Leafs 2023-2024 Thread

superstar_88

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Boston signed Lucic for 1 mill. If not Reaves then Leafs would need someone like Reeves and for dirt cheap. What are the options. Leafs are are a soft team. Reaves alone gives Leafs some backbone.
 

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Boston signed Lucic for 1 mill. If not Reaves then Leafs would need someone like Reeves and for dirt cheap. What are the options. Leafs are are a soft team. Reaves alone gives Leafs some backbone.
Didn’t they try that experiment with Simmons?
 

superstar_88

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Didn’t they try that experiment with Simmons?
Simmonds is not Reaves. Reaves can still hit and he hits to hurt. When they played Simmonds against Boston late in the season Simmonds was the only deterrent Leafs had against Boston. So the experiement does work.
Simmonds is listed at 184 lbs. Reaves is the nastiest and scariest player out there.
Someone you really have to watch out for when he's on the ice cause he will hit to hurt.
Florida had Gudas, Bennett, and Tkatchuk that hit to hurt and Leafs had hitters but they don't hit to hurt so there's your experiment.
 
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Not resigning Schenn (for 2.75 x 3) will turn out to be the first big mistake of Treliving.
 

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Klingberg a Leaf, 1 year deal around $4.5 million. Good offensively but a disaster in his own end.
 

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Not resigning Schenn (for 2.75 x 3) will turn out to be the first big mistake of Treliving.
Of all the loses today that will hurt the most. I hesitate to criticize Treliving not knowing if Schenn even wanted to return.
 

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Most American teams have an advantage over the Canadian team and that is the players who play for American teams pay little to no tax and thus could be convinced to sign for less $, maybe the Canadian teams should be allowed an extra $5M in cap space.
 

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Of all the loses today that will hurt the most. I hesitate to criticize Treliving not knowing if Schenn even wanted to return.
You have a point, but I could see him wanting to go back to Vancouver more than staying; and other than being an American team what else does Nashville have over TO ? Tax considerations maybe ?
 

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Engvall 7 years 3 mill per. Promotion for him.
Kerfoot 2 years 3.5 mill per but to Arizona so it's a demotion.
Holl 3 years 10.2 mill promotion for him as well.
 
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You have a point, but I could see him wanting to go back to Vancouver more than staying; and other than being an American team what else does Nashville have over TO ? Tax considerations maybe ?
Nashville, Vegas, and Florida are the hottest destinations for hockey players these days. A combination of taxes, weather, and lifestyle seems to be the draw.

Ryan O'Reily 4 years $18 million. No thanks.

According to Treliving, the Leafs offered O'Reily the same but he was not interested in staying.
 

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Nashville, Vegas, and Florida are the hottest destinations for hockey players these days. A combination of taxes, weather, and lifestyle seems to be the draw.

Ryan O'Reily 4 years $18 million. No thanks.

According to Treliving, the Leafs offered O'Reily the same but he was not interested in staying.
And the fact that he likes music, he plays guitar and he'll be playing with a few musicians in Nashville.
 
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Bertuzzi signs, 1 year deal at $5.5 million. Leafs better hope he puts up better numbers than last season when he scored only 8 goals in 50 games.
 
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Bertuzzi signs, 1 year deal at $5.5 million. Leafs better hope he puts up better numbers than last season when he scored only 8 goals in 50 games.
Was he considered one of the top free agents available.
 

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Was he considered one of the top free agents available.
Considered one of the best. He will probably play with Matthews and Marner have a terrific year and then price himself out of Toronto
 
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More move’s have to be coming. They’re $5 million over the cap and still need to sign Samsonov.
 
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