Value of: Yanni Groude and Brandon Tanev to the Leafs
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The Leafs are pretty tight to the cap and those two players have a combined 8.67 million left for this year. Who are the Leafs trading to free up some space?
Also from what I have read Seattle wants more of young players or prospects in return before draft picks. These are the Leafs under 25 year old players;
Knies - not being moved
Robertson - he has bare minimal value
Those are the only two under 25 roster players on the Leafs who Seattle could build around.
For draft pick the Leafs don’t have their 1st round pick this year and don’t have their 2nd round pick next year. The draft pick cupboard is not fully stocked.
Then we will look at their prospects and the Leafs are thin there too.
Cowen - not being traded unless for a star NHL player
Minten - solid piece but he wouldn’t be the main part of the return in trade
Grebenkin - same as Minten
Danford - solid defensive defenceman prospect but I can’t see him having big value
They have some solid goalie prospects playing for the Marlies but non NHL proven goalie prospects don’t carry much value unless they come with draft pedigree like Askarov did.
I’m not hating on the Leafs but I don’t know what assets that they have to trade to get both players. The Leafs have been a playoff team for the last almost decade now and have been buyers pretty much every year along the way. The have little in terms of talented youth who would be available in trade.
Also from what I have read Seattle wants more of young players or prospects in return before draft picks. These are the Leafs under 25 year old players;
Knies - not being moved
Robertson - he has bare minimal value
Those are the only two under 25 roster players on the Leafs who Seattle could build around.
For draft pick the Leafs don’t have their 1st round pick this year and don’t have their 2nd round pick next year. The draft pick cupboard is not fully stocked.
Then we will look at their prospects and the Leafs are thin there too.
Cowen - not being traded unless for a star NHL player
Minten - solid piece but he wouldn’t be the main part of the return in trade
Grebenkin - same as Minten
Danford - solid defensive defenceman prospect but I can’t see him having big value
They have some solid goalie prospects playing for the Marlies but non NHL proven goalie prospects don’t carry much value unless they come with draft pedigree like Askarov did.
I’m not hating on the Leafs but I don’t know what assets that they have to trade to get both players. The Leafs have been a playoff team for the last almost decade now and have been buyers pretty much every year along the way. The have little in terms of talented youth who would be available in trade.
kevsh
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All of this.
The Leafs are likely not going to be in on any "impact" players (or simply the most sough-after ones) this TDL as they won't be able to beat other teams' offers.
Which I think is a good thing because it forces restraint, and therefore not wasting the very few assets they have on another likely failed playoff run. While they only really need some bottom 6 help, they need a solid C and another forward that both can bring some offense. And in both cases, either they go bargain bin hunting or they're likely going to get out-bid.
The one good thing I've heard is that Treliving is looking for players with term vs. pure rentals, which is certainly smarter. Unfortunately, unless it's a bad contract they're taking on, again, they're going to get beat by better offers.
Brandon Tanev is a solid bottom 6 upgrade but he's not am impact player.
What are you talking about?
You have Brandon Tanev confused with Brock Nelson, or Brock Boesser,
