bustaheims
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DarrenDreger: Leafs trade Lombardi to Phx for a conditional pick. Toronto also retains some salary in deal.
Lombardi to Phoenix
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bustaheims
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DarrenDreger: Toronto eats Lombardi's $500,000 signing bonus, plus some additional salary.
Of note, this makes the Leafs the first team to use the ability to retain salary in a deal under the new CBA.
Of note, this makes the Leafs the first team to use the ability to retain salary in a deal under the new CBA.
bustaheims
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DarrenDreger: Toronto gets a 4th for Lombardi. A 3rd if he re-signs in Phx.
Realistically, probably wouldn't have been able to get much more than that at the deadline (maybe a guaranteed 3rd instead of a conditional).
Realistically, probably wouldn't have been able to get much more than that at the deadline (maybe a guaranteed 3rd instead of a conditional).
BlueWhiteBlood
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bustaheims said:
Good deal for Nonis. Now he has to deal with Connolly.
Kessel Run
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This helps a bit with the glutton of forwards.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Decent deal, not sure I'd have kept any of his salary in an ideal world.
Perhaps a case of doing what they had to, to get the player where he wanted to go and open up a roster spot.
Perhaps a case of doing what they had to, to get the player where he wanted to go and open up a roster spot.
maplesyrup
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What busta said.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Please don't give his lineup spot to Orr.
Seymore Pucks
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I still wish he played to his full potential while in Toronto. Nevermind he will probably score 20 goals for the Yotes.
bustaheims
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WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
The Leafs, fortunately, have plenty of cap space this season, so eating a little bit of Lombardi's doesn't really hurt all that much (especially since they do free up some by moving him). It'll be gone by the time it matters - when free agency gets going in the summer.
bustaheims said:
I'm pretty happy with a 3rd pick. Nothing wrong with stockpiling picks and young talent in the off year. Nonis has said time and again he values youth and I think like Dregs said, at some point you have to give the kids a chance to play rather than just saying it.
I like Lombardi. I think he can still be an effective, speedy 3rd liner with some PK time. But like everyone else says, there's too many forwards on this team. Even with Lombardi gone, Kadri and Frattin may still not get a spot on the opening roster.
