How would you like Brown and Zaitsev back for the rest of the year?

[KuleminFan41]

Why is it necessary to avoid arbitration with a bad player?

He filled a void after Zaitsev left because the Leafs still needed to dress defencemen. Hainsey , Gardiner and Zaitsev were all gone, Holl barely played last season and we still don't know exactly what we have with Dermott. So yes, we could use him for the season. Ceci isn't a player I would call bad(probably miscast), he's a decent player with playoff experience, which is not exactly a bad thing to have on this Leafs team. If anything, he gave Sandin and Liljegren more time to develop in the minors and now with his injury, he doesn't necessarily need to be moved. So in the end, it worked out even though, it would have worked out regardless because he was only a stop gap until Liljegren and or Sandin were ready

 

[TakeTheBody]

Yeah.

No.

I'm good.

 

[Dave92]

There was no avoiding anything. Ceci wasn’t going to arbitration. They were going to accept the QO.

They wouldn’t risk going to arbitration, and the Leafs walking away, and being left with no leverage in August unsigned

I see, i don't remember how it all went down. I didn't realize Ottawa had given him a QO before the trade.

 

[mallory67]

Hey, just curious but did Zaitsev leave because of Babcock?

 

[Dave92]

double post .

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

No.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Zaitsev just isn't a player worth missing. He's not very good and has a bad contract. I love Brown, but he was never going to be more than a 4th liner for the Leafs so I'm fine with cutting him loose and getting rid of Zaitsev in the process

 

[TheProspector]

Hahahahaha

f*** no. Are you high?

Ceci has been mediocre, but we'd be f***ed with Zaitsev.

Brown is a good player, but not one we could have afforded, and our depth would have continued to kept him buried.

 

[Cor]

lmao, took Matthews 2 minutes to put this thread to shame.

It’s amazing how this fanbase has such a grass is greener complex

 

[TDotMassive]

No

 

[Canada4Gold]

Brown would still be on our 4th line with Marner, Nylander, and Kapanen here, and you can't just say figure out Zaitsev in the offseason. Maybe a solution like this wouldn't be available, and you'd have to start handing out picks again. 1 of the picks we gave to LA for Campbell+ came from this trade too.

 

[ShaneFalco]

Ffs

 

[DarkKnight]

I’m good.

 

[Canada4Gold]

I see, i don't remember how it all went down. I didn't realize Ottawa had given him a QO before the trade.

You have to give a player a QO to keep them RFA. He had a QO with Arb rights, the minimum contract you can walk away from was I believe around 300k above the QO. Ceci never would have aimed for that in Arbitration knowing Toronto could walk away. He likely would have accepted the QO. We gave him 200k more than the QO which I didn't really understand, but there wasn't going to be any walking away.

Though it would have been interesting if they did go to arbitration with Toronto asking for the higher number arguing Ceci was better, with Ceci arguing a lower number arguing he was worse both knowing if Toronto wins Toronto walks away. It would have been backwards arbitration. But Ceci never risks that.

 

[Maplebeasts]

I think you can answer your question with your username OP.

 

[Buds17]

I'm happy with the two points.

 

[Gabriel426]

Zai literally announced to the World he wanted out. If he stayed, Babs will literally screw him up even more.

 

[unitedstars87]

But we have Jason Spezza and that’s all the matters.