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07 Apr 2016 19:44:46
If the leafs won the lottery and wanted to trade the pick/ Arizona makes a big push to acquire Matthews to attract fans and sell tickets:
Toronto: 1st overall pick, Kadri or Bozak
Arizona: Dylan Strome, Christian Dvorak
Thoughts?
1.) 07 Apr 2016 19:59:38
Close but add their 1st and maybe another minor piece going torontos way and take out both kadri and bozak your going to have to overpay for matthews.
2.) 07 Apr 2016 20:07:09
Awful for Toronto. You don't trade 1st overall picks that will become franchise #1 centermen in the league. Something we've been missing for almost 10 years.
3.) 07 Apr 2016 20:25:10
I would want s package of
Oel domi and Arizona 1
Or
Strome domi stone and 1st.
4.) 07 Apr 2016 20:35:03
OEL + domi + coyotes first for Mathews? Are u kidding me? The kid is good, but come on.
5.) 07 Apr 2016 21:03:38
Arizona has to sell the Game to the fans the Leafs dont.
So yes they will tempt any Team that wins the lottery.
Which means an overpayment to Draft Matthews.
6.) 07 Apr 2016 21:54:19
Pathetic proposal.
7.) 07 Apr 2016 23:35:26
Why is everyone so obsessed with trading 1st OA, most teams that do well grow there own talent not trade talent that they do not posses for other teams talent.
8.) 08 Apr 2016 01:37:10
fully12, you are so delusional.
18 Dec 2015 18:03:49
Tor: Roman Polak
Chicago: Bryan Bickell, 3rd round pick 2016
Toronto can play Bickell and try and move him at the deadline for more picks and can retain salary to make it happen. Even if they can't trade him again they still get a decent pick for taking on his contract and giving up Polak. Toronto also has to give up a 3rd round pick to Detroit and New Jersey in the next 3 years so they should try and accumulate a few additional 3rd round picks to cover the lost picks.
For Chicago this clears up some salary and shores up their 3rd pairing for the playoffs.
27 Aug 2015 16:28:37
Chicago has 350k in cap space and still has to sign 2 rfas. They should probably move bickell (4m million for 2 years) to resign kruger and nordstrom. Trade him as a cap dump with a pick to a team with a lot of cap space for a pick or low grade prospect.
Chicago: Bickell, 4th rd pick 2016
Arizona: Dustin Jeffery, 4th rd pick 2016
Chicago saves cap and moves up a few spots in the fourth round, and also get a cheap contract that can be called up to the NHl if needed.
Arizona moves back a few spots and takes on an expensive contract but if they retain the max salary on bickell they could probably flip him for more picks.
Thoughts?
1.) 27 Aug 2015 19:31:32
Seems kind of pointless for Arizona seeing how they are going through a rebuild and don't get any young assets in return.
11 Aug 2015 18:01:20
Toronto: James van riemsdyk
Minnesota: Thomas Vanek, 1st 2016
Thoughts?
1.) 11 Aug 2015 18:21:43
Leafs fans will rip this trade apart. Heads up bud!
Also Leafs are building for future, 1st is nice but I assume no interest in Vanek. Leafs would would want prospects and young players instead of Vanek.
2.) 11 Aug 2015 19:04:55
I am a leafs fan haha. My thinking is that they could probably flip Vanek for a couple of picks. I was thinking that the wild could add a mid level prospect too, not sure who they would add though.
3.) 11 Aug 2015 19:07:26
I don't understand the first round pick. Vanek is a little bit better than JVR but JVR is younger than Vanek so a think a trade Vanek for JVR alone is pretty equal
4.) 11 Aug 2015 19:37:49
@hockey 2.0
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5.) 11 Aug 2015 19:43:14
Yeah calm down there with that jvr is as valuable as vanek. That'll get ripped apart worse than the trade lol.
6.) 11 Aug 2015 20:47:35
@Shankar hahaha I was just going to say that.
7.) 11 Aug 2015 21:11:24
JVR is a lot better than vanek at every aspect of the game.
27 Jun 2015 05:43:22
Toronto: Roman Polak
Edmonton: 3rd round 2015 (86 overall)
This trade should help Edmonton shore up their defense core. I was going to make it a fourth round (117 overall) pick but I read an interesting article on the actual value of draft picks. At the 81-90 draft range there is a 23.8 % chance that the player selected will play 100 or more games in the NHL, and at the 111-120 draft range there is only a 13.8 % chance that the selected player will play 100+ games. So Edmonton gets a good 3rd pairing dman without the 76.2% chance of their pick being a bust.
If anyone is interested in reading the article here it is:
http://goo.gl/bkHnCO
1.) 27 Jun 2015 08:07:04
Edm just invested two earlier picks in a dman. Righty, yes, but those are harder to come by anyway. Remainder of picks will likely be used on hopefuls in the area of forwards and a goalie. Polak is a decent bottom-2, but isn't worth pursuing by the Oilers.
2.) 27 Jun 2015 13:22:16
Polak is just what the Oilers need, makes sense, the three stooges are trying to collect late crappy draft picks while passing up on 1st round stud locks.
3.) 27 Jun 2015 18:56:53
Lol and then the Oilers traded for Gryba and drafted 3 more d-men and a goalie in the 7th.
4.) 27 Jun 2015 19:42:35
Ha, yup. I missed that target by a wide margin. Haha.
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01 May 2016 14:30:59
With the leafs winning the lottery my guess is they are going to trade bozak. What do you think the leafs could get for him? He had 35 points in 57 games, which is a 50 point season over 82 games. He has a 4.2 million cap hit for the next 2 seasons.
1.) 01 May 2016 17:32:40
I would like to add him to Pittsburghs first and move up in the draft and NO I don't mean like in the top 5 or top 15 even but up 5-7 spots. Would love to get Fabbro RHD projects to be a 2/ 3 D man but he is going around #15.
2.) 01 May 2016 18:31:55
Well, bud that would depend where the Penguins Finish. Personally, I would like to see the leafs keep the pens pick, and maybe trade bozak for like a 2nd. Personally I don't think bozak is enough to move up, unless it's 2-3 spots, and maybe still not (depends on team) .
19 Apr 2016 22:55:31
Anyone else surprised that philly looks like they are going to get swept? They were one of the hottest teams in the league heading into the playoffs.
30 Mar 2016 14:49:11
What does everyone thing the bottom 5 in the standings will end up looking like? My guess is:
30- Edmonton
29- Vancouver
28- Columbus
27- Toronto
26- Winnipeg
Edmonton has 3 games left, the rest of the teams have 6 left. Thoughts?
1.) 30 Mar 2016 15:48:28
4 out of 5 Canadian teams lol better luck next year.
2.) 30 Mar 2016 17:14:14
blues proceed to lose 4 out of 5 to CHI in 3 weeks. better luck next year.
3.) 30 Mar 2016 18:15:11
Best reply i've ever seen Shankar.
4.) 30 Mar 2016 18:36:05
What happens if they don't lose to Chicago . God knows I'll celebrate what will u do shankie.
5.) 30 Mar 2016 18:57:05
well if they beat chicago its on to dallas?, and then on too one of la, sj or ana? and then bring lord stanley home against the caps, because i'm picking the blues all the way, tarasenko is better than malkin, steens better than crosby, parayko is the second coming of jesus.
6.) 30 Mar 2016 19:31:03
Well clearly the blues are better than the Hawks
Petro>>>>>>> Keith
Shatty>>>>>>>Seabrook
Tarasenko>>>> Kane
Backes>>>>>> Toews
Steen>>>>>>>> Hossa
Allen >>>>>>>> Crawford
Paryko >>>>>>> hammer
Swartz >>>>>>>>> Panarin
How could the blues lose!
7.) 30 Mar 2016 19:31:32
But in all seriousness, he blues have no chance at all against the hawks.
8.) 30 Mar 2016 20:28:16
so those bottom 5 projections eh.
9.) 30 Mar 2016 22:03:15
You say no chance Oil. seabrook and crawford are out. Due to being sucessful the hawks only have two extremely good lines and 3 good dman.
with that said Seabrook is hurt. Keith just got offered an inperson hearing for his match penalty. which means he will have at least 10 games possibly more due to the viciousness of the penalty and this is the second time he did it. And on top of all that Crwaford is still hurt. I don't think the hawks are going to make it past first round.
I like my teams chances. Good luck at the Draft, got to win that #1 overall lol.
10.) 30 Mar 2016 23:35:11
Haha. My oilers specialty is winning that lottery. Unlike your blues at least we win something! I don't think Keith will get 10 games. Maybe 5-7. Probably suspended for rest of regular season. Crawford will hopefully be back for playoffs and Seabrook as well. Keep in mind playoffs are over 2 weeks away.
11.) 31 Mar 2016 02:06:50
Lol Blues have more points than Chicago, doesn't that mean they should win anyways? And you just pointed out yourself you would be beating a team without a full lineup. Lol.
12.) 31 Mar 2016 02:47:02
oh wow, CHI only has two extremely good lines. how would anyone ever win anything with only two extremely good times, especially when they have a top five defenceman in the league to go along with two other very good ones and a goalie in the running for a vezina.
oh wait, i think i just described what it takes to win a cup.
in all seriousness, STL is a good team, however, they haven't done anything in the playoffs and they're going to have to change that to get anyone to change their opinion of them.
as for what i'll do if they magically beat CHI, well, probably nothing. maybe celebrate because Tankie will be here making a fool of himself all summer?
13.) 31 Mar 2016 06:15:25
ShankAR crawford is hurt won't be 100% same with seabrook. Kieth may get 10+ games with 5 left in regards season that's most of first round. Besides. Blues are a better team this year and healthy. We c will see how it Rolls out.
14.) 31 Mar 2016 17:34:15
Let's get a few things straight coltie. Seabrook is out day to day with illness. Will defiantly be back for playoffs. Crawford is also out day to day. Playoffs are 2 weeks away. Hawks should be healthy by then. Also Keith is unlikely to get 10 games.
15.) 31 Mar 2016 18:50:33
did you hear when the hearing was. They usually get 6 or more with in person hearing. since he recieved a match penalty that's an automatic game suspension. So with 5 games left that means he autmatically misses one then has four games left to go against what ever ruling they make so if he gets 6 games he will miss two ganmes in the playoffs.
With crawford its likely he isn't 100% when returning. And every little bit counts.
16.) 31 Mar 2016 19:51:24
It all comes down to which Allen/ Elliot, Backes, and Berglund show up for that round.
17.) 31 Mar 2016 20:09:14
As much of a tool colt is I think St Louis might surprise many this year. I think they have a good shot to make it out Central this year now that they're healthy.
18.) 31 Mar 2016 21:54:38
elliot seems like a man possessed. He is the only goalie to win a series in the playoffs. I think its his year.
19.) 31 Mar 2016 23:09:51
elliot has never actually won a playoff series, though. the most wins he has in any playoff year is 3, which obviously isn't a series win.
anyway, talking to you is like talking to a st. louis wall.
20.) 31 mar 2016 23:14:54
also shankar, blues have two extremely good lines as well plus a third really good line and an awesome energy line with 6 dman that are good. chicago d i sent have the depth thry use to. it us showing in the regular season. so why don't you have an open mind?
21.) 31 Mar 2016 23:16:37
With suspensions they see a playoff game as 2 games my guess is Keith gets 7 games 5 to end the season and 2 playoff game.
22.) 01 Apr 2016 00:25:14
I'm sorry shankar but halak was ran over in game two by jackman won three games after that so technically he won the series. But continue to be a giant _ _ _ _.
23.) 01 Apr 2016 08:53:35
Colt a series win is 4 games not 3 lol you say he's wrong then go on and your arguement collapsed on itself as you ended up agreeing with Shankar lol.
24.) 01 Apr 2016 14:30:59
BJ96
Did the blues win the Series. Did Elliot Win 3 of the 4 games to that series. If he didn't win those games would the series have been lost.
so in your theroy no goalie won the series, So does that mean the blues lost to the sharks on a technicality.
Well then heres to elliot getting his cherry popped this year!
22 Mar 2016 17:24:25
Anyone else see the sens owners comment about how key changes need to be made to the team? How about spending more money on players so you can ice a better lineup than complain about coaching and management. These hero owners are a joke.
1.) 22 Mar 2016 19:07:27
Melnyk's divorce has killed his bank account and that team. He needs to just sell them now.
2.) 22 Mar 2016 21:29:21
owner's finances shouldn't really be a factor. the team is a business, what kind of business operates for long at a huge loss?
there are 2 main factors that contribute to their losing money, which are their stupid arena location and the canadian dollar. one of which they're trying ot fix, the second they have no control over. the size of the ottawa market also is somewhat of a factor, but it's certainly large enough for a team.
as for his not spending much on players, he said they spent 68 mil this year, which is only a couple mil below the cap. I'm not sure what the team actually accumulated in terms of cap charge for the year, which would make a bit of a difference if it were significantly lower. either way, he spent enough for money not to be the reason his team didn't succeed.
3.) 23 Mar 2016 04:17:34
I can't believe I am saying this, but I 100% agree with what Melnyk had to say. They overwhelming under achieved this year. Absolutely everyone should be thrown under the bus and I hope Cameron gets canned. Never thought for one second he should have been hired as the head coach. When he gets fired they need to have someone else other than Bryan Murray to hire the next head coach. Because that's been the one severe downfall of Bryan Murray's tenure.
4.) 23 Mar 2016 10:49:10
While I agree that the arena location sucks it doesn't really stop the fans from going to the games. I've been to 2 sens games (way cheaper than leafs tickets, except for the game I went to this year where by some miracle I found $60 tickets) and the crowd is always pretty full. I guess Canadians are more willing to drive to an arena that's out of they way than Americans.
5.) 23 Mar 2016 13:36:52
The team salary is just over $64 million, about the same as the team's cap hit. I don't know how spending that additional $7 million on players wouldn't help the team. The team is already paying Paul MacLean and his coaching staff next year, if they fire Cameron they will be paying 3 different coaching staffs next year. Kinda hard to justify that and not spending up to the cap.
6.) 23 Mar 2016 13:44:59
So your reasoning is that if you spend x amount foolishly, you should spend even more potentially foolishly? Sounds like a great plan.
7.) 23 Mar 2016 14:28:00
Don't spend it foolishly. Look at the teams needs. Better 3rd paring dmen and better 3rd and 4th line players are fairly inexpensive and are easily acquirable in the offseason. The coach always gets fired for how the team does, even if he's given poor players. He can only do so much with what he has.
8.) 23 Mar 2016 14:45:42
And spending that money doesn't guarantee anything, the players still have to play. It just gives them a better chance to be competitive. The majority of playoff teams spend up to the cap or close to it, while the majority of non-playoff teams do not spend anywhere near it. There are some exceptions (Anaheim is a budget team but is very successful and spends wisely, Toronto has always spent a ton in the past and is never successful), but that's typically how it goes. My assumption to why Melynk believes the team underachieved this year is because he "drank the koolaide" and thought the real sens were the team that closed out the season last year, not the team that played poorly in the beginning of season last year, whereas they were probably somewhere in the middle, right where they are now. Having expectations that are too high doesn't justify the need for "key changes" as he puts it. If he wants them to make the playoffs one potential solution to that would be to spend more on players. Doesn't guarantee anything, just gives them a better shot.
9.) 23 Mar 2016 15:54:50
I agree that he likely had expectations that were not realistic, i also agree that playoff teams tend to spend while non-playoff teams tend not to, but spending money isn't the way to get into the playoffs. a team gets there because they have good players, which then have to be paid, they don't get there simply by spending money on players who they then hope to be good enough to get into the playoffs. it's a simple line of causality.
as for the addition of bottom 6 players and 3rd pair defencemen, do you really think those players will make a difference? sure, OTT could have upgraded those positions a bit with the 6.4 mil in cap space they did not use, but there is a reason those guys get paid (relatively) little and don't many important minutes. they are not impact players. also, OTT does have a couple pretty significant players they'll need to re-sign this year that will need significant raises. that begs the question of would you rather a few bottom 6 grinders and a 3rd pair defenceman upgrade over keeping hoffman and ceci beyond the remainder of this year?
10.) 23 Mar 2016 15:56:52
i actually can't believe i'm defending melnyk. usually i think what the guy does it pretty stupid.
11.) 23 Mar 2016 19:33:57
Yea we are both leafs fans I don't know why I'm going on about the sens lol, it just bugged me that he did this whole speech before the season is over.
12.) 23 Mar 2016 20:27:08
yeah, him doing it before the season is over probably wasn't the right move. nothing like creating a horribly awkward environment around a team that still needs to play for 3 or so more weeks.
19 Feb 2016 15:05:49
I heard this thought on leafs lunch the other day and I'm wondering what you guys would think about it. They said that they should do as much as they can to ensure Pittsburgh makes the playoffs this year so that the leafs get their 1st round pick. What they meant by that was if they were to trade polak and someone was to offer them a 3rd round pick but Pittsburgh offered a 4th round pick them they should send him to Pittsburgh because the difference between the 3rd and 4th round pick is worth less than getting an extra first round pick this year (the condition on the first was making the playoffs) . Thoughts?
1.) 19 Feb 2016 15:41:16
To further elaborate on the conditions on the first its if pens make playoffs in 2016 leafs get their first rounder and have to send Pittsburgh its own 2nd rounder (acquired in the Daniel Winnik trade), if Pitts doesn't make playoffs in 2016 it rolls over to 2017 with the same conditions, if they don't make the playoffs in 2017 then Pittsburgh sends them a 2nd round pick in 2017. The thought behind ensuring Pittsburgh makes the playoffs this year is that a first round pick this year helps their rebuild more than one next year, and that the Pittsburgh pick is probably the lowest of the picks they'd have to send back if they get the first (they have theirs and ottawas in 2017, they also might get more for their rentals this year or next year)
2.) 19 Feb 2016 17:48:38
I may be wrong isn't Pitts pick only lottery protected? I. e. if Pitt misses the playoffs but doesn't win the lottery, TOR gets the pick. Correct? Either way it is way better for Pitt to have a less chance at winning the lottery.
Maybe I am off on that. I agree with Hayes, Moodles and O-dog though.
3.) 19 Feb 2016 20:35:50
i also heard that on leafs lunch and it did seem to make snese. the difference between a 3rd and 4th is really nothing, while the difference between a mid 1st and 2nd is rather large in terms of likelihood of getting a quality player with the pick.
And no, the lottery protection means that if the PIT pick is part of the lottery PIT keeps it, regardless if they win or not. Fighingfreak outlined it correctly to my knowledge.
4.) 20 Feb 2016 05:05:45
It reminds me of the incident which saw the Montreal Canadiens trading Ralph Backstom to the Los Angeles Kings in January of 1971.
The Oakland Golden Seals and Kings were battling for the title of worst team in 1971 and Montreal held Oakland's first round pick via an earlier pick which saw Oakland get the Canadiens' first round pick in 1970 and Ernie Hickie.
And since the prize for having the 1st overall pick in 1971 was Guy Lafluer, Sam Pollock decides to hedge his bet by sending Backstrom to the Kings. In the end, the Seals finished last, Montreal drafted Lafluer, the Seals moved to Cleveland then merged with the Minnesota North Stars and were never heard of again; except from old-timers like me.
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02 May 2016 21:55:26
It shouldn't cripple the team cap wise, and by the time he starts to decline, say at age 31 (so 4 years into the deal) he won't have to be the main focus of the team. Matthews, Nylander and Marner among others would take the torch from him at that point and he'll still be a good top 6 forward at that time, while the players mentioned above will be on either bridge deals or ones similar to what morgan Rielly just signed.
02 May 2016 20:08:37
I think having Matthews makes signing stamkos even more attractive for the team. I read a post about it called the case for signing steven stamkos on pensionplanpuppets, ill post the link in another comment if it goes through. I really recommend checking it out.
13 Apr 2016 00:41:16
I think other GM's around the league know Edmonton is desperate for defenceman so I can see them really making Edmonton pay to acquire d-men this offseason.
22 Feb 2016 13:55:56
before people start saying unbelievable its a real confirmed trade, good trade for the leafs.
19 Feb 2016 14:51:41
The leafs won't do this, doesn't fit with the shanaplan. I'd rather keep the 1st round pick, whoever they draft will fit in their age group better than subban. Plus whoever Montreal hires as a new coach next year will be brought in to work with their stars like subban and price. Subban is not the problem in Montreal.
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31 May 2016 03:06:10
I could see them drafting Tyler Parsons, the Knights goalie, with the Washington second round pick.
03 May 2016 23:19:22
He was head coach for 4 years, the new gm and his staff came in 2 years ago and inherited him. Burke said today that they felt his shelf life was up, since he is a hard coach their shelf lives are usually pretty short. Still sucks though.
03 May 2016 13:11:27
At least he made sure his english is somewhat better for this account.
30 Apr 2016 12:44:19
Do you know what their high quality scoring chance sv% and short handed sv% are?
16 Apr 2016 00:27:32
Pens vs Ducks.