Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Deadline Wrapup

yeah, but kovalevs is at least a 7th, but could be a 6th

We joke, but this is a genuine fear of Rangers fans.

He asked “will Burke resist”

I use it as a car cover.

Kadri’s not wearing 13 up here.

Is he wrong? No.

TEAM CHEMISTRY!!!1

He won’t want to Dominic Moore himself in the foot, I bet he resigns before then.

 You mean passing on Cam Fowler and Brandon Gormley for Dylan Macilraith isn’t smart??

Oh right. Nonetheless most of the talent moved way before today.

This has been one of the craziest deadline periods I have ever seen. Stewart and Johnson are better than everyone Chemmy listed besides Kabs

RAWRRRRR JAMES NEAL!

Wideman, McCabe, Bergfors, Kovalev, Anderson… bunch of half decent players.

 awwwww, now Kadri cant set Mitchel up with one timers that will miss the net by 8 feet.

If the return is a king’s ransom, I wouldn’t.

I’d keep em both. (Brent and Boyce. )

I like him, and would like to see him back, but if depth forces him to the AHL, I don’t really see the point.

Alex Foster and Ryan Hamilton have no future with this club.

Toss both of them, and keep Zigomanis, Crabb and Boyce as veteran presences on the Marlies / emergency call-ups who can play a regular shift in the NHL.

Brent is the #4 centre.

See ya Freddy.

2-way (or 1-way, what does MLSE care), prove he can outplay any prospects (Kadri, Colborne, etc.), then keep him up.

Haha, that should say great on the PK, not OK.

is a bit misleading when the guy only has 7 goals and 14 points.

PAUL STASTNY!

It’s only a weak draft because the pick Toronto gave to Boston is now 8th.

you trade one of the late firsts, plus a 3rd or whatever if you want to move up 1-4 spots
you dont trade both unless you can some how move into the top 10

On the subject of picks: Every asset is always in play at a certain price. Goal going in to the draft – entry draft normally produces players contributing in 2 to 3 years – goal has always been to add players who shortcut the process. Would those picks be available for someone who’s playing or closer to playing? Yes. Could you package those to move in to the top 10? “Probably.” But we won’t know until the draft.

Colborne’s timetable depends on his summer. Needs more strength, power. He goes into traffic areas, not a soft power, but needs to be stronger on his feet, more power in his game. Then he’ll compete for a job in the fall.

Jonas played well for the Marlies, looks sharp, recalled. Reimer injury looks not serious, just a sore neck. Should be ready for practice tomorrow.

Fin.

I’m playing tonight, Sam asked me to come so here we are. I’m tired.

and with that 7th from the Rangers, we can even take a chance on drafting PPP as a project

They should take me with the 3rd. I’m good at adjusting the volume.

if you draft me you’d be getting a prototypical power forward who not’ afraid to get into the dirty areas of the ice to create plays and use his speed to generate scoring chances.

anyone jumps on the whole pedigree line of thinking. MacArthur was a 3rd round draft pick, 74th overall… right around where Tomas Plekanec was drafted (71st overall).

Also if anyone feels like discussing prior production at earlier ages, I’d point out that all of those 9 received far more ice time than MacArthur did prior to this year. To wit:

Kesler averaged over 19 minutes a night for 2 seasons prior to posting those numbers.

Spezza averaged over 19 minutes a night for the 3 seasons prior to posting his as a 25 year old.

Roy averaged over 21 minutes a night as a 25 year old, and in the previous 3 years he went from 17 to 18 to 20+ minutes a night.

Staal averaged over 20 minutes a night in the previous 3 years (over 21 minutes a night in the previous 2)… he also produced his numbers in only 70 games, so he was a ppg player.

Plekanec averaged 15:59 in his previous season and only produced 20 goals and 47 points. In the year before that he averaged 13:15 and had 9 goals and 29 points (MacArthur like numbers!)

Perry is 25 this year, and his numbers are within only 63 games, so he’s above a ppg. As a 24 year old he had 27 goals and 76 points, but he was playing 21:04 a night, and 18:36 a night the season before that when he had 32 goals and 72 points.

Nash averaged 20:56 a night, and had averaged over 19 minutes a night for 3 consecutive seasons prior.

Williams averaged 20:51 a night, and had averaged 21:08 the previous year when he posted 31 goals and 76 points.

Carter averaged 19:18 a night, and had averaged 20:57 the year prior when he put up 46 goals and 84 points.

Obviously all of those guys play a lot, and it makes it MORE impressive that MacArthur is only averaging 17:15 a night.

If he can put up numbers like that while playing 2 minutes less a game and WAY less PP time than the other 9, I frankly question why he isn’t playing more.

not close to Eriksson or Giroux… but I’d say $3+… I think he’s worth more than Moulson who signed a $3.133 mill extension this year.

Reread – I said “fair contract”

don’t forget Stewart was lining up with Hejduk and Stastny (your favourite topic recently), and Neal was with Eriksson and Richards.

Despite how solid Kulemin and Grabovski have played this season, MacArthur is the leading scorer and puck distributor on the line (unlike Neal and Stewart or Moulson), and both are inferior from a production perspective to the Colorado and Dallas linemates of the other two.

Burke won’t commit that kind of money to Mac on the chance that he’s playing above his talent level, much in the same way he did re-sign Dominic Moore after his season in 08/09. Burke has done a good job keeping down the costs for RFA re-signings.
On your list, only 3 players were signed for more than 3.2 million. Two of them, Eriksson and Carter, had established themselves as bonafide point producers for at least two seasons before signing new deals. The other Giroux, has been the best offensive player on arguably the best team in hockey this season, and was a highly touted prospect. MacArthur isn’t comparable to those three. Moulson is about as similar a case you can find on that list, and he got much less than 3.5 million.