Based on recent play: 1st, 2nd, and a high end prospect.
Has to be a poor attempt at a joke.
Based on recent play: 1st, 2nd, and a high end prospect.
What did the Bruins get for Lucic?
He holds more value to us than any trade
Any late 2nd rounder or better, and I'd move him in a heartbeat.
He offers nothing that you can't find, for cheaper, from the UFA pool every year.
Any late 2nd rounder or better, and I'd move him in a heartbeat.
He offers nothing that you can't find, for cheaper, from the UFA pool every year.
A mid-first is quite honestly not even worth it (15-20) .. but I'd do it because of the situation we're in. The guy is an absolute winner with a beautiful work ethic. That kind of thing is contagious and having him in the system for a couple years will affect the organization as a whole.
Yea if someone offers the #15-#20 overall, you take it and laugh all the way to the bank.
I'd like to see you explain this further.
I understand that way of thinking but I don't fully agree with it. A 15-20th pick is not even close to a guarantee, and there's a good chance that pick won't even play in the NHL.
Meanwhile Komarov to a team that is close to winning the cup, could be the x factor. His energy, abilities, and attitude might take a team like Dallas all the way. He also has a great contract. There's a reason Finland was so high on him in the Olympics and there's a reason many of us here are so high on him. The guy plays the same hard way regardless of the score, situation, etc. He is amazing. He's also 28, so he has plenty of good years left in him.
Just out of curiosity, who was available with similar impact the last two years that was cheaper? Closest comparable I can think of was Kulemin and he signed for a lot more. And with Komorav's play last season (pre injury) and this season he is far more valuable than Kulemin.
Not saying you are wrong, but I can't think of anyone signed as UFA less than 2.95 aav that has more impact on the game.
A mid-first is quite honestly not even worth it (15-20) .. but I'd do it because of the situation we're in. The guy is an absolute winner with a beautiful work ethic. That kind of thing is contagious and having him in the system for a couple years will affect the organization as a whole.
I agree with this.
The thing is, the Leafs are trying to build an actual team, not a fantasy team.
On an actual team they need actual players with actual work-ethics and values.
On a fantasy team all they need is a bunch of numbers and projections.
It's like the difference between Detroit and Edmonton.
Agreed. He's a keeper!I wouldn't trade him unless the trade is something absurd (i.e top 15 pick).
He's only 28 and is such a great influence in the dressing room. You want players like him during the rebuild.
I agree with this.
The thing is, the Leafs are trying to build an actual team, not a fantasy team.
On an actual team they need actual players with actual work-ethics and values.
On a fantasy team all they need is a bunch of numbers and projections.
It's like the difference between Detroit and Edmonton.
I'd like to see you explain this further.
it's not about what he's signed for and who can have more impact on the game. His value is sky high right now so as a rebuilding team...the smart thing would be to capitalize on an asset. He's having a career year, his highest goal total before this season was with Dynamo Moscow in 2010-2011...what he brings you can get something similar every single year on the UFA market. Keeping him because he's potting in way more goals and has an insane shooting percentage through the first 3 months of the season is dumb. Congrats for him for having this type of year so far, but I expect him to fall right back to where he was last year and throughout his career. These first 3 months have been an illusion to what Komarov really is and if a team is willing to give up a 1st for him then we gotta do it.
His highest point total in his career is 34, he's already at 24. Maybe after all these years he's found something in his game? Who knows, personally I doubt it, at 28 I think he's been playing the same way but having way more success this year than in any other at capitalizing on chances. He's been the right man at the right spot a lot of the time. This is the type of season we want from our older players during a rebuilding season. Buy low, sell high.
Bottom 6 player with grit that can chip in some offense, show good leadership, that can be signed for cheap under 30 years old?
The free agent pool is full of them every year.
I don't think his offense is sustainable. That's what is clouding judgment for a lot of people here; they think that a 28 year old playing in just his second season in the NHL has just morphed into a 30 goal / 50 point guy.
I don't think Leo Komarov is a 30 goal / 50 point guy, in much the same way I didn't think Nikolai Kulemin was a 30 goal guy despite many people saying the same thing about him here.