Leafs sign Frattin (2 Years, 850k AAV)

[Britishbulldog]

Wow that's awesome.  Another no-name secured!!

Introducing pointless troll version 96.5754.

What happened to Experiments 001-894 I wonder?

 

[moon111]

What a bargain! If Frattin and Kulemin continue to go in opposite directions, this kid could be on the second line.

Frattin to the Leafs, Kulemin to the Marlies.

 

[Bullfrog]

Oh yeah he's a celebrity on the Leafs, I know.  Complete nobody in the NHL though.  This is a team of nobodies.

That Kessel guy, who was 6th in league scoring, is pretty good.

 

[maplesyrup]

Ruh oh;

7 minutes ago
jonasTSN1050: Had a chance to speak to Matt Frattin this afternoon. He's not sure he'll be ready for camp. Full update a bit later.

 

[Deebo]

Burke said that the day he signed.

 

[maplesyrup]

Missed that. I'm not tooooo worried but still, kinda sucks.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Frattin speaks...

TORONTO ? Matt Frattin isn't certain that he'll be ready to start training camp.

The 24-year-old signed a two-year deal ($850,000 per season) with the Leafs on July 1, but remains on the mend from a torn meniscus in his left knee. With a 4-6 month recovery window ? he suffered the injury in late May ? Frattin's status for the mid-September training camp hangs somewhat in doubt.

"It's an injury that needs time to heal," he told TSN.ca from his home in Edmonton on Tuesday afternoon.

Frattin suffered the ailment in the most untimely and unusual of circumstances.

He and the Marlies were on the verge of burying the Oklahoma City Barons for the Western Conference championship, a berth in the Calder Cup Final on the line. Racing around Barons defenceman Dylan Yeo with the Oklahoma City net empty in the final minute of regulation, Frattin lost his balance and crashed heavily into the goal, the puck trickling in alongside. It was his second marker of the game and 10th of the playoffs (13 games), sealing the series in five games for the Marlies.

"I thought it was going to be an innocent play," Frattin recalled, "just get up and go celebrate with the guys, but as soon as I hit that net the whole thing just twisted on me.

"I thought the net was going to come off," he continued, "[but] the net didn't move at all and both my knees went in and my top knee just twisted and right from there I knew something was wrong."

 

[L K]

I knew it was possible but kind of sucks that his injury was that severe for what amounted to a nothing play.

 

[Britishbulldog]

I knew it was possible but kind of sucks that his injury was that severe for what amounted to a nothing play.

That was kind of my gut feeling too.  What a shame.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

I knew it was possible but kind of sucks that his injury was that severe for what amounted to a nothing play.

And for a fanbase not used to freak injuries affecting promising players.  It would be like if a follow through on a shot took his eye out.

:'(

 

[Kessel Run]

Just a small correction with this contract. CapGeek has it as 900K in year 1 and 950K in year 2, the cap hit is actually 925K.

 

[Omallley]

Just a small correction with this contract. CapGeek has it as 900K in year 1 and 950K in year 2, the cap hit is actually 925K.

Still fair value.