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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 5, 2021 at 3:25 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 6, 2020 at 2:46 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 17, 2020 at 9:09 a.m.
Thread: no cap change
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>johnston3504</b></div><div>my question is could you buy out someone like marner and re-sign him to a contract, with the compliance buyouts they dont count against cap hits so we could buy him out and resign him to a small contract since he already got his money. maybe there is a rule against that i dont know.</div></div>

If one of those guys get bought out I can't see them wanting to stay, and I feel the league would step in to stop teams from buying out then resigning guys cheaper if they did compliance buyouts

From the buyout FAQ on here about compliance <strong>"For one season following a compliance buyout, players were not permitted to rejoin the team which performed the buyout (this restriction does not exist for normal buyouts)."</strong>

And even if that wasn't the case would they even want to come back if the team essentially said they aren't worth the contract they signed a year after?
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 17, 2020 at 12:34 p.m.
Thread: no cap change
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>johnston3504</b></div><div>my question is could you buy out someone like marner and re-sign him to a contract, with the compliance buyouts they dont count against cap hits so we could buy him out and resign him to a small contract since he already got his money. maybe there is a rule against that i dont know.</div></div>

Saw thing on another post and it makes lots of sense. Find a team that would like to get rid of 2 bad contracts. Make them a deal to bring back an asset plus the 2nd bad contract and buy that contract out. I do think Toronto would need picks, since they are up against the cap, so any cap coming back can't be any more than what they send out (and really should be less to make the cap manageable next year). If this happens, Toronto should have the opportunity to get a high draft pick and also shed a little salary at the same time. (I.e. Johnnson to some team desperate to rid themselves of a bad contract, maybe they could get back a first round pick depending how bad the other team needs to shed salary). Kind of like last year for Toronto, only in reverse.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 11, 2020 at 9:04 a.m.
Thread: Severson and demelo
A few thoughts here. I don't know that adding two RHD is imperative at this point. Adding one will help solidify that side for at least this season and then you can look at making more moves if you like in the offseason. The cost to acquire Demelo should be reasonable and he has had a great year. But, he's a rental and the Leafs don't love that. Still I think he's a great target and if he gets some chemistry with Rielly he may be willing to stay.

Jersey trade is tough. Coleman is worth a lot to them and I can't imagine the Leafs need to pony up to meet that price. Severson is a solid defenceman but not the type of Dzone first guy you'd like to see paired with Rielly. There's a reason Jersey fans are often willing to get rid of him.

While flipping Barrie for picks at this point is enticing (and trust me I don't love him) you want to go into the playoffs with the strongest roster you can. As well, including Dermott in any deadline trade when you aren't 100% sure how quickly Rielly will come back is very risky. I see Dermott being moved in the offseason (if at all) for this reason.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 5, 2020 at 11:07 a.m.
Thread: Ducks Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>johnston3504</b></div><div>yeah i know alot have been going around i just figured fixing the d and goalie at the same time what about instead of the 2nd next season was a first would that do it?</div></div>

I'd certainly consider it, but I'm sure most Leafs fans would be against it.

I know that many are anti-Ceci, but as Dermott gets his legs back under him (Which should be soon), would it not make more sense to stand-pat? Barrie seems to be figuring it out, and after a slow start has actually started to close the gap on his career norms for point totals. I get that it's desperate times in Toronto, but if it were me, and the Leafs weren't on Miller's NTC, I'd go 2020 3rd+Hutch for Miller, and hold onto the rest. You're already going to have to re-organize the d-core in the summer anyway.

If it's the right side that you're worried about, maybe run Liljegren out there for a couple of weeks to evaluate where he's at. If he's not at the level that he needs to be, revisit then, which is probably when you can get a deal on another option.