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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 7, 2022 at 3:28 p.m.
Thread: LEAFS TRADE DEADLINE OPTIONS 2021-22
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ZachHymanForTheHart</b></div><div>A lot of people are so quick to say we NEED a shutdown guy.

They aren’t necessarily wrong, but not 100% right either.

The Leafs play style is supposed to be a fast pace, puck possession, puck moving team. Guys like Mayfield and Manson won’t hold up. Klingberg wouldn’t be a bad fit, but can’t defend well enough.

We need someone is who isn’t turtle slow, who can defend, but also move the puck.
It’s not typically easy to find lol, but we have to understand that a big tough guy isn’t going to help this team in the way he would a team with a defence-first system.

Severson is a fairly good example, and a lot of people are very judgy based on his 2-game stint against the Leafs. when even our own guys have been on the wrong side of a highlight goal multiple times (Rielly, Brodie, Muzzin) hell, even Hedman, Fox and Makar have been on the wrong side of a highlight reel goal.

I don’t have the ability to look into advanced analytics and analytics cards as well as some others do, so I could be wrong, but I do still think Severson is a good fit. He’s not on the top of my list anymore (I’m not sure who even is) but he is still on my list.</div></div>

That's fair, I guess I fell into that pool of people that don't want him because of that two game stint. That GWG with Kerfoot and Mikeyhev might have been the worst played 2 on 1 I've ever seen lol
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 7, 2022 at 3:25 p.m.
Thread: LEAFS TRADE DEADLINE OPTIONS 2021-22
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Dubas is not a fan of rentals, the only reason he said they were targeting then traded for rentals was because of Seattle.

If you look at previous deadline trades before the expansion year, Dubas always went with players who had term

2019 = Muzzin (1.5 years)
2020 = Campbell (2.5 years)

So based on what we have seen hes gonna go for a guy with term.</div></div>

He also got Folingo, Rittich and Hutton as rentals last year. I think if we didn't live in a flat cap world then Dubas would only be looking for guys with term but with the cap only going up by $1 mill the only way the Leafs can bring on someone with term is if they make under $2 mill OR they trade a 3-4 pieces away this summer with no salary back
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 7, 2022 at 2:43 p.m.
Thread: LEAFS TRADE DEADLINE OPTIONS 2021-22
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MG1986</b></div><div>Of what you selected there, the only defenders that I think the Leafs could possibly acquire (ie the Leafs and Habs are not dealing) that would provide them with a legitimate upgrade to their top-4 would be either John Klingberg, Josh Manson or maybe Scott Mayfield. I am much more hesitant at the prospect of the Leafs adding Manson or Mayfield because both are not very quick, and the Leafs play a hella quick transition and puck-moving game. It's one of the reasons Holl and, at times, Muzzin, has looked so out of place this season. The ideal fit would be Klingberg I think, or better yet, Chycrun, though both will cost large. Two defenders you don't have on your list are Travis Sanheim (PHI) and Connor Murphy (CHI). I think both of these players would be upgrades over something like Manson or Mayfield, I just am not sure what the cost would be to obtain such players with term.</div></div>

The reason Sanheim and Connor Murphy weren't including is because of their cap hit. I tried to include only players with expiring deals where a team can eat at least 50% of salary or guys signed to multi-year deals with low cap hits
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 29, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
Thread: Fire Dubas
LOL you're a troll. Marner for garbage and Sandin for a 2nd and 4th.

Being a GM is easier said than done. Dubas definitely could have handled things better but you're just ignoring some facts. Matthews wanted 8 years but the cap hit goes up when you're buying more UFA years. Leafs couldn't afford to do that given how team is currently constructed

Marleau was signed by Lou so how can you blame Dubas for having to get rid of his bad contract? Zeitsev was also bad contract signed by Lou and Connor Brown was included so Sens would take the contract. Was also getting no mins with Marner, Nylander, Kapanen playing RW

Kapanen was traded for a 2nd round prospect and a top 15 pick in a deep draft. Certainly not nothing as you say

Only bad trades by Dubas IMO were Kadri trade (which another deal was in place before but got vetoed by Kadri) and Folingo trade which would have looked fine if he didn't get hurt