Confirmed with Link: Leafs trade Cracknell for Oleksy

[SprDaVE]

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[A1LeafNation]

Something is going on me thinks.

 

[gamer1035]

Who?

 

[Al14]

Who?

OLEKSY is my name, hockey is my game.

 

[SprDaVE]

Who?

AHL veteran for another.

Oleksy is an AHL RHD defenseman with some NHL games here and there. He played for the Marlies in 2016-2017 for a bit.

 

[saltming]

Who?

Iirc he paired with dermott and helped stabilize him

 

[nuck]

A move to toughen up the D which is fine. He was fine as a Marlie a couple of years ago. They just didn't want to pay what Ducks organization was willing to. And now they are.

 

[Nalens Oga]

Ah got him mixed up with Oleksiak for a second, nvm.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Sure.

 

[Mr Hockey]

Iirc he paired with dermott and helped stabilize him

Dermott really praised him, said he helped him more than anyone he had played with, he fights also

 

[stickty111]

 

[acrobaticgoalie]

But why? Don't we have enough D men

 

[stickty111]

This likely explains why Cracknell was scratched yesterday

 

[Zonk]

Here is the trade when the Leafs acquired Oleksy in 2017

March 1, 2017: Traded to Toronto by Pittsburgh with Eric Fehr and Pittsburgh's 4th round pick in 2017 NHL Draft for Frank Corrado.

The Leafs traded Fehr for a 7th round pick in 2020. And they resigned Corrado as a free agent.

 

[SprDaVE]

But why? Don't we have enough D men

Liljegren is out for a bit and Sandin is about to leave for a month or so. Marlies added some forward depth recently, so I think they wanted better quality on defence.

Growlers are also doing really well, so I think they want to keep that team stacked without calling anybody up.

 

[stickty111]

But why? Don't we have enough D men

When Sandin and Lilly go
The D corps is
Rosen
Borgman
Subban
Corrado
Loverde
Jardine

Thats not all that great especially since Subban and Borgman are terrible

 

[Kiwi]

Iirc he paired with dermott and helped stabilize him

Maybe were going to try the same thing with Sandin?
What the **** is LoVerde doing then since he's a vet RD? Shouldn't that be his job

 

[stickty111]

Maybe were going to try the same thing with Sandin?
What the **** is LoVerde doing then since he's a vet RD? Shouldn't that be his job

Loverde hasn't been good. As Sea Of Blue said, he is the most aggressive defensive d man you will find which is not a good thing.

 

[Stephen]

Someone to send out to take a suspension?

 

[nuck]

Maybe were going to try the same thing with Sandin?
What the **** is LoVerde doing then since he's a vet RD? Shouldn't that be his job

Oleksy is a $600k Marlie. This was not an idle thought.

 

[Keon1963]

Like the trade. He has grit. May see the odd shift on the Leafs in April.

 

[lovemyleafs]

Something is going on me thinks.

like what?

 

[PromoterDave]

Why are we trading for another defenseman? Marlies have so much Defenders

 

[cannucky]

Yeah baby all our D problems are solved !

 

[AreBe]

Who is a faster skater? I suspect we traded for an upgrade in speed .