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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 29, 2021 at 5:33 p.m.
Thread: This Team Sucks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lyle_Bubas</b></div><div>depending how each player performs, bunting at 950K might actually be better than hyman at $5.5M lol

hyman played his first pro season age 24-25, split between the marlies (37p in 59gp) and the leafs (6p in 16gp). Age 25-26 he was stapled to matthews playing 17 mins a night and only had like 28 points

bunting has been playing pro since 2015, when he was 20. He scored 25p in 63gp, 28p in 67gp, 43p in 67gp, 41p in 52gp then 49p in 58gp. This past season he lit up the AHL with 19p in 16gp then graduated to the NHL at the same age hyman did (25) and scored 13p in 21gp playing 16 minutes a night

the leafs might have a gem and look like absolute geniuses for scooping this guy up. He turned down 5-6 other offers and took less to play in toronto lol</div></div>

Completely agree. Bunting is already one of my favourite Leafs. Obviously as of now Hyman is better than Bunting, but with the contract Hyman just signed, I'm glad we don't have him. Bunting looks better at age 25 than Hyman did at the same age. Stoaked to watch this guy play, hopefully its up on the top line.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 29, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.
Thread: Rielly has to go
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lyle_Bubas</b></div><div>please explain how the leafs were the only team that took a step back when

buffalo lost reinhart, eichel, risto, and ullmark
montreal lost danault, weber, tatar (laterally replaced by hoffman i guess) and price will likely miss time


tampa's bottom 6 imploded and they lost 4/6 guys that made up their depth</div></div>


Reilly the only difference makers the Leafs lost were Hyman and maybe Andersen. Gee, I think Mrazek can be as good Andersen. Yeah Hyman is hard to replace, but like all cap strapped teams the Leafs are hoping that some of bottom enders play above their contracts.
Looks likes it could be a really close playoff race for many teams. Then after that, who knows what will happen in the playoffs. For example can the 4th place Northern Division Habs expect to reach the Cup Final?
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 29, 2021 at 12:40 a.m.
Thread: I dont know if they make the playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lyle_Bubas</b></div><div>hyman-matthews-marner
galchenyuk-tavares-nylander
mikheyev-kerfoot-simmonds
thornton-brooks-spezza

rielly-brodie
muzzin-holl
dermott-bogosian

campbell
andersen

was competing for the presidents trophy last season (tied for 5th in the league and only 5 points back from colorado/vegas)

are we really gonna pretend that

kerfoot-matthews-marner
bunting-tavares-nylander
mikheyev-kampf-simmonds
robertson-brooks-spezza

rielly-brodie
muzzin-holl
sandin-dermott

campbell
mrazek

is gonna miss the playoffs??? like cmon, people are being hyperbolic, the team will still be excellent in the regular season no matter what lol

Tampa got demonstrably worse this offseason, montreal just lost their captain, boston got better, florida meh, buffalo is trash, detroit/ottawa could maybe be decent but that's speculative</div></div>

As long as the big 4 do what they do Leafs wont miss the playoffs. Especially if Matthews continues his growth. Besides Friedman said they looking to add a top 6 LW per a recent tweet so I dont think Dubas be done yet

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TOR has indicated it is protecting its remaining cap space — approximately $3.5M — for a forward, likely a winger for the top six. Could be someone remaining in free agency, or from another team needing cap relief. We will see where this goes. Stay tuned.</p>— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href="https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1420542623836745728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 29, 2021</a></blockquote>



My guess rn is either Tatar via FA or trade for one of Rakell, Bertuzzi, Strome (Chi) or Dvorak
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 28, 2021 at 9:33 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 28, 2021 at 8:46 p.m.