Confirmed with Link: Winnik is back (2 Year Deal $2.25 AAV)

[LeafsMonster]

nicee! Now we just need santo to reunite our line of santo-kadri-winnik...

 

[Hyperglide]

I almost feel bad he came back. It's likely he will be traded again and we are just using him to gain picks ha haa.. Guy is all heart and a character guy and a leader.

 

[Woodman19]

I love this. Someone who wants to be here and one of the few who was working his ass off on a team that had mostly quit.

Perfect model for the kids to look up to.

 

[p.l.f.]

Hurray !
make him captain

 

[mikeyz]

I like it.

Always been a fan of him.

 

[Mancunian]

Love it. There's a reason why Winnik, Santorelli, and Franson were sought after by teams at the deadline. They were the only ones that gave a **** on the Leafs last year. I wouldn't be opposed to signing the other two again if we can send one or two more of Phaneuf, Bozak, and JVR out the door.

Edit: I'm intentionally leaving Lupul out of the list because we can't retain on any more deals with the Carl Gunnarsson and Phil Kessel contract retentions already on the books.

 

[Christ]

So got assets for renting him out to Penguins for few months.

Hopefully they do not try to get back everyone they "rented" for the playoffs...stay far far away from Franson!

 

[BayStBullies]

Sigh

Please elaborate.

 

[Mikeyg]

happy to see winnie back, the epitome of a grit grinder

 

[TMLeafer]

He knows he'll get more first line minutes here

Guesses on the $$? I'm guessing $2-ish. I don't think it'll be as cheap as last year.

More trade-able pieces.

These guys know that if they do well in their short term bargain bin signings with the Leafs, they have all the attention in the world, and can turn it into a better deal elsewhere later.

 

[Swervin81]

Between Winnick, Arcobello and Parentau, will we have a lot of space for young guys?

Not a bad pickup though, we might be able to turn him for another pick at some point.

Seems as if we're loading up the Marlies for 1 year to try and get the kids into a winning environment and get acclimated with each other before they slowly trickle onto the big club.

 

[Leafidelity]

We traded the 2nd we got for him back to the Pens in the Kessel trade.

It's like they returned their purchase

 

[leafsfan5]

really happy with this signing, we got a good character guy for the young guys to look up to

 

[Canada4Gold]

Signing him so we can trade him to pittsburgh for their 2016 2nd round pick again

That would be odd on the draft board.

TOR (from Pitt, via Tor, and Pitt)

 

[SprDaVE]

This is great. Versatile player that gives us even more RW depth.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Love it. There's a reason why Winnik, Santorelli, and Franson were sought after by teams at the deadline. They were the only ones that gave a **** on the Leafs last year. I wouldn't be opposed to signing the other two again if we can send one or two more of Phaneuf, Bozak, and JVR out the door.

Edit: I'm intentionally leaving Lupul out of the list because we can't retain on any more deals with the Carl Gunnarsson and Phil Kessel contract retentions already on the books.

We can retain 1 more, you're allowed to retain 3.

 

[ToneBone03]

Looks like someone's happy!

 

[Erdinger]

I really like this. He's the type of character guy this team needs.

 

[crump]

Hard working tank team coming up.

 

[HOTD]

Great add but something has to give. Getting pretty crowded up front no?

 

[WilliamNylander]

Welcome back

 

[johnny_rudeboy]

Good signing. Wanted him back and he is some one I hope we hang on to for a while.

 

[Erdinger]

Great add but something has to give. Getting pretty crowded up front no?

I can think of 2 forwards it would be a joy to get rid of to make room

 

[Hurt]

Why does he keep signing here?? lol we are going to be crap

That's the goal, I think.

 

[Fearless]

We traded the 2nd we got for him back to the Pens in the Kessel trade.

It's like they returned their purchase

We got a 4th for him as well which translated into Marincin. In essence we got Marincin for free!