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Galvas goes to Pittsburgh at 54. One of the guys I had my eye on for our pick at 60.

Obviously a lot of time to figure out, but I'm curious what the Leafs plans are for the 3RD spot. I liked Carlo mostly because I think he was a bit of a mini-Tanev who could slide into that spot if/when Tanev misses some time. Think they still need someone with that profile for that spot.

Carlo era is over. I think he could have rebounded, but regardless what a bad trade. At least it didn't end up with the worst case scenario.

Burakovsky was pretty bad last season, and notably had just 4 points in his last 37 games. Maybe he bounces back but there's not much value there, especially with a $5.5mil cap hit.

I figured Giroux was a lock to re-sign with the sens but if that's not happening he'd definitely be a free agent target of mine. A little older now but I've wanted him since he left Philly. Would be a nice fit at 3RW. Somewhat similarly I assumed Patrick Kane was definitely going back to...

Well we don't know that he's looking to command $15mil. Seattle could have offered him $16mil or $17mil and I think the answer would have been the same from him. Seattle, even with Robertson, isn't really anywhere close to being a Cup contender now or in the near future. It's entirely possible...

That would genuinely be amazing hah.

I think the biggest problem is they seem firmly entrenched in being a forever mid-team. No real high end elite talent at goalie, defence, wing, or centre. Beniers would of course be the closest but he's coming off a 50-point season as a 23-year old so there's probably a fair question as to if...

Seeing what 1st round picks are going for right now compared to what we used them on is so, so, so depressing. Thank god for the number 12.

Out of the 3 assistants Van Ryn definitely made the most sense to go. It's obviously tough to really evaluate assistant coaches but it seems like he was always in a weird role with the team. Like when he was first brought on board he pushed Chynoweth out of overseeing the defence which left...

I know the contract wouldn't have aged well but I would have liked to grab Tuch.

I'm not super attached to Carlo but yeah I feel like we need a similar type of RHD on the roster specifically because Tanev's health is obviously going to always be a bit of a wild card. If/when he goes down Danford (at least not yet) or Villenueve won't be able to cover those minutes.

Every new reveal of this trade made it worse for Chicago. Byram for 4th overall? And they took on Greenway who had 1 goal last season and a $4mil cap hit? And they gave up the 45th overall pick? And they gave up a seemingly serviceable 6'8" 25-year old depth defenceman? Make me very curious...

There were talks of him potentially being bought out. So I'm sure the Sabres are just glad to clear that cap hit.

Phew.

Yeah, Bob on a short-term deal: mildly interested. Anything over 3 years, and even that's pushing it, absolutely not.

I think the 9th overall pick has a ton of value, more so than in other years. There's legit 9 guys who I've seen projected to go top-5 in different rankings, and there's a seemingly noticeable drop-off after that. So being able to guarantee at least one of those guys are available is pretty big.

I sleep significantly better at night knowing that we aren't giving Boston our pick this year. If that fell into the 6-10 range, where this years draft is still very strong, that would have been catastrophic. Obviously the deal is a giant bust regardless for us considering Carlo's play, but I'm...