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

[TGWL]

If you get Hamilton, that probably means Rielly and another piece are moved. With Seattle taking a center, Leafs need Kerfoot, unless they have somebody to take that spot or sign for around league min.

 

[McBooya42]

Sign Hamilton to around 7.5M and trading Rielly + Engvall would net out the cap roughly. I don't see anyway Rielly stays on the Leafs in this scenario

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7.5 won't do it lol.

 

[Svechhammer]

Sign Hamilton to around 7.5M and trading Rielly + Engvall would net out the cap roughly. I don't see anyway Rielly stays on the Leafs in this scenario

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If Dougie is willing to sign for $7.5m, he'll do it with the Canes so he could do it for 8 years instead of 7

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

They become favorites if they sign Hamilton.

 

[Nylanderthal]

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

Not really anymore, no. Their biggest issue is getting enough scoring throughout the lineup when the big 4 aren’t lighting it up.

 

[McBooya42]

They become favorites if they sign Hamilton.

I thought they already were favorites?

 

[Jag68Sid87]

I thought they already were favorites?

Network favorites.

 

[McBooya42]

Network favorites.

To be fair, Rogers owns what 37.5% of MLSE? Only makes sense...also the propping up of Dumbass as not bending the knee in turning down a free asset.

 

[Eggtimer]

They become favorites if they sign Hamilton.

How so ? How do you know who they have to get rid of to fit him into the roster and what your full roster will look like. Yes adding Hamilton would be huge but there would have to be players moved or lack of depth elsewhere to accommodate

 

[McFlash97]

They become favorites if they sign Hamilton.

lol no they wont.

so they lose a lot of depth, guys like Hyman, Reilly, etc etc and get Hamilton and become an instant top tier contender ?

be serious man.

 

[TS Quint]

12 pages for this click bait? Friedman is a social media genius.

 

[Cogburn]

7.5 won't do it lol.

But he's always dreamed of being a Maple Leaf!

 

[McBooya42]

12 pages for this click bait? Friedman is a social media genius.

Pretty sure Friedman doesn't give two shi%$ about HF Boards.

 

[TS Quint]

Pretty sure Friedman doesn't give two shi%$ about HF Boards.

Woooosh! Are you ever out to lunch.

HE most definitely does. He cares about his clicks. HF gives him more clicks. People see it here and go to Twitter/podcast etc. The more discussion that happens here helps to generate more replies on his Twitter and more podcast downloads he gets because people want to know what he is saying. The more you see his name on any media site the more important he is, the more people look for his information. Think of this as a Friedman ad that is going directly to his target demographic.

 

[Unspecified]

Trade Marner for picks and you can sign Hamilton.

 

[AcerComputer]

I hear Dubas will use hypnosis to get the deal done for $5m x 5 years

 

[AcerComputer]

Arizona would actually be retaining though. $3 million X 8 years. What is that worth to you, seeing as a 2nd is what he asks of Holland and a 1st is what was asked of him in the Marleau trade. That's worth at minimum a pair of 1sts +.

Proof?!

 

[Perfect_Drug]

Not sure, when Gretzky wanted to play in Toronto he was getting offers from other team of 8M, he told Toronto he would take 4M and make up the rest from endorsements. And when Stamkos took an interview it was reported he was told about an endorsement portfolio worth about 4M.

Not sure how much of an impact that would have on a player’s decision, but it can be a good chunk of change.

Yeah?

You guys remember this show?


Best show EVERRRRRR


Tell Hamilton that he can be the 4th wheel in the new Toronto-based Pro-Stars cartoon with Matthews, Marner, and Tavares.

 

[theimmortal1]

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.



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

Try $9 million a year.

Marner may even clear waivers. His contract is awful. I bet they could get something, but it isn't going to bring much value back. It'll just be shedding salary. Better to think of it is as a Marner for Hamilton "trade"

 

[NJ Fan 12]

I'm certain Doug the Slug would take a discount to Golf so early every year !!

Great band!!! RIP Doug Bennett.

 

[Space Coyote]

Marner may even clear waivers. His contract is awful. I bet they could get something, but it isn't going to bring much value back. It'll just be shedding salary. Better to think of it is as a Marner for Hamilton "trade"

Only on HF a 24 year-old PPG player with a career high of 94 points won't have much value.

 

[Hisch13r]

Again. Freidman said it in passing that Toronto looked into it.

he then went on and talked about jersey. He has predicted Hamilton to NJ.

I don’t know why this is still being discussed like Toronto is a favourite.

other than you know proving the point of why “clickbait” Toronto mentions are valid.

Because people have an obsession with Toronto. It's just other fans that can't help themselves from talking about the Leafs

 

[paulhiggins]

Not sure, when Gretzky wanted to play in Toronto he was getting offers from other team of 8M, he told Toronto he would take 4M and make up the rest from endorsements. And when Stamkos took an interview it was reported he was told about an endorsement portfolio worth about 4M.

Not sure how much of an impact that would have on a player’s decision, but it can be a good chunk of change.

That doesn't keep the agents happy. If the agents aren't happy the weak GMs and entitled players will be unhappy too. A lot has changed since the Gretzky days. I wish we could turn back the clock and start again.

 

[BlueBaron]

12 pages for this click bait? Friedman is a social media genius.

It's really a Leaf bashing thread, could last forever.

 

[McBooya42]

Woooosh! Are you ever out to lunch.

HE most definitely does. He cares about his clicks. HF gives him more clicks. People see it here and go to Twitter/podcast etc. The more discussion that happens here helps to generate more replies on his Twitter and more podcast downloads he gets because people want to know what he is saying. The more you see his name on any media site the more important he is, the more people look for his information. Think of this as a Friedman ad that is going directly to his target demographic.

Spoken like a true TO fan lol. Get over yourself.