lol, Liljegren is less than a year younger than Sandin, sure thing bahd

I just saw your updated post. Holl will be a top 4 defensemen for the Leafs, but a 7th/8th defensemen at best for any contending team. In your eyes, I'm curious to know where will he play for the Avalanche, Blues, or the Knights? Lehtonen is coming from the KHL, and I don't understand the huge hype around him. Ever heard of Zaitsev? I hear he's amazing with the Senators

Oh my bad I see you

zaitsev wasn't the leading all-time dman in points per game in the KHL, nor was he named KHL defenceman of the year at any point lol

The problem with Zaitsev was that he was massively paid for one good year, which turned out to be pyrite. Dubas did really well to purge that deal out so seamlessly without giving up a 1st. Again, we'll see with Lehtonen. Sometimes really good KHL guys have a hard time adjusting to smaller ice.

I was gonna tease you about chickening out and typing "\sarc," but then your very first comment . . .

When some folks don't even read your description, well...yeah.

Barzal!

Bear!

DuBois!

Dunn!

TBF, no one's worried about Dubois. The question is whether they go for a bridge or the full 8 years. Columbus has the massive cap room to do either, and if UFAs still don't want to play for Columbus, well...I know what I would do. Maybe Jarmo's more confident that they'll convince a big fish to join the team someday.

A week ago I did an Arizona team with Anthony DuClair signed for 2 years at $1.5 million. Between putting the construction together and posting it, DuClair signed with Florida, so I added this final sentence: "Too bad I was wrong about DuClair." To which the first response was "DuClair is a Panther. He signed yesterday."

If you think reality is going to stop, or even slow down, that segment of fans addicted to offer sheets, you suffer from a touching optimism that is seldom rewarded by events.

here's him compared to most other contending team's #4 dmen ranked by GAR.

he's 3rd in offense, 4th in defence, 2nd in PK defence.

he's middle of the pack in GAR. again, we've only got one year to go off of, it could be a fluke, but there's no denying he performed well for us and played comparatively better than other 'contending teams' #4 dmen

Lol right!

I don't think that these folks truly get that flat caps make it harder, not easier, to offer sheet a player. Historically, flat cap years have ALWAYS been to the benefit of incumbent contenders, mainly because cap floor clubs run by bad management are way less likely to agree to insane, market-busting extensions with their RFAs during that time. Part of the reason why the Aho offer sheet happened was because the cap went up, but not dramatically so, giving a rogue GM like Bergy the space he needed to do something braindead because Canadian media was blathering on about "Dundon so cheap" at the time.

Shoe fits huh?

That guy is just a troll no point in engaging him.

Every non leaf fan on here calls any post that doesn't wreck the Leafs unfair and bias for the Leafs. Like Pesce costs Nylander plus.

yep, fans complaining about leafs fans certainly fits this post to a T.

but i enjoy pointing out how terrible he is at being a troll

According to that "Leaf fan" (who is absolutely transparently just a troll masquerading as a Leaf to get his kicks) all Leaf players are crap. He's a sad individual

Yes I agree man, Holl had a really good year. If he can keep it up, I think the Leafs defence is set. TBH, most people would consider this team a contender if they didn’t overpay Marner by 2 Million. They look really good.

Did u see his defensive stats he is no where near elite lul. He had 1 good season and that was when he was paired with Slavin. Once he was paired away he struggled. In general pesce is good but no where near the elite category.

Brett Pesce, out for the season for CAR, should probably try to forget that the 19-20 season ever happened. He went from one of the best defensive defencemen in the league to replacement level overnight. #LetsGoCanes pic.twitter.com/mr8IeRMU43

— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) March 5, 2020

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Yes I agree. In 2019/20, his results were well below his usual standards.

the intelligence level here isn't high. most just rush to comment without ever reading the notes. difficult to talk to many

The public analytics are misleading with Pesce this past season, mainly because they are more partner- and zone-dependent than advertised to be by computer nerds like Dom and Tierney. It's the exact reason why the more pretentious analytical types also highly underrate Seth Jones, as well as any teams coached by Torts and Trotz. His even-strength defensive partner for the vast majority of that year, Edmundson, was WAY over his head playing Pesce's D-zone heavy minutes. The Skjei acquisition and Fleury's continued emergence should help Pesce considerably, much in the same way that Faulk did before he was sign-and-traded for Bokk and picks. To me, the big issues from last season for our club was our secondary scorers like Nino and Dzingel slumping and certain guys like Eddy and McGinn being way over-slotted by Brind'Amour because he was slow-walking Necas and Fleury.