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Forum: Armchair-GM19 févr. 2018 à 19 h 35
Sujet: We stink (2/2)
At 5.5 million I hope we can get a 6th year on Skjei's contract. Most people I talk to want Skjei at 4 years at a 4.25-4.5 cap hit. He isn't McDonagh and when McD signed he could have been easily a 6x6 million signing back then.

With this team I think you need to get Nash away and have Aberg as the 3rd line RW. Sign a Desharnais like player at 1 million or use Holland as the 13th forward. We could even use Lettieri at that point and maybe trade away Fast (I know sacrilege) On defense with the cap space we have and will continue to have I say buyout Staal or try and force a Phaneuf like trade somewhere. Bereglazov seems like a bust of a signing. He was easily the weakest defenseman in camp while Pionk was the strongest.

While I like getting some of these defensemen from other teams with Gilmour and Pionk showing their progress already it might be only worth while getting 1 to take a spot.
Skjei-Shatty
Djoos-DeAngelo
Gilmour-Pionk
Seems just as good as what you have there and we prevent an actual log jam on defense as Day, Sjalin, Reunanen, and whoever else we draft or get can push for a spot in 1-3 years.
Forum: Armchair-GM2 févr. 2018 à 23 h 36
Sujet: 1 trade and a few signings.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>If Nylander doesn't sign with Rangers???? He's a RFA. How does this help the Leafs Losing their # 2 scorer for a 1.5 year rental, and an year ending injury to Kreider? Plus Leafs # 1 prospect and a # 1 pick. No teams would offer as much to the Rangers, certainly not the Leafs.</div></div>

Connor Carrick is still pretty much a prospect and the leafs' number 1. Luckily Lupul's contract is done so don't have to worry about that LTIR but Kessel is still on the books as well as Horton. JVR and Bozak will want bigger pay checks and that will probably eat up a lot of the cap increase. So that leaves them with the 5 million from Lupul to sign Nylander, Leivo, Carrick, Holl, Komarov, and anyone else to round out the roster. In 2019 there is Matthews that would need to be signed and I doubt Toronto would not get him a big long term contract. Kreider can easily replace JVR and gives back about 2-3 million.

Also Leafs are getting the #1 not the other way around because I doubt Nylander wouldn't sign an NHL contract. I'm looking at this trade a little bit like the Callahan-St Louis trade as well as the Phaneuf trade. The values might be off a bit but you also have to look at it this way

Nylander is an RFA and doesn't have to accept a contract with the Rangers and since he doesn't have a contract it does lessen his value, not significantly though (the difference between the 1st overall and the 2nd overall). Liljegren will be a year removed from the draft. The Rangers will probably have their highest draft pick since taking Al Montoya in 2004 (6th overall). The Rangers are currently sitting in 21st place, although Buffalo is sitting at 30th, which would give Buffalo 2 picks in the top 10 and there are plenty of defensemen that would leap frog even Liljegren in this draft. San Jose is sitting at 9th and poised to make a run in to the second round of the playoffs making the 2nd round pick the Rangers will receive from this a glorified 3rd round.

So if anything getting McD and Kreider give the Leafs cap flexibility to be able to sign their priority free agents, be able to draft 2 replacement players with ease,