It’s still not a good contract? Ineffective player does nothing for you aside the occasional fight/hit. leafs had that with Simmonds , and look how that ended up. There is better options out there that would provide more value for the same deal is why it’s bad.

MIN gave him an extension offer, leafs had to compete

As much as I love simmonds , he isn’t nearly as all around physical as Reaves

Maybe not, but slightly more physical player who still can’t keep up? In my opinion, leafs should have went elsewhere but I guess we’ll see! Leafs vs Boston will be fun with Reaves vs Lucic!

If he turns out badly, you can put him in the minors for a 150k cap hit. I think he’ll be fine

Almost the entire cap can be buried if he cannot play.

Enforcers are extremely important for certain types of games. The only reason we don't see more of them in the NHL is because the average NHL skater is much better than 20-30 years ago, so it's more difficult to strap a pair of skates to an ex-boxer and tell them to go wreck people. It is the entire reason why a player like Reaves has had such a long and successful career. While his play is declining, he has been good enough to hide on a fourth line for most of his career, while being an enforcer.

The Leafs were manhandled by Florida. While Reaves isn't going to change that on his own because he can only play a few minutes a game, he serves as a deterrent and a useful tool to set the tone for highly emotionally charged games. He doesn't need to play every night, because Toronto against a random team on a Wednesday probably doesn't require them dressing an enforcer.

The downside to this contract is 200k in dead cap. The real money doesn't matter for Toronto.

As a Senators fan, you're going to quickly realize just what a player like Reaves does....

Sens likely signed Boko Imama in response to this.

If the Leafs were built bigger and stronger up and down their lineup, they might not need an enforcer to help set the tone and act as a deterrent in the right games.

Exactly why it would be a bad contract, signing a guy to a multi year deal to play in the minors isn’t a good deal even if the cap hit isn’t problematic.

Im not saying they will, I’m just saying worst case scenario.

Boko is likely playing in the AHL so not really? Might play handful of games here and there. Having Reaves isn’t going to stop teams from hitting/pestering your stars. If anything, they won’t engage him and sucker him into taking bad penalties. Plus when he’s on the ice, there’s no threat of him scoring anyway.

Fair enough

I’m not like ecstatic about the deal, but I don’t think it’s as bad as people make it out to be either

this has only gotten worse while watching better players like JVR get signed for 1m. sad use of money for Toronto, who is in desperate need of a few extra bucks. hard to dump going forward too. sad leafs sounds.

I agree

It's been 4 and the Leafs have done nothing since

So you're still melting?

Until the Leafs do something today; yes.

It's like Treliving's alarm clock has not gone off yet

This is a move for a better PR team.

Reeves will be better used off the season than on the ice.

really glad i was distracted for most of today because this is just.......incredible.

Love the guy but yikes.

April Fools?

Just here for the comments lol

This contract is three years too long.

I think this signing is ok, but I do have a few random thoughts:

1) I understand that the third year is the whole reason he signed with Toronto – I heard Minnesota would only give him 2. 3 years is a lot of term for a 36-year-old, but I don’t have a problem with it because nearly all of it can be buried in the minors, and I don’t think it’ll come to that anyway. Somebody always wants this guy, so if Toronto waives him, somebody will claim him.

2) You can’t compare this with the Huderdeau and Kadri signings, but one thing that worried me about Treliving becoming GM of Toronto was his tendency to sign guys to contracts that run well into their late 30s. It’s too soon to say if he’ll make the same mistakes in Toronto, but Reaves is 36. I wonder if Treliving doesn’t consider aging enough in his decisions.

3) Every time Toronto signs a tough guy, it seems that he almost never makes it into the lineup. The best way to get toughness into the lineup is to get tough players who can also produce, so they’re playing a regular shift and contributing in other ways. I know those guys are more difficult to get though.

4) I know you can only get what’s available, and there’s still a couple of months before the season starts, but I’m not sure Toronto is prioritizing what they need most.

LMAO