Confirmed with Link: Per Friedman, Leafs and Zaitsev have agreed to move on, will find trade for him

[ShaneFalco]

That doesn't make him a Babcock casualty. He was relied upon to be a shutdown guy because we have much better offensive options. Yeah I'm sure he'd want more offensive time and when he was signed they hoped he'd be a top pairing guy with Rielly but that pair didn't work out. It's more of a casualty of the old management group. Babcock trusted the guy more than anybody on these boards.

And that’s been a problem

 

[Pocket Hercules]

Nice of you to think they are in the double digits .

Too much credit?...

 

[PromisedLand]

Z will go far from Babcok and will be a stud

i was thinking the same thing

 

[ShaneFalco]

I’m guessing they already have the framework of a deal in place or this wouldn’t be Hope I guess right now. Altho ugh his NTC kicks in before long ( modified)

 

[Zybalto]

Zaitsev, Johnsson for Larsson, Kassian

2nd 2020, 3rd 2019, Connor Brown for Colin Miller

Rielly - - Larsson
Muzzin - - Miller
Rosen - Dermott

Very Respectable D-Core

Zaitsev was better this year than Larsson.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Good that money can be put to better use

 

[PromisedLand]

 

[TML Dynasty]

GM's form their opinions reading our posts? Now we have to sell him at a discount, because of what mean things people said on HFboards? The shame of these posters.

Maybe we could start the thread about how awesome he is to fool them?

 

[diehardleafsfan9878]

has this been posted

Don't believe so can you post again?

Edit

Didn't realize this tweet was different than the other one that had been posted like 20 times. Sorry for bad troll attempt.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Sandin I can believe. Liljegren is a surprise. I guess they want his offense to develop on the Marlies. With Rasanen in Europe next year, I guess that is reasonable.

That probably means Hainsey is back, which would be fine if he's on the bottom pairing or maybe gets some brief stints in the top 4 with Dermott's injury.

 

[PromisedLand]

Didn't take long for the Leaf hating morons on the main boards to propose adding Sandin as a sweetener in order to move Zaitsev. I swear, the overall IQ in there must be in the double digits. My goodness...

you are too generous

 

[The CyNick]

Regarding Sandin and Liljegren, I heard the same thing as Bob during the Marlies playoff run. Rosen is penciled in to the everyday lineup though.

Rielly, Muzzin, Rosen and Dermott are in, the other spots are TBD. And then there's the complication of Travis being unlikely to go until end of November.

 

[PromisedLand]

Why couldnt he have asked this before Ken Holland took over in Edmonton?

Chiarelli might have traded us RNH or something

yup

 

[The CyNick]

Sandin I can believe. Liljegren is a surprise. I guess they want his offense to develop on the Marlies. With Rasanen in Europe next year, I guess that is reasonable.

That probably means Hainsey is back, which would be fine if he's on the bottom pairing or maybe gets some brief stints in the top 4 with Dermott's injury.

If Hainsey is back, it's hard to imagine him anywhere other than riding with Rielly.

 

[Nineteen67]

Interesting to me that this organization can no longer do anything without having it out in the media.

Zaitsev trade is out there now which will hurt his trade value.

GM talked openly about the nylander progress which led to difficulties getting the deal done.

Marner deal has turned into a circus.

The previous GM did a much better job of keeping everything internal. Wonder if it's a deal where agents and players don't respect the young GM.

Ain’t it interesting...

 

[PromisedLand]

If his "personal reasons" for wanting out of Toronto are serious enough, I wonder if he would consider going back to the KHL.

i wonder what these "personal reasons" could be

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Zaitsev was better this year than Larsson.

Larsson is a much better player

 

[Warden of the North]

Interesting to me that this organization can no longer do anything without having it out in the media.

Zaitsev trade is out there now which will hurt his trade value.

GM talked openly about the nylander progress which led to difficulties getting the deal done.

Marner deal has turned into a circus.

The previous GM did a much better job of keeping everything internal. Wonder if it's a deal where agents and players don't respect the young GM.

Didnt Dubas tell the media himself at a media availability at the combine?

 

[Jozay]

Interesting to me that this organization can no longer do anything without having it out in the media.

Zaitsev trade is out there now which will hurt his trade value.

GM talked openly about the nylander progress which led to difficulties getting the deal done.

Marner deal has turned into a circus.

The previous GM did a much better job of keeping everything internal. Wonder if it's a deal where agents and players don't respect the young GM.

How is Dubas supposed to control what others are choosing to leak?

 

[Seras]

This would be a mistake, he is a very useful dman on the team

 

[Seras]

Don't tell me Dubas wants to resign Gardiner

I hope we do, he is a good top 4 dman and we're not exactly overburdened with talent in that area, how much will the contract cost is what concerns me

 

[ULF_55]

The players can talk about whatever they want.

I have no problem if a player doesn't like his coach or teammates or fans they should be encouraged to seek a happy place.

 

[Lightsol]

Zaitsev, Johnsson for Larsson, Kassian

2nd 2020, 3rd 2019, Connor Brown for Colin Miller

Rielly - - Larsson
Muzzin - - Miller
Rosen - Dermott

Very Respectable D-Core

Thanks but no thanks to Kassian. For some weird reason, people still think Kassian's a "tough guy" that can "play", but he's not; he makes Kadri look intelligent in terms of picking when and where to break the rules, and he's a loudmouthed degenerate. He's not "tough", unless you consider guys like Matt Cooke and Brad Marchand tough.

I hope we do, he is a good top 4 dman and we're not exactly overburdened with talent in that area, how much will the contract cost is what concerns me

If they bring Gardiner back, I'm going to have to conclude that the management doesn't ever want to win anything. Who, if looking to win, would intentionally place a glaring and obvious weakness for other teams to take advantage of in their lineup?

 

[Northofyu]

Yeah gonna be hard to get mkt value for Z now, big test for Dubas.

& I agree they're prob gonna have to bring back Hainsey - & also you don't want to rush the kids.

Maybe he can bring back veteran Leaf alums for Babs, Polak & Schenn for right side D?

 

[socko]

So we've had a lot of fans screaming for Brett Pesce and our overpaying GM scouting him apparently and now we're going to push a more talented Brett Pesce out the door. Makes sense.