GDT: Trades & Free Agency Thread - Off-Season Early Edition

[hockeywiz542]

6 big questions for the Toronto Maple Leafs' off-season - Sportsnet.ca

TORONTO – Even though Kyle Dubas has already been one of the busiest general managers in this young off-season, he won’t be able to let his foot of the gas for the rest of the month.

New cap-friendly deals for pending UFAs and dressing-room-culture icons Wayne Simmonds and Jason Spezza have brought some clarity to the 2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs’ fourth line. An agreement with pending RFA Travis Dermott gave the promising defenceman some financial security — if not geographical security. And the Leafs waved goodbye to the first coach of the Seattle Kraken, replacing him with Dean Chynoweth Monday.

These moves are nothing more than an amuse-bouche for the main course to come.

Trade rumours are buzzing, and Toronto still has final decisions to make on a pair of long-term players.

Let’s look at the six biggest questions facing the club before the NHL’s shortest off-season goes full frenzy.

 

[New Liskeard]

Hyman is coming back to Toronto 1st day of free agency on home discount. He was on St. Clair last night partying it up with Spezza and friends. He didnt seem like he was leaving. Book it.

Care to make a friendly wager on that? He's not coming back unless Dubas signs him to an ungodly term of 6 years or more to lower the cap hit.

 

[hamzarocks]

Doubt we get Bertuzzi. Yzerman is very good at getting excess value for his players. Bertuzzi will have a half a dozen teams looking to trade for him which drives up the price.

Dubas should be smart and not throw away future pieces to save his job on a player with risk of a big drop in play after playing 9 out of 56 games due to a major back injury

We are not getting Blake coleman who is going to Dallas according to most reports. He's from there, has on 2 cups already wants a solid pay day and bought a home in Dallas and is married to a cowboys cheerleader

We should be talking with Dallas for a trade for a forward from them. If they add coleman at 5 years 4.5M they probably consider moving out a forward

I'd see if they'd sell Faksa + Dickinson for couple of prospects like Abramov + Woll + a 3rd from a kerfoot deal

We'd be getting both at under 5M for sure and they'd be good bottom y option for the team

We move kerfoot for a 3rd and 4th and clear 3.5M and have Faksa be the 3C and Dickinson be 4LW with Spezza

 

[Americanadian]

Seattle will likely pick up Appleton, Foegele, Dickinson and Robinson. All would be welcome additions to the leafs bottom 6 and even top 6 for Foegele.

A 3rd line of Foegele-Dickinson-Appleton would be excellent.

 

[hamzarocks]

Made some moves on capfriendly got the team to fit a 20 man roster (no healthy scratched being carried) with just above 1M in space

Can bring up Brooks as the 21st player to sit though we can run a 20 man squad and be fine with leafs having maneuvered in the past using basically 20 man rosters due to cap

Basically added a couple of bigger players who play a physical/forechecking game

Saad, Faksa, Dickinson, Goodrow the 4 major additions to the team along with Dreidger at 2.2M as our 1B behind Campbell

 

[ShaneFalco]

Hyman is coming back to Toronto 1st day of free agency on home discount. He was on St. Clair last night partying it up with Spezza and friends. He didnt seem like he was leaving. Book it.

Lol ok insider

 

[hockeynorth]

This is basically what I'm expecting for this offseason, with Nick Robertson, Adam Brooks and Joey Anderson all getting time depending on how good Semyonov is and Spezza/Simmonds rest, and Timothy Liljegren going up and down with Sandin or Semyonov as needed to get him 35-45 games.

Reasoning for moves:
- Bertuzzi we are rumoured to be in on, I believe what I gave up lines up with the ask
- We've been looking at ANA for a while, I believe Terry could be the guy, they could also use Engvall
- Presented with a choice between Kerfoot and Holl I believe SEA goes Kerfoot

Signings:
- Foligno 1 x 2M --> there's been some chatter about this
- Bonino 1 x 2.5M --> believe we'd go after Wennberg but he'll be too pricey, Bonino can play strong defensive hockey
- Bertuzzi 3 x 4.25M --> takes Hymans money
- Mrazek 1 x 2.5M --> prove it deal, new coach should be familiar with him, can tandem well
- Bogosian 2 x 1.25M --> security in a place he likes
- Galchenyuk 2 x 1.5M --> see above

Tried to do what I genuinely believe happens

 

[dfunk]

Someone was willing to take a wager on hyman… my bet is he re-signs for an AAV of 4 mill over 6 years

 

[Jozay]

Seattle will likely pick up Appleton, Foegele, Dickinson and Robinson. All would be welcome additions to the leafs bottom 6 and even top 6 for Foegele.

A 3rd line of Foegele-Dickinson-Appleton would be excellent.

All solid options.

 

[Dreakmur]

- We've been looking at ANA for a while, I believe Terry could be the guy, they could also use Engvall

We've managed to trade Engvall for one of the few players even softer than him!

 

[Jozay]

 

[Nylander88]

We've managed to trade Engvall for one of the few players even softer than him!

Engvall is such a frustrating player. And I'm sure Keefe feels the same way, which is why he gets benched so often. Can absolutely move for being 6'5", can play the wing or center, has looked more physical and engaged at times (like when he had Simmonds on his wing)....and then just disappears and looks soft and uninterested. Guy could be our 3C if he got it together, but there is zero chance anyone can trust him there over the course of a season. Has great tools, really wish he'd put it together consistently. Due to the C/W versatility and lower cap, I'd honestly keep him over Mikheyev if given the choice

 

[dubplatepressure]

Engvall is such a frustrating player. And I'm sure Keefe feels the same way, which is why he gets benched so often. Can absolutely move for being 6'5", can play the wing or center, has looked more physical and engaged at times (like when he had Simmonds on his wing)....and then just disappears and looks soft and uninterested. Guy could be our 3C if he got it together, but there is zero chance anyone can trust him there over the course of a season. Has great tools, really wish he'd put it together consistently. Due to the C/W versatility and lower cap, I'd honestly keep him over Mikheyev if given the choice

He's a low IQ player. Does not think the game fast enough at an NHL level. Often does the right thing and creates some space for himself due to his exceptional speed, but then has absolutely no idea what to do with it once he does.

 

[Nylander88]

He's a low IQ player. Does not think the game fast enough at an NHL level. Often does the right thing and creates some space for himself due to his exceptional speed, but then has absolutely no idea what to do with it once he does.

Agree with everything above. The frustration is he has all the natural tools. But he and Mikheyev are both guys I want to move on from, as I've stated in many other posts. Would rather bring in guys like Foegle, McGinn, Bonino etc

 

[BertCorbeau]

Worse and worse

That last part is a condition that I haven't heard of before.

 

[dubplatepressure]

Agree with everything above. The frustration is he has all the natural tools. But he and Mikheyev are both guys I want to move on from, as I've stated in many other posts. Would rather bring in guys like Foegle, McGinn, Bonino etc

I wouldn't lose sleep over them either, but I do have some part of me that wants to see if Mikheyev can bounce back after his bad season. Kind of reminds me of Kulemin's second season before he busted out for 30g the year after.

 

[4thline]

I wouldn't lose sleep over them either, but I do have some part of me that wants to see if Mikheyev can bounce back after his bad season. Kind of reminds me of Kulemin's second season before he busted out for 30g the year after.

I have trouble seeing it, Soup's faster but he doesn't have any of Kulie's shot, strength, or pre-plane crash killer instinct.

 

[WTFMAN99]

I have trouble seeing it, Soup's faster but he doesn't have any of Kulie's shot, strength, or pre-plane crash killer instinct.

Kulemin was my favorite player of that era for the Leafs. I still think he was dealing just a ton of depression after that happened, I think Igor Korolev was his kid's god father and he was on there, likely knew more too.

 

[Mickey Marner]

I think it's a good strategy by Yzerman, but (I'm assuming) we specifically signed Dermott so we could expose him. Appleton is a guy he (and Vegas) should go after.

 

[WTFMAN99]

I think it's a good strategy by Yzerman, but (I'm assuming) we specifically signed Dermott so we could expose him. Appleton is a guy he (and Vegas) should go after.

Dermott+ for Bertuzzi

 

[4thline]

Kulemin was my favorite player of that era for the Leafs. I still think he was dealing just a ton of depression after that happened, I think Igor Korolev was his kid's god father and he was on there, likely knew more too.

I'm in the same boat. Kulemin and Frattin highlight videos on youtube were my golden age of prospect excitement.

The change in him as a player was night and day after losing Igor.

 

[WTFMAN99]

I'm in the same boat. Kulemin and Frattin highlight videos on youtube were my golden age of prospect excitement.

The change in him as a player was night and day after losing Igor.

I liked his 2-way game, felt he had a heavy shot, the 30 goals was definitely puck luck but always felt he could be a great 20/20 guy consistently. He was an absolute tank that could have destroyed guys if he got that drilled into him. I remember he lit up Kaleta really good.

I tend to gravitate towards 2-way teams, even better if physical. Chicago were very good 2-way teams with Seabrook, Keith, Toews, Hossa, Bolland etc. Kane was just super fun to watch.

I hate respected the old Flyers teams and current incarnations of the Bruins.

 

[Stigma]

Dreger thinks that the Leafs are pursuing Coleman.

And (just for fun) Eklund thinks we're pursuing Hamilton and Montreal is pursuing Oleksiak.

There you go.

 

[Menzinger]

 

[WTFMAN99]

Not surprised, I projected him getting claimed and flipped immediately or at the latest, TDL.

Mayfield, Pelech and Pulock make too much sense to protect over Leddy.