Is leivo available i noticed he hasnt played a ton this year was he injured?
What would leafs want for him?
What would leafs want for him?
Toronto just re-signed him until the end of the 2018-2019 season so I doubt he's available. His value is too low to even consider trading him bc he rarely even plays. Supposedly a rival team reached out to the Leafs inquiring on Leivo and Toronto management said the asking price is high.
The Leafs will lose any trade sending Leivo the other way. His IQ, board play, and shot would make him a 20-20 player at the least if he gets top 9 minutes.
I don't necessarily think he'll be traded this season, but I don't think them re-signing him was solely because they want to keep him long term. They did it in large part to keep him as an RFA, otherwise he'd have less value trade-wise as he'd be a UFA.Toronto just re-signed him until the end of the 2018-2019 season so I doubt he's available. His value is too low to even consider trading him bc he rarely even plays. Supposedly a rival team reached out to the Leafs inquiring on Leivo and Toronto management said the asking price is high.
The Leafs will lose any trade sending Leivo the other way. His IQ, board play, and shot would make him a 20-20 player at the least if he gets top 9 minutes.
He's worth way more to the Leafs than Vancouver would pay for him.
It's best not to even get into the cost because both sides will scoff.
I don't overvalue him, but it seems to me that we may only be inclined to move him if it somehow meant upgrading our RD.
Yes, but that would likely fall into the "over-payment" realm because he hasn't proven much (hasn't been given a chance), isn't waive eligible and doesn't have draft pedigree.I think the Leafs would possibly want a 2nd for him.
Depends.
Would you rather keep Leivo or trade him for a 3rd?
Exactly.Right now? I'd probably keep him if all we were getting was that.
Exactly.
A 3rd only has a 23.8% chance of ever playing 100 games in the NHL.
I think teams would consider a 2nd as an overpayment until he gets more consistent ice time in the NHL. Basically, it's not worth it for the Leafs to trade him at his current value.
What about Ben Hutton for Leivo?
Seems like a 2nd round pick is the expected value, that is about where I would put Hutton right now.
No interest in Hutton, would prefer the 2nd at minimum. And I personally still wouldn't do it. Maybe revisit around the draft to see how high the 2nd is. There is nothing wrong with how Leivo has trended from junior->Marlies. The only thing he has left to prove is to play at the NHL in meaningful minutes and a larger sample size. Which he hasn't really gotten. Just doesn't make much sense to sell a commodity that has trended well but hasn't gotten a shot.
In some pessimistic scenario and he busts out, a 2nd is hardly enough value to fret about. It'd be more worrisome to lose out on his potential productivity/upside.