toronto does, it's gonna cost something to take on Virtanen's contract

Canucks should easily say no, Kerfoot is horrible lmao

Hasn't Virtanen been struggling to even get on the 4th line for the Canucks? Why would he instantly be a 2nd line option in Toronoto? Yes Gaudette is a cheaper 3c option but I'd say a downgrade over Kerfoot. Leafs decline quickly on this proposal.

Still playing 12 minutes a night. Not putting up offence, but when you check out his usage, he's gone from starting 52% in the O-zone last year, to 42.3% this year. He's actually putting up similar possession numbers as Kerfoot, with Virtanen getting the nod for a better CF rel%.

I wouldn't make this deal if I were Vancouver.

CF rel% isn't the best way to compare players across teams, especially with such a wide gap between CF% performance between Toronto and Vancouver. The fact that Virtanen has a negative CF rel% on the 29th ranked team in CF% isn't a good sign.

True, but he's also starting 58% of his shifts in the d-zone. Not great usage for a guy that's never shown that he's a shutdown winger. I'd also take last years 69 (niiiice) game sample over the 12 that he's played so far this season.

Realistically, I see this as a 2 Ok players for 1 ok player trade, which doesn't help Vancouver, and sort of maybe helps Toronto. I just really don't think Kerfoot > Virtanen/Gaudette

For sure, wasn't disagreeing with the value being a bit unbalanced there. Feels like Vancouver might want to shore up their defensive woes instead of adding a forward.

If kerfoot is horrible than virtanen and gaudette are ahl players. Roflcopter

Agreed. I really do think that this is a 1 year blip on the radar for them though. If I'm them, I'm buying out Loui (Saves 2 mil in space next season), and attempting to get Seattle to take Beagle/Roussel (For whatever pick/picks.