Rumor: Leafs Interested in Tyler Myers #61

[SK13]

I don't think Myers is better than Timmins. He's definitely not as good as Liljegren. Justin Holl kind of blows half the time but that seems lateral.

At this point maybe buy low on Klingberg.

 

[Zhamnov5GoalGame]

This can’t be true.

 

[leafsfan5]

Leafs can't afford to re-sign Meier

Meier isn't a typical rental due to his RFA status. If the Leafs looked to move him again in the summer they would recoup a lot of the value they used to get him in the first place

Due to that I'd expect Toronto to be more willing to part with assets like their 1st

 

[TMLife17]

Meier isn't a typical rental due to his RFA status. If the Leafs looked to move him again in the summer they would recoup a lot of the value they used to get him in the first place

Due to that I'd expect Toronto to be more willing to part with assets like their 1st

Examples of this happening?

 

[nucksflailtogether]

I could see interest in him as a buy low candidate if the Canucks are willing to retain. He used to be good and it seems unlikely he fell off a cliff that quickly when the entire team is struggling as well. That said they don’t have the cap space for him and I don’t see them willing to part with any impressive assets so I doubt Canucks fans would like the return.

I'd trade him at 50% for a 2nd easily. Probably could be convinced to take less tbh. He could be an asset for a good team that doesn't suck. And it honestly wouldn't be bad to have a guy who can step in for big minutes when injuries hit, even if he's not very productive in those minutes.

 

[leafsfan5]

Examples of this happening?

Fiala got a 1st + a good prospect as an RFA just last summer

 

[Ianturnedbull]

we dont even care about a pick or prospect

literally just take him and we are happy

You do care. This is a professional league, and not in the business of giving away players for nothing. Just because you personally hate him doesn't mean he has no value.

 

[AvroArrow]

So you don't know that the /s is meant to denote sarcasm. That's my take away here.


My god there are two of them.

is what 99.999% of the people use to denote sarcasm here

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

is what 99.999% of the people use to denote sarcasm here

I prefer to just let people figure it out without any help.

 

[biturbo19]

I just don't see the Leafs having the appropriate "bad money" contracts to move the other way to even start to make Myers make sense for them. If they had some expensive bad contract to move for him, sure...i could see them adding a tall RHD like Myers. He'd be fine in Toronto, in a role more appropriate to his depth capacity. But who would come the other way to make the salary palatable for this year and next?

I'm sure Leafs fans would say Holl...but that's a relatively small change, expiring deal. Would they try to move Matt Murray's money along with other things?

It'd have to expand to a bigger deal to make sense. And i just can't even find the pieces to expand it to make sense either. The Canucks don't have any sort of "better value contracts" to swap for anything realistically on the Leafs.

 

[Gstank]

Knives Lilligren and a 1st for Myers

 

[FerrisRox]

Fiala got a 1st + a good prospect as an RFA just last summer

...But the Kings didn't need to give him $10 million a season in order to retain him.

How do you think this is the same thing?

 

[Menzinger]

I don't really see how this works for Toronto for a few reasons.

 

[leafsfan5]

...But the Kings didn't need to give him $10 million a season in order to retain him.

How do you think this is the same thing?

The qualifying offer really isn't a big deal lol, this isn't some player who has a real value of 6 million with a 10 million QO.

Timo Meier is a legit ~9 million dollar player, he's PPG powerforward who can score 40 goals a season. Someone will reasonably give him an offer around 9 million x 7 years, is he really going to turn that down for a 10 x 1? Especially if Toronto works with Meier to get him to a location he would like to be at, effectively sending him to UFA 1 year early

 

[Leafblooded]

He can play 4th line left wing... On the Marlies

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I don't really see how this works for Toronto for a few reasons.

I feel like there should be more to this post

 

[DeltaSwede]

Myers is a unicorn in this league. Doesn't mean he's a good unicorn.

In the right situation, in the right system, he could be better than the average NHL defensemen.

He's got that huge reach and he's a good skater. Both those things makes it surprising that he always seems to be out of position.

 

[BlueBaron]

here

Lol. Right. So never. That's what I thought.

 

[dirtydanglez]

Lol. Right. So never. That's what I thought.

i can give you the information but i can't give you the ability to understand it. that part is on you.

 

[M2Beezy]

I don't think Myers is better than Timmins. He's definitely not as good as Liljegren. Justin Holl kind of blows half the time but that seems lateral.

At this point maybe buy low on Klingberg.

You gotta be kidding me have you seen how tall Myers is? Hes basically Chara in all aspects of ice hockey

 

[HockeyVirus]

...But the Kings didn't need to give him $10 million a season in order to retain him.

How do you think this is the same thing?

Pretty simple. Find his asking price, find teams he is willing to extend in and that are interested. Hopefully have 2-3 interested teams and make a deal at the draft before it ever matters

 

[cyris]

Knives Lilligren and a 1st for Myers

Who are Knives and Lilligren?
You can have both of them for free. Would be to confusing to have them on the team with Knies and Liljegren anyway.

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

There's only one Giraffe I want on the Leafs and his name is Pierre Engvall.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

That would be so so so so funny.

 

[Cogburn]

is what 99.999% of the people use to denote sarcasm here

Great, but 90% (at present) respondents got it without that.