Willy Part XVI - The Zurich Summit
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Not My Tempo
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I agree he isn’t a top pairing guy, and if we trade Nylander for him we should get a good size plus back as well, but Morgan Rielly is 24 and getting better so the second part of your statement should say “is probably as good as he is going to be”
Rare Jewel
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Menzinger
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He could be banking on trying to trick Dubas into giving in or risk losing out on Nylander as an asset (as player or trade) by missing the Dec 1st deadline. Ie especially since the Leafs look primed for a contending run.
Won’t work though.
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Neither do I, but its becoming quite clear the Leafs arent going to budge.
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If Im Nylander Im seriously looking at the current rumours and wondering how much merit might be to them. Then im gonna seriously look at what playing the next god knows how long in Carolina would look like. Then Im on a plane to Toronto that night.
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Suntouchable13
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Nylander for Pecse is our Hall for Larson.
Dubas should be let go and never have a GM job again if he bites on that.
Dubas should be let go and never have a GM job again if he bites on that.
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Agreed. Never buy that Carolina hype train on their defensemen, I don't know what those people are watching. A few years ago they had the Justin Faulk hype campaign, then what a Rod Langway Jaccob Slavin is, and now even Brett Pesce seems to be so amazing.
Not My Tempo
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I feel there’s nothing to actually indicate Dubas wants to trade for Pesce.
1. In LeBruns article last week he said other GMs don’t think Dubas is even considering trading Nylander
2. In the summer Dubas came out and said he was bullish on our d. It feels weird to me if after saying that he went out and traded for a Dman.
1. In LeBruns article last week he said other GMs don’t think Dubas is even considering trading Nylander
2. In the summer Dubas came out and said he was bullish on our d. It feels weird to me if after saying that he went out and traded for a Dman.
He would be a nice add for sure. Not at a cost for Nylander, though.
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Some interesting tid-bits about Nylander’s father. Doesn’t make him seem as unreasonable as some suggest, though sounds like he was bad st choosing agents lol
Jimmy Firecracker
Fire Sheldon.
Reminds me of Philly and all their great defensemen they’ve got upcoming, or back when Cowen, Silfverberg, and Rundblad were Sens prospects and they couldn’t shut up about them.
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I see this a bit differently, I think only the optics of the trade can "blow up in their faces".
Leafs are stacked up front, but lacking on the back end, so if they made this trade and improved the D while still being offensively productive, then it's irrelevant how well or poorly Nylander does on his new team. You can't "not" make your team better worrying about whether the player your trading will be successful on another team.
If trading Nylander for Pesce or any other D man makes the Leafs better now and in the future, than that's what you do. I think it's a fair trade straight up, but I'd also be very happy if Carolina had to add.
I want to see the Leafs win a cup or cups, the sooner the better. If trading Nylander for a D man gets them said cup/cups, and he goes on to become a superstar I'm fine with that.
socko
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Would have been nice to get him signed long-term before the tryout with Matthews.
It's been 4 games with Matthews. Kapanen is not even close to a sure-fire thing. He's looked good no doubt, but a larger sample size is required.
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