What's the minimum return for which you'd trade Komarov at the deadline?
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We will most likely get Leo back in 2 yrs after we trade him.
We sell high and then pick him off FA when he sizzles down and use him on the 3rd line again for all the intangibles he brings.
Its perfect for the leafs... Keeping him would be stupid on a rebuild team when GMs are going to drool over him.
We sell high and then pick him off FA when he sizzles down and use him on the 3rd line again for all the intangibles he brings.
Its perfect for the leafs... Keeping him would be stupid on a rebuild team when GMs are going to drool over him.
The issue with this line of thought is that you aren't accounting for the risk that Leo might not be a 22SH% forward, but instead he could actually be a 10SH% 30pt player.
With another 1st round pick you have a decent opportunity to draft a player who could actually be elite in ~3-5yrs on an entry level or RFA contract when you're competing for the cup.
Seems like a no brainer TBH, you take a 1st and take that shot. You can sign a Leo out of UFA.
This. lol i'm with you. I'm shocked with how this fanbase can get too emotionally attached to players..
Thank god these guys aren't GMs. Leo will be traded come Deadline, especially if this production continues whether we like it or not.
BOOK IT.
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So how come komarov is scoring more than kessel? Scoring more than so many other FIRST LINERS. While playing defense and hitting and leading at the same time. Your whole post doesn't make any sense at all, no logic at all. Leo is a first liner for life and will stay so and I knew it before the season even began. He did in the KHL with the best khl team too. I know hockey, you don't.
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This. lol i'm with you. I'm shocked with how this fanbase can get too emotionally attached to players..
Thank god these guys aren't GMs. Leo will be traded come Deadline, especially if this production continues whether we like it or not.
BOOK IT.
I'll take that bet.
Not going to happen.
I definitely don't want to deal him, he seems like a great locker room presence, obviously terrific in terms of hustle/physicality/2-way play, is decently young at 28, and is becoming a pretty solid offensive player.
However, if offered a 1st though (15-30), I'd have to seriously consider it. We're a rebuilding team, and 1st round picks are a big part of that. I chose the "1st round pick (15-30)" option, not truly sure I'd take it, but maybe, would strongly consider it, and would also depend on exactly where in that range the pick was. If it was 15th overall, then yeah, 30th overall no, more like 22nd overall ... not sure.
However, if offered a 1st though (15-30), I'd have to seriously consider it. We're a rebuilding team, and 1st round picks are a big part of that. I chose the "1st round pick (15-30)" option, not truly sure I'd take it, but maybe, would strongly consider it, and would also depend on exactly where in that range the pick was. If it was 15th overall, then yeah, 30th overall no, more like 22nd overall ... not sure.
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Hey i don't think leo will score at this pace either. It seems completely unsustainable but you need different kinds of players to win a game, not just 6 skilled players. Leo is good because he can slot into any spot in the lineup. He can be relied upon even if we have injuries to our future top line. Maybe he becomes a playoff warrior as well and we need to keep him. Not to mention a 1st round pick is still just a gamble as well especially at the 20~ range where he will be traded. That is just a 20% chance that we even get a player to play regularly in the league. However if leo agrees to come back after UFA, trade away.
I'd rather take a blue-chip prospect (unlikely) from someone extremely desperate. Otherwise, we're better off keeping him as part of the core.
I'm sure we'll get a good number of picks with the rest. It doesn't need to be a first rounder, seconds, thirds, and even fourths can do wonders for our rebuild.
I'm sure we'll get a good number of picks with the rest. It doesn't need to be a first rounder, seconds, thirds, and even fourths can do wonders for our rebuild.
I find players like Komarov tend to really fall off in their late 20's, the occasional person in their early 30's. And I'm not talking about a slow decline fall off, I'm talking a fall off a cliff and 'what ever happened to' fall off. I'll take a 3rd or higher and send him off. He'll never repeat the season he's having thus far and I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's viewed as nothing but a cap dump by this time next year. Kudos to him though, he's having a hell of a year so far.
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I voted for a 1st (15-30), but in reality, I don't want to trade him, nor do I think the brass will trade him.
Yes - his value will likely never be higher, and yes, he may come back down to earth and more realistically be a 30 point player for the rest of his contract - but his value to this team goes WAY beyond points / offense.
Uncle Leo is by far the hardest working player on the team. He does everything asked without complaint. He's beloved in the room, He blocks shots, hits, sacrifices time and again for the logo on the front not the name on the back.
There is no better example of how to be a Leaf for the kids about to enter the line up over the next two years of his deal. Add to all that the fact he's fluent in Swedish, Russian, and Finnish (think of him being able to help Shoshnikov, Zaitsev, (sp???) etc).
Bottom line is - even NOT producing he has WAY more value to the team than what he does on the stats line, and IMHO WILL NOT be traded.
Yes - his value will likely never be higher, and yes, he may come back down to earth and more realistically be a 30 point player for the rest of his contract - but his value to this team goes WAY beyond points / offense.
Uncle Leo is by far the hardest working player on the team. He does everything asked without complaint. He's beloved in the room, He blocks shots, hits, sacrifices time and again for the logo on the front not the name on the back.
There is no better example of how to be a Leaf for the kids about to enter the line up over the next two years of his deal. Add to all that the fact he's fluent in Swedish, Russian, and Finnish (think of him being able to help Shoshnikov, Zaitsev, (sp???) etc).
Bottom line is - even NOT producing he has WAY more value to the team than what he does on the stats line, and IMHO WILL NOT be traded.
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I don't see how any non playoff team would trade a top 15 pick for Leo.
Leo Komarov is a 3rd line player on a cup competitive team and I could see under the right conditions that a team with cup aspirations might part with a late 1st, where normally I wouldn't think a 1st round pick could be returned. Leo's intangibles (hitting, energy, heart, character etc) the things that make him attractive to playoff teams.
Case in point Washington might think Komarov might but them over the top in the East and allow them a chance at the Cup with OV and company as a potential trade partner at the TD.
Leo Komarov is a 3rd line player on a cup competitive team and I could see under the right conditions that a team with cup aspirations might part with a late 1st, where normally I wouldn't think a 1st round pick could be returned. Leo's intangibles (hitting, energy, heart, character etc) the things that make him attractive to playoff teams.
Case in point Washington might think Komarov might but them over the top in the East and allow them a chance at the Cup with OV and company as a potential trade partner at the TD.
