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That's a fair point; at a certain place in the build, you do need to make a push to try to get over the hump though.Kapanen isn't going to stay cheap (breakaway goals) and I'd argue that his team contributions next year probably aren't going to outweigh adding a 1RD even if only for a year. I get that this is exactly what most people want to say about Nylander, but for me (and Dubas it seems) Nylander = elite and Kapanen = pretty good but mostly replaceable (hello Trevor Moore, Ilya Mikheyev).
Stressing about the offseason roster. Worries:How our D is shaping upLosing Kappi/JohnssonHaving to trade a Nylander to make it all fitNo $ for July 1
Quote from: cabber24 on May 24, 2019, 01:07:08 PMStressing about the offseason roster. Worries:How our D is shaping upLosing Kappi/JohnssonHaving to trade a Nylander to make it all fitNo $ for July 1PositivesD is going to be fine, we have a lot of meat and potatoes on the farm. Just going to be young and very fast. Won't lose either Kapi or Mango.Not trading Nylander, however Brown and Kadri, Zaitzev may go and Gardiner is going. Bridge deals for both Kapi and Mango (sounds like a new detective show). A team without Cap problems not doing their job or competitive right now.Somehow I hope that Dubas can fix the Marleau Conundrum (a hockey relativity problem that Einstein probably couldn't solve).
Quote from: Highlander on May 24, 2019, 03:08:52 PMQuote from: cabber24 on May 24, 2019, 01:07:08 PMStressing about the offseason roster. Worries:How our D is shaping upLosing Kappi/JohnssonHaving to trade a Nylander to make it all fitNo $ for July 1PositivesD is going to be fine, we have a lot of meat and potatoes on the farm. Just going to be young and very fast. Won't lose either Kapi or Mango.Not trading Nylander, however Brown and Kadri, Zaitzev may go and Gardiner is going. Bridge deals for both Kapi and Mango (sounds like a new detective show). A team without Cap problems not doing their job or competitive right now.Somehow I hope that Dubas can fix the Marleau Conundrum (a hockey relativity problem that Einstein probably couldn't solve).All of your suggestions are obviously easier said than done. D won't be fine, 2 rookies into the lineup won't be pretty.No one wants Zaitzev or Brown at their cap hits.Mango and Kappi probably don't want bridge deals.Marleau will be on the cap.Oh yeah, that Marner contract too.I wish I could fast forward to October to see how this plays out.
No way in hell I'd let Kadri go before Johnsson and Kapanen. Kadri's on a fantastic deal is a significantly greater value.
Quote from: Bullfrog on May 24, 2019, 04:20:17 PMNo way in hell I'd let Kadri go before Johnsson and Kapanen. Kadri's on a fantastic deal is a significantly greater value.I generally agree but Kadri's really got to be on his last legs in terms of making stupid decisions. It doesn't matter how great a value his deal is when he's not in the line-up when the team needs him most.
Quote from: Bullfrog on May 24, 2019, 04:20:17 PMNo way in hell I'd let Kadri go before Johnsson and Kapanen. Kadri's on a fantastic deal is a significantly greater value.All the more reason to deal him now. We can't afford him as 3C once the contract is over. And while I wouldn't use as a rationale his suspensions (though Nik's basic point is well taken), Frycer is probably right in terms of what should be prioritized if he is traded. If you do trade him for a roster defenseman instead of picks, then you can't use that space to sign Johnsson/Kapanen.Yeah, one way or another we are likely losing somebody pretty good this offseason beyond just Gardiner.
“Everybody knows our situation,” Leafs GM Kyle Dubas said Friday over the phone. “We’ve got three restricted free agents up front that are important not just in the short term but the long term, because they’re relatively young guys. You’ve got Andreas who is 24, ‘Kappy’ will be turning 23, and Mitch just turned 22. So you’ve got those guys that we want to lock up because we see them as very important core pieces of our group.”
“He was a restricted free agent last year and took his qualifying offer, so he’s arbitration eligible now, which means there will be a resolution,” Dubas said. “It won’t be long and drawn out. By the end of July, we’ll have a solution to his status one way or another, whether that’s a negotiated settlement or whether the arbiter declares what his worth is. And regardless of what the outcome of the summer is for him, he is a player that we strongly value. “