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Forum: Armchair-GM2 juill. 2023 à 21 h 14
Sujet: It can work maybe
Ok… ok…
I agree Kyper is a goof who doesn’t know what he’s talking about half the time, but I didn’t get that contract from Kyper, which makes me trust it a little more.

<div class="tweet"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We all wanted chaos, we got it! Max Domi has signed with the Maple Leafs to a one-year, $2.5M deal &amp; Toronto is in tight situation with the cap. Domi is solid middle-six offensive forward, who has also big flaws in defense. Still good deal for Toronto in our eyes. <a href="https://t.co/4fm3JZMmSu" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/4fm3JZMmSu</a></p>— Andy &amp; Rono (@ARHockeyStats) <a href="https://twitter.com/ARHockeyStats/status/1675647987781910530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 2, 2023</a></blockquote>

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Murray on LTIR because that’s been a rumour this off season, and I feel it’s a lot more likely to happen than giving up assets to offload the contract. What I could also see happening is Murray playing in the minors as the leafs third choice because I don’t have much faith in their other options there at the moment.

Do I think this is all ridiculous? Yes, but at the same time it’s funny and I’ll be waiting for the inevitable Nylander trade that will break my spirit because the return will be a bag of pucks
Forum: Armchair-GM3 août 2021 à 13 h 6
Sujet: Im ready for another game 7 heartbreak
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>No, the Leafs still were at the "active player" limit the cap hit at the time regardless of the LTIRs they had.
Having Horton did not have help the Leafs cap at all. Trading the 5.5m Clarkson to Columbus helped the Leafs cap because they could use that 5.5m more effectively. The only reason Columbus made the trade was because Horton's contract was uninsured, and they thought they could get value out of Clarkson, regardless of his inflated cap hit, instead of being out of pocket 27.5m for Horton's uninsured contract. Actually Horton's last year as Leafs he was IR not LTIR. Leafs would have a big bonus carryover the following year which they couldn't afford the following season. So in that season the Le afs actually had to stay 5.5m under the cap with active players.
Having Lupul on LTIR, helped the Leafs because they could replace his 5.25m cap hit with better value.
Tampa who are at the cap limit do not benefit by having Seabrook on LTIR. He was probably just part of the trade as the now Tampa has to pay his uninsured part of the contract. It certainly doesn't benefit Tampa cap wise.
Leafs are at the cap limit now...actually over it. Kesler makes no difference to the Leafs cap expenditures.</div></div>

First, Horton was on LTIR the whole time his contract was with the Leafs, never IR (literally just google “Nathan Horton LTIR”) and Clarkson was traded back to the Leafs from Vegas just to be put on LTIR and allow the Leafs to be cap compliant with Marleau’s monster deal.
It makes no sense as to why Tampa would make that trade if it didn’t benefit them cap wise, giving up not only Tyler Johnson but a second round pick is a steep price to pay to gain absolutely nothing, especially since Seabrook’s contract has a higher aav than Johnson’s.

Bonus point, it was suggested that the Leafs get Kesler at the beginning of last season to be used as LTIR relief. So I doubt that would have been suggested if he didn’t make a difference in the Leafs cap situation.
<a href="https://hockeybuzz.com/blog/Mike-Augello/Five-potential-LTIR-options-for-cap-crunched-Leafs/120/106374" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">(Incase you want to read up on that)</a>
Forum: Armchair-GM3 août 2021 à 11 h 48
Sujet: Im ready for another game 7 heartbreak
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>The Leafs at at their cap limit of 81.5m with "active" players. Adding Kesler just adds 6m more...but then you subtract because of LTIR and it still leaves the Leafs at the 81.5m limit.
Adding Kesler and putting him LTIR does not allow the Leafs to add another big contract for 6m, for an active roster of 87.5m</div></div>

You’re right, adding Kesler’s $6 mil does not mean that the Leafs get a special cap hit of $87.5 mil, it’s a lot more complicated than that. However, adding Kessler’s contract to LTIR does mean that they can exceed the cap and still remain cap compliant for the season. The Leafs have done it before using Joffery Lupul’s contract, Nathan Horton’s contract, David Clarkson’s contract, and Tampa Bay looks to do the same thing by getting Brent Seabrook’s contract from Chicago
Forum: Armchair-GM27 juill. 2021 à 14 h 57
Sujet: Enjoy the Chaos
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Barbs</b></div><div>Unlikely Andersen returns, but there's absolutely no way he gets 4 X 5 Mil</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Joronto</b></div><div>I guess it depends on what discount Freddy is willing to take. Both sides are still open for Business. But 5 M no way. Not even for one year. There are so many cheaper and more secure options on the market in this Free Agency.

Dubas will not change so much, that's right. But he has to fill the gap, Hyman will leave. And you don't do this with Kerfoot and Galch.

There are rumors for weeks now that TOR will bring in almost one big name - therefore you need Freddys money. Even if he could establish his performance years ago that is way to much money for a 1B Goalie.</div></div>



Ok, so I’m seeing a theme here with the Fred and the 1b being the main topic.

First off, we won’t find a 1b for the same price as Campbell, I think it’s gonna cost at least $3 mil, which still doesn’t leave a ton of room to sign a big name FA without a trade (which it doesn’t look like Dubas will do). Next, I really think that Fred gets $5 mil in FA, so that’s what Dubas would probably have to go to. I doubt Fred would want to take a discount to stay unless it’s on a 1 year prove it deal because of how many people took him for granted while he was here. If it’s Fred or not it doesn’t matter, I really think that 1b slot is Dubas’ priority because Kerfoot has played top 6 wing (and looked pretty good at it), Robertson is coming up and we have seen Simmonds do well in the top 6 in the past, so I think it would be passible at least at the beginning of the season, then they would probably see who’s available and make a trade then. I don’t see them bringing in a FA d-man unless they trade Mo and bring in a big name like Hamilton, it sounds like they’re pretty set on their top 4 and bringing up Lilly (or maybe even a dark horse like Hollowell) which would save them significant cap.

And I named this “enjoy the chaos” because that’s exactly what’s gonna happen, absolute chaos. And sometimes you just have to look at what a mess it is and just enjoy how truly screwed every team is
Forum: Armchair-GM8 juill. 2021 à 22 h 25
Sujet: Lets be real Dubas isnt doing much
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ZachHymanForTheHart</b></div><div>Holl could easily fetch a 3rd.
He’s a 4/5 dman on a relatively cheap contract.

I severely doubt Vesey is brought back. He was waived for a reason.

Galch probably isn’t brought back for that price either.

I assume Engvall is traded.

And I’m still unsure of Hyman coming back. There’s better ways to spend our money and we can actually recoup some draft picks if we trade his rights to Edmonton who is rumoured to be interested in trading for his rights.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PeterK</b></div><div>Sign Hyman if you can get him at 4.25M. As the # gets closer to 5M I say no thank you.

Vesey is not coming back unless cheaper than 900K (last year salary), was waived for a reason, not bad, but not a difference maker.

Galch would be great if brought back right at 1M or same as last year but in no way has he earned a raise, especially after that OT blunder that cost game 6! Almost as bad as Dermott's game 5 OT blunder.... oh wait he got a raise, uh oh.

Granlund should get more than 3M. I also think the Leafs could use him but only if they find a solid 3rd line C first.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PeterK</b></div><div>Sign Hyman if you can get him at 4.25M. As the # gets closer to 5M I say no thank you.

Vesey is not coming back unless cheaper than 900K (last year salary), was waived for a reason, not bad, but not a difference maker.

Galch would be great if brought back right at 1M or same as last year but in no way has he earned a raise, especially after that OT blunder that cost game 6! Almost as bad as Dermott's game 5 OT blunder.... oh wait he got a raise, uh oh.

Granlund should get more than 3M. I also think the Leafs could use him but only if they find a solid 3rd line C first.</div></div>

I think that the Leafs are going to do everything they can to bring Hyman back, he’s a key penalty killer and his work ethic has rubbed off on his teammates (eg, Matthews laying the body a bit more the past couple seasons)

I get Vesey not coming back, I honestly think it could be a number of players in that role, but the Leafs don’t have anyone currently in house who I feel can fill that role besides Engvall, so I think they pick a guy up in FA for roughly that amount, I just used Vesey because his name popped out at me.

The Galch contract is the absolute max I think he should get for the “prove it” type contract that he got last year. I think the reason why Dermott got the raise that he did was because he’s younger and is generally a solid player (who makes a big mistake at the worst moments). And Galch doesn’t have those upsides going for him

I could have still signed Granlund for more, I settled on $3 mil because idk how he plays or what he’s like, but I have heard good things about him and I didn’t want to overpay on an unknown commodity (to me at least)
Forum: Armchair-GM6 juin 2021 à 17 h 50
Sujet: Theres always next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>speed???
Foligno, is slow.
Jumbo is slow
Spezza is slow
Simmonds is slow
Build around speed?
No you got 4-5 guys in your forward group that you build around that are fast. That doesn't mean they built the rest of the team around "speed".
If you think that's what happened here then you are clueless.
And Foligno played on the bottom 6 because he's a bottom 6 player. Hell he was even getting bottom 6 minutes in CBJ when they were healthy. He's old and slowed.
He was never the fastest player to begin with.
But it's views like these that lead you to Holl is a legit top 4. Then wondering why you are getting early exits from the playoffs every year. At least have some no homer objective opinions.</div></div>

I’m not surprised you think all that, after all, you thought that the only right shot in that top 4 was playing the left side.

I literally said Jumbo was old and slow, I’m not stupid. But Spezza is fast, you would have seen that if you watched any of their games. When Foligno got to the Leafs, he was not only playing on the top 6 before he got hurt, he was playing well on the top 6. Again, you would have known that if you were watching the games. Other forwards that you didn’t mention because they are fast (apart from the core 4, of course)
Mikeyhev
Kerfoot
Hyman
Engvall
Brooks
Galchenyuk
Spezza (even though I mentioned him already)
That’s 7 depth forwards outside the core 4 meaning 11 of the 12 forward spots can have speed, and you say this team wasn’t built around that (and I didn’t even mention Robertson) :D

Finally Holl is a top 4 defenceman, he has better analytic numbers than Parayko and there is a reason that him and Muzzin are considered the “shutdown pair” and he was far and away their best player in game 7.

I base my opinions on results, I am seriously curious where you get yours from
Forum: Armchair-GM6 juin 2021 à 13 h 31
Sujet: Theres always next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>look how clueless you are.
A. the penguins aren't running Jarry out of town.
B. you must be kidding on your forward depth. Old and slow are the only words that describe it. Hell you over here trying to bolster it coughing up 1st for foligno because it's so bad.
Just think that through, you were so desperate for forward help. you gave a 1st for Foligno. Are we done here? Do you see how out of touch with reality you are? Trying to compare Mikeyhev to McDavid? what the hell are you even talking about.
TOR defense is half baked. TOR fans been trying to say the same thing about their defense the last two years......and they have gone no where and have been the biggest burden to the team.
But according to you Holl is a 1LD and the most amazing defenseman ever. **** he should win the norris according to TOR fans. Just prop him up there with some of the other winners like Bracco and we good.</div></div>

So you’re saying that a team that was literally built around youth and speed is old and slow? Jumbo’s the only player I can think of that really fits what you say the entire Leafs depth is. Spezza’s old but he’s still fast (you would know that if you watched him play) Simmonds is only 32, Hyman is 29 and the rest of the rostered forwards are 27 and under, so I wouldn’t exactly use the words “old” and “slow”. Foligno was brought in to bolster the top 6, not for depth, I would have given up a first too (and didn’t Tampa give a first for bottom 6 depth last year?). Foligno only ended up playing in the bottom 6 because he wasn’t 100% so they wanted to shelter his minutes.
And if you actually took my Mileyhev v. McDavid comment IN CONTEXT, you would notice that I said that Mikeyhev beat who many people consider the fastest player in the league in a foot race because you called this team slow, I didn’t say Mikeyhev was the better player of the two.
Speaking of taking things out of context, I didn’t say Holl is 1LD (he plays the right side btw) I was saying that Holl is a part of a solid top 4 in Toronto along with Rielly, Brodie and Muzzin. And again, if you payed any attention to the Leafs fans, you’d know that we were actually (mostly) happy with our defence this year.
And lastly we clearly pay attention to different Pens fans because I’ve seen some say that they’ve already packed Jarry’s bags

And you called me clueless, lol
Forum: Armchair-GM5 juin 2021 à 23 h 32
Sujet: Theres always next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>They aren't going to trade Jarry. TOR has very little to trade. You got most of your cap tied up in 4 players. The rest are old and slow forwards on like 1 year deals that no one wants. The defense is weak, and your goalies are worse. You'd be sending picks or prospects to a team for anything. As there isn't much to trade. All the other real talent has weeded itself out over the past 2 years. You traded out Kap, you are probably losing Hyman to FA.
There ain't much on this team to trade for.</div></div>

Someone clearly wasn’t paying attention to the Leafs this year. Their defence has improved drastically, they have a solid top 4 locked up for next year (assuming Seattle doesn’t take Holl) Sandin looks like an NHL player, a little raw, but very promising and looks ok for a bottom pairing role rn. Freddy was injury plagued and Campbell stepped up big time, putting up better numbers than Carey Price in that series. Engvall, Mikeyhev (who did beat McDavid in a foot race), Kerfoot all look stellar (granted for middle 6 players). And on top of that all, from what I see Pittsburgh is ready to run Jarry out of town, they already have his bags packed :D
Forum: Armchair-GM5 juin 2021 à 17 h 57
Sujet: Could Rangers be a fit for Morgan Rielly
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NYR1983</b></div><div>1. Nailed it.. not adding someone like him until TDL if we are in the running. Finally a leaf fan with part of a brain.

2. Reilly was in the weakest division and on a PP with countless superstars making 10M+. 8 games against BUF = 8 games against OTT in all seriousness so that remark is absurd. How about you do yourself a solid and count how many points Fox got against BUF, then add up how many he got against NYI, WSH, BOS, PIT, PHI…smh.. great comparison though hahaha

3. It’s ZJ that we are high on, the pick and Rooney are all yours. As we both can agree we are coming out of a rebuild and aren’t looking for a 5M 3rd pairing rental for our roster… so ya, definitely not a lack of hockey knowledge coming from me haha. I watch 3 games a night when the season is on so that’s also watching 6 other teams play when NYR has they might off..</div></div>

Ok, Ottawa actually did alright this year, surprisingly not finishing last in the weakest division, but you have to admit that Buffalo was just next level terrible and that helped pad Fox’s stats at least a little bit. Not to mention they played 3 of the top 4 worst defensive teams in the league this year

If you think that Rielly is a third pairing defenceman than you’re probably overvaluing your defencemen, he would be slotted into any top 4 in the league.

At least we could agree on something though.