Who's the next Bunting for us ?
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ToneDog
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Doesn't appear to be any from the pending UFA list. If I had to guess I'd say Hinostroza, Paul, Carrick, Donato have a chance to outperform a cheap contract.
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I can see the logic behind this, but that's what other teams were saying too.
He's not even playing in the NHL anymore.
zeke
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Le Cobra
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i think if we had a team of Buntings we might have a chance at getting past the first round
Tyler Bertuzzi, via trade, when Kerfoot, Mrazek, Holl and Muzzin are moved this summer to free up cap space.
Leafs go with this...
Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Bertuzzi-Tavares-Nylander
Mikheyev-Kampf-Engvall
Robertson-Douglas-Blackwell
Holmberg
Reilly-Brodie
Giordano ($1 million)-Liljegren
Sandin-Lyubushkin
Kral
Campbell
Trade
Leafs go with this...
Bunting-Matthews-Marner
Bertuzzi-Tavares-Nylander
Mikheyev-Kampf-Engvall
Robertson-Douglas-Blackwell
Holmberg
Reilly-Brodie
Giordano ($1 million)-Liljegren
Sandin-Lyubushkin
Kral
Campbell
Trade
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ITM
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Michael Mcleod for me. I feel like I'm beating a drum here, but the kid looks like he's got untapped potential and is under deployed in New Jersey on a club stacked at centre.
He's got grit. He's not an enforcer but he doesn't back down. He's quick. I think Toronto's offense would do similar things for him as Bunting. He's from Toronto...Right age, make-up...Think he'd be a good target in trade.
He's got grit. He's not an enforcer but he doesn't back down. He's quick. I think Toronto's offense would do similar things for him as Bunting. He's from Toronto...Right age, make-up...Think he'd be a good target in trade.
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Seath The Scaleless
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Another vote for Joey Anderson.
As for external pending UFAs, this is based on very limited time spent watching them (except for Donato):
Laurent Dauphin
Kiefer Sherwood
Ryan Donato
Maxim Mamin
Andrew Poturalski
Justin Bailey
As for external pending UFAs, this is based on very limited time spent watching them (except for Donato):
Laurent Dauphin
Kiefer Sherwood
Ryan Donato
Maxim Mamin
Andrew Poturalski
Justin Bailey
SeaOfBlue
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Pretty easy answer for me: Zach Senyshyn.
He is more of a project than Bunting, and really nobody is exactly like Bunting out there this year, but he has speed, size, sniping ability... Get him the right development program and you never know?
Give him the Seney treatment and let him go to work. Seney has turned into a top notch performer for the Marlies at the very least, and Senyshyn has a lot more NHL projectability than Seney.
HM's:
Anton Blidh - Plays with the exact same kind of intensity as Bunting (including drawing a lot of penalties) but is more of a defensive specialist than a complimentary top 6er. Has struggled in limited NHL action too.
Dakota Joshua - Former Leafs prospect. Plays a physical game and is a solid skater, but mostly a depth guy with limited offensive ability and not enough defensively to make up for it. Although a team like Florida can probably turn him into a star.
Adam Brooks - Another former Leafs prospect. He got screwed by waivers, and I hope he finds a team that gives him a legit shot and some stability. Unfortunately, between Holmberg and Abruzzese, we have younger and better versions of him already signed.
Maxim Mamin - He has some size, good underlying numbers, and will lay out hits. I just don't know if there is enough there to find a role at the NHL level, and he may decide to head back to the KHL for good.
Denis Malgin - The Leafs prospect nobody wants to talk about unless they bring up Mason Marchment. Tons of speed, tons of skill and creativity, tons of compete, improved his shot a fair bit since leaving NA. The only issue really is finding a spot for him in the Leafs lineup, because he has definitely earned another shot at the NHL. I still think the Andreas Johnsson comparison holds here.
He is more of a project than Bunting, and really nobody is exactly like Bunting out there this year, but he has speed, size, sniping ability... Get him the right development program and you never know?
Give him the Seney treatment and let him go to work. Seney has turned into a top notch performer for the Marlies at the very least, and Senyshyn has a lot more NHL projectability than Seney.
HM's:
Anton Blidh - Plays with the exact same kind of intensity as Bunting (including drawing a lot of penalties) but is more of a defensive specialist than a complimentary top 6er. Has struggled in limited NHL action too.
Dakota Joshua - Former Leafs prospect. Plays a physical game and is a solid skater, but mostly a depth guy with limited offensive ability and not enough defensively to make up for it. Although a team like Florida can probably turn him into a star.
Adam Brooks - Another former Leafs prospect. He got screwed by waivers, and I hope he finds a team that gives him a legit shot and some stability. Unfortunately, between Holmberg and Abruzzese, we have younger and better versions of him already signed.
Maxim Mamin - He has some size, good underlying numbers, and will lay out hits. I just don't know if there is enough there to find a role at the NHL level, and he may decide to head back to the KHL for good.
Denis Malgin - The Leafs prospect nobody wants to talk about unless they bring up Mason Marchment. Tons of speed, tons of skill and creativity, tons of compete, improved his shot a fair bit since leaving NA. The only issue really is finding a spot for him in the Leafs lineup, because he has definitely earned another shot at the NHL. I still think the Andreas Johnsson comparison holds here.
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The Iceman
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Why the Bunting pick-up was so good is that he is a perfect compliment to the 1st line. Selfless, good hockey instincts, great on the forecheck, aggrevating, and brings energy.
Stick Bunting on PP2 and a 3rd line and he does not overly impress.
A player that filled an exact need.
What the team needs to target on the cheap this off season is LW2 to fit with Willy and JT, a gritty D, a grinder checker to play in Mikheyev's spot and a couple guys to PK and play the 4th line.
Stick Bunting on PP2 and a 3rd line and he does not overly impress.
A player that filled an exact need.
What the team needs to target on the cheap this off season is LW2 to fit with Willy and JT, a gritty D, a grinder checker to play in Mikheyev's spot and a couple guys to PK and play the 4th line.
If he's not, that's understandable. It'll be a loss for our penalty kill, but next man up. Maybe Holmberg gets a chance to slot in there. Robertson Anderson other other options on the system.
How about Tyson Jost? the potential is def in there but guy has been played in bottom 6, if used in top 6 with more minutes i think his game would change totally.
Le Cobra
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imagine we had both Bunting and Hyman on this team at the same time, Bunting on the first line, Hyman on the 2nd - add one enforcer type player like a Tom Wilson and we would be a force to be reckoned with come playoff time.
