Armchair GM 2018-2019

[CarltonTheBear]

You want to have an impact trade for a D-man?  Make Kadri the main piece.  He's coming off a record goal-getting year, plays a 2-way game, and is signed for several more years at a very reasonable price. 

This frees Nylander to move to center, where he should be, and opens his spot on the top line for Kapanen.

Although I am not entirely sold on signing Tavares, if you use Kadri to get a top-paring defenseman then you can use all that cap space on Tavares if you want.  If he re-signs with NYI before the deadline, then try to re-sign Bozak as 3C.

Sure it's a gamble if you can't get either Tavares or Bozak or at least Bozak's equivalent, but to me Kadri is our most promising trade chip.

If he brought in an under-30 top-3 RD with some term, yeah I'd consider moving him for sure.

 

[ZBBM]

You want to have an impact trade for a D-man?  Make Kadri the main piece.  He's coming off a record goal-getting year, plays a 2-way game, and is signed for several more years at a very reasonable price. 

This frees Nylander to move to center, where he should be, and opens his spot on the top line for Kapanen.

Although I am not entirely sold on signing Tavares, if you use Kadri to get a top-paring defenseman then you can use all that cap space on Tavares if you want.  If he re-signs with NYI before the deadline, then try to re-sign Bozak as 3C.

Sure it's a gamble if you can't get either Tavares or Bozak or at least Bozak's equivalent, but to me Kadri is our most promising trade chip.

If he brought in an under-30 top-3 RD with some term, yeah I'd consider moving him for sure.

That's precisely what I had in mind.  I'm no good at making specific trade proposals.  Any suggestions as to who would fit the bill?

 

[herman]

If he brought in an under-30 top-3 RD with some term, yeah I'd consider moving him for sure.

That's precisely what I had in mind.  I'm no good at making specific trade proposals.  Any suggestions as to who would fit the bill?

Not saying there's an immediate fit for all these teams, but these are the guys I'd like to have on the team, to varying degrees (and most are impossible to pry):
Lindholm, Manson, Montour
Slavin, Pesce, maybe Faulk
Ekblad (though pricey)
Hamilton
Trouba
Girard
Provorov
Werenski, Jones
Severson
Chabot
McAvoy

 

[ZBBM]

If he brought in an under-30 top-3 RD with some term, yeah I'd consider moving him for sure.

That's precisely what I had in mind.  I'm no good at making specific trade proposals.  Any suggestions as to who would fit the bill?

Not saying there's an immediate fit for all these teams, but these are the guys I'd like to have on the team, to varying degrees (and most are impossible to pry):
Lindholm, Manson, Montour
Slavin, Pesce, maybe Faulk
Ekblad (though pricey)
Hamilton
Trouba
Girard
Provorov
Werenski, Jones
Severson
Chabot
McAvoy

It should be possible to get either Anaheim or Carolina to part with one of those guys.

I think I would target the Canes.  A new GM may wish to make his mark.

 

[cabber24]

Our trade chips:
On D one of Gardiner/Dermott/Reilly and at W one of Kappi/Johnsson and picks.

Potential return (I tried to include only "realistic" targets, expiring contracts or teams looking for a shakeup):

Car: Faulk
Dal: Methot
Edm: Russell
LA: Doughty/Martinez/Muzzin
Min: Dumba (doubt it but maybe budget constraints?)
MTL: Petry/Weber (post firing of their GM)
NSH: Ellis (dream on)
Ott: Karlsson/Ceci
Phi: MacDonald
Pit: Oleksiak
SJ: Martin/Braun/Dillon
STL: Gunnarsson/Bouwmeester (actually think B is a fairly realistic option and the type of D Tor is lacking)
VAN: Edler/Del Zotto


Potential UFAs:
Johnson, Hamhuis, Thorton, Carlsson

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

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[cabber24]

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No one is giving away grade A Dman with wonderful contracts. Throw out solutions not shade.

 

[Frank E]

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No one is giving away grade A Dman with wonderful contracts. Throw out solutions not shade.

Perhaps WIGWAL, and I, misunderstand your proposal.

Are you suggesting we trade one of Gardiner, Dermott, and Rielly, as well as Kapanen or Johnsson, in order to secure the services of Kris Russell?

 

[Andy007]

Gauthier was born in Laval, was a former 1st rounder, and has size. If that ain't a perfect fit for our Hab friends, I don't know what is!

Soooo......Gauthier + Zaitsev for Weber??? Maybe also throw in a decent pick for some salary retention on Weber?

I've said this before but I'd push pretty hard on Weber. I think if they canned Bergevin there could have been a decent chance of Montreal shopping him, but I can't see Bergevin trading him. It'd be humiliating, especially with Subban getting the Norris nom.

Yea, I guess one major roadblock is Bergevin and him wanting to save as much face as possible on that Subban deal. It's a shame; I think it would work well (or some variation of that deal) for both teams.

 

[azzurri63]

Gauthier was born in Laval, was a former 1st rounder, and has size. If that ain't a perfect fit for our Hab friends, I don't know what is!

Soooo......Gauthier + Zaitsev for Weber??? Maybe also throw in a decent pick for some salary retention on Weber?

I've said this before but I'd push pretty hard on Weber. I think if they canned Bergevin there could have been a decent chance of Montreal shopping him, but I can't see Bergevin trading him. It'd be humiliating, especially with Subban getting the Norris nom.

Yea, I guess one major roadblock is Bergevin and him wanting to save as much face as possible on that Subban deal. It's a shame; I think it would work well (or some variation of that deal) for both teams.

I would stay away from Weber. Not sure why people want to fork out assets, take on a ridiculous contract for a guy that is fading, slowing down and going to be hurt more often than not. He wa great defenseman but those days are long gone. I personally don't think he has that many years left. He played hard and think it's starting to catch up on him. If his contract was reasonable or Mtl retained a huge chunk then maybe but otherwise I hope management stays away.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I would stay away from Weber. Not sure why people want to fork out assets, take on a ridiculous contract for a guy that is fading, slowing down and going to be hurt more often than not. He wa great defenseman but those days are long gone. I personally don't think he has that many years left. He played hard and think it's starting to catch up on him. If his contract was reasonable or Mtl retained a huge chunk then maybe but otherwise I hope management stays away.

Weber's still playing at a pretty high level. There's definitely some skating issues but he can pass the puck well enough to offset those, and playing beside a guy like Rielly would take a lot of pressure off him too.

This season he put up a 54.27% CF and scored 16 points in 26 games. Last season he still put up positive possession numbers in difficult minutes while dragging Alexei Emelin around and scored 42 points. He still definitely has a few more years left as a top pairing defenceman.

Obviously, a Doughty or Karlsson would be preferred but after that he's probably the best defenceman of those "rumoured" to be available.

His contract isn't great for sure (although given the last 3 years are at $1mil it's safe to assume he won't be playing those), but desperate times would call for desperate measures.

 

[cabber24]

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No one is giving away grade A Dman with wonderful contracts. Throw out solutions not shade.

Perhaps WIGWAL, and I, misunderstand your proposal.

Are you suggesting we trade one of Gardiner, Dermott, and Rielly, as well as Kapanen or Johnsson, in order to secure the services of Kris Russell?

I listed our valued trade chips and listed who I thought could be possibly available from other teams. For Kris I would say picks.

 

[Highlander]

Leave Weber alone, to old and injury prone.

 

[Frank E]

Carlton's take is the correct take.

I also agree that it's going to be tough to get him, given the habs media will directly compare the return to a return on Subban.

But having said that, the habs say they're rebuilding, so I would have to think they'd definitely listen to offers. 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Leave Weber alone, to old and injury prone.

Prior to this season he never missed more then 4 games for 9 straight seasons. Given his style of play that's actually pretty remarkable.

 

[cabber24]

Leave Weber alone, to old and injury prone.

Prior to this season he never missed more then 4 games for 9 straight seasons. Given his style of play that's actually pretty remarkable.

If he retires it's not on us.

 

[dappleganger]

Put me in the acquiring Weber group if he can be had. He'd be serviceable on the Leafs even if his play is in decline.

 

[Andy007]

Leave Weber alone, to old and injury prone.

Prior to this season he never missed more then 4 games for 9 straight seasons. Given his style of play that's actually pretty remarkable.

If he retires it's not on us.

This is another reason I don't think it's thaaaat big of a risk. You can probably get Montreal to retain a bit of that cap hit too. Obviously the "aesthetics" of the deal is the main sticking point here. If Weber had been an FA signing for them, this could have been an easy move.

 

[Kin]

I think people are going to have to come around to the fact that if they want the Leafs to make a major addition on the blueline they're not going to be able to be the choosiest beggars in the world. It's either going to involve paying through the nose or taking on someone with warts.

 

[Frank E]

I think people are going to have to come around to the fact that if they want the Leafs to make a major addition on the blueline they're not going to be able to be the choosiest beggars in the world. It's either going to involve paying through the nose or taking on someone with warts.

Not blueline, but speaking of warts, I bet Spezza could be had for peanuts to fill a hole at centre.

He's got 1 year to go, and he's due $7.5m real money.