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Depends who we trade and what we get (obviously).
Reimer and Franson to Edmonton for Sam Gagner and ?
Depends who we trade and what we get (obviously).
I think - you'd have to think this:
Bolland isn't coming back until next year (truthfully, playoffs or not, I'd rather have a healthy Bolland, then a crippled one). so he's off the books.
I would, at this point, swing for the fences and hope for the best. Trade Kadri Franson, & a Tender, and go hard out. Play Rielly, New Person, and sign a vet goaltender, and go for it.
There you go.. the BLOCKBUSTER!!
Holland the new Toews.
Time to hype him up on main boards... BRB!!
And this is why one cannot have good things
Giroux is out there and Philly is willy to move him and he could probably be had pretty cheap seeing as he's struggling. There's obviously something wrong in that dressing room.
If we had Giroux on our top like with JVR and Kessel that would be amazing.
the question was - do you go for the blockbuster.
so if we go for a blockbuster -
we're going to pretty much have to give up some of OUR good things to get other teams GOOD THINGS.
sooner or later one or two (or all three) of what I listed is going to be gone.
Think of this Holland deal as the horderves before the big meal arrives
Reimer and Franson to Edmonton for Sam Gagner and ?
rofl i came in here expecting noone wanting a big trade, this is why leaf fans cant have nice things..... and with the trade today i doubt we see anything else
There you go.. the BLOCKBUSTER!!
Holland the new Toews.
Time to hype him up on main boards... BRB!!
Teams like LA and Chicago are not afraid to take a stab at players who put up #s in juniors. A lot of times teams get caught up in projecting players as certain types in the NHL that they lose sight of the fact that they haven't yet succeeded in the juniors ranks. Players like Vey, Toffoli, Pirri were all excellent producers in the junior ranks but they never got the credit at the draft because their game wasn't projected to translate well into the NHL.
Leafs are too conservative with their drafting. They need to grow a pair and hit homeruns with the sexy picks. Players like Kucherov, Saad, Jurco, Rattie, Gibson, Toffolli, Jarnkrok, Frk, etc. are the boom or bust prospects with one common factor. That factor is immense skill. They might be undersized or slow but they can shoot and pass with the best of them. We have big prospects who are fairly decent skaters but have hands of stone. We're drafting safe picks and even the safe picks are turning into ****.
Aside from drafting, we have no luck developing our guys. For one reason or another our prospects never seem to flat out dominate any league. We just haven't had any luck with that game breaking prospect. Kadri was the closest we've had in years. Leivo is looking like potentially another but even he will probably end up being a 2nd liner in the future.
I came in expecting people to expect one.
The patience on this board is hilarious.
Gagner sucks
Terrible at faceoffs
Terrible defensively
Nothing special offensively
Undersized perimeter forward. I don't understand why there is an obsession to throw any playmaking centre on the top line. The only perimeter forward on our top line should be Kessel especially when JVR isn't exactly a power forward.Gagner sucks
Terrible at faceoffs
Terrible defensively
Nothing special offensively