Confirmed Trade: [TOR/DAL] Connor Carrick for 2019 conditional 7th round pick

[Kamiccolo]

And Jesse Blacker. And Greg McKegg. And Jerry D’Amigo.

Yes thank god we never hear about other teams busts only the Leafs busts.

And McKegg got us Hyman who has been a top 6 player the past two years, so he couldn't have been that bad. D'Amigo destroyed the WJC and that's where the hype came from.

 

[Eat The Rich]

Kind of makes me question why we signed Polak in the first place

Leafs fans know that feeling.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Welp I guess leaf fans were right, carrick did have value.

 

[Cor]

I'd rather have Holl @ 650K than Carrick at 1.3M...

Seeing as Carrick's 1.3M was for just this year, and we have nearly 13M in cap space, for this year, and another potential 5.3M to use, I'd personally rather take the better player.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

Carrick will play a serviceable 49 games for you.

 

[MyBudJT]

Seeing as Carrick's 1.3M was for just this year, and we have nearly 13M in cap space, for this year, and another potential 5.3M to use, I'd personally rather take the better player.

We have ~12.25Mil in sapce.
Give Nylander 6.25-6.75 = 5.5-6Mil in cap space
+ ~5Mil in bonuses (Matthews/Marner/Lindholm/Ozhiganov)

We only have 500k-1Mil in cap space... This flexibility is important for 1) Any injury that could come up through the season and putting players on IR and 2) Making TDL trades and fitting people into our season's cap structure.

 

[Dr Pepper]

And Jesse Blacker. And Greg McKegg. And Jerry D’Amigo.

Coincidentally, Blacker was traded to Dallas as well.....or maybe it was just an AHL deal but he was briefly in the Stars' system. Currently plying his trade in sunny Kazakhstan.

 

[Holymakinaw]

That's a better return than I thought we'd get.

1.3 million in cap savings.

Woot!

 

[Slyfox]

Carrick is a good third pairing dman.

 

[Sam Spade]

1.3 million in cap space, a contract spot and a late pick. I'll take it.

I agree with all of this but the Leafs were the ones that just signed him to that cap hit so Dubas was just fixing a problem he created no?

 

[Notsince67]

I agree with all of this but the Leafs were the ones that just signed him to that cap hit so Dubas was just fixing a problem he created no?

true

 

[DoobieDubas]

@Baksfamous112

 

[paulhiggins]

I hope he's not the next Anton Stralman. We know how that worked out. I remember a few years later when that was looking like one of the worst trades Leafs ever made that fans thought maybe we should have kept him a little longer before giving up on a young D before we knew what we had.

 

[Brock Radunske]

For a 7th that turns into a 6th if he plays more than 50 games next season.

That seems like basically nothing, considering what the Oilers just got for Jerabek. I guess better than to lose him to waivers

Considering what the Oilers got for Jerabek? You mean a 6th?

Newsflash. A 6th and a 7th (that could be a 6th) are equal in value (ie: neither hold any real value)

 

[A1LeafNation]

Dallas could have had him for free, he was about to go on waivers.

 

[TheScandal89]

I would have just kept him, more often then not a 7th rounder is not likely to even suit up.

But I thought hes a decent player overall, not special in any department, not terrible in any either. I consider him nhl caliber for a non playoff, or playoff fringe team

 

[LT]

Dallas could have had him for free, he was about to go on waivers.

If that was the case, we would have simply claimed him.

I think the trade shows that he would've been claimed by a team above us on the waiver wire.

 

[Liferleafer]

I agree with all of this but the Leafs were the ones that just signed him to that cap hit so Dubas was just fixing a problem he created no?

I'll take a 1.3 million dollar signing mistake by Dubas long before some other signings we've witnessed.

 

[Jesus Take the Wheel]

Considering what the Oilers got for Jerabek? You mean a 6th?

Newsflash. A 6th and a 7th (that could be a 6th) are equal in value (ie: neither hold any real value)

But that Oilers pick could turn into a 5th

 

[LeafChief]

I agree with all of this but the Leafs were the ones that just signed him to that cap hit so Dubas was just fixing a problem he created no?

Players out played him in camp.

He lost his spot. Time to move on.

I'd rather get a tangible asset than lose him for nothing on waivers.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I thought he had a chance to be a player but it appears that Carrick doesn't do anything well enough to make up for his lack of size and strength. He's not good enough to be a 1 or 2RD but he's not sound enough defensively to be a bottom pair guy. That's what I thought watching him play in Washington and it seems to still be the case. Still, there's no denying he's talented so this seems like a decent gamble for Dallas.

 

[Brock Radunske]

But that Oilers pick could turn into a 5th

Is it conditional?

 

[Jesus Take the Wheel]

Is it conditional?

Yes from my understanding the Carrick trade copy pasted the conditions from the Jerabek trade

 

[Liferleafer]

Players out played him in camp.

He lost his spot. Time to move on.

I'd rather get a tangible asset than lose him for nothing on waivers.

Happy with anything, even the minimal cap space and roster spot are important. This is just what good management does...you aren't going to use the player? You move on.

 

[Sam Spade]

I thought he had a chance to be a player but it appears that Carrick doesn't do anything well enough to make up for his lack of size and strength. He's not good enough to be a 1 or 2RD but he's not sound enough defensively to be a bottom pair guy. That's what I thought watching him play in Washington and it seems to still be the case. Still, there's no denying he's talented so this seems like a decent gamble for Dallas.

Carrick is insanely strong and his workouts took on legendary status this summer. He also has decent speed. What he doesn't have is the thing you can't teach, the brain to play the fastest game in the world.



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