Waived: Travis Boyd (Update - Claimed by Vancouver)

[NK94]

Good 4th liner but with a healthy lineup, he's not getting any playing time. If Vesey got claimed, wouldn’t shock me if Boyd did too.

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[Hoverhand]

Fingers crossed we stay healthy from here on out because he should be a decently valuable plug and play piece come playoff time.

I bet he gets claimed.

 

[Amadeus]

Solid player but he tailed off a bit near the end. Tough business where you essentially have the be dialed in every night.

 

[DarenX]

It is what it is... I really liked his depth on the 4th

 

[Suntouchable13]

I thought he was a decent 4th line player. What makes him worse than Engvall, for example?

 

[Stephen]

Feels like we got a lot out of him already.

 

[TMLeafer]

I kind of want to keep him as depth. Hope he clears.

 

[Leaffan1991]

Hopefully he clears but doubt it..

 

[Machinae]

Theyve seen enough of Galchenyuk to make this call it seems.

 

[NK94]

I thought he was a decent 4th line player. What makes him worse than Engvall, for example?

Not as good defensively and was on a PDO bender until recently? The Leafs aren’t exactly hurting for 4th line pieces either.

 

[The Big Swede13]

Would like to keep him for the playoffs but doubt he clears

 

[Teeder Keon]

I thought he was a decent 4th line player. What makes him worse than Engvall, for example?

Nothing

 

[Teeder Keon]

The thing with Gally that has stood out is his energy and excitement and desire to get in there and take the body and at least skate fast and with purpose ...
All those other guys that have been given the opportunity haven’t shown any of these attributes for the vast majority of their shifts and games

 

[Mr Hockey]

i liked him, I thought he played well

 

[Leaftors]

Nothing

why do you hate 47 so much? He’s been impressive since the Edmonton series and adds speed to that 4th old man line

 

[SeaOfBlue]

I thought he was a decent 4th line player. What makes him worse than Engvall, for example?

Engvall is significantly better in his own end and can PK. Even Vesey, who was deemed as useless, provided some value outside of scoring.

Useless would have been an upgrade for Boyd. Other than scoring at an unsustainably efficient rate at the beginning of the season (mostly thanks to Spezza), he was a liability. I am fairly sure the last game he played, he was directly responsible for 2 goals against despite playing less than 10 minutes that night. If you aren't scoring and you suck defensively, you are not getting in the lineup.

Other than losing depth, and he wasn't even great depth, losing him is no big deal. The Leafs can just hunt for other depth guys on the waiver wire or use Petan, Brooks, Barabanov, Robertson, and Anderson. All of them are probably better options anyways. It opens up a contract spot to potentially add some NCAA UFA's to be added depth for this year and next as well. There are some guys out there who look like they could be quality additions for the Leafs right out of the gate. European UFA's can't come over this year I don't think, but there are few of those guys as well.

 

[glue]

They won’t need him with Foligno coming

 

[TMLAM34]

Wouldn’t surprise me if he passes through waivers, also wouldn’t surprise me if he gets claimed. If he gets claimed, at least Joey Anderson has a better shot at a call up and I’d rather give Anderson the opportunity than Boyd.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Hope the Sens claim him. Have wanted him for a while.

 

[Bellefour20]

I wish there were some deals to make if all our waived players get claimed unless they threaten retirement.

 

[NK94]

Wouldn’t surprise me if he passes through waivers, also wouldn’t surprise me if he gets claimed. If he gets claimed, at least Joey Anderson has a better shot at a call up and I’d rather give Anderson the opportunity than Boyd.

Anderson, Barabanov, Petan, Agostino, etc. Leafs aren’t hurting for 4th line pieces.

 

[zeke]

I thought he was a decent 4th line player. What makes him worse than Engvall, for example?

He can't skate or keep up defensively, while Engvall is excellent at both.

 

[TheScandal89]

I thought he'd be helpful in the playoffs, when checking gets tight, he seemed like a guy who wouldn't shy away from that

He definitely tailed off but I assumed that would have made him hungrier. Hope he clears but he wont

 

[zeke]

Boyd has gone through waivers many times before. He likely clears this time again.

 

[Sypher04]

He can't skate or keep up defensively, while Engvall is excellent at both.

I'll be honest I still really don't see it with Engvall. Maybe at times but overall, not really. He's just ok