Confirmed with Link: [TOR/STL] TOR acquires RD Jordan Schmaltz from STL for LD Andreas Borgman

[MattySnipes]

Another RD. Nice pick-up. He's also friends with Auston & Mitch, and familiar with Hakstol so that's a bonus.

 

[Zybalto]

Schmaltz 2017-2018 season:

AHL:

23 points in 31 games, named to the AHL star team.

Gets called up after Petro goes down with injury.

Puts up an assist in 13 games, even +/- and good underlying numbers in limited minutes:

CF%: 52.17
SCF%: 55.71
xGF%: 50.28

Suffers a bad season ending concussion.

Schmaltz 2018-2019 season:

NHL numbers take a nosedive:

CF%: 40.55
SCF%: 42.54
xGF%: 41.89

He's sent back down to the A and his production dips significantly there as well (9 points in 36 games):

Concussion killed this guys game?

 

[The Podium]

I think Schamltz takes the 3RD spot until Dermott is back

 

[Its not your fault]

Feel like this might be that future consiteration that we got from St Louis feel like him being RD finishes the balance. So I will say we either won this trade by filling a need, or tied as they both have vague futures.

 

[MikeyMike01]

stunned that HF hasn’t crashed yet

 

[Machinae]

Borgman is probably the better player at the end of the day but organizational depth at RD is horrendous and they just need guys to try there. Schmaltz is by default the 3rd best right shot in the organization while Borgman might not crack NHL at this moment.

 

[Buds17]

Think Schmaltz has the better chance of making the team, particularly as a RHD. Don't mind this move at all. Think Borgman would've been a spare at best.

 

[Morgs]

 

[Fonzieleaf]

At first I saw Schwartz and almost dropped my coffee.

At first I saw Jordan and thought we traded for Binnington haha

 

[DarkKnight]

Couldn’t be more meh. Change of scenery.

 

[MyBudJT]

LOL at Holl getting waived, think bigger.

Hopefully this means Harpur or Marincin gets waived.

Harpur and Marincin are both better than Holl...

 

[Blair]

Borgman is probably the better player at the end of the day but organizational depth at RD is horrendous and they just need guys to try there. Schmaltz is by default the 3rd best right shot in the organization while Borgman might not crack NHL at this moment.

Yeah, more or less. Think a placeholder is needed in that spot to start the year as I’m not convinced Lily wins it out of camp. Decent trade on both sides.

Edit: Holl doesn’t cut it btw. Schmaltz may not either but as an RD he has a better chance to be of use than Borg.

 

[IPS]

Borgman just wasn't gonna find his way onto the team no matter what

 

[Nylander88]

It's pretty clear one of Harpur/Schmaltz are getting waived.

I think you just listed our third pairing haha Hakstol has familiarity with Schmaltz, I'm sure he put in a word for him. Harpur-Schmaltz to start with Marincin as the extra or rotating in. Weakest link of the 3 goes down when Dermott comes back, and second weakest link eats popcorn in the press box. I think Dubas likely felt annoyed with Babcock whining about "depth" and "lefty righty" D pairings. Seems to me like Dubas (as much as he can hogtied with the cap), is going out of his way to take away Babcock's excuses. Schmaltz gives him another righty option, and Dubas brought in a bunch of depth signings. He's giving Babcock options (again, within the limited cap space he has, I realize he didn't just bring in Drew Doughty) so that if things go poorly this year, Babcock signed his own death warrant

 

[MyBudJT]

I wonder if Dubas' moves this offseason is going to deter young notable European Free Agents.

Last few notable European Free Agents:

Zaitsev: Traded 3 years later
Borgman: Traded two years later
Rosen: Traded two years later
Ozhiganov: Leaves back for KHL 1 year later
Lindholm: Traded 6 months later

This all happened in essentially 1 year of Dubas being GM... Four of these happened after we lured Mikheyev and Kivihalme.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I wonder if Dubas' moves this offseason is going to deter young notable European Free Agents.

Last few notable European Free Agents:

Zaitsev: Traded 3 years later
Borgman: Traded two years later
Rosen: Traded two years later
Ozhiganov: Leaves back for KHL 1 year later
Lindholm: Traded 6 months later

This all happened in essentially 1 year of Dubas being GM... Four of these happened after we lured Mikheyev and Kivihalme.

Doubt it. The Marlies are a world class developmental team, so I assume players are just happy to use it to develop into an NHL player

 

[moon111]

Zaitsev had more the half the giveaways in the playoffs that Bozak, Gunnarsson, and Steen combined for.
Now we have Schmaltz, Ceci, Harpur... but somehow I don't think failure would rest solely on the hands of
Babcock if this season doesn't go much better.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Zaitsev had more the half the giveaways in the playoffs that Bozak, Gunnarsson, and Steen combined for.
Now we have Schmaltz, Ceci, Harpur... but somehow I don't think failure would rest solely on the hands of
Babcock if this season doesn't go much better.

Forgetting a pretty good RD that he added...

 

[Buds17]

I wonder if Dubas' moves this offseason is going to deter young notable European Free Agents.

Last few notable European Free Agents:

Zaitsev: Traded 3 years later
Borgman: Traded two years later
Rosen: Traded two years later
Ozhiganov: Leaves back for KHL 1 year later
Lindholm: Traded 6 months later

This all happened in essentially 1 year of Dubas being GM... Four of these happened after we lured Mikheyev and Kivihalme.

I think it'll be fine as they all had at least received an NHL opportunity with the Leafs. With the trades, four of the five either already have (Lindholm) or should continue to do so elsewhere as well.

 

[Northofyu]

Yeah, not a fan of Holl either so hopefully Schmaltz'll fit in on 3rd pair.

Was kinda rooting for Borgman, but wasn't meant to be.

Will be interesting to see reworked D.

 

[Leafsman]

I wonder if Dubas' moves this offseason is going to deter young notable European Free Agents.

Last few notable European Free Agents:

Zaitsev: Traded 3 years later
Borgman: Traded two years later
Rosen: Traded two years later
Ozhiganov: Leaves back for KHL 1 year later
Lindholm: Traded 6 months later

This all happened in essentially 1 year of Dubas being GM... Four of these happened after we lured Mikheyev and Kivihalme.

European Free agents tend to go where there are lots of roster spots and opportunities. If Dubas does his job right, there shouldn't be many (if any) roster spots and opportunities should be limited. It would be nice to have a team and a system that didn't have to worry about European free agents. You go after a few of the big names, and if you get one then it's a bonus and if not - who cares.

 

[DRW204]

hi leafs fans

what's the philosophy behind all these minor moves from Dubas? is this an indictment on the previous GM at all (Dubas bringing guys that fit with his views for instance)?

 

[Joey Hoser]

hi leafs fans

what's the philosophy behind all these minor moves from Dubas? is this an indictment on the previous GM at all (Dubas bringing guys that fit with his views for instance)?

We just wanted a warm RD body who might be better than Marincin or Holl.

 

[jaric1862]

I doubt Schmaltz makes the leafs. He cleared waivers in January and I suspect Babcock is going to want someone who can kill penalties as the #6 (which schmaltz doesn’t do). I think it’s more likely that the leafs will have 2 of gravel/Marincin/Harpur as the 6/7 guys with Dermott on his offside

 

[Joey Hoser]

Yeah, not a fan of Holl either so hopefully Schmaltz'll fit in on 3rd pair.

Was kinda rooting for Borgman, but wasn't meant to be.

Will be interesting to see reworked D.

Not a fan of Holl either, but do we even know if he's any good or not? I feel like we basically haven't seen him play, and we're just taking Babcock's word for it at this point.