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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 23, 2019 at 8:24 p.m.
Thread: Clarkson must be the plan to sign Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Random2152</b></div><div>Pretty much. The TL;DR goes something like so:
Leafs could sign Marner in the off season before the trade, the LTIR Horton to be compliant with the cap.
Leafs could NOT sign Marner if he held out before the trade because we need the Horton LTIR in order to do it. The problem is that due to the way LTIR works, we couldnt use the Horton LTIR UNTIL Marner signed, which presented a catch-22.
This trade puts them right at the cap where they can utilise all 10.5 million whether Marner signs before the season or holds out. Add in the fact that we only actually pay ~1M in salary explains the return.

Pridham needs a raise.</div></div>

Gotcha. Thanks.

And yes, it certainly is an advantage to have Pridham around. Didn't the dude help design the cap rules prior to joining the leafs?
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 23, 2019 at 8:11 p.m.
Thread: Clarkson must be the plan to sign Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Random2152</b></div><div>Read this
<a href="https://twitter.com/EarlSchwartz27/status/1153799226175848454" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/EarlSchwartz27/status/1153799226175848454</a></div></div>

Huh. This seems like a bit of a stroke of genius.

With Clarkson in place Marner loses a bit of leverage, no? I mean, before the trade Marner could kinda push the leafs to sign him at his number before camp or threatened to hold out, which would create an inflated cap hit ala Nylander.. which is something the leafs couldn't handle before this trade.

But now they can LTIR 10.5M to cover the impact if Marner holds out for a period of time. If I'm getting this right the leafs seem to be covering their butts in a way they can handle a hold out tactic.

Am I on track here?
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 22, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.
Thread: Trade with Edmonton
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>LoganOllivier</b></div><div>If that's what it cost to get McDavid, he isn't worth getting. Matthews and a 1st is more than enough to get him.</div></div>

This is why ****ting on Leaf fans will never get old.

There is no GM, not even Peter Chiarelli, who would sign off on trading away McDavid for that.

You could argue Matthews and Draisaitl give or take some picks, but there is no deal worth trading away a young superstar already at the top of the world of hockey, arguably the BEST building block in the entire league for lesser parts. Yes the team and management are questionable, but that does not take away from what McDavid is as a player. Oiler fan or not, Leaf hater or not there are some things considered untouchable because their value goes beyond the quantifiable limits put forth by the league.

If the NHL had no hard cap, McDavid would be in the 20+ range on any team, and there wouldnt be any debate about it.