Will They Regret Trading Hornqvist

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

Hallander plays both wing AND center, so clearly you dont know much about him. His ceiling is defintely Kapanen.
The Leafs would have been much worse taking Schneider (especially Schneider) or Lapierre over him, Zary is right there but i prefer Amirov.

He hasn’t played C in years. No point in arguing with a guy who knows nothing about the player he’s talking about. I’m done here

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

Good luck with Hallander and Amirov buddy!! I’ll take Kappy!!

Ohh and by the Way Hallander is a LW!!

Good luck!!

Last time leafs traded a really fast player that was a bit of an a*s, to the Pens, he ended up eating hot dogs out of the Stanley cup!!

He’s a typical leafs fan who praises Kappanen while he plays for Toronto and once he gets traded he sucks lol

Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:34 p.m.

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

Thanks! Hope you like watching a guy skate the puck really fast into the corner a lot!

Ohhhh and by the way Hallander plays C too!

Most LW bud.. I think we would know, we drafted him, he’ll be a Lw.

Here read your own Leafs articles. He’s mostly plays LW.

Plays nothing like Kappy. He would be more of a Hornqvist type player.
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-prospects/2020/8/26/21401677/who-is-filip-hallander-toronto-maple-leafs-kapanen-trade

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:38 p.m.

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

i know what he plays most bud, but he plays C too. I also never said he'd be a C for sure, I said that was his ceiling. A guy who is currently as good as Kapanen but at C. Note I did not say that was his playing style either.

Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:39 p.m.

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Quoting: mhockey91

He’s a typical leafs fan who praises Kappanen while he plays for Toronto and once he gets traded he sucks lol

who said he sucked? Typical Pens fan, thinks a player is crap until he's gonna play with Sid!

Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:39 p.m.

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

Yep, good luck man!!

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:49 p.m.

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

CURRENTLY AS GOOD AS KAP LMFAO I SPIT OUT MY DRINK

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:50 p.m.

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Edited Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:56 p.m.

Amirov’s stats

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/518585/rodion-amirov

Connor Zary’s stats

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/351805/connor-zary

And Like I said, I was happier and liked the trade even more when I saw that it was Amirov at 15. And would have been mad if that Goalie, Rossi, Seth Jarvis, or Sanderson fell to 15. Again, like I said, I would have wanted the Pens to take C.Zary, or K.Guhle(who was drafted 16th). Or even H.Lapierre, and go with the upside. He fell b/c of concussion problems, he was a top 10 pick without concussion problems last year. Lindross had the same thing. I still would have wanted the Pens and would have been happier if the Pens took Lapierre. I would have been pissed if they took Amirov!!

Lapierre stats

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/201904/hendrix-lapierre

Look at Amirov picture too. He looks like a baby.

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:51 p.m.

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

Yep, good luck man!!

The fact that he said “currently as good as Kap” just made me laugh. No point arguing with him

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

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Quoting: mhockey91

CURRENTLY AS GOOD AS KAP LMFAO I SPIT OUT MY DRINK

you should re-read that sentence there brah

Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

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Quoting: mhockey91

The fact that he said “currently as good as Kap” just made me laugh. No point arguing with him

I agree. Everyone’s posts are gonna age badly about Kapanen. I’m not as high on Matheson. But I’m trying to be positive and think if he can just have a good year this year and turn it around. Maybe he goes to Seattle. Personally I would have rathered Riikola or PO Jospeh. But I’m sure that was the best offer JR had for Horqvist. I can’t imagine people were knocking his door down for a 33 year old getting 5.3M / year. So we’ll see!! But yes, I think Kapanen gonna change completely in Pgh. Most players do coming into the locker room with Sid and Geno. And not a locker room full of kids.

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:24 p.m.

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

you should re-read that sentence there brah

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The fact that he said “currently as good as Kap” just made me laugh. No point arguing with him

And I don’t think people know or even care to know, 2 other teams were offering 1st for Kappy. One was NJD, I remember that. It was the 18th or 19th pick. They had 2 or 3 picks in the 1st round. And I forget the other team. But that info is out there. And the Pens had to add Hallander(who isn’t apart of our future anyways and definitely isn’t apart of our now). And Dubas was either gonna draft Sean Druzi or Hallander. And choose Druzi. But Hallander was just as high on his board too. So Dubas likes him and took the higher pick with the prospect they liked and knew. All that info is out out there.

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:26 p.m.

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

i love how two of you just utterly ignored what i actually wrote and then went along like i said kap was trash or something. A guy can be a good player and still not be remotly worth what he was traded for.
I'd also bet that Kapanen is off Sid's line by the 30 game mark and playing with Geno unless he re-invents his game and becomes a totally different player than he is. He's a rush scorer whose feet move faster than his hands and his brain.

Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:28 p.m.

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

what does that have to do with anything i said? I literally said "his ceiling is" preceding the total lack of context quoted. I know how Dubas had him ranked and was previously interested in him.

Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:29 p.m.

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

Yep, u already said that. We’ll see. So again, I’ll respond, the last time the Leafs traded the Pens a really fast player that was a bit of an a*s, he ended up eating hot dogs out of the Stanley cup!!

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:30 p.m.

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

what does that have to do with anything i said? I literally said "his ceiling is" preceding the total lack of context quoted. I know how Dubas had him ranked and was previously interested in him.

You said he wasn’t worth what he was traded for. Weren’t u just saying that?? Well 2 other teams GM had different opinions bud!! 3 if you count the pens!!

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:32 p.m.

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

Yep, I said that already. We’ll see. So again, I’ll respond, the last time the Leafs traded the Pens a really fast player that was a bit of an a*s, he ended up eating hot dogs out of the Stanley cup!!

speed is basically the only thing Kapanen had in common with Phil

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:33 p.m.

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

You said he wasn’t worth what he was traded for. Weren’t u just saying that?? Well 2 other teams GM had different opinions bud!! 3 if you count the pens!!

well if another team was just offering a later first and the leafs took a higher first and a prospect who is the 3rd team?

Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:33 p.m.

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

speed is basically the only thing Kapanen had in common with Phil

We’ll see!!

Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:34 p.m.

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Quoting: PGHBOB69

We’ll see!!

we certainly will!

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Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:34 p.m.

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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

well if another team was just offering a later first and the leafs took a higher first and a prospect who is the 3rd team?

What don’t u understand about what I wrote.. re read the post man.

Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:37 p.m.

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A 1st round pick for Adam Lowry

TBH that’s probably the asking price for Lowry. He’s really good.

Nov. 26, 2020 at 5:38 p.m.

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