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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 23 at 12:43 p.m.
Thread: Tanev Brothers To Toronto
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Falcon_talon</b></div><div>What is it with the Robertson trades? He is a great prospect IF he got the chance. Bertuzzi should take the fall not him. Bert gets traded WAY before Robertson imo. Yes of course Bert won't have too much trade value since he's on a 1 year deal but he's been underwhelming while Robertson has exceded expectations.</div></div>

Just simply comes down to Bert likely being more useful in a playoff run than Robby.. I want Robby to succeed more than anyone but at the same time, just seems like he's not going to be able to be relied up come playoff time.. makes too many little mistakes and gets outbodied.. sure he can add a few points but guys like McMann and Holmberg and Domi etc are stepping up and also more reliable. Just think getting Brandon Tanev for a couple years as a solid bottom 6 guy makes more sense.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 19, 2023 at 5:49 p.m.
Thread: EXACTLY What The Leafs Should Do
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>yycofred</b></div><div>Brodie slots behind Andersson and behind Tanev... just like Zadorov, the Flames have seen enough of him first hand to know that trying him on the left is a joke, meaning he doesn't even make the current iteration of the Flames D core better for this season. Not sure why the Flames pay an extra million+ to have a D man that is coming off an injury riddled season that would play on the third pair. Steeves is a nothing burger, does he even crack the Leafs top 10 prospects in a system that's ranked near the middle of the pack? It's a really poorly thought out deal. You're dumping salary and sending spare parts.</div></div>

I mean, Brodie would easily be top 4 still, not 3rd pair. And Steeves has been cooking the AHL, with an opportunity he'll be a player. What does Calgary have at LW? Huberdeau and Sharangovich? Steeves could probably take 2 or 3 LW spot... Leafs toss in another 5th rounder if Flames are wanting to be stiff about needing a little more.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 19, 2023 at 5:33 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 30, 2021 at 12:15 a.m.
Thread: My Idea For Opening Lineup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>Hard to believe Kampf can be a 3C Spezza has played little at centre in the past two years. Don't like Kerfoot cap? Seems replacing him effectively at centre is the problem.
I would love Ho Sang to finally be NHL good, something he has never shown.</div></div>

Judging by the numbers with Kerfoot, he's done better on the wing than at Center. I think they got Kampf for a reason, he's looked pretty good so far. Keefe wants a true shutdown line, Kerfoot's always just had to be that because there was no one else. Feels like at this point he's probably more likely to play wing as long as Kampf works out how they expect, and at that point, he hasn't really looked all that great compared to what I've seen from Bunting and Ho-Sang etc. Small sample size, wouldn't have even brought up the idea though if I didn't see that Kerfoot was mostly invisible in his two games. Just feel like it doesn't make a crazy amount of sense to hang onto him with all these guys coming in and looking great, makes him more expendable for the greater of the salary cap more than anything. Spezza at Center isn't ideal but with 4th line minutes I'm sure he could be fine there. Only issue I can see is a scenario similar to playoffs when Tavares went down... Being thin at Center if Kerfoot were to be moved and one of the top guys got hurt. Atleast they could have Nylander move there and fill in, they've groomed him to be ready for that. I'm just excited to see these new guys get an opportunity... Clearly the Kerfoot's, Engvall's, Mikheyev's etc haven't got it done. (Granted I like what Mikheyev can do for PK and looks to be playing hard and well right now, his upside is huge if he can bury his chances). But out with the old and in with the new.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 1, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.
Thread: Oh Baby
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChiHawk</b></div><div>Well I just noticed you overshot the cap so correction on my original comment. $83.5M will at best be the cap. In this case, easy solution is to keep Johnson and Ferland out of the trade, so easy fix.</div></div>

Thanks, and yeah 85M might be overshot, just most hopeful scenario I guess.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Davisoc</b></div><div>Brown is one of our main penalty killers and is very trusted by Babs. He plays a great cycle game and can score when given the chance. Giving up a budding prospect like Bracco and Johnnson is horrible asset management. Especially when you are planning to do a deep playoff run. Depth is key in the playoffs and keep Johnnson and Brown is very important to that. Move Rosen, Bracco, Zaitsev and two other picks if you have too. Dont take away from your roster before a supposed deep run.</div></div>


Still have some really solid PKers in Hyman, Kap, Marner has looked good etc. I hate to lose Brownie, he's a good hard working Toronto boy, but as more skilled players come into the lineup that bring more tools, it's all about moving his contract out if he's going to be reduced to the 4th line, especially with his next contract assuming he's going to need a pay raise, gotta unfortunately move out assets to address other needs. As I said, Bracco is a great prospect but when you think about it... if Marner, Kap and Nylander end up getting locked up for the long haul, that leaves no room for Bracco, as he brings the same type of game Marner and Nylander do... like I said, these pieces have to be used to address other needs unfortunately. Sure losing Johnsson and Brown shakes the current roster up a bit in the middle of a playoff run but I feel like they aren't significant enough pieces to affect it that much, these guys stepping in and other guys stepping into roles for the last 20 or so games would get comfortable and do some damage in the playoffs.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>OldNYIfan</b></div><div>Assume for the sake of argument that Pesce is worth no more than three of the five elements in your proposed trade. Why are we paying anything to acquire a guy we can sign in the off-season?

You're almost a million over an $83M cap ceiling and have two more players to sign. How are you going to do that?</div></div>

You always have to pay something for a player even as a rental if you're wanting to go all in on a playoff run, so yeah sure... they could just wait and sign Ferland in the off season but having him join the team and make an impact for this run would possibly lead to a cup... if not, it gives us the chance to sign him after he likely enjoys playing for the Leafs and wants to sign with them. People view Zaitsevs contract as in the other team is kind of taking on a burden of a player so he's almost seen as a negative in the deal. So to acquire Pesce who's exactly what we need and then a rental in Ferland… I feel like Johnsson, Bracco, Brown, and a 2nd is an accurate price tag taking into account that them taking Zaitsev off our hands is also helping us out but maybe has a better fit in Carolina. He might just need a different system.


To the second question... Umm yeah I know there's still two roster spots and the cap is likely over the limit, definitely was just a rough estimate with some other tinkering needed I'm sure. But for the most part I just wanted to set it up so most of the core was good to go for the future after the next season... with Marleau and Muzzin coming off the books to free up 10M plus the Horton contract gone.. with some upcoming deals like Dermott and whatever else... they have the room.