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2023-24 Toronto Maple Leafs General Discussion
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Lets hope so. Hope he can BBQ some offence in the future.cabber24 said:
This feels unlikely but if Dubas is out collecting former Leafs I wonder if a Kampf for Lars Eller swap could be worked out.
Guilt Trip
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Dubas probably thinks Kampf is getting paid too much lol.CarltonTheBear said:
Guilt Trip
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It makes him eligible for the Marlies playoffs.herman said:
herman said:
Makes sense. If the Leafs acquired someone else right now they'd have to send another player down (even besides Lagesson). So reassigning Knies, who of course doesn't need waivers, and then calling him back up tomorrow when the roster limit goes away is better than being forced to waive a Gregor or Holmberg.
Guilt Trip
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If they acquired someone else they'd just send Knies down, no? This is about making Knies eligible for the Marlies playoff run.CarltonTheBear said:
Guilt Trip said:
Well this to me makes it seem like they are planning to acquire someone before 3pm, which yes would then trigger the Knies move. Although even if nobody is added there's still value in being able to send Knies to the Marlies temporarily post deadline. As unlikely as it might be if there's a run of freak injuries on D and F they could send him down to bring up a replacement there. Or if the Leafs don't end up waiving anyone beyond Lagesson then due to cap restraints Robertson might be stuck in the AHL post-deadline and maybe Knies and him get swapped like once every couple weeks to get Nicky a game.
All in all, like CJ says I think it's just about roster flexibility even if it never needs to happen. It does make him eligible for the AHL playoffs, but I really don't expect him to play there even if the Leafs do get knocked out early.
https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1766177803894956115
C'mon Anaheim, why?
C'mon Anaheim, why?
bustaheims
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Zee said:
They might just need bodies.
With a healthy D (Timmins is basically healthy, and Gio is skating so his return is also on the horizon) Lagesson would be the #10 D in the organization. So obviously not the end of the world, but the dude was a really good soldier for the team this season so unfortunate to see him go.
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Bender said:
Not particularly enthused by much of what's being moved/supposedly available, either.
Also, big moves at the deadline jsut rarely pan out. Standing pat/only making the types of smaller moves the Leafs have already made is usually the best course of action. Not as exciting, but smarter asset management.
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Zee said:
Could easily be moving someone else out. Could be an injury they haven't announced or they want to send a younger guy to their AHL team. Lots of reasons to put in a claim for a depth type guy.
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bustaheims said:
Yup. The panel with Colaiacovo and Corrado were all praising the Canadian teams trading their 1st round picks "going for it". Last I checked all 3 of those teams are in the west, they can't all win the Cup, in fact they might all 3 not go anywhere in the playoffs, so is trading your first a great move if they all get bounced in rounds 1-2?