Re the Leafs trade, One of those guys is probably expansion fodder, the other is cheap useful depth for the Leafs. EDIT: Have been getting flamed on for this one. I've seen Leaf fans handing Kerfoot away which is absolutely baffling to me, given that he drives possession like crazy. IMO he's a fantastic 3rd liner who can fill in the top 6, but is an underperformer as a strictly top 6 option.
I really like Podz but it would be better if he had to earn his minutes rather than him being handed the minutes.
The more I think about Mayfield the more I think we need to get him no matter what. The defense is just about solved if you add him. Yes, it's not great, but you can add the following year. EDIT: While I still think this is the case, I did my research (and got dunked on by the Islanders fans) and I think Lou finds his way out of this situation either through enticement to take Leddy or by losing Michael Del Colle or Kiefer Bellows. We'll see Islanders fans, we'll see. For now, I settle for Hakanpaa.
VAN pass on that Leafs trade, don't understand getting rid of Juolevi.
Why pass on Leafs trade? I agree that if Compher is available for a 3rd, Kerfoot is probably worth the same. Maybe the 2021 3rd and MacEwan gets it done. I don't think MacEwan plays while Green is here.
Yeah we can probably keep Juolevi. I think exposing Myers allows us to protect Juolevi anyway. I just woke up feeling anti-Juolevi today.