Confirmed with Link: Muzzin to Toronto for 2019 1st, Grundstrom, and rights to Durzi

[Ryan120420]

I bet that "was Muzzin on" twitter account is going to get a heck of a lot more popular.




Thanks for 2014 Muzzin.

 

[Sol]

f*** man.

 

[King'sPawn]

I'm happy with the return. Obviously it's always nicer to imagine a better return so you can say "Oh, yeah, we WON that trade."

But this is a solid trade for both sides. A low first, an offensive right handed defenseman, and a gritty young winger.

 

[hamzarocks]

Leaf fan wondering if muzzin was just having a down year this year due to playing on a struggling kings team. Or does he look like he has lost a step and will be declining? Grundstrom is one of my favourite prospects. You guys will love to have him. Durzi is an overeager but has good skills and I think he will be a nhl player in 3 or so years. 1st rounder will be some where in 20s to maybe 31(if we can do the unthinkable). This deal is a really good one for the kings.

 

[Johnny Utah]

One of the best UFA signings in the past 10 years and sad to see him go. Always loved Muzzin.

 

[KingsHockey24]

I f***ing liked Muzzin.

He was actually good unlike 75% of our D.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Leaf fan wondering if muzzin was just having a down year this year due to playing on a struggling kings team. Or does he look like he has lost a step and will be declining? Grundstrom is one of my favourite prospects. You guys will love to have him. Durzi is an overeager but has good skills and I think he will be a nhl player in 3 or so years. 1st rounder will be some where in 20s to maybe 31(if we can do the unthinkable). This deal is a really good one for the kings.

He's damn good we just suck ass.

 

[Herby]

I asked a buddy of mine who is obsessed with the Leafs about Durzi and his comp was Montour of the Ducks. I’d be pretty happy with that.

 

[King'sPawn]

Leaf fan wondering if muzzin was just having a down year this year due to playing on a struggling kings team. Or does he look like he has lost a step and will be declining? Grundstrom is one of my favourite prospects. You guys will love to have him. Durzi is an overeager but has good skills and I think he will be a nhl player in 3 or so years. 1st rounder will be some where in 20s to maybe 31(if we can do the unthinkable). This deal is a really good one for the kings.

Everyone's having a down year, but Muzzin was far from the problem.

In many ways, he is the player everyone expected Phaneuf to be in his earlier years; tough with a great shot from the point.

 

[lexlavender]

So we have a cupboard now, I guess. Also nice to see we're selling.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Thankfully this slams the door shut on any notion of adding during the trade deadline. Time to sell off everything and rebuild.

 

[Fat Elvis]

I’m fine with the return. Muzzin really stepped up his game this season and his value has never been higher. Sold at the right time.
Leafs get a good player and pay with a solid prospect, their 1st and a prospect with interesting potential.

Yea, it could have been much worse.

 

[613Leafer]

Leafs fan here.

Grundstrom - I think you can pretty much bank on getting a top 9 NHLer out of him. I'd be surprised if he wasn't. High-end skill probably isn't there, but I'd expect a good hardworking two-way ~30-45 point player depending on how things shake out.

Durzi - he was drafted last year, but was draft eligible the year before. So you sort of have to compare him to the 2017 draft class if you want to do apples to apples. I think he has a bright future, but next year you should have a better idea when he tries to make the jump to the AHL. I find that's usually a pretty good indicator, and a lot of good looking CHL prospects hit a wall and never recover when trying to make that jump.

 

[Sol]

Thankfully this slams the door shut on any notion of adding during the trade deadline. Time to sell off everything and rebuild.

Time to catapult Quick onto another team.

 

[Little Psycho]

Gonna miss his big hits. Feels bittersweet but it's time to rebuild.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[DoktorJeep]

Great trade from a Kings perspective. Grundstrum was a prospect I had hoped the Kings would target. Getting the first is great as well. Hadn't heard of Durzi, but I think its good to inject another recent 2nd rounder on D into the AHL at the end of this year and next year.

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

Leaf fan wondering if muzzin was just having a down year this year due to playing on a struggling kings team. Or does he look like he has lost a step and will be declining? Grundstrom is one of my favourite prospects. You guys will love to have him. Durzi is an overeager but has good skills and I think he will be a nhl player in 3 or so years. 1st rounder will be some where in 20s to maybe 31(if we can do the unthinkable). This deal is a really good one for the kings.

Muzzin has been pretty damn good this year, all things considered. He’s arguably been the team’s best defenseman this season.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Toronto media is going to eat Muzzin alive when he has his mental lapses

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Johnny Utah]

The Mayor called this - said Kings would deal Muzzin for a 1st.

Carter and Quick are next.

Kings will build around Kopitar, Doughty and Peterson. Team will be very different next season.

Next to go is Hagelin. Don't think they would move Fattenberg and I wouldn't move Thompson will all the youth coming in.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

This is a very good return for the Kings. Good job, Blake. Let the rebuild begin.

 

[Papa Mocha 15]

Thankfully this slams the door shut on any notion of adding during the trade deadline. Time to sell off everything and rebuild.

Question is how far are we going to go? TT should be next IMHO.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Can Muzzin play RD?

I don't believe he ever has. Not with the Kings anyway.

Two different players a lot of the time. Smoother in the o-zone. Good shot, decent pass. Choppier in the d-zone. Can cause some yelling at the TV. Did better when you could interfere, like most d-men have. Was at his best with Doughty, when the rest of the D was also deep. He's never been on a team as deep offensively as the current Leafs though(other than in the 2014 playoffs when the Kings averaged 3.38 goals per game), so, how he fits in with that will be vastly different from what he's done with the Kings overall.

 

[Raging Bull]

You guys got a great package. Durzi is a a guy that is a late bloomer and has been projecting upwards, terrific all around defenseman that reminds me of Dermott. Grundstrom is a guy we pegged to fill in for Leo Komarov, limited offensive upside but an absolute horse on the forecheck and hits and grinds with the best of them.