Free Agent Pursuit Thread(No You-Know-Who)

[bustaheims]

Is it the Darkest Day in Leafs history yet?

No, that was Wednesday.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

30 minutes into free agency (per Capfriendly):

Interview period doing it's job (or not, when you consider you're not actually supposed to discuss terms).

 

[herman]

Is it the Darkest Day in Leafs history yet?

No, that was Wednesday.

It looked pretty sunny over here. I don't want to jinx it, but I am enjoying this so far.

 

[Zee]

I like when the Leafs go dumpster hunting in late July early August looking for those 1 year deal gems

 

[lamajama]

Is it the Darkest Day in Leafs history yet?

No, that was Wednesday.

LMFAO.

To be fair we do have these events on a monthly basis.

 

[Kin]

There's really not a deal signed today I'd really like to have on the books. Even if the Leafs were closer than where they are.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Watching Mike Johnson try to dodge handfuls of feces on Sportsnet was quite the spectacle.

 

[bustaheims]

There's really not a deal signed today I'd really like to have on the books. Even if the Leafs were closer than where they are.

None of the long-term deals, no. The Staal contract and some of the one year deals, maybe.

 

[McGarnagle]

It looked pretty sunny over here. I don't want to jinx it, but I am enjoying this so far.

So far, I'd say that 95% of these UFA deals made teams worse midterm+. I'm thinking the leafs are improving in the standings every time a new signing is announced.

 

[sneakyray]

love what the leafs have done so far!!!!

 

[sneakyray]

also, how bad are the red wings going to be!

 

[herman]

It looked pretty sunny over here. I don't want to jinx it, but I am enjoying this so far.

So far, I'd say that 95% of these UFA deals made teams worse midterm+. I'm thinking the leafs are improving in the standings every time a new signing is announced.

Short term, I think those teams are 'improving'. When we're ready to compete, that's when these contracts will start to drag them down.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

John Scott will be a really good panel guy once he hangs them up.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

Poulin blaming Clarkson on the Clarkson contract on TSN. Said the Leafs signed him to be a high-end 3rd line winger, and he started trying to play like a top-6 winger on the Leafs. Took 0 responsibility for the contract being a bust.

I can't believe another team hasn't hired him yet!

Dave Poulin, July 29 2013:

https://mapleleafshotstove.com/2013/07/29/an-interview-with-leafs-vp-of-hockey-operations-dave-poulin/

"If you said, hypothetically, that your first line is going to be JvR ? Bozak ? Kessel and your second line is going to be Lupul ? Kadri ? Clarkson, there?s not as much pressure on the first line center spot."

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Poulin actually said #3 winger, not 3rd line winger.

I mean he's a moron, but he didn't say third line, I watched it.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Poulin actually said #3 winger, not 3rd line winger.

I mean he's a moron, but he didn't say third line, I watched it.

I'm pretty sure that's what he meant though. The rest of his comments wouldn't have made any sense otherwise (not that they really did anyways...).

 

[Kin]

Just Leafs being smart, signing nobody. I don't even know what this feeling is.

 

[Highlander]

Stupid money being flying around. I guess GM's think the cap will be going up to 120M in the near future. 

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Just Leafs being smart, signing nobody. I don't even know what this feeling is.

Their two "targets" though are still on the table. I'll relax once Russell and Martin sign.

 

[herman]

Just Leafs being smart, signing nobody. I don't even know what this feeling is.

There are still some stupid options available and the day is young.