No audio link, but SiriusXM is saying that the Isles are out on the Panarin sweepstakes
Then I guess that makes our lack of draft picks this year pretty important then doesn't it?How many teams have improved from signing the big name free agents? I would guess most teams have improved though the draft and making trades.
Then I guess that makes our lack of draft picks this year pretty important then doesn't it?
Nylander was the other Leaf I was thinking about. I really like his skill but have mild concerns about his head....and Gusev was the LVGK on my mind. (I’d love Wild Bill back with the deal he signed but that’s not happening)I'd do Lee at $7m x 5, but that's where I'd draw the line. I wouldn't go above 5 years. I'd prefer Zuccarello at $7m x 3, actually, mostly because you don't want either player after a few years. That and someone needs to do some passing.
Kadri is an obvious target in exchange for one of our second pair D. If I'm the Leafs though I wouldn't do that because it's still not enough cap relief and it weakens them at 3C too much. I would move Nylander instead and look for a bigger return, a top four RHD +. Something like Pesce or Savard++. I'm thinking that's what Dubas is working on. A Kadri move would have been more straightforward and might have been done by now.
I'd go on about Gusev but I'm still having a hard time believing, despite the reports, that Vegas would move him.
Unfortunately it was a risk that didn't pay off and unless Jarmo has something magical up his sleeve we'll end up being one of the youngest teams for like the 5th year in a row. As it stand right now, we'll be near the cap floor and we are essentially preparing to fill out the rest of the roster with most of our top prospects while the rest of the prospect pool is not as stellar. If these guys don't pay off we'll be in trouble in a couple of years if not sooner.Would it have been nice to have more picks? Of course. Is it a big deal to not have a lot of picks for one year? I don't think so. Especially when your NHL team is already young. It is a reason why I wouldn't offer sheet a player. I definitely wouldn't offer sheet a player that would cost 4 first round picks. That would mean going 5 straight years without a first round pick.
It was worth going for it this year, IMO.
No one wants to live in Columbus . That the problem. We have to over pay to make people come. We trade for players and they leave because they dont like Columbus. Its not for everyone.
Unfortunately it was a risk that didn't pay off and unless Jarmo has something magical up his sleeve we'll end up being one of the youngest teams for like the 5th year in a row. As it stand right now, we'll be near the cap floor and we are essentially preparing to fill out the rest of the roster with most of our top prospects while the rest of the prospect pool is not as stellar. If these guys don't pay off we'll be in trouble in a couple of years if not sooner.
This is a rebuild when we were never finished building to begin with.
Unfortunately it was a risk that didn't pay off and unless Jarmo has something magical up his sleeve we'll end up being one of the youngest teams for like the 5th year in a row. As it stand right now, we'll be near the cap floor and we are essentially preparing to fill out the rest of the roster with most of our top prospects while the rest of the prospect pool is not as stellar. If these guys don't pay off we'll be in trouble in a couple of years if not sooner.
This is a rebuild when we were never finished building to begin with.
How many teams have improved by signing big name UFA's? Toronto for one. The Pens. Whoever signs Panarin. Whoever signs Duchene. Many teams do improve when the sign big name UFA's. That is why GM's do it.
How many teams have improved by signing big name UFA's? Toronto for one. The Pens. Whoever signs Panarin. Whoever signs Duchene. Many teams do improve when the sign big name UFA's. That is why GM's do it.
Kyle Dubas won't apologize for flexing Maple Leafs' financial muscle - Sportsnet.ca
I never considered the impact of signing bonuses until reading this. Advantage Toronto and other big market , rich clubs,
We signed Doyle Somerby to a 1 year 2 way deal. Who says we're doing nothing?
If I owned an NHL club worth $500 million and had positive operating income (and I may not even need that), I could go to most any bank and get the money for these bonuses loaned to me. Competing with the Leafs or Montreal or Rangers, etc. is a phone call away to a banker.
How many teams have improved by signing big name UFA's? Toronto for one. The Pens. Whoever signs Panarin. Whoever signs Duchene. Many teams do improve when the sign big name UFA's. That is why GM's do it.
By the same means the players can get banks to front their contracts for them.
There is an interest cost for ownership in front loading everything with bonuses. I can see why the super high revenue clubs you mentioned are willing to afford that. I think most other clubs consider just getting to the $80m cap enough of a task. If our ownership gets up to the cap and is still interested in spending more money beyond that, then sure this would be a good route to take.
The league is littered with bad contracts handed to big name UFAs, players that didn't improve their teams. You seem to assume that going forward that won't be the case anymore. Why assume such good results for Duchene of all players? He's a marginal top liner, the same level of player that consistently ends up overpaid by UFA.
Is it August already?
Not for you. LOLDo banks still do that?
Do banks still do that?