Confirmed with Link: Leafs have signed Frank Corrado to a 1 year 1 way 600k contract.

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[ShaneFalco]

Cool
Like to see him given a shot for more than a 1/4 of the season (if deserving)

 

[GoodNewfieBoy]

Cool
Like to see him given a shot for more than a 1/4 of the season (if deserving)

He's bloody useless. No idea why him or Holland were resigned

 

[Punch Drunk Loov]

Way to go Frankie. Grinded it out last year and was rewarded with a new deal

 

[Once]

Again - meh.

I smell a trade realllllll soon. Like within a few hours soon

 

[hamzarocks]

Again - meh.

I smell a trade realllllll soon. Like within a few hours soon

I hope so

 

[Purity*]

Ehhhhh

Didn't think too much of Corrado last year.

 

[darrylsittler27]

I just want to be honest...

Leaf fan in Van. I don't see it, his NHL game. I thought he blew chunks here and he finished dead last in Tor. I would have punted him. Carrick for me. Trade this stiff.Small, almost no offense meh... Waiver him and no one bites. Must be expansion fodder.

 

[BertCorbeau]

He's depth and will probably get waived. Had good/bad moments. Carrick should be able to beat him out for a roster spot.

 

[Cor]

Good.

Showed promise when he played.

 

[ToneBone03]

I dunno, I liked what I saw from Corrado last season. I like this signing. Probably not much of a salary figure here.

 

[Jack Bauer]

He's bloody useless. No idea why him or Holland were resigned

Thanks for the insight.

Always good to see fans of rebuilding teams rip into developing players and call then bloody useless.

Thank god our management has a clue now to ignore these comments so as to not throw away another Stralman because "he's useless".

 

[Nithoniniel]

As things stand now, I see us going with 8 D-men and I'm pretty sure Corrado will be one of them.

 

[HockeyGuruPitka]

Leaf fan in Van. I don't see it, his NHL game. I thought he blew chunks here and he finished dead last in Tor. I would have punted him. Carrick for me. Trade this stiff.

Id have to agree with you. However let Marincin be a cautious tale. Early in the year i was cursing at the television wondering how Marincin was playing in the NHL. He was nervous with the puck, slow, erratic, always out of position but Babcock kept putting him out there. When Hunwick went down Marincin's play literally took a 180. Was probably our most poised dman in our zone. Had an excellent stick, always in the right position. He also seemed to help elevate Rielly's game.

Im happy to keep him and see if he can figure it out. Takes MUCH longer for Dmen to adjust to the NHL as we saw with Gardiner as-well

 

[Jack Bauer]

Both of these 1 year deals just buy the youth 1 more year.

By this time next year both Holland and Corrado are likely elsewhere and replaced from within by internal depth.

 

[TheCLAM]

Id have to agree with you. However let Marincin be a cautious tale. Early in the year i was cursing at the television wondering how Marincin was playing in the NHL. He was nervous with the puck, slow, erratic, always out of position but Babcock kept putting him out there. When Hunwick went down Marincin's play literally took a 360. Was probably our most poised dman in our zone. Had an excellent stick, always in the right position. He also seemed to help elevate Rielly's game.

Im happy to keep him and see if he can figure it out. Takes MUCH longer for Dmen to adjust to the NHL as we saw with Gardiner as-well

I think you mean 180

 

[HellasLEAF]

Holland I still have an appreciation for.

Corrado, didn't really stand out to me as someone we need in any way.

 

[Joufreau]

I don't get all the hate for Corrado. I thought he came in and held his own considering he was pretty much just practicing for the first half of the season.

 

[Mr Hockey*]

Hopefully they give him decent minutes and let him develop a bit, the kid has a lot of upside.

 

[Budsfan]

Just one more to go Marincin but glad to see Corrado back

 

[ForSpareParts*]

Again - meh.

I smell a trade realllllll soon. Like within a few hours soon

Yiyyyyyyyy!!!!

 

[ShaneFalco]

He's 23 with promise on a one year deal
Not sure why you wouldn't give him a shot
Took his press-box time like a pro and wants to be here

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Hopefully they give him decent minutes and let him develop a bit, the kid has a lot of upside.

I wouldn't say a lot of upside. If we didn't have Carrick here, then I would definitely give him a chance to develop into the 4/5 he probably could become. However, if we can find a good trade for him and Holland, then I think we have to jump on it.

Next up on the list should be getting Marincin locked up for the next couple of years. Then we'll look into trades and what we can do to move some guys out, and to bring a backup and maybe some picks in.

 

[Mess]

As things stand now, I see us going with 8 D-men and I'm pretty sure Corrado will be one of them.

8 Dmen also equals 13 forwards with only 1 spare in the pressbox.

 

[ShaneFalco]

It wasn't long ago many wanted Marincin run out of town,