justafan22
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Edmonton won't be trading a top 4 D while in a playoff spot dogfight.To Toronto: Larsson
To Edmonton: Johnsson, Kokkonen
Nailed it!Most Oiler fans wanted kapanen for Larrson
Most leaf fans wanted Larrson for Johnsson
And thats where the fight begins and ends
This isn't necessarily for this thread, but since it's Oilers-Leafs and the other thread got closed:
fwiw, Johnsson is a better player for top 6 duties than Kapanen - he's way, way more efficient in creating and finishing opportunities. He's also near Kapanen's speed and a very good 2 way player. The only reason that I would be more willing to trade Johnsson from a Leafs pov is that Kapanen kills penalties.Nailed it!
Give us Kapanan and the improvement in our Top 6 might be offset by losing Larsson (and I hope, gaining Bouchard who is on fire in the AHL in 2020).
It's a gamble but it might payoff immediately. Especially with McD out and us desperately needing a guy like Kapanan.
Not now. And Kokkonen is having a horrible D+1. Besides that, lefties aren’t wanted.
Darren, you mentioned the Leafs, the Oilers, right handed third pairing defensemen and Alex Kerfoot. Do the math.
This Leafs fan would do Kapanen for Larsson. But some Oilers fans have said in the offseason...for me, it would need to be now or no dice.Most Oiler fans wanted kapanen for Larrson
Most leaf fans wanted Larrson for Johnsson
And thats where the fight begins and ends
fwiw, Johnsson is a better player for top 6 duties than Kapanen - he's way, way more efficient in creating and finishing opportunities. He's also near Kapanen's speed and a very good 2 way player. The only reason that I would be more willing to trade Johnsson from a Leafs pov is that Kapanen kills penalties.
I've seen this point of contention come up a lot in Oilers/Leafs threads but I think you would be surprised with what you got in both cases. Kapanen does something pretty every now and again, and he creates a ton of opportunity (and catches a lot of rushes on the backcheck) with his legs, but his brain just doesn't move at the same speed as his feet or hands so he misfires or hits the goalie in the logo a lot from areas that he should be scoring a lot. He makes up for it in the volume of chances that he creates with his legs, but he's not efficient
Leaf fans thinking they can obtain Larsson for Johnson as a base, is as outlandish as Oiler fans thinking they can get Kerfoot for Benning.
Literally no Oiler fans thought we could get a 3C for Benning
You might be right. I still want Kapanan though. He's the player I crave the most right now for the Oil as I like his age, contract and potential. I also really like that he's Finnish as I hope Jesse P comes back and can help out too.. maybe they are buddies.Johnsson is a better player for top 6 duties than Kapanen
Oilers fans don't want Kerfoot. Hopefully Holland is aiming higher with an asset bigger than Benning.Leaf fans thinking they can obtain Larsson for Johnson as a base, is as outlandish as Oiler fans thinking they can get Kerfoot for Benning.
Oilers fans don't want Kerfoot. Hopefully Holland is aiming higher.
That's not true after reading the trade proposals in the Oiler forums and the thread that was recently locked on page 2. There were Oiler fans who thought they could get a 3C for Benning. Your use of the word literally, is literally false.
Interesting, which 3C did you have in mind?