You'd have to pay the Leafs to take Khaira. He can't be fully buried and he's definitely not making our roster.

The ask for Johnsson would be Larsson.

Or Athanasiou assuming Dubas wants to double down on the third lines speed

I think the Leafs need a physical, penalty killing bottom 6 guy like Khaira, especially in the playoffs. And Larsson for Johnsson doesn't seem to be the greatest trade for us.

Hmm...I would be willing to do that

He's not a bad player

Exactly. Toronto's PK was 21st in the league this season with a 77 PK%. Khaira has an xSHD in the 98th percentile. He would certainly change that.
Also, Toronto got physically destroyed by Boston in both the 2018 and 2019 playoffs. Khaira is 215 pounds and 136 hits this season (that number would be 1st among leafs players)

Edmonton is thinking about not even qualifying AA. Plus the whole point of trading Johnsson is to save cap space otherwise we wouldn't be moving him.



Well he definitely isn't kicking Engvall or Spezza out of the lineup.



The reason he has so many hits with so little ice time is because his team doesn't have possession of the puck when he's on the ice.

If you replace Edmonton's forward depth with Toronto's forward depth Edmonton wins the cup. Toronto has no need for Edmonton's bottom 6 forwards. If Toronto trades out their middle 6 players it would be for an upgrade at RHD or straight up picks.

Larsson sucks. He has been dismal for 2 seasons and has never been much of anything. Look at his advanced stats and you'll see he's always been average or below average. He's Zaitsev but hits more. No thanks

no thanks on AA

I actually wouldn't he against Khaira but I think Johnsson is worth more than a 3rd and Khaira is worth a 5th I'd wager. He is just a 4th liner making over 1 million. Not the best idea to take on if you don't know for sure he'll make your team. Johnsson is actually a very good depth player. Everyone on here writes him off because he had injuries this season. He did still finish on a 40 point pace with limited PP time. He can also kill penalties and offer speed. He really is a prime candidate for Edmonton to look at. I'd sooner move Kapanen to be honest but the ask would be higher.

Most of that is nonsense. One guy doesn't make or break PK unit and TO's PK was perfect against Columbus so it has improved greatly under Keefe. The physical stuff about Boston is flat out not true. Last year especially, TO had more hits and was the better team at 5v5. Babs not adjusting his PK which got roasted and also playing guys like Marleau more than Matthew's when down a goal was why TO didn't advance. The physical stuff people talk about on here is flat out wrong. Most seem to think TO is just a small skilled team. They are in fact the 4th biggest team in the league.

He's Zaitsev offensively. But elite defensively. 77th percentile for xGA/60. 87th percentile for CA/60. 88th percentile for poss.entry%against. 91st percentile for xEVD.

Edmonton doesn't have the blue line to win the cup and I am not sure we can brag about depth as leaf fans. They certainly didn't make a difference against Columbus

His xG% was negative for al least 2 seasons. He gives up way more chances than he creates. His possession numbers are garbage and I don't have the desire to go to natural statrick to prove this but the oilers a team were terrible at xGA this year. Their xG% was negative for all but 2 players and they will shock you. Gagner and I think Haas where the only guys who were positive. Edmonton is very bad at 5v5. After Keefe took over TO and Edmonton where almost polar opposite. TO was good at 5v5 but still had PK issues although it was improving. The Oilers were crop at 5v5 but had terrific special teams that gave them the illusion that they were a better team than they actually are.

Yeah our team sucks. So does yours. Larsson's possession numbers were below average because his team as a whole was below average. But his CF% rel and FF% rel were both positive at 0.9 and 1.6 respectively.

That is finding stats to turn negatives to positives. Larsson isn't good and TO has zero interest in him. As for one team sucking. Edmonton lost to Chicago and the Leafs lost to Columbus who's giving Tampa all they can handle. The Hawks have no business being in the playoffs and yet they beat Edmonton.

we outplayed chicago looking at the analytics. also dominated in xG. The Hawks had an abnormally high shooting % and got a lot of puck luck. idk why you're bragging about you're team so much. It really isn't much better.

That is the life of a 5 game series for sure. Its so short that the bounces can have a bigger impact than the actual play.