Confirmed Trade: [TOR/CAR] Leafs acquire Alex Galchenyuk from Carolina for Egor Korshkov and David Warsofsky

[Redpath]

Why hasn't Galchenyuk stuck anywhere? Maybe not 3rd overall worthy, but his numbers with Montreal still look like a valuable player

 

[42]

I never even heard of the two guys Toronto traded. It was only 2 years ago Galchenyuk was pacing for 20 goals. Is there no glimmer of hope for him?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Is this the guy Fridge had written down when he was recently on Tim and Sid?

I doubt it

 

[Big Empty]

Putting aside the jokes, I think Chucky could do something in Toronto. You throw on the power play with all those stars and he might put up some numbers.

 

[Recipe Unlimited]

What a dubas trade

 

[TopCheese]

Low risk, potential medium reward for leafs. If he could pot a few on the power play and not be a liability at 5 on 5 then why not I guess. Has to be better than vesey

 

[Unbiased Fan]

He's definitely not. Galchenyuk has been a scratch in Ottawa. Think about that..

Yeah but...sometimes a good player just doesn’t fit in? I hope that’s the case.

 

[banks]

Bargain bin pickup. This is preferable to claiming him on waivers, because it frees up a contract spot.

He'll probably be on the taxi squad once (if) the roster is fully healthy. But he'll be an OK placeholder if he suits up.

Better or worse than Vesey, is what I'm waiting to find out.

 

[ottomaddox]

What in the hell...

Dubas has some explaining to do.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

He just cleared waivers so he can be sent to the Taxi Squad or AHL with no impact on the cap

 

[McFlyingV]

Yeah but...sometimes a good player just doesn’t fit in? I hope that’s the case.

Lets leave it at sometimes a player doesn't fit in on one team but does on another. This is not a good player, but that's not to say he wont fit in better and be useful to Toronto.

 

[Matt24]

Undersized guy who shows flashes of talent but has zero compete. Dubas sure has a type.

 

[smitty10]

Yeah but...sometimes a good player just doesn’t fit in? I hope that’s the case.

He's been bad for 5 teams in the past 3 years playing in all sorts of situations. Don't expect anything more than depth or you'll almost certainly be disappointed.

 

[Jumptheshark]

this is a fun thread--he suddenly has value?

 

[BKarchitect]

Lol another round of “well maybe he can turn it around and put up some numbers”?

Pure depth move. You didn’t give up anything of value so if you can squeeze a few PP goals out of him, that’s gravy.

 

[cyris]

Both I’d say. I’d say Galchenyuk is a upgrade on Vesey. I hope

He isn’t. Vesey isn’t anything special but he is at least competent defensively.

 

[HuGo Sham]

leafs finally correcting their mistake in drafting Reilly

 

[bobc222]

Can someone give a brief description of Korshkov?

 

[NewEraGM]

You think he is a superstar now? Why? He is far removed from his 30 goal year. The Leafs think he is a reclaimation project. Again, why do you think he is a superstar?

Ummm I do not....there was a fair bit of sarcasm there. I was making fun of leaf fans thinking he can get 15-20 goals like vesey and barabanov lol

 

[ujju2]

Honestly I like this for the Leafs. Low risk, very low chance of a high reward. I mean the dude makes just over a million bucks on a one season deal. What's the big downside here?

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Low risk no reward type of waiver claim. Very Dubas!

 

[Maplebeasts]

Yeah at least we didn't give up much. Unless he impresses heavily, there is zero chance he's here beyond the end of the season.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

So, hat trick game for Galchenyuk tonight against the Sens?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Korshkov really? He was waived though?

Yes but he cleared so he can go straight to the Taxi Squad or AHL with no impact on the cap because he makes less than 1.105 million

 

[GKJ]

Gonna have serious FOMO if Galchenyuk never plays for the Flyers