Seravalli: Wonders if the Leafs will; buy out Brodie

[Just A Bit Outside]

Obviously saw the OEL buyout and wanting to capitalize before another team scoops him up.

 

[robertmac43]

This seems like it would mind blowing stupidity. Brodie has been a great player of his time here.

 

[oooooooooohCanada]

Is Frank Seravalli literally stupid? In what world is TJ Brodie a buyout candidate LOL. You could easily get good value in a trade for him as a rental. He has 5 bad games and is now a buyout candidate? Did we forget that him and McCabe literally held Tampa's top line to 0 goals at 5v5? Man has been a staple of our blueline and is still very good. I'd almost guarantee he'd get more than 5m for a couple years if he was a UFA right now. Frank Seravalli is a hack.

 

[AslanRH]

that $7.5m in real dollars probably turns his 10 team M-NTC into effectively a 15-20 team list. He may be harder to trade than some think.

Seems unfair that these really rich teams can afford to just buy out players whenever they want. Should raise their taxes.

 

[CanadienShark]

Why? He's a good player and not the problem. Nor is he overpaid.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Why? He's a good player and not the problem. Nor is he overpaid.

I was gonna say- is it possible to buy him out, then re-sign him at a lower price? It’d be absolutely stupid, and wouldn’t work considering he’s actually worth it, but I just wonder if the rules allow that. Like if Nucks don’t want OEL at whatever he makes, but think they could re-sign towards league minimum.

 

[AslanRH]

I was gonna say- is it possible to buy him out, then re-sign him at a lower price? It’d be absolutely stupid, and wouldn’t work considering he’s actually worth it, but I just wonder if the rules allow that. Like if Nucks don’t want OEL at whatever he makes, but think they could re-sign towards league minimum.

Michael Stone 2019 offseason.

 

[Double Dion]

Learn to evaluate the game bud. Liljegren is a top 4 dman who is young and gets benched in high stakes games but he will be a top pairing guy

Woof. What a terrible take. Who of Andersson, Hanifin, Weegar, Kylington, Tanev or Zadorov is he playing ahead of? He plays bottom pairing for a team that trots out geriatric Mark Giordano regularly. Top pairing future and top 4 now? Maybe in Arizona.

 

[sxvnert]

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It's not going to happen. The Cap space next year, is even more important than it is this year for the Leafs.

Cap goes up significantly in 24/25.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Learn to evaluate the game bud. Liljegren is a top 4 dman who is young and gets benched in high stakes games but he will be a top pairing guy

Top pairing D, which Hanifin is, NOW, do not get benched in high stakes games.

If Treliving can package Lilly for Hanifin he should.

 

[Fogelhund]

Cap goes up significantly in 24/25.

$3-4 million supposedly.. more the year after. It doesn't go up significantly enough to have $2.5 mil in dead space, while Matthews and Nylander need a race.

 

[Petes2424]

They should be able to move Brodie.

 

[seanlinden]

Seems to me that this is nothing more than an interesting tidbit of information, that the Leafs COULD buy him out and not have any cap penalty.

The cap is going up a bit this year. The free agent class is woefully thin. He's got a 10-team no-trade list... if the Leafs wanted him gone, there will be a long list of teams lining up to give positive assets for him.

 

[Stephen]

Brodie isn't a cap dump or a buy out. He would be traded in a hockey deal at a modest price for something different. If he goes to a bottom feeder he would return a decent amount as a deadline rental.

What I do like is the idea of moving on from him is out there in public.

 

[hamzarocks]

I would be unbelievably pissed if we moved Lilly for Hanifin..Wow

A considerably better player than lilijgren is a good move

It only sucks if there is no extension

Lilijgren is 2 years younger than hanafin and a bottom pairing D still

Hanafin is a top pairing D.

One player can push us to contenders again next year and it isnt lilijgren

 

[EverTheCynic]

The classic Leaf solution to a defensive problem is get rid of their best defensive defenseman for cap space for moar offense. This is obviously taxes fault.

Gotta make room for Karlsson so they can win games 8-7.

That is the way.

 

[kilowatt]

Would make more sense to do this instead

To
28th overall

To team that is not on Brodie NTC list
D TJ Brodie (50% retained by Hawks)

To
Asset or assets team acquiring Brodie gives up

Hawks get 1st, Leafs clear $5M in cap and get some asset (Likely pick or picks) and ? team gets top 4 vet RD at $2.5M cap hit

-- I assume Brodie would block trade to Chicago thus the 3rd team --

Kings would be interested. Lots of young players available from LA as well.

 

[leafsfan5]

He’s dropped from having the best +/- for defenseman on the team every year to, fifth on team in regular season this year, to fifth for playoffs as well.

There has to be an underlying reason for going from every year as best on team, to fifth this last year.

The Leafs had a .924 5v5 save% this year, when Brodie was on the ice it was .908

All the numbers actually point to him having one of the best defensive seasons in hockey

 

[Ginger Papa]

old spray n pray Seravalli at it again

I’m revealing my age when I say I don’t understand your gif, but I really, really enjoyed it my friend. I laughed pretty damn hard. Keep up the great work

 

[mydnyte]

on the surface it seems down right stupid.

But he said it's a 0$ cap charge for this year and 2.5 next year, I'm not sure why but sure enough it is in fact a free buyout this year there is no charge.

does anyone know why that is?

I want Brodie traded, but he certainly is not a dump, and most certainly will not have assets added to him. i.e. we dont add a 1st and Brodie, unless we are getting back a HIGHER 1st.

He's still a good defender, the Leafs just need a different type of defender.

 

[mydnyte]

Brodie isn't a cap dump or a buy out. He would be traded in a hockey deal at a modest price for something different. If he goes to a bottom feeder he would return a decent amount as a deadline rental.

What I do like is the idea of moving on from him is out there in public.

if Brodie was dealt at the deadline, he'd garner a 1st min. ...if you look at the lesser quality of d-men that returned a 1st at the deadline, Brodie would be well worth it.

 

[HockeyVirus]

'No truth' to the rumours that Maple Leafs are buying out T.J. Brodie, source says

Brodie, 33, has one year remaining on a four-year contract that carries a $5-million US cap hit in 2023-24.

torontosun.com

Damn looks like I called it. Load of bullshit. Lock this up please

 

[Golden_Jet]

'No truth' to the rumours that Maple Leafs are buying out T.J. Brodie, source says

Brodie, 33, has one year remaining on a four-year contract that carries a $5-million US cap hit in 2023-24.

torontosun.com

Damn looks like I called it. Load of bullshit. Lock this up please

All we have is, Koshan vs Seravalli with different takes.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

All we have is, Koshan vs Seravalli with different takes.

It's not so much a different take as one guy basically saying the other is lying

 

[TOGuy14]

Ridiculous speculation

He is a good defensive RHD signed for one year at a good AAV.

Why would they buy him out instead of trading him?