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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 10, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
Thread: Rosen re signed
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jamiepo</b></div><div>This is a great deal for the leafs. Looks to me like they are getting loose ends tied up to get their cap settled for next year. Think that Rosen took the deal to make him a viable candidate for the roster. If Borgman wants 1.5m and Rosen takes half that.... guess who’s playing for the leafs and guess who’s being moved....



My bad, I thought you were rxtending him in the off season. QO has to be a 10% increase but signing him before he hits rfa allows them to go lower. This is a great move. Rosen has been killing it this year. Sorry about the one star...?would have gave you 2... signing hainsey may not be a good idea. If he wants to sign for 750k then yes maybe.</div></div>

it wasn't my post, i just commented about hainsey originally
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 5, 2018 at 1:06 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 26, 2018 at 3:01 p.m.
Thread: Sustr
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Eli</b></div><div>Better at offense, for sure. Not as solid defensively yet, but Liljegren will be a solid two way defenseman soon. Defense is something you learn through practice a bit, and in the NHL you get a lot of practice if you can put up points.... unless your team is stocked up on more experienced defensemen and winning a lot of very close games.

Liljegren is the only right shot you mentioned. I think teams win a few more games a year if they have right shots on the right side at evens, because breakouts are easier, and keep-ins are easier that way. The Leafs currently have Zaitsev, Hainsey, and Holl in terms of right shots on the team, with Liljegren, Loverde, and Subban in the system. It's possible they find a cheap UFA next summer and get by, but a lot of Leafs fans talk about wanting more young stars to grow up together with their core. I think Bowey's a very skilled guy with a bit to learn about positional play, and the Caps have no interest in blowing up his offensive numbers this year because they have no cap space and a bunch of important RFAs next summer (Burakovsky, Vrana, and Djoos), followed by some superstar UFAs the next two years (Backstrom, Holtby, Niskanen, and Ovechkin). While Carolina may have had Fleury swinging for the fences, just to see what he could do, Bowey put up slightly more offense on a team that basically can't afford to keep him if he breaks out in the power play specialist role he's best suited for. I would look at him as a younger, cheaper Miller.</div></div>

I agree with what you're saying but you forgot about Igor Ozhiganov who is currently playing 3rd pair RD for the leafs. He's a bit of a shutdown guy with a good transition game and they have him playing woith dermott who is more of and offensive defenseman so i don't think they would want to have to young offensive minded guys playing third pair at this time.