bustaheims
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simmonssteve: Once again Cody Franson avoids arbitration with Leafs. Signs one year deal at 3.3 million.
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bustaheims said:simmonssteve: Once again Cody Franson avoids arbitration with Leafs. Signs one year deal at 3.3 million.
Deebo said:bustaheims said:simmonssteve: Once again Cody Franson avoids arbitration with Leafs. Signs one year deal at 3.3 million.
Once again?
Isn't this the first time he filed?
@Hope_Smoke
Friedman "I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bridge deal for Gardiner. A 2 year thing."
Friedman "I would suspect, and this is purely guess work on my end with the number, but in the mid $2s [For Jake Gardiner]"
Friedman "they've had some conversations [RE Gardiner deal] about it & there aren't expectations that it will be a brutal deal to get done"
Nik the Trik said:It might be a little bit more than people expected for Franson but there are some unavoidable facts about the numbers he's put up the last two years that will earn him some coin.
At this point I don't know if trading him is really the right move. Unless there's a firm plan to give his spot to someone else I'd give him another year, hopefully use him in a better way and see if he can't regain some of his 2013 form before looking to move him at the deadline.
Patrick said:TJ Brennan was too good for the AHL...
Potvin29 said:He'll be a UFA when this deal ends, so there's a fairly good chance this season (or part of it) is his last as a Leaf.
draeko17 said:I'm glad Franson is signed. I'd like to see how he plays when healthy, with training camp under his belt and in hopefully a system that improves the teams overall defense, not just Cody's. As has been mentioned, at the very least he is an asset that could possibly be traded instead of letting him walk away for free.
Significantly Insignificant said:draeko17 said:I'm glad Franson is signed. I'd like to see how he plays when healthy, with training camp under his belt and in hopefully a system that improves the teams overall defense, not just Cody's. As has been mentioned, at the very least he is an asset that could possibly be traded instead of letting him walk away for free.
In a salary cap era though, an asset doesn't walk away for free. Letting a player walk gets you cap space. Bolland walked away for free and by and large it is viewed as probably the most positive thing that happened to the Leafs this offseason.
Significantly Insignificant said:draeko17 said:I'm glad Franson is signed. I'd like to see how he plays when healthy, with training camp under his belt and in hopefully a system that improves the teams overall defense, not just Cody's. As has been mentioned, at the very least he is an asset that could possibly be traded instead of letting him walk away for free.
In a salary cap era though, an asset doesn't walk away for free. Letting a player walk gets you cap space. Bolland walked away for free and by and large it is viewed as probably the most positive thing that happened to the Leafs this offseason.
Significantly Insignificant said:In a salary cap era though, an asset doesn't walk away for free. Letting a player walk gets you cap space. Bolland walked away for free and by and large it is viewed as probably the most positive thing that happened to the Leafs this offseason.
bustaheims said:Significantly Insignificant said:In a salary cap era though, an asset doesn't walk away for free. Letting a player walk gets you cap space. Bolland walked away for free and by and large it is viewed as probably the most positive thing that happened to the Leafs this offseason.
Yes and no. That cap room already exists as an asset for the 15/16 season. By not retaining Franson, they gain the ability to use it on someone else, but, they don't gain or free any additional space. And, if the plan was never to retain Franson, they're not gaining anything they didn't already have. It may still be a positive, but it's not a gain. It's losing an asset without acquiring another.
Significantly Insignificant said:Still, I don't think having a player leave through free agency is all that harsh.