What would ya'll give grade for us at the deadline now?

[Nhlpowerweek]

Now that its over. Dubby did his thang. We got Timmins, RoR, Mccabe, Lafferty, Acciari and Schenn. And Gustaffson And Zohorna. So what would yall give him the school grade. Now is your turn to do yo thang playoffs is coming and we are going to twerk. Hard

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[Maple Leaf]

Now that its over. Dubby did his thang. We got Timmins, RoR, Mccabe, Lafferty, Acciari and Schenn. And Gustaffson And Zohorna. So what would yall give him the school grade. Now is your turn to do yo thang playoffs is coming and we are going to twerk. Hard

They will send Tampa back to the stone age and then what

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

They will send Tampa back to the stone age and then what

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sypher04]

Easy A. I at the very least understood, but in most cases loved, every deal made. We filled a lot of needs. Would have liked a middle 6 winger, but we are way better today than we were 2 weeks ago, that’s what matters.

 

[Statsman1]

B+. If there was a goalie to be had, I have to believe Dubas would have done it.

They've got 20 games to get it figured out. We don't need a top-tier goalie, we need adequate, consistent goaltending. Avs proved it last year.

Get it done, guys!

GLG!

 

[Frostitute]

B+. If there was a goalie to be had, I have to believe Dubas would have done it.

They've got 20 games to get it figured out. We don't need a top-tier goalie, we need adequate, consistent goaltending. Avs proved it last year.

Get it done, guys!

GLG!

Exactly this

 

[notdoneyet]

As far as i am concerned he should have gotten that top six scorer we need.
Kerfoot has proven time and time again he doesn’t have any offensive IQ. Marner has set him up for so many tapins that he just fanned on. On our team he should be a fourth liner and at 3.5 that is terrible management.
As long as we play Holl in the playoffs we will not beat tampa.

 

[darrylsittler27]

What is an A? A certain amount is other GMs and who is available. With the trade for McCabe and the development of Lily, Sundin was all but done here anyway. He would want more icetime next year but play 7 dman, he would want out anyway. Toronto's defense is way stronger now and no fun to play against even if you are Boston.

Exactly this

We should have got Carey Price for a 7th rounder!

 

[GoonieFace]

B+

Addressed what needed to be addressed without giving up much to be honest.

 

[Buds17]

A-. More NHLers incoming than those outgoing. ROR will be slated to have a bigger impact than Engvall while the same applies for McCabe in comparison to Sandin. Potential downsides are the number of UFAs acquired (in relation to players with term) and the net loss in 1st round picks. In fairness, those downsides are often to be expected from a buying team at the trade deadline.

 

[m1ker]

we'll find out when Murray plays

 

[Cap'n Flavour]

Sundin was all but done here anyway. He would want more icetime next year

Look I miss Mats too but I think it's time to move on.

Anyway, other than ROR I'm not convinced that these acquisitions are really going to move the needle much. I'm happy to be proven wrong come April.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Rarely the teams that won the trade deadline,
end up winning the cup.

 

[Gary Nylund]

It's either an A or F.

A if you think spending futures in an effort to win the cup this year is a good idea.

F if you think that considering our path to the finals we'd have been better off waiting until next year.

I predict that many people will change their votes from A to F if we don't make it to the finals.

I'm going to be an optimist and say A. This is our year baby. First we beat TB to get that monkey off our backs, then we beat Boston to get that monkey off our backs, then with no monkeys left on our backs we will crush everyone else in our way and bring the cup back where it belongs.

GLG!!

 

[Frostitute]

What is an A? A certain amount is other GMs and who is available. With the trade for McCabe and the development of Lily, Sundin was all but done here anyway. He would want more icetime next year but play 7 dman, he would want out anyway. Toronto's defense is way stronger now and no fun to play against even if you are Boston.


We should have got Carey Price for a 7th rounder!

I dont mean anything of the sort. What I am saying is Sammy is good but relatively unproven & Murray is a bucket of bandaids. If we could have found a talented and reasonably cheap goaltender im sure Dubas would have paid the going rate. He didn't, so my guess is that there wasn't.

That being said I'm happy with literally all the moves he made besides perhaps being a bit confused with aquiring Gus. I can see him as a helping hand on the PP of Rielly gets injured, but overall unnecessary with our current D and F makeup.

Also, if u were just joking then my bad. Hard to grasp tone at times through text.

Go Leafs Go! I want a God damn cup!

 

[Divine]

I'm shocked Dubas didn't make any more trades. We have too many defencemen.

Also, the Sandin move was pointless unless Dubas feels that we couldn't get the same offer in the offseason or next season.

I thought the Boston 1st or Gus or Holl or Kerfoot would have been flipped for a more complete roster.

With so many defencemen, I don't know why we're keeping Holl as a rental. Kerfoot also makes no sense, he really doesn't bring much to the table. If we had to move one, I probably would have preferred moving Kerfoot before Engvall (thought they both needed to go IMO).

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Not a bad deadline for sure, but I think he had the chance to hit it out of the park and ended up not quite doing enough. It's at the point where he should be doing everything possible to win a cup, but he didn't deliver. I don't know how anyone could be okay with his work if the Leafs lose another decisive game by a goal knowing he left assets on the table instead of going for it

 

[BraveCanadian]

I'm shocked by the high grades being given for what is essentially a bunch of roster churn of depth players outside of ROR. I do like that we got a bit more sandpaper in the lineup but giving up higher value players and future for gritty depth players isn't a recipe for success very often. It feels very much like something fell through because some of the moves (Sandin and Engvall) make no sense unless there was going to be another.

Still hoping the big guns show up this year and then it won't matter.

 

[jaric1862]

B+

don’t understand the roster spot being used towards Gustafsson instead of another forward.

 

[Racer88]

My grade has to be” to be determined”.
we have no idea how these new guys will blend into the mix

 

[smitty10]

My grade has to be” to be determined”.
we have no idea how these new guys will blend into the mix

The idea is to vote and then look back after the playoffs and reevaluate.

I'm shocked by the high grades being given for what is essentially a bunch of roster churn of depth players outside of ROR. I do like that we got a bit more sandpaper in the lineup but giving up higher value players and future for gritty depth players isn't a recipe for success very often. It feels very much like something fell through because some of the moves (Sandin and Engvall) make no sense unless there was going to be another.

Still hoping the big guns show up this year and then it won't matter.

The Leafs don't really have room to make overly impactful offensive additions. Adding ROR is massive. Adding Lafferty and Acciari changes the way our bottom 6 plays. McCabe and Schenn reshape our D completely in terms of style and physicality.

This was a major shakeup and completely changed the way the team plays.

 

[Suntouchable13]

I'd say an A just for acquring who I wanted in ROR.

But again, I know I have said it many times, Dubas is really banking on this core too much. I don't know if they have what it takes to get over the hump. I guess we will give them a 7th chance (5th with JT) to try to make some noise in the playoffs.

 

[Menzinger]

As a pre-playoff grade I'd give it an A

The ROR trade will potentially end up one of the more reasonable trades of the tdl period in terms of assets in and outs of the deadline.

And the McCabe trade filled holes AND brought in assets over multi years.

The team also managed to recoup traded futures too.

Overall, I'd say the team got stronger to play against even in comparison to Tampa and Boston despite their own trades.

 

[htpwn]

I selected B-.

I don’t hate any particular trade, but much of thinking behind what we needed and how to achieve it was flawed, in my opinion.

Between the ROR/Acciari trade (grade: B+), and the McCabe/Lafferty (grade: A) trade, we spent enough assets that meant we were going for it. Given that, I am disappointed that we could not address what I thought was our primary need going into the deadline, which was a 2LW. As much as I like ROR, his offence seems to be in decline, and both him and Tavares are probably too slow to be effective together over an extended playoff run. I hope I am wrong.

I also would have preferred Dubas just stopped after those two trades. Trading Sandin for a late 1st plus a rental D was questionable (grade: D+). He’s a 22yo defenseman, signed for another year at a reasonable rate on a cap-strapped team. His value to us is more than a late 1st, although I acknowledge that being scratched in the playoffs (as he was likely to be) may have burned whatever bridges remained between him and the Leafs.

Even if it was necessary to deal Sandin, I would have felt better had we gotten an additional 2nd or decent prospect rather than Gustafson. As I said in last night’s GDT, I do not understand why he is on this team, especially after the Schenn/Engvall deals (grades: C-). We passed up draft picks and moved a top 9 forward (Engvall) out our roster in order to add an 8th and 9th NHL defenseman.


The explanation that Dubas gave this afternoon for these moves does not make sense. No, we do not need 9 NHL defensemen for depth. In the unlikely event of losing half our defense core, then at that point I would be fine with Jordie Benn or Mac Hollowell drawing in as the #6D. We also did not need a PP specialist. Our PP is driven by our forwards. A veteran D like Gio or Brodie could be passably effective back there if Mo went down. And if super-pressed for an offensively-inclined D in that role, Conor Timmins could have drawn in.


This deadline felt a lot like the Foligno deadline. Not in results, as the players coming back now are far superior, but in management going overboard for supposed depth (remember Rittich for a 3rd?) and leaving unaddressed our need for offensive depth (again, ROR may be the solution here, but I am not convinced). Overall, not bad, but not great either, hence the B.

 

[Budz22]

A+ for Dubas and all the other GMs for making blockbusters before deadline so HF boards doesn’t crash today.