Trade deadline moves
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cabber24 said:
The Leafs aren't spending $1.25mil-ish on each of Oz, Ennis, Lindholm and Marincin next year. That's genuinely laughable on each case.
Kin
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cabber24 said:
I don't need a link that wildly overestimates how much the Leafs are going to pay 4th liners to know they'll have a tough cap situation next year.
But if you have 4th liners at a reasonable rate and move on from Brown then it's a better situation than you're suggesting.
bustaheims
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Nik the Trik said:
Heck, the link doesn't even have some of the existing contracts right.
Assuming the Leafs trade Zaitsev/Brown and didn't take any cap hits back in return, signed Marner to $9.5mil, signed Kapanen/Johnsson to $3mil each, and filled the rest of the line-up with cheap Marlies and had only a 22-man roster, they'd have about $2mil in cap space to play with.
It's not exactly a ton, but if the team does acquire some sort of impact player it's almost a certainty that one of Johnsson or Kapanen would have to be involved, so that means we could acquire a guy with up to a $5mil AAV.
It's not exactly a ton, but if the team does acquire some sort of impact player it's almost a certainty that one of Johnsson or Kapanen would have to be involved, so that means we could acquire a guy with up to a $5mil AAV.
cabber24 said:
Well, yeah that's not a surprise though.
https://twitter.com/FAN590/status/1100064870169493506
This is Johnson reporting what other executives think might be happening, so not really something totally concrete. But still...
This is Johnson reporting what other executives think might be happening, so not really something totally concrete. But still...
CarltonTheBear said:
It's such an odd feeling - it's sometimes really hard to divest yourself from rooting for the players who just got traded. Like part of me doesn't want anyone of consequence to leave because I like most of them. We'll see what happens and who goes. I wonder if Naz would've been dangled as trade bait if he didn't have a concussion.
Guilt Trip
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I think it would depend on what they expect contract wise and that's why Dubas talked to both agents. If they're looking for 5 mill or something ridiculous, I can see him being traded.Nik the Trik said:
Kin
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Guilt Trip said:
Even if it's 4 million or 3.5, at some point you have to ask how much you want to pay a 3rd line RW especially if you have someone like Bracco who might very well need a look in an offensive role going forward.
It's not just a cap thing, it could be a real example of dealing from a position of strength to address a weakness and alleviate some cap concerns.
Nik the Trik said:
If it's to get a good young top-4 D I honestly don't know why people would be upset. I mean I do, but I don't.
Guilt Trip
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Agree, totally.Nik the Trik said:
Highlander
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There talking about Brown going west in some sort of trade for Darnell Nurse. Isn't Nurse another LHD man