Proposal: Trade: Alex Kerfoot for Luke Glendening or David Kampf

[123offtheglass]

With the Leafs new forward group and depth I think what is still missing is a forward who can be relied on in the defensive zone, along with penalty killing and winning draws. I think it would also be beneficial to gain some cap flexibility in order to hold a larger NHL roster with the next season likely to be packed with more back to backs, possibly 3 in a rows.

With Thornton coming in as a 3c used more heavily for OZ than DZ faceoffs, it makes Alex Kerfoot more expendable, and creates a need for a center that can be heavily used in the defensive zone (a d-zone specialist). This will would allow top lines to do more of what they do best (score).

Alex Kerfoot (26) 3.5m x 3 years

for either:

David Kampf (25) 1m x 1 year (RFA)
or
Luke Glendening (31) 1.8m x 1 year (UFA)

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[Morgs]

No.

 

[hamzarocks]

I dont like Kerfoot but hes better than a 12th/13th forward in glendening who is barely a NHLer at this point

Kampf is young enough to make the deal appealing but he isnt much of a producer and with AJ and KK shipped out our bottom 6 is more grinding/shutdown focused with little potential offensive producers.

Both those guys listed would be 4Cs for us, and we are pretty set there with Spezza/Thorton/Brooks as 4C options for the leafs

The time to trade Kerfoot was at the start of the offseason. Dubas holds some value on him and has given him another chance at 3C. Hopefully he can impress on the role and be consistent engaged, with solid 3rd line center production

 

[stickty111]

Glendenning is awful.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

No. Kerfoot will surprise a lot of people this year. He’s a solid 3rd line C who can step up in the top 6 if needed.

Watch.

 

[Buds17]

I don't think Kerfoot is viewed as being a cap dump, and certainly not to the extent of either of those deals. I'm not seeing the upgrade from a defensive standpoint either.

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

This is gross and Babcock is gone. no thanks.

 

[kb]

With the Leafs new forward group and depth I think what is still missing is a forward who can be relied on in the defensive zone, along with penalty killing and winning draws. I think it would also be beneficial to gain some cap flexibility in order to hold a larger NHL roster with the next season likely to be packed with more back to backs, possibly 3 in a rows.

With Thornton coming in as a 3c used more heavily for OZ than DZ faceoffs, it makes Alex Kerfoot more expendable, and creates a need for a center that can be heavily used in the defensive zone (a d-zone specialist). This will would allow top lines to do more of what they do best (score).

Alex Kerfoot (26) 3.5m x 3 years

for either:

David Kampf (25) 1m x 1 year (RFA)
or
Luke Glendening (31) 1.8m x 1 year (UFA)

Yeah, try again.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Say what you want about Kerfoot but he's a serviceable 3C and it would be silly to move him for the sake of moving him. How do those 2 players in the OP help this team over him?

 

[Welsh Maple Leaf]

Obviously not

 

[KyleDubasBoyGeniua]

It's funny I see Dubas knocked so much on this site then I see suggestiosns like this. Luke Glenenning? LOL. Uh, no thanks.
Kerfoot was great in the playoffs and see a big bounce-back year for him.

Glendening is actually overpaid considering the quality of forwards we just signed without giving up anything for 700-1.5 per. He's 1.8. That's a big overpay actually.

The cap concerns come from overpaying players like that, not the NYlander nonsense.

We're the Toronto Maple Leafs. We can get guys like Joe Thornton for 700K. There's no point in giving up assets for crap like Glendenning, Kerfoot is worth way more.

 

[Leafs1991]

This is horrible.

 

[KyleDubasBoyGeniua]

Say what you want about Kerfoot but he's a serviceable 3C and it would be silly to move him for the sake of moving him. How do those 2 players in the OP help this team over him?

Especially when his value went down due to injury. It is not the right time to move him at all.

 

[kb]

Say what you want about Kerfoot but he's a serviceable 3C and it would be silly to move him for the sake of moving him. How do those 2 players in the OP help this team over him?

They don't.

 

[Chief keefe]

Babcock created this thread to troll us

 

[Canada4Gold]

Yes.

Also Trade Travis Dermott for Roman Polak

 

[Magic Man]

I think Kerfoot will get a value boost from a healthy season and less years on his deal by years end, the Leafs can use him this season. They will aim higher than this trade proposal when they move on from him. It makes sense for expansion purposes and cap purposes to make Kerfoot next years Kapanen/Johnsson type casualty before the expansion draft. Which angles for Seattle to pick Holl and create more cap space going into the off-season.

 

[Cor]

Kerfoot is so underrated at this point.

 

[ottomaddox]

Kerfoot is so underrated at this point.

underrated based on trade proposals or the eye test?

 

[KyleDubasBoyGeniua]

underrated based on trade proposals or the eye test?

He was a pretty useful player in Colorado and looked fine before his injury last year. No complaints here based on his playoffs.

 

[ottomaddox]

He was a pretty useful player in Colorado and looked fine before his injury last year. No complaints here based on his playoffs.

i didn't think he had an amazing play-in (the leafs never made the playoffs). the one game where he had 2 assists he was a minus 1 (-1).

 

[ottomaddox]

i didn't think he had an amazing play-in (the leafs never made the playoffs). the one game where he had 2 assists he was a minus 1 (-1).

edit - I don't think he's a bad player, but I just don't see him as a 3C for a contending team.

 

[Notsince67]

With the Leafs new forward group and depth I think what is still missing is a forward who can be relied on in the defensive zone, along with penalty killing and winning draws. I think it would also be beneficial to gain some cap flexibility in order to hold a larger NHL roster with the next season likely to be packed with more back to backs, possibly 3 in a rows.

With Thornton coming in as a 3c used more heavily for OZ than DZ faceoffs, it makes Alex Kerfoot more expendable, and creates a need for a center that can be heavily used in the defensive zone (a d-zone specialist). This will would allow top lines to do more of what they do best (score).

Alex Kerfoot (26) 3.5m x 3 years

for either:

David Kampf (25) 1m x 1 year (RFA)
or
Luke Glendening (31) 1.8m x 1 year (UFA)

yikes

 

[Duke16]

Luke Glendening is overpaid by $1.8M.

No

 

[KyleDubasBoyGeniua]

edit - I don't think he's a bad player, but I just don't see him as a 3C for a contending team.

And cup winners don't have as good #1 and 2 Cs as we do. It's not that simple of an analysis. All teams have strentghs and weakneses.
Is Jason Dickson, really better as #3 C for the cup finalists? Look at the crappy centres for "Cup contender" Vegas... Have you really looked at some of these centres on "Contenders"?

Matthews, Tavares, Kerfoot, Thornton, That's good.. Real good.