Nah, he's your over paid bottom pairing guy

Quick question: Why do people always say this like GMs haven't constantly shown us they will pick up overrated guys all the time? If you look at just the Flyers last year, people said very similar things about Provorov, Hayes and DeAngelo and how they were overpaid and mediocre (which isn't wrong!). Yet, the Flyers got rid of all of them for at least something (even if they had to do the buyout for AD and then make another trade due to NHL rule). Like, are you wrong that he's overpaid bottom pairing guy? No. But, is this guy crazy for making a honestly not that horrible trade proposal (its not like a 1st and Knies)? I'd say no.

so we're supposed to just say "Wow what a good trade!" because some dumb trades were made? The issue is people pretending like a bad trade means a player is good (See montreal fans), hell, Treliving isnt a good GM and might make a really dumb trade but that doesnt mean that Risto isnt an over paid bottom pairing guy that is the last thing the leafs need

Did you see the part where I agreed with you that he is an over paid bottom pairing guy? I'm saying its kinda silly of you to act like this would "never happen" because he's "our overpaid bottom pairing guy". Especially when Leafs are specifically linked to Ristolainen by someone like Friedman. Never said its a "good trade" but in terms of it being plausible, it certainly is. Its not like this is a troll post of Ristolainen for Matthews.

the leafs have been linked to every single bad bottom pairing defender for the last decade, that means nothing, especially from Friedman because he's not even reporting a rumour or anything he's heard half the time he says he thinks the leafs should call them or they might have called them. And you must get really tired telling every single person here that a trade isnt going to happen because it is lliterally the most popular response to almost every proposal.

Weren't....you the one saying the trade wasn't going to happen? Not me?

yes, and it literally does not mean "this is an impossible scenario" when everyone else says it and it does not mean it when I say it. It means it's a bad trade for the leafs that they shouldnt make. That's why it is such a commonly used response. Most people understand that

Seemed more like you were being rude to the poster for even daring to suggest it when its a realistic possibility. More appropriate for an outright dumb proposal like, say if they had a 1st coming back here with Niemela.

no, it was the appropriate level response for a 3.1 million dollar bottom pairing defender with three years of term and like half a season of passable play in the last 8 years

Lotta guys like that on a lotta teams my guy. Don't need to get so worked up on a pretty tame proposal when you look at some other ones out there. I just saw a Rangers fan saying that Ottawa should have given them Tarasenko back for less than the IRL deal. Now THAT is worth laughing at.

The funny thing is, I got the idea from the multitude of Leafs fans on here who have included Risto in their Armchairs. Assumed there was some traction there lol.