Confirmed Trade: [VAN/TOR] Travis Dermott for 2022 3rd round pick

[GermanSpitfire]

So it’s Hamonic for Dermott

 

[Foppberg]

So basically Harmonic for Dermott. Pretty good.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Any leaf fans updated scouting report on Dermott? I know he showed lots of potential but haven't really noticed him much these last couple of years.

Player who looked good when sheltered/3rd pairing.

Not good when he played anything above that

 

[miscs75]

f***ing Dermott was holding up the Giordano trade?

Leafs have too much cap ate up by 5 players. They needed to move someone to clear space for Gio.

 

[super6646]

I mean Hamonic for Dermott is an upgrade, but again why the need for an extra LHD?

 

[JumpierPegasus]

Hamonic for Dermott? Save 1.5m and get a better player? I guess I'll take it. So weird to move an RHD for an LHD though when we NEEED RHD. only makes sense if we play Dermott on offhand

 

[canuckking1]

One good move followed by a bad one. I don't like it

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Good trade for Vancouver. Cap dump for Travis Dermott in order to get another trade done.

 

[Hogan86]

Any leaf fans updated scouting report on Dermott? I know he showed lots of potential but haven't really noticed him much these last couple of years.

Dermott is a decent skater, but he makes some really ridiculous plays in the defensive zone. And offers next to nothing offensively. I really thought he would push to be a 2nd pairing type player a few years ago, but he's a bottom pairing guy every day of the week.

 

[Volica]

With Dermott’s departure from Toronto I want to thank the Leafs for endless threads and debates of Dermott >> Rasmus Andersson from years past. Props for sticking to your guns.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Hamonic for Dermott? Save 1.5m and get a better player? I guess I'll take it. So weird to move an RHD for an LHD though when we NEEED RHD. only makes sense if we play Dermott on offhand

He played RD in Jr, but almost exclusively LD for the Leafs.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I didn't realize that Dermott actually made $1.5 million. Honestly, I probably would have just stopped at the Hamonic for a 3rd part and not done the Dermott trade.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Any leaf fans updated scouting report on Dermott? I know he showed lots of potential but haven't really noticed him much these last couple of years.

5'11 broke man's Brent Burns. Great athleticism, can't really decide if he wants to be an offensive or defensive D and ends up half assing both. If he's playing off instinct he can tilt the ice with his skating for a couple shifts but struggles playing a rigid system. I could see him bouncing around the league for a decade as a #4/5 if someone gets him to focus in on becoming a specialist of some kind instead of trying to be a jack of all trades.

 

[CupInSIX]

Couvy, that's a lot for a team trying to move him in the next 24hrs

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

f***ing garbage for Van

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

Any leaf fans updated scouting report on Dermott? I know he showed lots of potential but haven't really noticed him much these last couple of years.

Dermott has been a fine player he just got passed by Sandin on the depth chart. Skates well, plays with some intensity, tries to do too much sometimes and he over uses his head fakes, which now ive told you you will never be unable to not notice.

 

[Buresflyingelbow]

I’ll eat crow here! Said Vancouver would never want Toronto’s scraps like Dermott in any deal. Looks like I’m the fool. Hope our management knows something more than me! I personally don’t like this for us.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Nice for Leafs

 

[96]

Hamonic for Dermott? Save 1.5m and get a better player? I guess I'll take it. So weird to move an RHD for an LHD though when we NEEED RHD. only makes sense if we play Dermott on offhand

Dermott has spent a lot of time playing the right side (in the NHL)

 

[CanHeDoIt99]

He can crush soft deployment, a useful player. Think he will help Vancouver.

Happy the Leafs got a 3rd because I was afraid being scratched so much meant they'd get less.

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

Hamonic for Dermott? Save 1.5m and get a better player? I guess I'll take it. So weird to move an RHD for an LHD though when we NEEED RHD. only makes sense if we play Dermott on offhand

Dumb Leafs fans have been trying to jam Dermott onto the right side for years and it was always a disaster.

 

[HandshakeLineRespect]

Dermott has spent a lot of time playing the right side (in the NHL)

No he hasnt. And when he has its been a train wreck.

 

[Mickey Marner]

I’ll eat crow here! Said Vancouver would never want Toronto’s scraps like Dermott in any deal. Looks like I’m the fool. Hope our management knows something more than me! I personally don’t like this for us.

Your management, albeit Benning, had been picking up our scraps off waivers for a while.

 

[Raging Bull]

He's a good player. Very vanilla. The Ron Livingston of NHL defenseman.

 

[96]

No he hasnt. And when he has its been a train wreck.

I haven't been a fan of his since his rookie stint. But yea, he has played quite a bit on the right side. Not saying I ever thought he looked good there though.