That really depends upon what kind of return that 1st rounder will yield. A certain amount of playoff success will also make such a move (much?) more palatable.
 
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