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Forum: NHL SigningsNov. 29, 2021 at 12:34 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>lucal2228</b></div><div>Hell nah</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KANYE_IS_KING</b></div><div>Too much money
Too much term
Too much Ceci</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Efmjnc</b></div><div>3 Million!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Hamilton is about to get 20 million at this rate</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Emoon</b></div><div>pain.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mondo</b></div><div>Nurse - Ceci
Keith - Barrie
Russell - Bouchard

my sides are in orbit.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>oilersguy</b></div><div>idk anymore man</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SevenLeg</b></div><div>Far too much. Should have been a one-year deal to try to replicate last season in PIT</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jonlegit20</b></div><div>I feel so sorry for Connor and Leon lol</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Kotkaniemi15</b></div><div>Ken Holland is the worst GM in the league.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Devil1122</b></div><div>Holland moment</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>uggone</b></div><div>ho-lyy Y I K E S</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BeterChiarelli</b></div><div>Has there been an objectively worse offseason than the 2021-22 Edmonton Oilers? Asking for a friend.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Nurse-Barrie
Keith-Ceci
Russel-Bouchard

RIP SMITH like foegele is good but losing Bear for him was just silly</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>capfriendlyaccount</b></div><div>There's the Kenny boi we know and love</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RKLW</b></div><div>*laughs as a leafs fan*</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>uggone</b></div><div>JESUS CHRIST</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Roysboy72</b></div><div>Classic Holland.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Random2152</b></div><div>Has there ever been a worse off season in the last decade than Holland is having?

My God.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>imawesome</b></div><div>When there are 20 votes and not a single yes</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KSIxSKULLS</b></div><div>He's easily a replacement player. Holland is so bad lmao</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Leafs_and_Sens_Fan</b></div><div>Lol. Have fun with that.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yikes</b></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">African man / news anchor laughing <a href="https://t.co/kLsdYH1IuG" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/kLsdYH1IuG</a></p>— click here for reaction videos! (@VideoReacts) <a href="https://twitter.com/VideoReacts/status/1329569477269336069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">November 19, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>capfriendlyaccount</b></div><div>The friend part I can help you out on, the question part I'm not so sure....</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ConnorMcHellebucyk</b></div><div>I want die</div></div>

Ceci has been very much worth his contract so far. Yeah I know it's only 20 games into the season, but the community here was 100% wrong on this player (at least, the first page of comments). So far this is looking like a steal - he's replaced Larsson defensively while also adding offense and puck moving that Larsson can only dream about. Ceci and Keith have been getting all the tough zone starts and have been doing fine largely due to Ceci's smart play.

Too much knee-jerk often results in a plate full of crow. Lesson learned? We'll see.
Forum: NHL SigningsMay 5, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Emoon</b></div><div>Interesting. I guess the failed Lehtonen and Barabanov experiments didn't hurt the Leafs rep</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>Right?!?! This boggles the mind. Good signing for TOR, but a bad decision by Semyonov</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hockyluv21</b></div><div>Those guys still got their foot in the NHL door and seem to be doing well in their new homes. The Leafs did their job even if they didn't make it full-time with the Leafs.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>exo2769</b></div><div>But from the player point of view...did they??? If I'm signing as a free agent...wouldn't I want to search for a team that would provide at least a little assurances of NHL ice time. Lehtonen played 9 games out of 28. That's a fail in my book. I don't subscribe to the arsonist/fire fighter analogy of...well at least they traded him. He could have gone to CBJ before the season started.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Gauss</b></div><div>Maybe no other time gave then any offers or even interested and only after seeing the few games they played with Toronto became interested. It may have been the only available step in the door to the NHL</div></div>

I don't know if it's been mentioned in this thread, but it should be known that part of the Leafs' sales pitch to these guys coming from overseas is that they will find them NHL employment, be it with the Leafs or another club. They get every chance to earn their keep in the blue and white, but if the team depth doesn't leave these guys a place to play, Dubas does right by these guys and finds them a place where they'll see icetime.

I don't see why Barabanov would be upset about going to San Jose (who doesn't want to play hockey in California???) where he gets a higher role on the roster, can produce, and secure a second NHL contract.

Just because they didn't become the next Panarin and ended up on another roster doesn't mean that no European or Russian player should ever want to sign with the Leafs. If anything, it could be one of the better moves in your early career.