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123offtheglass said:
Phili has back to back games next week against Boston and hopefully they fall to them & finally become sellers. Leafs then could make a move for Laughton & Vatanen retained (Vatanen retained twice). I know Vatanen isn't the big heavy defenseman you'd want the Leafs to add for a playoff push, he's the opposite of Oleksiak physically, but he is a very good defenseman that's available & likely has trade value at an all time low; he can also play both left and right side which is uncommon for a RHD, and has experience playing top 4 20+ minutes for almost his entire career. He could come in as an immediate upgrade to Dermott & is another PP & PK option, better shot than Brodie & Rielly from the point. Laughton too can play all 3 forwards positions.

Neither should be too costly. Hyman sticks with HEM line but still gets played extra wherever Keefe needs him.

Laughton - Matthews - Marner
Galchenyuk - Tavares - Nylander
Mikheyev - Engvall - Hyman
Simmonds - Kerfoot - Spezza
Thornton

Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Vatanen - Bogosian
Dermott

Campbell
Andersen

Edit: same team another D with a lower cap hit is Kulikov, he too can play both sides & has lots of top 4 20+ minutes experience. They could potentially fit Laughton (@50%), Kulikov (@25%), & Dreidger (@50%) too if they wanted some goalie insurance; he'd be a possible tandem partner to Campbell next season as well if they were to resign him.
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VanW27 said:
Dermott is better than Vatanen defensively and your also playing him on his off side.

Vatanen was a pretty good two-way dman but he isnt that anymore, now hes pretty much all offense, no defense.
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Elliotte said the decision whether Leafs will get a goalie will come in the middle or end of next week. He says they have asked the Coyotes about their guys, as well as Buffalo about Ullmark. They have done their due diligince. Now we wait.
 
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TheShape said:
Good to hear Dubas has kicked tires on Kuemper and Raanta, two very capable goalies who would be an upgrade on this version of Andersen. I'd prefer Kuemper as he is signed through next season, but the cost would be higher.
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Can only protect one of Kuemper or Campbell
 
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Adam Scheel joins teammate Jordan Kawaguchi in Dallas. He was the only goalie on the NCAA UFA market I thought was worth an ELC this year, although with the Leafs having Woll, Vehvilainen, Scott, and Hutch either already under contract or as pending RFA's, I do not think a goalie was in the cards for us anyways.

We may sign a lesser guy on an AHL contract at some point for the Growlers next year.
 
Probably the best article about how much cap space the Leafs actually have ahead of the deadline and how the cap works.

How much Cap Space do the Leafs have?

Today, the Leafs can acquire a $2.3m cap hit without sending any money back. On the trade deadline, there is 27 days remaining in the NHL regular season. That means $80-$100k accrued allows the Leafs to spend ~$400k over the cap before their average on the season hits $81.5m. Add that on to $2.1m in daily cap space with a 19 man roster, and you find that $2.5m in cap space.
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Yeah from an acquisition cost/pure value perspective I feel pretty comfortable that Holl/Dermott > Campbell. Raanta doesn't make any sense to me as a solution to the goalie health issues given his own chronic injury history. Kuemper is also suspect given the lack of information available pertaining to his injury beyond "week to week LBI".
 
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This is a picture that should not be shown to Hyman and or other Leaf player negotiating a contract:

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Elliott mentioned twice this past week that he thinks Dubas has a move in Back-Pocket ready to go but is waiting for a bigger Fish to land on his lap until the deadline. Also, he accruing as much cap-space as possible.

Have to assume this with a team that is FOR SURE 0ut of the playoff race. So meaning Anaheim/Detroit/Buffalo/New Jersey/Ottawa?/San Jose?

Highly doubt he has something lined up and ready to go with a team that may still be in the playoff race. There's 2 sides/teams to any trade
 
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OVO16 said:
Elliott mentioned twice this past week that he thinks Dubas has a move in Back-Pocket ready to go but is waiting for a bigger Fish to land on his lap until the deadline. Also, he accruing as much cap-space as possible.

Have to assume this with a team that is FOR SURE 0ut of the playoff race. So meaning Anaheim/Detroit/Buffalo/New Jersey/Ottawa?/San Jose?

Highly doubt he has something lined up and ready to go with a team that may still be in the playoff race. There's 2 sides/teams to any trade
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Wonder if that potential big fish is Hall. Could be a huge return on investment if this guy were to come here motivated to show the hockey world he is worthy of a long term contract. All he has done in Buffalo is prove he is worth a huge paycut.
 
SprDaVE said:
Probably the best article about how much cap space the Leafs actually have ahead of the deadline and how the cap works.

How much Cap Space do the Leafs have?
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Yep.

The main takes are:

1. ~$2.5m in capspace
2. That's enough to get any player, even Hall - though Hall would have to go to another team first so there would be double retention and we would only cover 25% of his hit. (We were the middle man in the double retention trade of Lehner). And obviously if we can add Hall's $8m we could also handle 2 $4m guys.
 
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It is a little odd that Dubas is carrying a 21-man roster instead of a 20-man roster while trying to accrue cap space, to get AHL guys some extra cash. That tells me he isn't making more than 1 add prior to the deadline (unless he ends up having to add a goalie?), but that also wouldn't leave the Leafs D depth in great shape; I'd think he'd have to at least add a waiver exempt (therefore a buried cap hit of 0) D for depth that's at least slides Liljegren, Rosen, & Marincin down the depth chart. Maybe I'm wrong but I really hope I'm not.

That backpocket deal with a team completely out of a playoff spot (& selling) must be between Hall, Rakell & ..... maybe Tanner Pearson or Miles Wood...

I'd think he's waiting on NSH, LAK, NJD, PHI & CBJ with Granlund, Iafallo, Palmieri, Laughton, & Foligno.
 
Thoughts on claiming the other Svechnikov? / Trading for him if he clears?

24, 6'3 LW. 5 points in 10 games this year on a abysmal Detroit team.
Positive Corsi Rel over his career.
Skates well, seems like he knows what hes doing defensively.
Could be an interesting 'rebuild' guy to sit on the taxi squad for the rest of the year.
 
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123offtheglass said:
It is a little odd that Dubas is carrying a 21-man roster instead of a 20-man roster while trying to accrue cap space, to get AHL guys some extra cash. That tells me he isn't making more than 1 add prior to the deadline (unless he ends up having to add a goalie?), but that also wouldn't leave the Leafs D depth in great shape; I'd think he'd have to at least add a waiver exempt (therefore a buried cap hit of 0) D for depth that's at least slides Liljegren, Rosen, & Marincin down the depth chart. Maybe I'm wrong but I really hope I'm not.

That backpocket deal with a team completely out of a playoff spot (& selling) must be between Hall, Rakell & ..... maybe Tanner Pearson or Miles Wood...

I'd think he's waiting on NSH, LAK, NJD, PHI & CBJ with Granlund, Iafallo, Palmieri, Laughton, & Foligno.
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They have a 20 man roster, Hutchinson is an emergency exception
 
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