Why is Kerfoot on this team?
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zeke
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Both PP pts, of course.
(And as usual, he's the least productive member of that elite top PP unit, too).
Cecithepylon
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Ok 2 things can be true.
1. Kerfoot is a good player and useful for what the leafs need him to be. Responsible fast ect.
2.Kadri is better than kerfoot but less effective as a third line player
1. Kerfoot is a good player and useful for what the leafs need him to be. Responsible fast ect.
2.Kadri is better than kerfoot but less effective as a third line player
zeke
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3. Makes less money than Kadri
4. Is 4 years younger.
5. Just finished his sophomore season when traded; has untapped potential.
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Kerfoot coughing up that bad game was the exception to how he’s played this year. He should be out working extra in practice learning how to win more faceoffs. Other than faceoffs loses he’s been flying.
I fully expect that line to start scoring more in a couple weeks. On the Kadri stuff. Forget about him. I’m more concerned with kerfoot being better for us. His line is still figuring out puck support and they aren’t always open for each other. They look like a line ready to score more soon
I fully expect that line to start scoring more in a couple weeks. On the Kadri stuff. Forget about him. I’m more concerned with kerfoot being better for us. His line is still figuring out puck support and they aren’t always open for each other. They look like a line ready to score more soon
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Kerfoot is an NHL player. Is he worth a Nazem Kadri? Give your head a shake. And before some inane stat is thrown my way, if 100 percent of NHL GM’s, scouts, coaches, don’t agree with me you win. Zzzzzz. I mean it’s laughable, but have at it, when has that stopped....
Not liking Kadri or inflating Kerfoot, doesn’t change reality.
Not liking Kadri or inflating Kerfoot, doesn’t change reality.
They qualified for the playin and lost therefore missing the playoffs.
The qualified for the playoffs, which featured 24 teams in 2019-2020.
He was the smaller piece to the overall trade... the fact that Barrie sucked as bad as he did but leafs still have a valuable asset out of the deal speaks volumes to Dubas negotiating. Apparently teams were pissed about the asking price for Kapanen, and commented Dubas has unrealistic asking prices. Dubas got a fantastic deal for Kapanen....
As fans, I think we should be ecstatic Dubas has a reputation of playing hard ball. Especially with his apparent reputation of being a softy in contract negotiations.
To have a chance at the cup last year the Leafs absolutely needed to upgrade their D but had little cap room (so needed a team to retain salary of the contract coming our way)... dubas did so, and like any trade... it had the chance to fail (just like Kadri could've bombed in Colorado). Barrie bombed in Toronto.... however the Leafs still have a valuable piece from the trade.
I think this trade was fine in hindsight.... you can't have your cake and eat it too. If leafs didn't strengthen their defense last season, posters would be laughing right now about how Dubas was an idiot for not strengthening an obvious weakness.
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We all know where they ended up, arguing the fact is arguing semantics. Who cares what it’s officially considered.
zeke
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They ended the regular season in top-16 playoffs position (13th overall), which is what "making the playoffs" has always referred to in every other year.
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Kulemin was our top winger a few years ago, that does not make him a top winger. Sometimes players who should be slotted lower play higher because of a talent gap...this is what was happening in Montreal.
Watch a game or two eh buddy... LOL you think you know more than an entire fan base...
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Technically they lost in the "Play In" round, the play in round was meant to decide who made the SC playoffs.
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In the end Dubas got what he wanted. The original trade was Brodie and Jankowski for Kads. Since Kad vetoed the trade, it forced Dubies hand. This ended up being even better as Kerfoot is miles better than Jankowski.
If we had traded Kadri for Kerfoot and TJ Brodie, I would have been fine with it. Kerfoot can play Center, something we need, especially with Mathews down.
Because many people utilize that statement devoid of all context to make false and misleading claims and suggestions about the team. There's a very clear and explicit answer. There's a discussion about how the team did to be had, but that cannot start with ignoring the basic facts.
No, technically, they lost in the "Stanley Cup Qualifiers", which were factually a part of the 2019-2020 playoffs.
Brutal Trade.
Kadri is 1000x better than Kerfoot and Barrie HURT our defence.
No way he helped.
Stickboy gets owned again.
