Confirmed Signing with Link: [CGY] Josh Leivo signs with the Flames (1 year, $875K)

[Menzinger]

Textbook definition of a useful depth player.

Good signing

 

[Crosscrease14]

Leivo is awful. Played with pettersson but couldnt do much.
Waived by leafs.

Pretty sure he was traded for Marlies legend Michael Carcone

 

[Smokey McCanucks]

I can't believe the Flames are taking all our players...not just cast-offs either but solid useful guys.

Here's Leivo, he had a bad injury where he crashed awkward into the boards and fractured his kneecap so you wonder how well he can come back from that cause it just sounds so bad. He's a guy who really doesn't stand out in any one area and he can be a bit streaky in terms of his production, but he's a versatile guy who skates well and can play up and down in the lineup.

He doesn't have any major holes in his game and is sort of a swiss-army-knife type player, shown a solid NHL-level game but he hasn't had much opportunity yet to show what he can do on account of some bad luck when it comes to injuries and getting stuck behind other guys on the depth chart.

 

[JPeeper]

Just remember, if you do well, it's because of our guys, and if you do terribly, it's because of our guys.

That's fair.

 

[NotNotALeafsFan]

I liked Leivo when he was on the Leafs. Felt like he was never given a fair chance here though. Hope he does well in Calgary

 

[Leaf Fans]

Good guy. I hope he is ready to go for the season!

 

[NoName]

$875k for a solid bottom-6 guy is fine value. Pity the Canucks couldn't scrounge together enough to match this offer.

 

[HockeyWooot]

Solid bottom 6/mid6 player, I’m sure the Canucks would have taken him back if we weren’t in such cap trouble.

 

[Double Dion]

Is Leivo a better or worse player than Josh Anderson? What makes Anderson a guy who gets 38 million dollars while Leivo gets less than a million? When I watched them last season I saw similar skill sets. Anderson had that great season playing with Panarin, but man did Montreal ever pay for a guy who to me isn't much better than Leivo.

 

[Flamesfan62]

You guys want Ferland back too? At this point I don't see why not.

Ferland is completely done.

 

[Srsly]

Is Leivo a better or worse player than Josh Anderson? What makes Anderson a guy who gets 38 million dollars while Leivo gets less than a million? When I watched them last season I saw similar skill sets. Anderson had that great season playing with Panarin, but man did Montreal ever pay for a guy who to me isn't much better than Leivo.

To be fair, Leivo saw time with Petterssen and has never actually played a full 82 game schedule in the NHL. He couldn’t quite crack the Leafs lineup and had some unfortunate luck with injuries during his first real chance with the Canucks. Despite(debatably...and maybe that’s a stretch) having the potential to be similar to Anderson, he’s far from a lock to be a similar player.

 

[DFF]

You guys want Ferland back too? At this point I don't see why not.

Ferland for lucic

 

[Double Dion]

To be fair, Leivo saw time with Petterssen and has never actually played a full 82 game schedule in the NHL. He couldn’t quite crack the Leafs lineup and had some unfortunate luck with injuries during his first real chance with the Canucks. Despite(debatably...and maybe that’s a stretch) having the potential to be similar to Anderson, he’s far from a lock to be a similar player.

What is Anderson going forward though? Is he the guy from 18/19 or the guy from 19/20? That's a lot of term and cash for a player that is really hard to project going forward. I agree that Anderson has the higher ceiling. But it's certainly not a lock that he'll be the better player going forward. It's not impossible that Leivo will be better than Anderson next year.