Trades and UFA’s - Trade Deadline Edition

[Rare Jewel]

Just in time for winter.

If Edmonton doesn’t get better and they have to scrap the season, I’d be interested in checking in on Mattias Ekholm himself.

They just got him, aside from the two obvious guys, he may be the next safest guy, no?

 

[Buds17]

I would have picked up Bogosian from Tampa on waivers.

I forgot about Bogosian being on waivers.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Bogo on waivers would have made since with the injuries on the blue line

 

[Stephen]

Bogo on waivers would have made since with the injuries on the blue line

Bogosian for Jones would have been a good trade for both teams but I guess that’s why it wasn’t made.

 

[Stephen]

Just in time for winter.


They just got him, aside from the two obvious guys, he may be the next safest guy, no?

You have to try to exploit a sinking ship, no idea how likely it is though.

 

[Menzinger]

Sharks come out the best today. Nice bit of business for them

 

[SprDaVE]

Johnston's latest has the Leafs as a potential landing spot for Patrick Kane

Johnston: What I'm hearing about potential Patrick Kane landing spots

Will it be the trendy NHL destination Miami? Or a return to New York? Or his hometown, Buffalo? There are a few surprise candidates as well.

theathletic.com

Toronto Maple Leafs​

Admittedly a longer-shot contender in this process, the possibility can’t be ruled out entirely.

What the Leafs don’t have is cap space or a gaping need for what Kane does best since they’re already rolling out Mitch Marner and William Nylander on right wing — who would come off the top power-play unit to make room for him? — but they do boast an appealing sell in the form of fellow American Auston Matthews. Matthews grew up idolizing Kane, so there could be some sentimental appeal for everyone involved with bringing that duo together.

It’s also notable that Kane spent a considerable amount of time in the Greater Toronto Area while rehabbing and recovering from hip surgery in recent months. Still, the four teams listed above are considered more likely destinations for No. 88 to land.

 

[conFABulator]

i think we dodged a bullet with Bert, Domi, and Klinberg. If BT had more cap he almost certainly would have signed them for longer.

Who knows? His Calgary history is not good.

 

[Gilmour1996]

Bogo traded for a 7th rounder. He had a 21 team no trade list.

Confirmed Trade: - [MIN/TBL] Zach Bogosian for 2025 7th round pick

forums.hfboards.com

 

[WillNy29]

wonder if the leafs poach something off the scrap heap in Calgary; Hanifin, Zadorov?

 

[LeafSteel]

The amount of people jumping on the "moving Laff was a bad idea" train is laughable. At the time the move was made, a large portion of this board was all for moving him to save cap space. Everything he brought to this team was easily replaceable by cheaper, younger players. I'm not a fan of most of the moves Tre has made, but this is the one move that made total sense.

To me his point totals are a product of being on a hot team. I can say with certainty he wouldn't have put up those numbers on the Leafs.

I can’t speak to the others you are referencing here “jumping on” the Lafferty train, but I’ve been consistent in wanting him here, back to before the TDL’s last year, nor was I advocating moving him this season.

Expectations of what he was always seemed out there. He’s a solid 4th liner, great at nothing specific but served a purpose and fine in the 4th line without being a liability.

Funny how Kerfoot was fine to deliver nothing consistent for $3.5, but Lafferty, meh, not so much.

I don’t think his success is a one off. The guy works hard and he’s being rewarded for it, both in TOI and goals.

We’ve done worse.

Anyways, hopefully one of our Marlies can nail down a spot and that 5th rounder turns out to be the steal of the Draft for us.

 

[dubplatepressure]

wonder if the leafs poach something off the scrap heap in Calgary; Hanifin, Zadorov?

Zadorov would be nice for the 3rd pairing, but who knows what they're asking. I do think this team isn't going anywhere without upgrading their top4 this season though.

 

[Americanadian]

wonder if the leafs poach something off the scrap heap in Calgary; Hanifin, Zadorov?

Are either of those players considered scraps? They'd both cost more than they should at this point

 

[Americanadian]

Trade 1: Reaves+NYI 3rd to SJ for Benning
Trade 2: Klingberg+X(ideally not a 1st) to CGY for Zadorov
Trade 3: Kampf+24 1st to PHI for Laughton

Cap in: 8M
Cap out: 7.9M

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Gonna need to do a lot of heavy lifting to fix this catastrophe. Reaves should be waived in favour of McMann and Klingberg needs to get off this team right to the f*** now. Don't know how you pull off the latter but he's a detriment to this team. Leafs would be better off letting Rielly run PP1 again and letting a healthy Timmins run PP2, as rare as Timmins being healthy is it's still a better plan.

 

[TMLAM34]

Reaves and Klingberg need to get off this roster.

 

[MoreMogilny]

Reaves and Klingberg need to get off this roster.

Nobody will touch Reaves

Klingberg with a pick attached will be able to be offloaded.

Leafs need to to deal with a team that isn’t gunning for anything other than the basement this season. Calgary, SJ, St Louis, Columbus, Philly could all be trading partners.

Buy low scenarios are the only options as we have no attractive assets other than a few picks and mediocre prospects.

 

[arso40]

Gonna need to do a lot of heavy lifting to fix this catastrophe. Reaves should be waived in favour of McMann and Klingberg needs to get off this team right to the f*** now. Don't know how you pull off the latter but he's a detriment to this team. Leafs would be better off letting Rielly run PP1 again and letting a healthy Timmins run PP2, as rare as Timmins being healthy is it's still a better plan.

Timmy is better than him we’ll be fine when he’s off this team

 

[Jacquestrapless]

Leafs 2025 1st is top ten protected. So that's something at least.

But that 2024 1st should stay put.

No short-term fixes

 

[Dragao6]

Damn
At the time the sharks would give him away for free eating up some of his contract and I was all for it everyone on here were so aggressively against it

What losing does eh
It’s what I hoped to avoid
How thing change

Get over it with the being a horrible human being BS. Multiple players in the NHL have done some pretty stupid crap, Kane's drama was just glorified for whatever reason

 

[jaric1862]

Have to stop the bleeding sooner rather than later on this blueline.

We need some more defensively inclined players, not just on defense, but up front too.

 

[Peasy]

There are no quick short term fixes for this tire fire defence. Should really sell off one year deals and recoup assets instead of just tossing more away imo. Figure out a plan to completely over haul the d during next summer. Getting tired of "rewarding" this group when they repay you with nothing.

 

[Avilaj07]

Damn
At the time the sharks would give him away for free eating up some of his contract and I was all for it everyone on here were so aggressively against it

What losing does eh
It’s what I hoped to avoid
How thing change

This has nothing to do with losing actually. I've been saying we should've been after Kane for awhile now. He's a great top 6 NHL player.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Think we need a full scale rebuild.

 

[Peasy]

Think we need a full scale rebuild.

Don't need a rebuild, need a retool. Seriously shop Willy around to see what you could get for him. If it's not good enough then see what he wants to reup. If it's too much then just deal him as a rental. Sell off bertuzzi. If Domi plays alright can consider keeping him around. Start planning ways to fix this God awful d.