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Not sure what the deal is, but I suggested Phaneuf for Richards and LA's first, a while back. The cap room shouldn't be an issue for the Leafs if they are cleaning house anyways. How much comes off the books when Santo and Winnick are gone? Franson?
Don't forget that LA's first is still in lottery ticket territory. Can you image if the Leafs make this deal for Phaneuf, and LA's pick wins the lottery? That's McDavid, and another top 5 pick (guessing) in a deep draft for a rebuilding Leafs team.
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I doubt it. If a team wants Phaneuf now then they're trading for him knowing what's left on his contract so it's not really a cap issue. If anything, the off-season overage allowance and marginally higher cap will probably allow some teams that wouldn't be interested right now make an offer. I think Phaneuf probably has a higher value to a mid-range to lower tier club looking to take a step forward than he does to a team looking to make a playoff run and those teams don't really look to add at the deadline.
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Big games today between Ottawa and Carolina, as well as Edmonton at Winnipeg. A chance for Toronto to pull within 8 points of second last, and to move within 4 points of the 3rd pick! Fuel up the tank!
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RedLeaf said:
Keeping above the floor really won't be a concern unless the Leafs try to trade every single player on their roster which they won't do. Figure that they're going to almost certainly be keeping:
Gardiner 4.2
Kadri 3.5-4 or so
Clarkson 5.25
Rielly (???)
So assuming that Rielly makes...3.5 on his first non-rookie deal and you're already looking at 16 million on 4 players. If you figure on relatively untradeable vets like Robidas sticking around you're already at a point where even just filling out the roster with bargain basement clutter will get a team to the cap floor. They certainly don't need to take back terrible contracts to make that happen.
The way to get a team to the floor in a rebuild is to go out and look for guys like Santorelli, useful pieces, and maybe overpay them by 500K or so on short-term deals. That way you can perpetually cycle them for assets.
moon111 said:
This is the only deal I'd do for Richards. Richards has the same amount of points as Clarkson does, both need a change in scenery. The Phaneuf talk is just crazy stuff from my perspective unless L.A is adding incentives along with Richards but even then, do you want both Mike Richards & David Clarkson sucking up cap room/roster spots & underachieving on a re-building team? Do you want to have the most expensive 4th line in the NHL just to get a prospect or draft pick? Not me.
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