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Forum: Armchair-GM16 oct. 2022 à 3 h 58
Sujet: deadline with depth
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TMLBRIAN</b></div><div>I would pay it to be honest. Horvat is a captain, in his prime, great 2 way centre. Plus Schenn would be a great depth piece.

I think this would be the price. If the Leafs can get a pick back (like a 3rd back), then so be it. But I would do this for sure.

Van may still be in the playoff hunt though. I think if Horvat doesn't have an extension by then, they should trade him.</div></div>

I just don't really get it. Kerfoot has been fine this year. Why trade a 1st and a top defensemen prospect to barely improve. I mean is Horvat better defensively by a bit yes, is he a lot better at draws yes, but other than that he doesn't really give us anything more than what we have with Kerfoot. Think about it, Kerfoot had 1 less point with 18 less powerplay points. If you say well Horvat will get powerplay points with the leafs, in the playoffs he's barely going to play since PP1 controls almost all of the time. I feel like the leafs are perfectly fine right to sit back because the only players I can see the leafs acquiring at the deadline who are significant improvements are Kane (controls his own destiny), Klingberg and Severson (both defensemen are going to get at least a 1st and a 2nd which doesn't seem worth it since Holl isn't that much of a downgrade. Maybe a goalie, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Forum: Armchair-GM16 oct. 2022 à 3 h 47
Sujet: Leafs New Line Combinations
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MatthewsFan</b></div><div>Agree with most of this: the top line has not looked as effective as last year (20 shots for 15 against) they normally dominate which we have not seen yet but willing to give them a few more games before I’d consider splitting them up although no check in hell Keefe does lol.

Nylander has looked awesome but again same issues as always they are hardly wining at 5v5 play (21 shots for 18 against) Love Malgin but I’d be cool with and expect Robertson to take Denis out, at least for a few games. Would be great if he is the long term solution for him them but I’m not so sure yet.

Now the 3rd line as been the Leafs best 5v5 unit for the first 3 games. They look awesome and the stats show (16 shots for 3 against) They’ve dominated their ice time just need some shooting luck.

The 4th line has looked not good (4 shots for 12 against) I love the energy they bring but need to start winning more 5v5 play. This was a line I’d thought would dominate, haven’t seen it yet.</div></div>

The first line just doesn't look like they have any chemistry at all. Like we saw them absolutely take over games last season, but they just seem a bit out of sync. I think it's too early to think it's a problem but year if they continue to struggle past game 15 I could see them changing things up. I've actually been a fan of the 2nd line. Although they haven't had the best shots for shots against ratio, you can see that Willy and JT have been playing really well these first 3 games. As for the 4th line I mean you expect them to be shot against way more than shot for. That's exactly what shut down lines do, they limit changes as much as possible even if it means providing little to no offense. Also, that 4th line has a 11.1% offensive zone starts meaning they are never put into a position to dominate offensively.
Forum: Armchair-GM11 août 2022 à 21 h 59
Sujet: Would Seattle Do This
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GiggywithGibby</b></div><div>He's older and less skilled, but has worked hard his entire career to stay in the show. He's got decent size and will throw a lot of hits, was fairly good in the dot but fell off a bit last season. We learned on him for the PK. He's a Swiss army knife forward, doesn't do anything great, but is capable of doing most things well enough to keep a roster spot. He's great to have on the roster, but rather forgettable to the fans.</div></div>

So I guess he's a little bit worse version of Jarnkrok who can hit, he would be perfect with Aube-Kubel on the 4th line. Toronto would probably do Bunting-Matthews-Marner... Robertson-Tavares-Nylander... Jarnkrok-Kampf-Engvall...Grant-Whoever (Hopefully Geekie)-Aube-Kubel.
Forum: Armchair-GM11 août 2022 à 21 h 55
Sujet: Would Seattle Do This
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>How bad are the Leafs? You say Geekie in a fourth line centre with Seattle...but somehow he's a third liner for the Leafs.
Kerfoot? Right now his trade value is zero (think 70 point Pacioretty), and Holl just might be less.</div></div>

I said Geekie would play on their fourth line because their top 9 is so deep. He's definitively capable to play in the top 9 and did for a good amount of last season for Seattle. Also, worse case scenario we switch the 3rd and 4th line and do Engvall-Kampf-Jarnkrok (Robertson to 2nd line) and Whoever-Geekie-Aube-Kubel. Also, I said Kerfoot for picks or depth. If Dubas can't get anything for Kerfoot that's fine trade him for nothing, but I'd like to get a depth piece we can use instead of needing to trade for one at the deadline.
Forum: Armchair-GM25 juill. 2022 à 21 h 50
Sujet: Kerf
If Toronto sends both Clifford and Simmonds down, trade Holl for whatever (probably for a 4th or 5th, maybe 3rd if were really really lucky) and sign Sandin for the same amount that Liljegren signed for ($1.4M) we would have a 21 man roster with 20k to spare.

Now that's not really realistic since Sandin wants more and playing with a 21 man roster with only 20k is playing with fire. However, the point is that Toronto would be able to make it work. If we look at Columbus they needed to offload at least 5M to become cap compliant so they desperately needed to trade Bjorkstrand that's why the return was so bad. So, the point is that Dubas is just waiting for a team to bit to get the best possible offer and if there is a market we could end up getting more than Bjorkstrand so a 2nd or more. If not than we probably will get a little less like a 3rd.
Forum: Armchair-GM20 juill. 2022 à 16 h 3
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Forum: Armchair-GM15 juill. 2022 à 4 h 21
Sujet: Would Columbus Accept This
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dk325</b></div><div>Value wise I'd take that in a second. I don't know that the Jackets could afford the trade though until we see what Jarmo's solution to the Laine situation is.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>benjgc</b></div><div>That’s $600K more we would have to clear out. Now, if by some miracle Jarmo can move Nyquist and Bean to another team without paying through the nose to dump that cap, MAYBE this works. But barring that, and barring Dubas being into this idea, I just don’t see it being viable. Too many ifs.</div></div>

I mean I feel like Laine is only really going to get 9 mil max. Even if that happens all CLB has to do is trade Nyquist which is 100% doable without giving up a arm and a leg. Think about it Pacioretty, McDonaugh, Dadonov, Fleury, Schmidt all went for basically nothing. And Dadonov had 10 less points than Nyquist.
Forum: Armchair-GM15 juill. 2022 à 3 h 51
Sujet: Would Columbus Accept This
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AM19</b></div><div>Honestly depends on what he expects for his next deal. In a vacuum I would accept this if I were Columbus. I think we would have to add a mid-round pick as well though.

I love the idea of pairing Sandin and Boqvist on the second pair and Gavrikov and Gudbranson as a shut-down third pair. Peeke would fit well with Toronto as well with his playstyle and handedness. Could easily grow into a really good 2nd pair two-way guy for them.

Great trade idea.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>benjgc</b></div><div>Absolutely not. Columbus needs to clear cap space to keep Laine, and Peeke is cheap and reliable. He’s close to untouchable,given our current circumstances. Sandin is excellent, and I’d normally be eager to add him. But he’s not a fit for how we need to proceed right now.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafs_06</b></div><div>It has been rumored that Sandin is only holding out because there is no space on the left side for him. If he goes to a team that has a spot open for him then he would sign a deal similar to Liljegren which is 1.4M x 2. So Columbus would really only be taking on 600k in cap.</div></div>