Trades & Free Agency Thread: 2024-2025 Season Edition

[Brobust]

The past week with all the injuries piling up, 3 players are being mentioned by so called insiders or hockey reporters that they could see playing for the Leafs this season.

Let’s start with ROR
Contract is great, don’t think Leafs need any retention as long as Calle goes the other way.
Assets wise, it won’t be much as ROR is just okay.
Would it make sense for the Leafs? No as he is just okay but his brand is more attractive than his game.

Kadri.
Love him and want him back and he will help the current Leafs.
Assets wise will be a lot esp Leafs will need retention.

Marchand
Probably best of the three and will instantly gives the Leafs the X factor in playoffs.
Like Kadri, the assets to acquire him will be even more than Kadri.

Overall, I don’t like any of them due to the cap. If there is no cap, Marchand can and will play a key role in playoffs.

Kadri is the same age as Tavares and is signed for 4 more years at $7M.

 

[Budz]

Kadri is the same age as Tavares and is signed for 4 more years at $7M.

No thanks - without 50% retention

 

[Malachi Crunch]

So Arthur Kaliyev too injured to play this year?

Reddit report, he is miserable in LA?

His return date is supposed to be November 29th.

I'm all for Robertson for Kaliyev. Robertson gets to go back to Cali and we get a guy who also had a scoring touch in the past. Perfect change of scenery trade. Greb needs a Russian buddy too.

 

[Menzinger]

Kadri is the same age as Tavares and is signed for 4 more years at $7M.

Like if be fine with the trade on one level for pure entertainment purposes. But it's definitely not all that logical that we may flinch at a JT extension while being happy paying probably even more for Kadri whose the same age

 

[ACC1224]

How good of friends?

He has a NMC, he decides whether he goes or not?

Same as many others from 2017 Team Canada. He’s pretty popular around the league.

 

[Roo]

Based on how well we're playing with a depleted lineup, maybe we don't need to make any trades

 

[LeafSteel]

I suppose he doesn't really care about winning then.

And I don't mean this in an insulting way.

Like regular Joe's, scrambling to get to the top of your "area of expertise", in time you recognize a pyramid needs fewer and fewer blocks at the top.

Enjoy the moment, regardless of where you are.

I doubt he leaves, my wife teaches one of his sons and says Giroux loves living here.

At his age and life stage he’s made his money and will stay where it’s best for his family.

Can’t see any incentive to do anything different that affects his family.

I don’t blame him one bit for it either.

Would’ve been a good personality and player to add straight out of Philly if he’d been amenable to it.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Based on how well we're playing with a depleted lineup, maybe we don't need to make any trades

We're doing well, a 100% Matthews would be a boost but I still think a 3C is probably the play.

It's nice that we don't have 2-4 holes in the roster like we did under Dubas every TDL.

 

[LeafChief]

Sherwood - Lorentz - Kastelic would have been a hell of a 4th line to throw together. Hindsight is 20/20 obviously.

 

[LeafSteel]

We're doing well, a 100% Matthews would be a boost but I still think a 3C is probably the play.

It's nice that we don't have 2-4 major holes in the roster like we did under Dubas every damn TDL.

Good post. Minor tweak.

 

[Stephen]

Kadri is the same age as Tavares and is signed for 4 more years at $7M.

Tavares (1st), Kadri (7th) and O'Reilly (33rd) are all from the 2009 draft if we're keeping track of age, contract, downside.

 

[Gabriel426]

Kadri is the same age as Tavares and is signed for 4 more years at $7M.

Yep and that’s why it is not a good deal for the Leafs. Since Leafs probably shouldn’t even sign Kadri at 7m for 4 more years if he is a UFA

 

[trellaine201]

Zac MacEwan anyone? He was waived by Ottawa. Definitely grit. Berube would probably love him.