Leafs sign TJ Brodie [4 years, 5M AAV]

[Bender]

Interesting:

Kyle Dubas is confident Maple Leafs can "dance" around cap to be compliant for opening night without trading away a significant piece. Tips cap to Brandon Pridham.

— luke fox (@lukefoxjukebox) October 10, 2020

Doesn't mean they aren't trading anybody else in the bottom 6 

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Interesting:

Kyle Dubas is confident Maple Leafs can "dance" around cap to be compliant for opening night without trading away a significant piece. Tips cap to Brandon Pridham.

— luke fox (@lukefoxjukebox) October 10, 2020

Doesn't mean they aren't trading anybody else in the bottom 6 

I don't really follow cap stuff. If the leafs moved johnsson, could they conceivably keep shopping? Or does this need to happen andyway to afford brodie and simmons and the rfa's?

[Deebo]

Interesting:

Kyle Dubas is confident Maple Leafs can "dance" around cap to be compliant for opening night without trading away a significant piece. Tips cap to Brandon Pridham.

— luke fox (@lukefoxjukebox) October 10, 2020

Doesn't mean they aren't trading anybody else in the bottom 6 

Or he has a different defintion of significant piece than us.

[Guilt Trip]

Interesting:

Kyle Dubas is confident Maple Leafs can "dance" around cap to be compliant for opening night without trading away a significant piece. Tips cap to Brandon Pridham.

— luke fox (@lukefoxjukebox) October 10, 2020

Doesn't mean they aren't trading anybody else in the bottom 6 

Key word significant piece. Meaning the big 4.

[Deebo]

Actual quote:

Dubas: "Brandon [Pridham] has carved out a number of ways that we can dance as it pertains to being compliant on opening day without having to necessarily move somebody that people would normally look at & say, 'Well, they're going to have to move this player at this salary'"

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) October 10, 2020

[Bender]

Actual quote:

Dubas: "Brandon [Pridham] has carved out a number of ways that we can dance as it pertains to being compliant on opening day without having to necessarily move somebody that people would normally look at & say, 'Well, they're going to have to move this player at this salary'"

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) October 10, 2020

I honestly think he's talking about Marner/Nylander. I think there's a quote out there by Keefe saying the team wanted to rejig its bottom 6. Let's see!

[herman]

Think we should sign this kid? Just did 😏 pic.twitter.com/0jQOHGtepV

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 10, 2020

[Zee]

Think we should sign this kid? Just did 😏 pic.twitter.com/0jQOHGtepV

— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) October 10, 2020

That was cool. Man those old Leafs...

[herman]

TJ Brodie contract breakdown with Leafs:
2.5
5.0
5.0
7.5
All base salary no signing bonus

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) October 10, 2020

[gunnar36]

In typical Dubas fashion, we overpay on another contract to put further strain on cap.  Don't get me wrong, Brodie is a good defencemen, but not a 5 million guy in todays current cap crunch market.  Shattenkirk, who possesses what I perceive to be a more sought after skillset by most teams, signed for 3.9 x 3 to go to a crap team.

[Deebo]

In typical Dubas fashion, we overpay on another contract to put further strain on cap.  Don't get me wrong, Brodie is a good defencemen, but not a 5 million guy in todays current cap crunch market.  Shattenkirk, who possesses what I perceive to be a more sought after skillset by most teams, signed for 3.9 x 3 to go to a crap team.

Can you describe that skill set and what makes it more sought after than what Brodie's?

[CarltonTheBear]

In typical Dubas fashion, we overpay on another contract to put further strain on cap.  Don't get me wrong, Brodie is a good defencemen, but not a 5 million guy in todays current cap crunch market.  Shattenkirk, who possesses what I perceive to be a more sought after skillset by most teams, signed for 3.9 x 3 to go to a crap team.

I'm not sure there's a team in the league that would take Shattenkirk over Brodie right now.

[herman]

TJ Brodie on ...

* Coming full circle with Leafs
* Toronto pursuing him for more than a year
* What stands out about Rielly & Muzzin
* Adapting to the Eastern Conference

Here's the full Zoom session with the 30-year-old from Chatham, Ont. 👇https://t.co/fO3Z4y7qWs

— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) October 10, 2020

[Bender]

In typical Dubas fashion, we overpay on another contract to put further strain on cap.  Don't get me wrong, Brodie is a good defencemen, but not a 5 million guy in todays current cap crunch market.  Shattenkirk, who possesses what I perceive to be a more sought after skillset by most teams, signed for 3.9 x 3 to go to a crap team.

I'm not sure there's a team in the league that would take Shattenkirk over Brodie right now.

Shattenkirk is basically Barrie. Why would we do that again?

[gunnar36]

Can you describe that skill set and what makes it more sought after than what Brodie's?

A little more dangerous offensively, can QB a powerplay.