Since Leafs fans hate him

Created by: Hockeyplayer1

Team: 2018-19 Chicago Blackhawks

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 26, 2018

Published: Apr. 26, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

In my opinion Jake Gardiner is a good defenseman and the Leafs should keep him, but from everything I have read Leafs fans hate the guy and want him gone.

He only has 1 year left before he's an UFA so his value isn't going to be sky high but he is still worth a decent amount.
Murphy is 25 and has 4 years remaining on his contract. That provides cost certainty for the Leafs that will surely need it in the coming future.
Chad Krys is a 20 year old college defenseman. He is offensive minded, skilled, smooth skating and has good potential.

The Hawks get a LHD that can play big minutes behind Keith.

As for the right side this next year... IMO Rutta Seabrook and Oesterle are all 2nd pairing guys on the right side so whoever plays with Keith is a guess.

They have enough available cap to sign decent forward or D still too.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hinostroza, Vinnie	2	$2,000,000
Duclair, Anthony	2	$2,000,000
Hayden, John	2	$950,000
Jurco, Tomas	1	$950,000

Trades

CHI

Gardiner, Jake

TOR

Murphy, Connor

Additional Details:

Chad Krys

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2019
2020
2021

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$80,000,000	$61,546,795	$1,232,500	$1,907,500	$18,453,205

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Saad, Brandon $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Hinostroza, Vinnie $2,000,000$2,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
DeBrincat, Alex $778,333$778,333 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW UFA - 2	Schmaltz, Nick $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW, C UFA - 1
Duclair, Anthony $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Anisimov, Artem $4,550,000$4,550,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 5
Hayden, John $950,000$950,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2	Kämpf, David $925,000$925,000 C UFA - 1	Sikura, Dylan $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LW, RW, C UFA - 1
		Jurco, Tomas $950,000$950,000 RW, LW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Keith, Duncan $5,538,462$5,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 5	Oesterle, Jordan $650,000$650,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Crawford, Corey $6,000,000$6,000,000 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2
Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000 LD UFA - 1	Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Forsberg, Anton $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 1
Gustafsson, Erik $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 2	Rutta, Jan $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Forsling, Gustav $872,500$872,500 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Hossa, Marián $5,275,000$5,275,000 RW NMC UFA - 3

Top Comments

Apr. 26, 2018 at 11:42 a.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 60,192

Likes: 23,090

I don't hate Jake. I wish I knew the 41 games that Jake would be great....and play him in those games and then have sit in the 41 games that he is going to stink. If the Leafs think Murphy can be NHL competent for a few years they take that deal you suggest.

Apr. 26, 2018 at 12:04 p.m.

exo2769

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 15,834

Likes: 10,038

I like the deal too. I actually think this also give Stan some optionality. The Hawks should certainly draft a Dman with their top pick...having Henri J, Ian Mitchell, Forsling, ***Bouchard***. The Plan A would certainly be extend Gardiner, but if for whatever reason it doesn't work out (Q/money/on ice play/etc...)...trade him at the TDL. Keep working to reduce the cap and develop high end talent.

Apr. 26, 2018 at 12:14 p.m.

Ginner1063

Leafs FERDA

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 9

Likes: 3

I like the Gardiner trade. We could use a fresh face on D.

Apr. 26, 2018 at 12:24 p.m.

SammyT_51

GM Hockeysaurus Rex

Joined: Jul. 2016

Posts: 14,152

Likes: 5,738

I like the Gardiner trade and the comment about keeping him too. Just an idea.. he would be in contract year next season, how good he would be tho.. I think he would improve a lot next year but then the same so keeping him in his contract year and letting him go while developing young guns would be very good.

Apr. 26, 2018 at 1:05 p.m.

bluedemon5

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 841

Likes: 211

Nice move. I think we could throw in a 3rd rounder or so instead of Krys and that deal would still work.

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