What I mean when I say "Anti-Canadian Teams" are teams that have very few Canadian players despite the league being dominated by them. NYR, BOS, VAN are a few that instantly come to mind
Not dramatically increasing . But if ottawa ever moved him, it should be a hockey trade, not a 1st round pick and a B prospect. Get back a top 4RD in return
Ngl that doesn't sound too bad, especially with the RHD prospect depth LA has.
This trade does 3 things for Ottawa:
1) cheap 2nd pair RD to pair with Sanderson
2) gives them a decent 2 way option in the middle 6 to pair with Batherson
3) gives them an extra 3 mill ish to add another player in another trade
What I mean when I say "Anti-Canadian Teams" are teams that have very few Canadian players despite the league being dominated by them. NYR, BOS, VAN are a few that instantly come to mind
I know there are a couple that don’t want Russians, but first I have heard of Anti-Canadian teams.
Let’s not kid ourselves here, the leafs way overpaid for Foligno. Rangers payed a similar amount to get Tarasenko who is much better than Foligno. Good deal for them
In general if Leafs won a round or so and he was healthy heck resigned and was playing like he is in Boston people would go K well hes nice depth but sadly wasnt the case. Hurt his back bad and rest is history
Would have been like the Goodrow stuff except knowing our luck if we made it to the finals probs Lose to Tampa in 6 or 7 in the finals. Heck would we have passed VGK idk all speculation which I hate
In general if Leafs won a round or so and he was healthy heck resigned and was playing like he is in Boston people would go K well hes nice depth but sadly wasnt the case. Hurt his back bad and rest is history
Would have been like the Goodrow stuff except knowing our luck if we made it to the finals probs Lose to Tampa in 6 or 7 in the finals. Heck would we have passed VGK idk all speculation which I hate
You’re right, but that’s not what happened. What happened was he was trash in Toronto because he was injured, the leafs lost in round one, and he didn’t resign.
Even at the time it wasn’t great. When the trade happened my thought was “I love the target, but not the price”. If they would have payed like a second for him, it would have been fine.