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Waived: Travis Boyd (Update - Claimed by Vancouver)

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Stephen said:
Spezza isn't that bad actually. He doesn't have explosive acceleration but once he gets going he has that smooth stride and cruising speed on the open ice. Like a Cadillac.
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he is not that bad, I have kept an eye on his speed lately, he looks good, I think he could be a # 2 or 3 line center on a shit team
 
I think Boyd being waived was a Cap requirement. Toronto has everyone healthy and can only fit 21 players in the Cap Box.
 
Hope he doesn't get claimed. I liked having him as a 12/13 forward.

Barabanov would now become the 13th forward.
 
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Keon1963 said:
I think Boyd being waived was a Cap requirement. Toronto has everyone healthy and can only fit 21 players in the Cap Box.
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Close.

I agree it is a cap-related move, but they could carry him on a 21-man roster and have nickles and dimes left over.

Since they're no longer using LTIR, the Leafs can now accumulate unused cap space.

Every dollar counts, and I suspect they feel the risk of exposing Boyd to waivers is worth the cap space they would accumulate for another roster move without his salary.

Unless there is another long-term injury, they can't add anyone without waiving someone else. If they were planning to waive him anyway, much better to do it now without flushing the cap space he uses between now and then down the toilet.

Who knows, he might clear anyway.
 
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The 6ix said:
Close.

I agree it is a cap-related move, but they could carry him on a 21-man roster and have nickles and dimes left over.

Since they're no longer using LTIR, the Leafs can now accumulate unused cap space.

Every dollar counts, and I suspect they feel the risk of exposing Boyd to waivers is worth the cap space they would accumulate for another roster move without his salary.

Unless there is another long-term injury, they can't add anyone without waiving someone else. If they were planning to waive him anyway, much better to do it now without flushing the cap space he uses between now and then down the toilet.

Who knows, he might clear anyway.
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Well thought out post.
 
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The 6ix said:
Close.

I agree it is a cap-related move, but they could carry him on a 21-man roster and have nickles and dimes left over.

Since they're no longer using LTIR, the Leafs can now accumulate unused cap space.

Every dollar counts, and I suspect they feel the risk of exposing Boyd to waivers is worth the cap space they would accumulate for another roster move without his salary.

Unless there is another long-term injury, they can't add anyone without waiving someone else. If they were planning to waive him anyway, much better to do it now without flushing the cap space he uses between now and then down the toilet.

Who knows, he might clear anyway.
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You are correct and I was wrong again. Cap Friendly had Toronto's roster at $81,149,741 with a 22 man roster including Hutchinson at $0. Hope Boyd clears waivers and makes it to the Taxi Squad.
 
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The 6ix said:
Close.

I agree it is a cap-related move, but they could carry him on a 21-man roster and have nickles and dimes left over.

Since they're no longer using LTIR, the Leafs can now accumulate unused cap space.

Every dollar counts, and I suspect they feel the risk of exposing Boyd to waivers is worth the cap space they would accumulate for another roster move without his salary.

Unless there is another long-term injury, they can't add anyone without waiving someone else. If they were planning to waive him anyway, much better to do it now without flushing the cap space he uses between now and then down the toilet.

Who knows, he might clear anyway.
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Closer.

Leafs have more men than they need on the NHL roster now that simmonds is back. They want to send another contract (Boyd) to the TS on non-game days so they can accumulate space on those days.

Also they can’t get guys like Robertson or Liljegren into the lineup on rotation without one current roster player going to the TS.
 
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wc17 said:
haha here come the Dubas haters to tell everyone about the bad asset management in losing a 4th line depth player.

Leaf fans are amazing.
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You forgot to mention that it is poor asset management to lose a player for nothing, (even though he cost nothing to acquire).
 
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ToneDog said:
As things stand we can't afford much in our bottom 6 and as such all we can do is sign players making the minimum to $1.5M. So far he hit on Bogo, Spezza and Simmonds. Missed with Lehtonen, Barabonov, Vesey, Boyd, Petan, and Malgin. Jury out on Jumbo but he is starting to show his age. Next year after he gives Hyman his raise he will go bargain hunting again. It will not work.
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This post is so off the mark, I honestly don't know if you're joking or not.

First off, the Boyd move isn't because the team doesn't want him, they're trying to get the most cap-space possible, elite teams have this type of depth hitting waivers...

Secondly, Dubas has already proved that you can pay players less, if your star players are stars, and still have your team play at an elite level...

Thornton is a hit, 12 points in 20 games, great in the locker rom.

Vesey wasn't my favourite, but he wasn't horrible either, league min contract, gave the team 5 goals

Lethonen, 3 points in 9 games, couldn't crack our defence, so he was shipped out. He's still an NHL player...

Boyd 8 points in 20 games, as a 4th liner...you take that every day.

Every single bargain player Dubas signed from the list of players you had are serviceable NHL players, none of them are asked to be heroes.

Problem is you're complaining about 4th liners, and forget the other solid contracts the team has for players like Mikeheyev, Dermott, Engvall, Holl, Campbell...
 
Suntouchable13 said:
Lol, no there isn't. Nobody is lining up to get him. He shouldn't be waived, but he is a cap dump in any deal. He doesn't have much value.
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This is a common perception, but you may find this an interesting read:
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2021...l-and-toronto-maple-leafs-deadline-decisions/
Here is an excerpt:
"Kerfoot is probably a little bit underrated. Looking into the ranking of defensive forwards in the league according to Evolving Hockey‘s WAR model, since Kerfoot entered the league in the 2017-18 season, he ranks 33rd out of 415 forwards with 1000 minutes in terms of even-strength defense. His 5-on-5 point production is also surprisingly quite strong, but since he doesn’t get power-play time, his overall point totals aren’t all that impressive. I think he’s a perfectly fine player with a fine contract."
 
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Zonk said:
This is a common perception, but you may find this an interesting read:
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2021...l-and-toronto-maple-leafs-deadline-decisions/
Here is an excerpt:
"Kerfoot is probably a little bit underrated. Looking into the ranking of defensive forwards in the league according to Evolving Hockey‘s WAR model, since Kerfoot entered the league in the 2017-18 season, he ranks 33rd out of 415 forwards with 1000 minutes in terms of even-strength defense. His 5-on-5 point production is also surprisingly quite strong, but since he doesn’t get power-play time, his overall point totals aren’t all that impressive. I think he’s a perfectly fine player with a fine contract."
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On a 4th line
 
Zonk said:
This is a common perception, but you may find this an interesting read:
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2021...l-and-toronto-maple-leafs-deadline-decisions/
Here is an excerpt:
"Kerfoot is probably a little bit underrated. Looking into the ranking of defensive forwards in the league according to Evolving Hockey‘s WAR model, since Kerfoot entered the league in the 2017-18 season, he ranks 33rd out of 415 forwards with 1000 minutes in terms of even-strength defense. His 5-on-5 point production is also surprisingly quite strong, but since he doesn’t get power-play time, his overall point totals aren’t all that impressive. I think he’s a perfectly fine player with a fine contract."
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OK, so he has his uses but I don't think he has "lots of value". Sure, somebody will take him because he IS useful, but by himself he doesn't add much value to a deal.
 
Zonk said:
This is a common perception, but you may find this an interesting read:
https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2021...l-and-toronto-maple-leafs-deadline-decisions/
Here is an excerpt:
"Kerfoot is probably a little bit underrated. Looking into the ranking of defensive forwards in the league according to Evolving Hockey‘s WAR model, since Kerfoot entered the league in the 2017-18 season, he ranks 33rd out of 415 forwards with 1000 minutes in terms of even-strength defense. His 5-on-5 point production is also surprisingly quite strong, but since he doesn’t get power-play time, his overall point totals aren’t all that impressive. I think he’s a perfectly fine player with a fine contract."
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Kerfoot has won a fan in me. I didn’t like him much. This year is a completely more confidence player. I’m not interested in Dubas moving him out at all now.
 
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