GDT: Free Agent Frenzy | The Madness Continues

[MapleLeafs77]

Nylander played center while Kadri was out in the playoffs. I would not be shocked if he slides into Kadris spot and Kerfoot gets to play speedster next to Matthews or Tavares.

Options are not going to be a problem.

I am not putting nylander off matthews wing. Give matthews some players that are at least somewhat skilled and have play making ability. We are paying willy 7 mill.

Matty is way better with him not doing it all himself. Willy is way better as a winger.

 

[Legion34]

Looking back on the Zaitsev trade, it was a huge precursor to allow the leafs to sign one of Muzzin or Barrie (most likely will be Barrie) beyond this year.

We could keep both. We will have probably anywhere from 10-14 million to spend on 2 D. Worst case wouldnhabeb to off load kappy or mango. To keep both.

But right now we are going into the season with....

Johnson. Matthews Nylander.
Hyman. Tavares. Marner
Mikayev. Kerfoot. Kapanen
Moore. Spezza. Shore.
Goat.

Rielly. Barrie
muzzin. Ceci.
Harpur. Dermott

Our C depth is incredible. Babcock now has 2 rhd.

And........ he has d who are 6’3, 6’3, 6’6

No excuses. This is cup contender

 

[I am Canadian]

Hyman - Tavares - Marner

Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander

Mikeyev - Kerfoot - Kapanen

Moore - Spezza - Shore/Agostino


Rielly - Dermott??

Muzzin - Barrie

Borgman - Ceci

Who am I missing?

 

[DopeyFish]

Hyman - Tavares - Marner

Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander

Mikeyev - Kerfoot - Kapanen

Moore - Spezza - Agostino/Shore

Rielly - Dermott??

Muzzin - Barrie

Borgman - Ceci

Who am I missing?

braccccccccccco

also korshkov

 

[I am Canadian]

braccccccccccco

also korshkov

Bracco needs another year in the AHL, Babcock will 100% want guys that can play the PK.

Korshkov needs some more time too imo

 

[LeafChief]

Just watched a bunch of film on Harpur. Not very skilled but he is a tough SOB. Something we haven't really had on the back end for a while.

 

[Maple Leaf]

We could keep both. We will have probably anywhere from 10-14 million to spend on 2 D. Worst case wouldnhabeb to off load kappy or mango. To keep both.

But right now we are going into the season with....

Johnson. Matthews Nylander.
Hyman. Tavares. Marner
Mikayev. Kerfoot. Kapanen
Moore. Spezza. Shore.
Goat.

Rielly. Barrie
muzzin. Ceci.
Harpur. Dermott

Our C depth is incredible. Babcock now has 2 rhd.

And........ he has d who are 6’3, 6’3, 6’6

No excuses. This is cup contender

Perhaps we shall make it out the first round before we expect the cup

 

[DavePoulin4PM]

Just watched a bunch of film on Harpur. Not very skilled but he is a tough SOB. Something we haven't really had on the back end for a while.

Harpur is not an NHL caliber player he will probably see less than 10 games with Leafs. Also paying Kerfoot whatever he is going to get in arb is lunacy. He is trash. Leafs should try and move him and sign Brian Boyle.

 

[ryno23]

Harpur is Roman Polak without hockey sense

 

[DopeyFish]

Perhaps we shall make it out the first round before we expect the cup

the blues missed the playoffs last year

 

[Rude Dog]

Harpur is not an NHL caliber player he will probably see less than 10 games with Leafs. Also paying Kerfoot whatever he is going to get in arb is lunacy. He is trash. Leafs should try and move him and sign Brian Boyle.

Need to watch more of Kerfoot to make my own evaluation. But another option may be to give Petan some real minutes. Small, but I think the Leafs should find out what they have.

 

[Gallagbi]

Harpur is Roman Polak without hockey sense

I'm not sure I understand. Roman Polak lacks hockey sense, so are we in a double negative situation or multiplying zeros?

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Bracco needs another year in the AHL, Babcock will 100% want guys that can play the PK.

Korshkov needs some more time too imo

Bracco doesn't need another year in the NHL, if he has a good camp he could be on the team. Only problem is there isn't a lot of room.

 

[Nylander88]

Just watched a bunch of film on Harpur. Not very skilled but he is a tough SOB. Something we haven't really had on the back end for a while.

Babs will like that he's 6'6" every shift

 

[hamzarocks]

Man i would just love for us to dump Ceci. Trade him to the Panthers for someone like Psyck. Both are 1 year deals only Psyck is a bit cheaper. If they want something extra I'd add a 4th to make it work

 

[Magic Man]

I think a guy like Harpur may actually be a better defenseman than someone like McQuaid going forward. McQuaid is old and beat up, Harpur has young legs.

 

[Dreakmur]

Hyman - Tavares - Marner

Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander

Mikeyev - Kerfoot - Kapanen

Moore - Spezza - Shore/Agostino


Rielly - Dermott??

Muzzin - Barrie

Borgman - Ceci

Who am I missing?

I don’t think Kerfoot is a lock to even play center. He’s kind of split his career between center and left wing, which I think continues here. He and Kapanen can flank either Spezza or Shore, and Kerfoot can take face offs when a leftie is needed.

Having two face off men on every line is a huge advantage. First guy in can cheat like hell, and be replaced by another competent face off man if he gets kicked.

 

[dimi78]

I am not putting nylander off matthews wing. Give matthews some players that are at least somewhat skilled and have play making ability. We are paying willy 7 mill.

Matty is way better with him not doing it all himself. Willy is way better as a winger.

At no time has Matty showed a drive to do anything himself and that's part of the problem that he has to pick up the compete department by 40%. This is why Babs didn't give him the minutes especially in game 7 that all of you think he should have. He has to implement hunger in his game and stop this Brett Hull of St. Louis impersonation

Willy is IMO better at center and if you ask me play him with Kaps and AJ you will start to notice just how dynamic of a player Willy is.

 

[Multigrain]

Just watched a bunch of film on Harpur. Not very skilled but he is a tough SOB. Something we haven't really had on the back end for a while.

I don't think he is that tough. Some think he is soft and afraid to use his body. Maybe Babcocks system will help him. He spent alot of time in the press box.

 

[Multigrain]

Babs will like that he's 6'6" every shift

and slow

 

[Kiwi]

There's still some decent players unsigned

I know we've got no cap space but there's a couple of guys that would intrest me still if we had some

Hutton, Gardiner, Kruger, Boyle, Sheahan, Rieder, Jaskin, Andrighetto, Johansson, Brassard, Girardi, Maroon, Dzingel

Obviously some are going to cost way more than others but some of them could be going cheap

 

[Man Bear Pig]

There's still some decent players unsigned

I know we've got no cap space but there's a couple of guys that would intrest me still if we had some

Hutton, Gardiner, Kruger, Boyle, Sheahan, Rieder, Jaskin, Andrighetto, Johansson, Brassard, Girardi, Maroon, Dzingel

Obviously some are going to cost way more than others but some of them could be going cheap

We could use Hutton or Boyle. I think those are the most realistic options but even they may cost too much without knowing what Marner will cost. Trading Ceci for nothing and signing Hutton for around the same cap hit would seem like a good move IMO.

 

[Dreakmur]

There's still some decent players unsigned

I know we've got no cap space but there's a couple of guys that would intrest me still if we had some

Hutton, Gardiner, Kruger, Boyle, Sheahan, Rieder, Jaskin, Andrighetto, Johansson, Brassard, Girardi, Maroon, Dzingel

Obviously some are going to cost way more than others but some of them could be going cheap

Forward-wise, we look pretty good 5-on-5. The PK was not addressed at all, outside of Nick Shore, who may not even make the roster. Are we going to try guys who have never really done it before, like Kerfoot and Moore? At the same time, how many guys do we sign? There’s already several guys headed to the Marlies.

Defense-wise, same thing, we need at least one more PKer.

Andreas Johnsson-Auston Matthews-William Nylander
Zach Hyman-John Tavares-Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot-Jason Spezza-Kasperi Kapanen
Ilya Mikheyev-Nick Shore-Trevor Moore

Morgan Rielly-Tyson Barrie
Jake Muzzin-Cody Ceci
Martin Marincin-Travis Dermott

Looking at that, the main spots to upgrade are #3 center, #6 defenseman, and maybe #4 defenseman.

Dan Girardi on the right contract would be perfect. He could be Dermott’s Ron Hainsey.

Up front, guys like Marcus Kruger and Riley Sheahan aren’t much better than what we have 5-on-5, but are experienced and quality PKers.

 

[SniperOnTheWing]

I am not putting nylander off matthews wing. Give matthews some players that are at least somewhat skilled and have play making ability. We are paying willy 7 mill.

Matty is way better with him not doing it all himself. Willy is way better as a winger.

This. People around here complain about Willy's contract enough and some want to bury him as a 3C with no chance of living up to the deal. It was bad enough hearing about it in the playoffs when Willy had to take Kadri's spot and try to squeeze water from the stones that were Brown and Marleau. I'm sure even Babcock was pissed it had to be that way but Kadri forced it on us by getting himself suspended again. If Matthews had Nylander with him the whole series there's a good chance we'd have won. He was just getting his momentum back.

 

[StevenB]

I am not putting nylander off matthews wing. Give matthews some players that are at least somewhat skilled and have play making ability. We are paying willy 7 mill.

Matty is way better with him not doing it all himself. Willy is way better as a winger.

Lmfao let’s put Nylander in a position to fail (3c) then complain when he doesn’t live up to his expectations

I’m with you, Nylander needs to play in the top 6, no doubt about it