Friedman: Leafs looking for "creative" ways to sign Dougie Hamilton

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Now right off the bat I'm not sure what that means, I assume it means front loading the hell out of that contract.

I have to say I love Dougie Hamilton and if they somehow pulled it off you wouldn't hear a word of complaint out of me because Rielly, Hamilton, Muzzin, Brodie would be as gooc a top 4 as you'd find outside of Tampa.

That being said this team has holes to fill up front.

So if they are going to try this, do it with Granlund or Landeskog, do it with a forward because you need forwards they are thin up front

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[Lil Sebastian Cossa]

Now right off the bat I'm not sure what that means, I assume it means front loading the hell out of that contract.

I have to say I love Dougie Hamilton and if they somehow pulled it off you wouldn't hear a word of complaint out of me because Rielly, Hamilton, Muzzin, Brodie would be as gooc a top 4 as you'd find outside of Tampa.

That being said this team has holes to fill up front.

So if they are going to try this, do it with Granlund or Landeskog, do it with a forward because you need forwards they are thin up front

Man, Dubas really doesn't get why his team keeps losing in the playoffs.

 

[Legend123]

Nice keep destroying ur team toronto

 

[flamesforcup]

6.5*8 sign and trade and frontload/bonus it all. But idk if Dougie would want to play in Toronto the pressure would be crazy.

 

[Empoleon8771]

It would actually be super smart for them to trade Marner for a futures heavy package and used the saved money to throw a big offer at Hamilton. I'm just skeptical that the Leafs could do that with Marner.

6.5*8 sign and trade and frontload/bonus it all. But idk if Dougie would want to play in Toronto the pressure would be crazy.

You are 100% not getting Hamilton for only $6.5 million a year.

Try $9 million a year.

 

[Mobiandi]

Zero chance Hamilton steps foot into a fishbowl market like Toronto

 

[Flair Hay]

Lol let them. Another excellent offensive dman with none of what they are missing to help get over the hump

 

[threeVo]

6.5*8 sign and trade and frontload/bonus it all. But idk if Dougie would want to play in Toronto the pressure would be crazy.

6.5?? Yur dreaming right? Jones and Makar just signed for 9+

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Man, Dubas really doesn't get why his team keeps losing in the playoffs.

You are correct

 

[inthe6ix]

Can't see this happening with our limited cap room unless major pieces are moved. Dregs saying 8 or 9M but it's more like 9M and up IMO:

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

6.5*8 sign and trade and frontload/bonus it all. But idk if Dougie would want to play in Toronto the pressure would be crazy.

Hamilton will get much more than $6.5.

 

[Prairie Habs]

6.5*8 sign and trade and frontload/bonus it all. But idk if Dougie would want to play in Toronto the pressure would be crazy.

Seth Jones gets 9.5 but Hamilton settles for 6.5 to play on a team that can't get out of the first round?

 

[Wreckus]

Doubt Hamilton will come back to play for a Canadian team.

 

[flamesforcup]

6.5?? Yur dreaming right? Jones and Makar just signed for 9+

Hamilton will get much more than $6.5.

Yes but I just put a number i see Toronto being able to afford. Dont think they can afford 9+.

 

[Gstank]

Um doesnt toronto have enough problems keeping the puck out of there own net

 

[Bruce Granville]

Sign and trade.
Sign him for 10 mil and trade Nylander to the Panthers.

 

[080]

The only way this is possible is if they trade Rielly and get back one or two young players on ELCs to fill out the forward roster. Hamilton costs more than Rielly but you save money by having guys making 800k playing wing on lines 1 through 3.

The likelihood of Marner getting traded is almost zero.

 

[Fatass]

Have to move Marner, no? Or play with 18 players every game. I guess that’s creative.

 

[unicornpig]

5 players 50 million, do it toronto!

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Sure why not.

f*** depth.

Just play 5 players all game.

 

[unicornpig]

Yes but I just put a number i see Toronto being able to afford. Dont think they can afford 9+.

why use a pipe dream number that isn't realistic though.....

 

[BLNY]

No way they can do this without parting with one of the top 4 forwards.

 

[themelkman]

Have to move Nylander I’d imagine

 

[GoldiFox]

Waddell just said that no team has called him about a sign-and-trade and that it likely won't happen.

I think Toronto would have to offer at least $7.5 million x 8 years with every single penny paid as early as possible.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Well that'll cost you big Mr. Dubas. Carolina signs him to an 8 year deal, trades him to Arizona who retains $3 million of his $9 million AAV. Since he's asking the Oilers for a 2nd in absolutely no retention on Hyman for $500K, this should just cost Dubas his next 4 1sts to Arizona and a 2nd to Carolina for making it happen (since he set the market on this with Hyman).