Confirmed with Link: 2021 Signing NOT 2022 Yet - TOR signed F Ondrej Kase [1 year, 1.25M]

[Wafflewhipper]

This description reminds me of Grabovski. I hope this guy can stay healthy and be a contributor for us.

He gets injured because he really is fearless. He cuts to the net with best of them. I was saying earlier he needs to get his stick up to protect is career when its coming. The guy doesn’t slow down to cut in,completly nuts ha
This guy healthy is a first line winger. Top 6 minimum in our case/Kase

 

[Maple Leaf]

With 5 documented concussions this guy really should consider quality of life and seriously considering retirement from the sport.

He apparently pondered it seriously but perhaps he wants 1 more chance but his his next concussion is likely his last. IMO

Brain injuries are serious things and concussions are compounded with each one adding to the damage of the last and become more susceptible to the next one.

Hockey will be no contact in the future once the lawsiuits come through

 

[justashadowof]

Hockey will be no contact in the future once the lawsiuits come through

If the participants are informed as to the risks and the league no longer promotes intentional acts that cause direct head trauma, I fail to see a reason why the league can't continue to be a contact sport.

This is the signing of the summer with the highest upside. This guy has top 6 abilities. However I put it as a low chance that he can deliver with the injury history.

 

[The Iceman]

What might be the play here is put him on LTIR to start the year and bring him back around the trade deadline to maximize his chances of staying healthy.

 

[TMLAM34]

Has anyone heard anything about Kase with camp starting up next week?

 

[mikeyz]

Has anyone heard anything about Kase with camp starting up next week?

I was going to ask the exact same thing. I haven't heard anything about him yet.

 

[Martin Skoula]

What might be the play here is put him on LTIR to start the year and bring him back around the trade deadline to maximize his chances of staying healthy.

They really need to look at resting guys like Muzzin and Kase throughout the season once it's clear we're a playoff lock. No excuse for Robertson/Sandin/Liljegren/Anderson types not to have 20-ish games under their belt this season so we're not putting them into a playoff series raw after an inevitable Muzzin/Rielly injury.

 

[teddygmr]

I was going to ask the exact same thing. I haven't heard anything about him yet.

we've heard that ..."most of the Leaf players are in town practicing...." but it would be great to hear whether this includes Kase and his buddy Kampf.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

They really need to look at resting guys like Muzzin and Kase throughout the season once it's clear we're a playoff lock. No excuse for Robertson/Sandin/Liljegren/Anderson types not to have 20-ish games under their belt this season so we're not putting them into a playoff series raw after an inevitable Muzzin/Rielly injury.

I would hope they would make deadline additions instead of relying on raw rookies come playoff time.

Sandin is different because I expect him to make the roster out of camp baring an injury but the others, I don't want to be throw them into playoff games

 

[fahad203]

They really need to look at resting guys like Muzzin and Kase throughout the season once it's clear we're a playoff lock. No excuse for Robertson/Sandin/Liljegren/Anderson types not to have 20-ish games under their belt this season so we're not putting them into a playoff series raw after an inevitable Muzzin/Rielly injury.

Why do they need to rest Kase? it's not like he has physical body injury. He's not sore, tear or broken bones

He has had concussion problems. You can play 82 games or you can play 1 game, you can be knocked out

 

[Morbo]

he's a good player. but what are the odds he'll make it through the season? I think not very high unfortunately.

 

[zeke]

Why do they need to rest Kase? it's not like he has physical body injury. He's not sore, tear or broken bones

He has had concussion problems. You can play 82 games or you can play 1 game, you can be knocked out

Yup.

 

[TopChedder]

I would hope they would make deadline additions instead of relying on raw rookies come playoff time.

Sandin is different because I expect him to make the roster out of camp baring an injury but the others, I don't want to be throw them into playoff games

Rookies eventually have to learn. They can't be rookies forever, and we can't keep trying to rely on league min players like Jumbo just because they are not rookies.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Rookies eventually have to learn. They can't be rookies forever, and we can't keep trying to rely on league min players like Jumbo just because they are not rookies.

Playoff time is not the time to "learn"

 

[TopChedder]

Playoff time is not the time to "learn"

Ideally no, but I don't see us anywhere near a favorite to win it all, and we need the depth. I would at least run with Robertson & Sandin with the first callups being Lily & Gogolov

 

[hockeywiz542]

32 Thoughts: Could 2022 bring us the best Stanley Cup Playoffs ever?

In his latest thoughts, Elliotte Friedman looks at some of the best-ever playoffs and wonders if 2022 could top the list, plus more from around the league.

www.sportsnet.ca

12. There are a lot of eyes on qualifying offers. Cap space is tight, and the arbitration walk-away number this summer is $4,538,958. (Teams can’t “walk-away” from any award below that number.) If they’re not convinced a player’s production matches, teams may choose to let them go free in July rather than risk an arbitration award they can’t escape. Toronto followers were confused by an Ondrej Kase Instagram post where he thanked Maple Leafs fans, taking it as an indication that he might be leaving. That’s premature, I think there are talks underway, but it’s not wrong to think the team would be spooked by an arbitration award in a tight cap situation.

Others to watch include: Ethan Bear (Carolina), Denis Gurianov (Dallas), Kasperi Kapanen (Pittsburgh), Dylan Strome (Chicago), Miles Wood and Pavel Zacha (New Jersey). It’s not to say all of these players are guaranteed to hit the market. It’s more like, teams are watching to see what decisions are made.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Thought he got re-signed. I would take him back at a similar value. Solid 3rd liner

 

[SeaOfBlue]

I do think the Leafs are either going to get him signed or they will just let him walk without a QO/trade him.

He does fit on the shutdown 3rd line for the right price, or even a new look offensive 4th line if a guy like Joey Anderson finds some chemistry on that 3rd line, but if he comes at north of 2 mill, there are much better fits than him.

I think Kase knows he has a pretty sweet gig here though, and that he probably won't get huge bites in UFA as a guy with his injury history, especially when he mostly settled in as a 3rd line caliber player when he was healthy. However, if he sticks around another year and can do well in the position we can afford to give him while staying healthy, he is in a prime age to really cash in as a UFA next offseason.

 

[Hoglund4MvP]

I would sign him and find a way to LTIR him until needed.

Top third liner in the game when everything is working. He can't last a 82 game season anymore.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

His buddy is signed here next year so my bet he stays on at league MIN for 1 more year .. but he might think he can get more and then he will go UFA .. it is his call

 

[Dekes For Days]

Can we please not bump last year's signing threads? It makes things very confusing.

 

[ACC1224]

I think they'll find a way to run him back out there for another year.

 

[zeke]

QO is fine but not much more than that.

 

[6ix]

How could anyone want him back? He was beyond useless in the playoffs. The only players in the bottom 6 that should be staying is Kampf and maybe Blackwell

 

[justashadowof]

I wouldn't officially qualify Kase because he could go to arbitration and get awarded significantly more than $1.25M aav. However I would offer him another contract before the qualification date.