LongtimeLeafsufferer
Rejoint: juill. 2015
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I totally don't get the Alzner trade.....It means very little if you have his right for two weeks. The only difference the club owning his rights really has is offering him an eight year deal, when all others can offer save. And then you sign him for seven. Alzner would wait and see who comes up with the best seven year deal from all 31 clubs.
Trouba: Leafs and probably most teams would like the playing abilities of the RFA who has not signed a contract this year. The Leafs and probably most teams don't want Trouba despite the playing abilities of the RFA who has not signed a contract this year. The Leafs management has ZERO interest in acquiring this guy. Leafs management has kept its players under low profile and they don't want Trouba and the baggage (I'm not blaming Trouba) with it. You mentioned Trouba would sign a 1 year contract this year. Geez, can you imagine Lou pulling his hair out as next summer the whole RFA not signing starts again. All the "trades" that are made that would satisfy Chevy and the Jets....twenty offers will be better than an offer from the Leafs. The Leafs don't want the Trouba and his baggage (not his fault) and if he they did, money wise, the Leafs would not offer Trouba as much as the teams.
As a judger of talent, I would be disappointed if Leivo, Griffith, Leipsic and Enroth are on the Leafs team next year. Leafs have better players...NHL type players with more upside. Kapanan, Johnson, Lindberg, Gauthier, Bibeau
who IMO could contribute more immediately and from a rebuilding team prospective need to have long looks at the NHL level.