Quoting: MSZUDY21
Fabbro is younger, has higher upside and is better than Holl.
Laughton is actually a center, good face-off stats and provides more offense then Kerfoot. He has proven he can't play center.
Garland provides a feisty winger, still in his prime and gives you some offense and is a better fit in the top 6 which allows bunting to slide down to 3rd line LW.
I think these deals improve the team for a playoff run this year as well as decent contracts which will still allow flexibility in the coming years especially as the cap goes up.
Laughton has 3 more years after this year at $3M........we've got youth coming up (Homberg, Abruzzeze, Steeves) as well as Kampf and Jarnkrok on the roster. We don't need an overpaid guy for faceoffs when Taqvares, Matthews and Kampf are better.
I like Fabbro, but once again, he's not a huge upgrade and is not worth a first and a third
Garland, once again, I like him, but not at just under $5M for the next 3 years (after this one). To me not worth a first.
We need to keep the extra cap $$ coming up to resign Matthews, Marner and Nylander. JT will probably take a pay cut to try and win a cup in Toronto (since he'll have made over $100M by the time the contract ends).
Leafs need to be very careful with their picks and prospects to add pieces that will help with a Stanley Cup run, and I don't think any of these player will.