Recalled/Assigned: Kristians Rubins Recalled From Marlies

[cupcrazyman]

Maple Leafs recall defenceman Kristiāns Rubīns from Marlies

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[zeke]

Just emergency depth but I like that he's a top callup - I love this kid and think he has everything you want in a bottom pair dman.

 

[justashadowof]

At this point I don't want to treat these recalls as anything more than paycheque bonuses until you hear that a player is actually dressing for a game. He gets very little respect as a prospect but the dude had to earn his ELC the hard way. There are plenty of undrafted players in this league. Big body, long reach, good mobility for his size, decent puck skills. Would prefer this type of defender to be capable of playing the right side.

 

[fahad203]

At this point I don't want to treat these recalls as anything more than paycheque bonuses until you hear that a player is actually dressing for a game. He gets very little respect as a prospect but the dude had to earn his ELC the hard way. There are plenty of undrafted players in this league. Big body, long reach, good mobility for his size, decent puck skills. Would prefer this type of defender to be capable of playing the right side.

Does he drop the gloves?

 

[Stephen]

Rubins up and rumours that Holl and Dermott are available?

 

[kb]

Does he drop the gloves?

Yep, between intermissions probably - and no, he's like 99% of all NHL players.

Completely lacks any relevance whatsoever.

 

[Fogelhund]

But we barely got to know you...

 

[Visnovsky]

Does anyone happen to have Rubins' advanced stats of these two games he's played in?

 

[zeke]

Does anyone happen to have Rubins' advanced stats of these two games he's played in?

Last 2 games xGF%:

1. Rubins 72.9%
2. Muzzin 68.0%
3. Holl 66.2%
4. Liljegren 65.3%
5. Rielly 56.8%
6. Brodie 50.0%

 

[Phion Keneuf]

He’s been a pleasant surprise. Wouldn’t mind keeping him around as our #6/7 guy

 

[ACC1224]

He’s been a pleasant surprise. Wouldn’t mind keeping him around as our #6/7 guy

It's funny that when suggesting Holl be moved I was told that there were no Marlies capable of stepping into the lineup.
Guess this guy was forgotten.

 

[dubplatepressure]

It's funny that when suggesting Holl be moved I was told that there were no Marlies capable of stepping into the lineup.
Guess this guy was forgotten.

It's almost as if some people are right and some people are wrong, sometimes.

 

[ACC1224]

It's almost as if some people are right and some people are wrong, sometimes.

We need to get those people to post here.
An infusion of honesty would do this place wonders.

 

[zeke]

An infusion of honesty would do this place wonders.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

We need to get those people to post here.
An infusion of honesty would do this place wonders.

Da guy is big .. I am hoping he has a nasty side to him .. if so then he can stay at league min AAV .. 1st glance at him he is at least as good as Holl at lower AAV .. no one wanted Holl is what I have heard .. Dubie put out his feelers and no one was interested .. Holl must know his days are numbered now unless Leafs eat some AAV or throw in a pick .. kinda sad to see really but at least he got some $$$ out of it which is more than most of us can say

 

[ACC1224]

Da guy is big .. I am hoping he has a nasty side to him .. if so then he can stay at league min AAV .. 1st glance at him he is at least as good as Holl at lower AAV .. no one wanted Holl is what I have heard .. Dubie put out his feelers and no one was interested .. Holl must know his days are numbered now unless Leafs eat some AAV or throw in a pick .. kinda sad to see really but at least he got some $$$ out of it which is more than most of us can say

Really? Must be some team that would be interested for a late pick.

 

[Fogelhund]

He looks so much better with the Leafs, than what I saw with the Marlies. The Marlies have some real issues, and you can't really go much past the Coaching staff here. They need a new coaching staff, no question.

 

[Duffman955]

I'm surprised at his skating for a big guy. Looks smooth out there

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Really? Must be some team that would be interested for a late pick.

Leafs are gonna have to throw something else in to unload da extra AAV .. teams would take him as a 7th guy at 750K but not at 2M AAV .. that is da core issue here .. da deal likely has to be for face saving purposes Holl and a 3rd/4th rounder say for a vet D making 750K .. basically Leafs unloading a 3rd rounder for $1.25M CAP relief to use for playoff hired guns at TDL

 

[The Iceman]

Holl can fetch an asset, teams are starved for RHD.

The real issue is he is a 3rd pair RHD/PK guy playing 2nd pair minutes against difficult matchups.

 

[TGB]

We need to get those people to post here.
An infusion of honesty would do this place wonders.

I think I've adequately proven nobody around here would know it even if they saw it over and over again, heh.

 

[Clark4Ever]

He's looked good so far. No glaring mistakes in his first 2 NHL games, which is really all you could ask for.

 

[Menzinger]

Has looked pretty good so far, could be a stable 6/7 for the foreseeable future.

And if that happens a big win for the Leafs development system considering he started with the Growlers. Dubas' took a bit of flack from some around here for the suggestion of using the ECHL as a development tool, citing baseballs tiered development system (recall some calling it a waste of time).

 

[darrylsittler27]

We need a big d to come out of leftfield.

 

[fahad203]

What's his upside ? Maybe Oleksiak or Chris McCalister ?