NR1203

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Forum: Toronto Maple Leafs6 hours ago
Thread: What Is Wrong With Mitch Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MitchMarnerElite </b></div><div>Yeah the Leafs have had a tough season &amp; no one’s taken more heat than Marner. That guy gets bashed so much on social media every day.</div></div>

Oh Nylander too... some people will still hate him even if he won 10 hart trophies, broke Gretzky's point record and then cured cancer.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MitchMarnerElite </b></div><div>Yeah I agree I think he’s taken a lot of heat this season because he got grossly overpaid plus the team has been inconsistent, so his overall play has not been the greatest. Yesterday he made a nice between the legs assist, but that’s all that stood the out from his part.</div></div>

There's more expected and hopefully he can get there soon.
Forum: Toronto Maple Leafs6 hours ago
Thread: What Is Wrong With Mitch Marner
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MitchMarnerElite </b></div><div><a href="/users/Nohate" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@Nohate</a> <a href="/users/NR1203" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@NR1203</a>

What did you guys think of Mitch Marner’s play yesterday?</div></div>

I think very much like JT, he's still pretty effective but not as flashy as us fans expect. I think there's more to his game but scrutiny of the team has been high since the all-star break, at the highest point in the Matthews/Marner era. He hasn't felt this much heat before.
3 out of the last 4 games the Leafs have looked like a real contender, possibly the 3 best games of their season so I think he's on the verge of getting back to that level.

Last night I thought he was invisible (which isn't the worst but not the best either), didn't make any mistakes or bad plays but also didn't really do anything exciting.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 12:09 pm
Thread: Canes fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>Pesce is a 1st pairing right hand D man. Nylander is a good 2nd line winger. He's a top 15 - 20 D man in the NHL from an analyical perspective. Probably higher. So yes. Nylander would be the starting price. Then when you add in Pesce's MUCH lower cap hit and term. Again, don't wanna give up Nylander? I understand, you don't get Pesce.</div></div>

If it was Nylander it would be straight up, nothing more from the Leafs... the thing about the Leafs is that they have 2 1st lines and no real 2nd line. If Marner wasn't a Leaf, Nylander would be the #1RW and would have even higher numbers and vice versa. Saying Nylander is a 2nd line RW is like saying Pesce is a 3/4Dman, it's just not true.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Caniac2000</b></div><div>Ovi, Tarasenko, Kuch, Kane, Guentzel, Benn, Marner, Teravainen, Laine, Stone, Panarin, Wilson, Landeskog, Marchessault, Tkachuk, Draisaitl, Hall, just off the top of my head. If you gave me some more time I could come up with more. I know some play both sides, so I named a couple more than 15</div></div>

I think you take Benn, Wilson and Marchessault off this list. You're not going to like this but Teravainen too, Nylander is a better scorer than he is and they're putting up similar point numbers. Maybe even guentzel, his career high is 76 points and Nylander is on track for something quite close to that this year.

Nylander for Pesce is fair, but I think Kapanen, the pick and Liljegren are pretty damn close in value. Kapanen has 25-30 goal ability and given the opportunity I don't see why he can't be as good as Nylander. Great speed and is a good PK'er. Liljegren is a top-4 D prospect, could possibly be playing that role as soon as next season. Picks are magic beans. Just my thought
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 10:56 am
Thread: Canes fans
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jmac490</b></div><div>I'd happily trade Nylander for Pesce as a Leafs fan. Cost controlled Top 3 D are very very very hard to come by.
Pesce may not be a flashy offensive player, but the Leafs have Rielly and Sandin to fill the flashy offensive defenseman role. Muzzin is a Two-Way Guy. Pesce would be the best kind of partner for Rielly.

While I think the 3 pieces in the above trade could work (upgrade at forward, still only a Top 9 player on the Canes, and then cost controlled assets in the 1st and Lilly), the deal would need to start with Nylander and build from there.

Maybe something like
Pesce
Foegele
2nd

For

Nylander
Liljegren</div></div>

I wouldn’t mind it if that was the price... they’re getting something back beyond Pesce so I think this would be good
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 12:26 am
Thread: dust has settled too many LHD
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>suburbanrobot</b></div><div>If we resign Pietrangelo, Niko Mikkola (AHL) probably plays LHD. He's been very good in a handful of games alongside Parayko this season (of course, Parayko makes everyone look good on his pairing).

If Pietrangelo doesn't resign, Blues probably resign Scandella and roll out Gunnarsson, Scandella, and Dunn on the left side. Would have room to sign another guy as well, or go ahead and play Mikkola and scratch Gunnarsson.

It's not that the Blues wouldn't take a LHD, just that the guys you are offering up for Sundqvist (who is producing far beyond his contract) don't come close to matching his value. Johnsson + draft capital would be necessary.</div></div>

Dermott is better than Johnsson, younger and will sign a cheaper contract. But I would rather trade him instead of dermott simply because he’s a forward
Forum: Armchair-GMSat at 4:46 pm
Thread: Deadline deals
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sens53</b></div><div>The panthers trade is to get them out of a bad contract and allow them to reset their goalie search this summer. First is likely high but might be worth a second to get out of that contract situation.

The red wings deal is essentially 2 players plus two picks for AA for a few months if he doesn’t resign. I should have made the picks a 2nd and 3rd conditional on AA resigning. Howard and Ericsson are ufas and are just cap relief.</div></div>

Bobrovsky is too good to move on after 1 bad season. You don't give a guy a 7 year deal and try and move him half a year in and the salary retention only makes it more ridiculous. It's clearly lopsided towards the Sens.

AA will be an RFA at season's end, so he'll get re-signed or traded again. Even if he was a UFA, that's an underwhelming package.