Franson, Santorelli to NSH for 1st round pick, Brendan Leipsic, Olli Jokinen

[Boston Leaf]

maybe they take this first and trade with a bozak or a winnik for a better 1st? just a thought

 

[brd13]

Leipsic is exactly the type of sh-- disturber the team needs ,plays with heart which beside a few others, is sorely lacking on the bench.

 

[AvroArrow]

Happy with this deal.  Keep it going - clear the crap off this team and sink like a stone.

 

[Kin]

maybe they take this first and trade with a bozak or a winnik for a better 1st? just a thought

Don't sleep on where Nashville's pick might end up. They could very easily have LA in the first round.

 

[Redleaf]

maybe they take this first and trade with a bozak or a winnik for a better 1st? just a thought

Don't sleep on where Nashville's pick might end up. They could very easily have LA in the first round.

where does a first round exit put that pick?

 

[caver]

a Coyotes blogger seems to be saying that Bozak is being traded to the Rangers.... 

but it is the guy on Eklund's page....

 

[Bullfrog]

maybe they take this first and trade with a bozak or a winnik for a better 1st? just a thought

As long as they retain two or more 1st round picks, I'm good with just about anything except the obvious (Rielly, Nylander, etc.)

 

[TML fan]

What's Jokinen's contract status?

 

[Chev-boyar-sky]

Solid deal for both teams I'd say.

Franson for a 1st.

Santorelli for a prospect who's effectively a 2nd.

Jokinen a throw in.

You could argue for a bit more for Santorelli but that'd be a stretch.

If the team loves him so much (and he loves it here) they can always talk contract come July. I'm not really that sad to see Franson go.

 

[Bullfrog]

What's Jokinen's contract status?

$2.5M cap number this year, UFA afterwards. So he's only a Leaf for a couple of months.

 

[L K]

maybe they take this first and trade with a bozak or a winnik for a better 1st? just a thought

Don't sleep on where Nashville's pick might end up. They could very easily have LA in the first round.

And they will always be a Pekka Rinne injury away from being playoff fodder.  I think Nashville has a roster that is primed for a deep playoff run but it could easily fall off the tracks.

Regardless having two first round picks is never a bad thing.

 

[TML fan]

What's Jokinen's contract status?

$2.5M cap number this year, UFA afterwards. So he's only a Leaf for a couple of months.

Good....good.

 

[Stickytape]

I hope Jokinen somehow finds his way back onto a playoff-bound team by the deadline, though I don't really see that happening. At least his wife is staying positive:

Katerina Jokinen ‏
@MrsJoki

Never did like mustard yellow

 

[L K]

Just a year ago Jokinen had 43 points.  A team with cap space and on the borderlines of a playoff team might take a stab at him for next to nothing but I can't see anything more than that at best.  But even if the Leafs could pull out a 7th round pick for him, that's prime "pick a Swede" territory.

 

[Kin]

maybe they take this first and trade with a bozak or a winnik for a better 1st? just a thought

Don't sleep on where Nashville's pick might end up. They could very easily have LA in the first round.

where does a first round exit put that pick?

I think it depends on who else gets knocked out in the first round. If Nashville has the highest point total of those teams it would be 19th, I think.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

I think it depends on who else gets knocked out in the first round. If Nashville has the highest point total of those teams it would be 19th, I think.

1st to 14th are the non-playoff teams. Then the 8 teams knocked out of the 1st round, ranked by points. So assuming that Nashville has the most points of teams knocked out of the 1st round they'd draft 22nd.

 

[pmrules]

Yeah....seems about right in terms of a package.

Is the prospect kid playing centre or wing?  I've seen both mentioned. 

 

[jdh1]

I like the deal...Plus it gives them time to put together a deal for one or two of the core.

 

[Omallley]

I'm not overwhelmed by the return, but it certainly isn't a bad one.

Interested to see Leipsic with the Marlies...

 

[ZBBM]

I'm sure the man ultimately responsible for this disaster cannot make any deals at all without Shanahan, Hunter et al approving it.

I would hope not. He's currently employed by the Calgary Flames.

Lol. That was tart.