Traded Vladimir Tarasenko (1 year, 5 million)

[Hale The Villain]

The obvious need to me is another two-way forward to play on the 3rd line with Joseph and Pinto.

Tarasenko is a good player but ideally we find a guy that provides something other than scoring in that spot.

3rd line should act as somewhat of a shutdown line that we can send against opposing scorers.

Tkachuk - Stutzle - Giroux
Greig - Norris - Batherson
Joseph - Pinto - ??????

Nice thing is that Joseph can play either wing, so we have a bit of flexibility there.

 

[Sensinitis]

Vlady gets the helmet after the game for his play and game winner only to re-give it to Pinto,

What a man

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Vlady gets the helmet after the game for his play and game winner only to re-give it to Pinto,

He obviously doesn't like our tradition, he wants out.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

The obvious need to me is another two-way forward to play on the 3rd line with Joseph and Pinto.

Tarasenko is a good player but ideally we find a guy that provides something other than scoring in that spot.

3rd line should act as somewhat of a shutdown line that we can send against opposing scorers.

Tkachuk - Stutzle - Giroux
Greig - Norris - Batherson
Joseph - Pinto - ??????

Nice thing is that Joseph can play either wing, so we have a bit of flexibility there.

You put Tarasenko in that top-9 and that's a top of the league forward core.
The money needs to be spent on a RD who is going to stabilize the top-4
Chabot/Chychyrun - RD
Sanderson - Zub
X-X

 

[Icelevel]

Very good question indeed. I imagine post-trade deadline when both Taresenko and Kubalik are gone we'll have something like this, assuming full health (in your dreams):

Chuck - Norris - Giroux
Joseph - Stu - Batherson
Greig - Pinto - Crookshank
Smejkal - Kastelic - Kelly/McEwen
Chartier

Would be interesting to see how that top 9 can perform. Clearly we'll need some more top 6 depth, at least someone to take Joseph's spot and send him down to the 3rd line. Not much help from the farm next year other than Ostapchuk and maaaaybe Boucher? But those are bottom 6ers.

There should be room for one FA top 6 winger; not sure who's going to be available.

Jarventie unless he’s traded (not unlikely)

 

[Norris4Norris]

I hope Tarasenko will be traded by the deadline.

Embrace the rebuild people.

It aint over yet.

 

[Xspyrit]

The obvious need to me is another two-way forward to play on the 3rd line with Joseph and Pinto.

Tarasenko is a good player but ideally we find a guy that provides something other than scoring in that spot.

3rd line should act as somewhat of a shutdown line that we can send against opposing scorers.

Tkachuk - Stutzle - Giroux
Greig - Norris - Batherson
Joseph - Pinto - ??????

Nice thing is that Joseph can play either wing, so we have a bit of flexibility there.

Will the Leafs need us to take Calle Järnkrok off their hands? I would gladly do that

And if not, there will be a lot of options on the UFA market.

Sam Reinhart would be the biggest coup as he's Elite both ways but will cost a pretty penny, this would mean that one of Chabot or Chychrun is gone for sure.

We could also score big time with Stephenson or Marchessault (can't see Stamkos leaving TB, not talking about Guentzel as he is pure offense) but not sure we'll luck into that


Assuming our Top-9 next season is :

Tkachuk - Norris - Giroux
Greig - Stutzle - Batherson
?????? - Pinto - Joseph

Some names I'll keep an eye on to improve the bottom-6 :

Teuvo Teräväinen, Jake DeBrusk, Danton Heinen, Stefan Noesen, Warren Foegele, Brandon Duhaime, Teddy Blueger, Jordan Martinook, Sam Lafferty...

Teravainen/DeBrusk and Heinen/Noesen would be great. Replace Tarasenko and Kubalik by 2 of these and we're improving

 

[Hale The Villain]

Will the Leafs need us to take Calle Järnkrok off their hands? I would gladly do that

And if not, there will be a lot of options on the UFA market.

Sam Reinhart would be the biggest coup as he's Elite both ways but will cost a pretty penny, this would mean that one of Chabot or Chychrun is gone for sure.

We could also score big time with Stephenson or Marchessault (can't see Stamkos leaving TB, not talking about Guentzel as he is pure offense) but not sure we'll luck into that


Assuming our Top-9 next season is :

Tkachuk - Norris - Giroux
Greig - Stutzle - Batherson
?????? - Pinto - Joseph

Some names I'll keep an eye on to improve the bottom-6 :

Teuvo Teräväinen, Jake DeBrusk, Danton Heinen, Stefan Noesen, Warren Foegele, Brandon Duhaime, Teddy Blueger, Jordan Martinook, Sam Lafferty...

Teravainen/DeBrusk and Heinen/Noesen would be great. Replace Tarasenko and Kubalik by 2 of these and we're improving

The assumption should probably be that 95% of players have Ottawa on their NTC list, so I don't think Jarnkrok would be an option. Nor should the Leafs trade him. He's pretty cheap for what he provides.

We won't get a top UFA like Reinhart. Stephenson and Marchessault will probably re-sign in Vegas but even if they made it to UFA they probably wouldn't want to play here.

Guys like Foegele, Noesen, Martinook, Henrique, Blueger, Joshua, Sundqvist, etc... Those are realistic targets to fill out the bottom 6.

 

[Big Muddy]

You put Tarasenko in that top-9 and that's a top of the league forward core.
The money needs to be spent on a RD who is going to stabilize the top-4
Chabot/Chychyrun - RD
Sanderson - Zub
X-X

I agree with that. That's got to be the primary target in my mind and will make the biggest difference.

 

[Xspyrit]

The assumption should probably be that 95% of players have Ottawa on their NTC list, so I don't think Jarnkrok would be an option. Nor should the Leafs trade him. He's pretty cheap for what he provides.

We won't get a top UFA like Reinhart. Stephenson and Marchessault will probably re-sign in Vegas but even if they made it to UFA they probably wouldn't want to play here.

Guys like Foegele, Noesen, Martinook, Henrique, Blueger, Joshua, Sundqvist, etc... Those are realistic targets to fill out the bottom 6.

Yeah, I know, that's why I said "not sure we'll luck into that". I realize we'd need planets to align like it did with Giroux... Stephenson is from Sask so not much chance, Marchessault will most likely sign in Vegas but if he wanted to play closer to hom, then why wouldn't he sign in Montreal? Same with Stamkos and the lightning but if he wanted to be closer to home, then he would sign with Toronto, nothign to help us. Reinhart is from BC

Maybe we'd have better odds if we didn't screw up another season starting with DJ Dorion

And agreed about Jarnkrok, no way the Leafs should trade him. Not sure why I have seen so many Leafs fans trading him for like a 3rd or something

Hopefully we get solid at least a solid bottom-6 forward on UFA

 

[BradyTkachucky]

I hope Tarasenko will be traded by the deadline.

Embrace the rebuild people.

It aint over yet.

I hope they keep him, we need more veterans not less.

 

[coladin]

I hope Tarasenko will be traded by the deadline.

Embrace the rebuild people.

It aint over yet.

Rebuild ain't going to happen. These players have proven that they are coachable, and the core will improve together.

I would rather extend Tarasenko. 2yrs - 8M.

 

[PlayersLtd]

Will the Leafs need us to take Calle Järnkrok off their hands? I would gladly do that

And if not, there will be a lot of options on the UFA market.

Sam Reinhart would be the biggest coup as he's Elite both ways but will cost a pretty penny, this would mean that one of Chabot or Chychrun is gone for sure.

We could also score big time with Stephenson or Marchessault (can't see Stamkos leaving TB, not talking about Guentzel as he is pure offense) but not sure we'll luck into that


Assuming our Top-9 next season is :

Tkachuk - Norris - Giroux
Greig - Stutzle - Batherson
?????? - Pinto - Joseph

Some names I'll keep an eye on to improve the bottom-6 :

Teuvo Teräväinen, Jake DeBrusk, Danton Heinen, Stefan Noesen, Warren Foegele, Brandon Duhaime, Teddy Blueger, Jordan Martinook, Sam Lafferty...

Teravainen/DeBrusk and Heinen/Noesen would be great. Replace Tarasenko and Kubalik by 2 of these and we're improving

You left out Dakota Joshua. He is as good a fit as any. Hard to gauge what he is worth contract wise and I am sure he will be seeking term but him at around 4 would be phenomenal.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

You left out Dakota Joshua. He is as good a fit as any. Hard to gauge what he is worth contract wise and I am sure he will be seeking term but him at around 4 would be phenomenal.

Buyer beware imo. 27 almost 28. On the best team in the league, with no significant track record of production and a shooting percentage almost doubling his previous time. I think he could be a useful player, but term at 4 mil makes me nervous.

 

[OD99]

Rebuild ain't going to happen. These players have proven that they are coachable, and the core will improve together.

I would rather extend Tarasenko. 2yrs - 8M.

We really need to see Jarvi get back and playing. If he had kept up his pace, he was looking like he would get above PPG in the A this year and then I could see him make the transition to Ottawa next season.

Not much time, but if he can get healthy and play well before the TD then I could see Ottawa asking Tank if he wants to move to a contender. On pace for 25 goals and 60 points, he could get us another late 1st which would be valuable.

It's always the dream but as a FA, he could choose to sign back in Ottawa and I would gladly take him back.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

I hope they keep him, we need more veterans not less.

Exactly this and what better veterans than Giroux and Tarasenko.
At one point in their careers these two were some of the best players in the league.
Wouldn't move either one unless they want out or price themselves out.

 

[Crosside]

Someone in another forum, said he tell the team that he want to extend. His kids really like to play competitive hockey and him and the family really like Ottawa. Will see if true at the deadline

 

[Loach]

Someone in another forum, said he tell the team that he want to extend. His kids really like to play competitive hockey and him and the family really like Ottawa. Will see if true at the deadline

Ya but....Patrick Roy.

 

[SensontheRush]

Will the Leafs need us to take Calle Järnkrok off their hands? I would gladly do that

And if not, there will be a lot of options on the UFA market.

Sam Reinhart would be the biggest coup as he's Elite both ways but will cost a pretty penny, this would mean that one of Chabot or Chychrun is gone for sure.

We could also score big time with Stephenson or Marchessault (can't see Stamkos leaving TB, not talking about Guentzel as he is pure offense) but not sure we'll luck into that


Assuming our Top-9 next season is :

Tkachuk - Norris - Giroux
Greig - Stutzle - Batherson
?????? - Pinto - Joseph

Some names I'll keep an eye on to improve the bottom-6 :

Teuvo Teräväinen, Jake DeBrusk, Danton Heinen, Stefan Noesen, Warren Foegele, Brandon Duhaime, Teddy Blueger, Jordan Martinook, Sam Lafferty...

Teravainen/DeBrusk and Heinen/Noesen would be great. Replace Tarasenko and Kubalik by 2 of these and we're improving

Teravainen is another Kubalik. Watch out.

 

[jbeck5]

Rebuild ain't going to happen. These players have proven that they are coachable, and the core will improve together.

I would rather extend Tarasenko. 2yrs - 8M.

I hope they keep him, we need more veterans not less.

I'm starting to think this way too.

Capwise... We're clearing roughly 5 in dead cap and gaining roughly 3 in cap rising, right? So roughly 8 mil extra?

If we can extend tank to 4 per, that would be 9 mil in cap space.

Clear kubaliks 2.5 and brannstroms 2 and that makes 13.5.

That's plenty to fit in Sanderson's 7 mil raise and Pinto on a multi year contract.

Now it just leaves a couple mil to get a RD.

How do we do that?

Edit: we also GAIN 625k bonus cap space from white for next year only (still don't understand how that makes sense)

I'm ok with keeping Chabot, Sanderson, chychrun on the left with Zub, some RD physical guy replacing brannstrom, and jbd or some other guy, also physical and defensive.

So then we have 3 LD and 3RD and every pairing is balanced. They can all play 18 mins EV plus whatever special teams minutes.

 

[BrawlFan]

He’s having fun. Which I don’t think he was having in St. Louis.

Now. Does the youth on the team inspire him to play 70% for 3 years of regular season at 4M and turn it up on the playoffs (god willing)? That’s the question.

Give him term and lose some dollars. 3x4M is my offer. But I would also ask if he’d rather go for a cup and come back too.

Either way we should take the pick unless he takes a good offer. Package it for a player you need if he doesn’t re-sign.

The boston pick should be heavily in play for a player IMO.

 

[Xspyrit]

You left out Dakota Joshua. He is as good a fit as any. Hard to gauge what he is worth contract wise and I am sure he will be seeking term but him at around 4 would be phenomenal.

I couldn't name everyone but yeah there might be several other guys worth a contract. Not sure I'd go as high as 4.0 AAV for Joshua but yeah, good candidate

Teravainen is another Kubalik. Watch out.

Difference is that Teuvo is a great possession forward, skilled playmaker which is something we lack IMO. We need to cycle the puck more and improve in our passing game to become a contender

But yeah, he wouldn't be my first target, I'm looking to add at least one Joseph type.

 

[PlayersLtd]

Buyer beware imo. 27 almost 28. On the best team in the league, with no significant track record of production and a shooting percentage almost doubling his previous time. I think he could be a useful player, but term at 4 mil makes me nervous.

I hear that and his value is tough to gauge but he is going to get paid (maybe I'm high at 4). He is exactly the player that GM's gush over and if he carries his play into the playoffs this year his stock is going to sky rocket.

What makes me bullish is that he can skate and he has hands, both NHL level so he has skills to fall back on. He has been an absolute line driver in Vancouver this year and was the reason the bottom 6 was so productive for them early on. He is without question benefiting from the team playing so well but he's also a huge reason why they are where they are, so chicken or the egg situation...

Risk reward situation perhaps but I think he is a guy to keep an eye on this year and every team that gets bounced from the playoffs and criticized for being soft, of which there are always many, is going to be calling his agent.

 

[Mark Stones Spleen]

Re-sign his ass (short-term)

 

[lancepitlick]

If you can keep Tarasenko for two years and manage the cap then I say do it unless you get a crazy offer for him.

He gives you a lot of flexibility if you want to trade another forward at some point in time.

I like the way he plays. He's similar to Giroux in that you get exactly what you expect, day in and day out.