Confirmed with Link: [NYR/NSH] Cody McLeod for 2020 7th round pick

[Armourboy]

Rinaldo better be dead.

That is the only reason for this trade to happen unless you can move Rinaldo for a higher 7th.

I'm gonna guess he is done for the season. Only reason to make this move other than he is the team mascot or something.

 

[King Weber]

Welcome back Cody

Rinaldo is having a season ending shoulder surgery as per Poile

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

Rinaldo out for the season per Poile

 

[valeriammm]

Who signed off on this?? Why??

 

[Armourboy]

Well at least the move makes a bit more sense now.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

We got worse, not better with us getting a 7th liner on a beer league.

 

[Preds Partisan]

Profanity filter saves you from what I think about this.

 

[LCPreds]

What's the negative? It's a 7th round pick for a guy who will drop the gloves and supposedly build up the locker room a bit.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Swapping him in for Rinaldo sounds fine by me

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

What's the negative? It's a 7th round pick for a guy who will drop the gloves and supposedly build up the locker room a bit.

A 7th for 20 more not needed penalties that decide us losing or winning a game on a given night

 

[LCPreds]

A 7th for 20 more not needed penalties that decide us losing or winning a game on a given night

He's basically replacing Rinaldo. You're saying he'd generate 20 more not needed penalties than Rinaldo would have produced?

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I'm convinced people just like being up in arms.

 

[GoldOnGold]

I feel like people are forgetting how terrible McLeod actually was for us.

If he plays any regular time at all, he's going to be a major detriment. Our 4th line has actually been effective recently, McLeod will destroy that.

 

[bdub24]

Rinaldo out McLeod in? That checks out. 7th pick in Poiles hands is more valuable than most other GMs, but we need to protect our talent since the PP is no deterrent

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

He's basically replacing Rinaldo. You're saying he'd generate 20 more not needed penalties than Rinaldo would have produced?

It's obviously hyperbole on my part but I don't think we gained much with this move, more so lost.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I think my frustration is this:

If Cody McLeod actually plays in the playoffs, things have really gone tits up. His line will get exposed in the playoffs if he has to play a single game. He isn't fast enough.

The difference between Winnipeg's size and our size is their size is actually talented. McLeod does not help against that.

 

[LCPreds]

I feel like people are forgetting how terrible McLeod actually was for us.

If he plays any regular time at all, he's going to be a major detriment. Our 4th line has actually been effective recently, McLeod will destroy that.

I agree he was terrible. I also hear people saying things like 'oh man we don't have anyone who can drop the gloves so they're just going to run our guys'. What do people actually want? He's going to play maybe 12 heavily protected minutes per game for the 10-15 games where we need that type of player. HE'S NOT PLAYING IN THE PLAYOFFS.

Keep in mind I also remember how much this team was getting beat down the year we dealt for him the first time. Everything changed after that trade.

 

[glenngineer]

So let's get our guys run until the playoffs start, have our guys banged up and go in to the playoffs limping? He's here to make sure the Comeau's don't run Subban in to the boards like we saw on Saturday night. If you all don't find that valuable then enjoy a short playoff run because we'd be black and blue otherwise.

 

[GoldOnGold]

I agree he was terrible. I also hear people saying things like 'oh man we don't have anyone who can drop the gloves so they're just going to run our guys'. What do people actually want? He's going to play maybe 12 heavily protected minutes per game for the 10-15 games where we need that type of player. HE'S NOT PLAYING IN THE PLAYOFFS.

Keep in mind I also remember how much this team was getting beat down the year we dealt for him the first time. Everything changed after that trade.

Well, the Rangers, a team much worse than us, played him a total of 6:06 across the last two games.

 

[LCPreds]

Well, the Rangers, a team much worse than us, played him a total of 6:06 across the last two games.

So I doubled his playing time. I can revise the times if it makes it better for you. Glenn’s post summarizes it best anyway.

 

[Preds Partisan]

McClown didn't deter anyone from running players the first time he was here. Second time around won't be any different.

 

[Scoresberg]

Agreed don’t mind the 7th but unless we have 3-4 regulars injures I really don’t want to see McLeod on the ice.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

What's the negative? It's a 7th round pick for a guy who will drop the gloves and supposedly build up the locker room a bit.

A 7th for an unplayable forward. I guess if you enjoy pissing away picks like Poile does, it's fine.

 

[LCPreds]

A 7th for an unplayable forward. I guess if you enjoy pissing away picks like Poile does, it's fine.

Oh Poile. Wizard one day. Pissing away picks the next.

 

[Drake744]

Remember that one time we needed a tough, physical presence and traded for McLeod and everyone complained about it then we made the Final? That was fun.

(not saying he was an extremely important piece to that run, just saying it happened)