Blue Goose
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Steve Dangle mentioned this possibility on his podcast and it intrigued me. Lupul wasn’t included on the list of NHL players exempt from the expansion draft due to injury, which makes it even more interesting.
To take on the Lupul contract, I would simply ask for one of the expansion-exempt young winger prospects who might be buried on the Leafs depth chart – Johnsson, Timashov and Soshnikov are the names that come to mind. Would Leaf fans be willing to part with one of these three guys to shed that last year of Lupul’s deal?
As far as the expansion draft is concerned, my thought is to take whichever of Rychel/Leivo is exposed – based on what I’ve seen, it seems like it’s almost a 50/50 split amongst their fans on who to protect, but for argument’s sake I’ll say the Leafs protect Rychel. Therefore, I’d prefer we select Leivo.
From there, I guess the only question would be: do we take Leivo in the expansion draft and work out a side deal of Lupul + prospect for Future Considerations? Or do we take Lupul in the expansion draft and do Leivo + prospect for Future Considerations? Taking Lupul in the expansion draft would certain pump up the minimum draft cap hit we're required to take, and allow us to select more young players on cheap deals.
So can we help get Lupul off of Robidas Island and into the desert??
To take on the Lupul contract, I would simply ask for one of the expansion-exempt young winger prospects who might be buried on the Leafs depth chart – Johnsson, Timashov and Soshnikov are the names that come to mind. Would Leaf fans be willing to part with one of these three guys to shed that last year of Lupul’s deal?
As far as the expansion draft is concerned, my thought is to take whichever of Rychel/Leivo is exposed – based on what I’ve seen, it seems like it’s almost a 50/50 split amongst their fans on who to protect, but for argument’s sake I’ll say the Leafs protect Rychel. Therefore, I’d prefer we select Leivo.
From there, I guess the only question would be: do we take Leivo in the expansion draft and work out a side deal of Lupul + prospect for Future Considerations? Or do we take Lupul in the expansion draft and do Leivo + prospect for Future Considerations? Taking Lupul in the expansion draft would certain pump up the minimum draft cap hit we're required to take, and allow us to select more young players on cheap deals.
So can we help get Lupul off of Robidas Island and into the desert??