I don't know why Leafs fans hate their own. Jarnkrok at 2.1m is great value, so you trade him for a more expensive, probably no better Colton and give up a first rounder.

I was going to have the exact opposite comment. I don't think Jarnkrok is any good and not worth a 3rd.

Is his play better than his numbers? He seems like a low 3rd, high 4th line guy.

I don't know why Leafs fans hate their own. Jarnkrok at 2.1m is great value, so you trade him for a more expensive, probably no better Colton and give up a first rounder.

I was going to have the exact opposite comment. I don't think Jarnkrok is any good and not worth a 3rd.

Is his play better than his numbers? He seems like a low 3rd, high 4th line guy.

Colton can play centre, forechecks much better than Jarnkrok and actually plays physical. Also, Colton averaged about 12 mins of ice in Tampa where Jarnkrok averaged 14 mins in Toronto with an incredibly high shooting percentage, over 6% higher than his average. Next season Jarnkrok likely drops back to 10-12 goals again and Colton in Toronto getting 2 extra mins per game likely see if point totals increase slightly while also providing additional value down the middle and physicality.

Forget the physicality which in IMO is mostly nonsense....often means a player or his teammates doesn't have the puck when he's on the ice. Colton was 7th in forwards scoring, 6th in goal scoring, and 9th among the forwards in plus minutes. Certainly, when on the ice, teams weren't afraid of Colton and how he was going to turn a game around. So they seem to be a "about the same" at best Is that worth an extra 1m and cap and dropping 60 spots in the draft.
As I said, Leafs fans hate their own, but somehow bottom enders on other teams are soooooooo much better.

Jarnkrok....6th in Leafs points among forwards, 6th in Leafs goal scoring among forwards. 5th in plus minus among forwards. Don't know how his numbers make him a low 3rd or high 4th liner guy, except for maybe his salary.

Rankings are against other forwards with 500+ min, 5v5.

He was 187th in expected goals (8th on Tor)
178th in Corsi % (7th on Tor)
196th in on-ice expected goal against per 60 (7th on Tor)
273rd in on-ice expected high-danger shots against per 60 (11th on Tor)
178th in created xgoals (7th on Tor)

He mostly played with Tavares, Matthews, Marner, Engvall, and Kampf

With the top line guys he was good but guys like Bunting and Kerfoot were better. With Engvall and Kampf, Jarnkrok was bad.

Now, it is possible he is just better with more responsibility but it is more likely he is a product of great linemates than causing their betterment (by a statistical margin).

Edit: He doesn't play in the dirty areas, which can be seen as vanilla.

This is about building a team. You can’t tell me a bottom 6 of:
Knies Colton Hathaway
Holmberg Monahan Acciari

Isn’t better than:
Bunting O’Reilly Acciari
ZAR Kampf Lafferty

I think the first bottom 6 brings so much more to the table both offensively as a whole and a style of play perspective - with respect to pace/speed. Leafs need to get faster O’Reilly, Kampf, Bunting and co aren’t the answer.

E-Rod is not a top 6 player. He might be the most inconsistent player in the league. One night he looks great and the next awful. I wouldn’t touch him. I think there was interest from the Leafs back in his Buffalo days when he was making near league minimum, but he is not a top 6 center.

If you watched Hathaway in Boston you would have seen his limitations. Boston roles 4 lines and plays with pace — he couldn’t. He was better in Washington where they play the 4th line less and they just go out and bang and crash. I wouldn’t touch him, he’s over-rated, but you certainly don’t want him on your third line unless you want to kill it’s offensive potential.