IrishInOntario
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- May 18, 2013
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In an extremely deep draft? If Dubas were to play his cards right and trade Freddy Anderson in a year when there are numerous quality FA goalies available, could he get a 1st round pick+ and possibly save some money on the backend by signing a goalie in the 3.5-4.5 million range?
Who would have thought when Dubas moved the 1st to get the Marleau contract off the books, that Toronto would only need to move a 3rd line depth winger and a goalie they can't afford to re-sign a year from now, to add two 1st round talents to a system that will need constant talent replenishment on ELCs in order to support the contracts of the big 4 in a multi-year, flat cap environment?
I've become increasingly convinced that the combination of Johnson, Dermott and Toronto's 2nd round picks in 2020 and 2021 are going to be enough to trade for a nice partner for Reilly. If you need another asset for a "bigger name", Liljegren probably gets you there. Toronto can get the other RHD via free agency.
If you can upgrade your defense with Johnson, two 2nd round picks and you can return additional picks or prospects via the Anderson and Dermott moves... And still get to draft twice in the first round of this draft and possibly save some important cap space, that feels like a homerun to me... Especially as it relates to assett management and addressing needs.
Who would have thought when Dubas moved the 1st to get the Marleau contract off the books, that Toronto would only need to move a 3rd line depth winger and a goalie they can't afford to re-sign a year from now, to add two 1st round talents to a system that will need constant talent replenishment on ELCs in order to support the contracts of the big 4 in a multi-year, flat cap environment?
I've become increasingly convinced that the combination of Johnson, Dermott and Toronto's 2nd round picks in 2020 and 2021 are going to be enough to trade for a nice partner for Reilly. If you need another asset for a "bigger name", Liljegren probably gets you there. Toronto can get the other RHD via free agency.
If you can upgrade your defense with Johnson, two 2nd round picks and you can return additional picks or prospects via the Anderson and Dermott moves... And still get to draft twice in the first round of this draft and possibly save some important cap space, that feels like a homerun to me... Especially as it relates to assett management and addressing needs.