Dryden Hunt acquired for Denis Malgin
- Thread starter herman
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Well, at least I can say that I watched Denis Malgin's final game as a Leaf.
Hunt seems kinda like a budget ZAR, which would be good if we didn't already have a budget ZAR in Joey Anderson (and also the actual ZAR). Really don't get this one that much.
bustaheims
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Hunt's a pretty standard 4th liner, but Malgin was obviously not adding anything. I great this with a hearty meh.
herman
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CarltonTheBear said:
So all we've done is traded Malgin for almost the same production (<5 pts) but switched hands and went more defensive and snarly.
Essentially, if Malgin couldn't keep up on the Leafs top-6, might as well sub that roster slot with someone suited to bottom-6 and give him a chance on a team in need of scoring depth.
Is there a Kerfoot trade coming before the roster freeze? This feels like a Leivo move.
herman said:
I think it mostly just bugs me that this continues the trend of the Leafs believing the bottom-6 should consist solely of defensive/grinder types. This is essentially a 2008 Brian Burke mentality with a little bit less truculence.
Malgin might not have been putting up points but he was the only player in the bottom-6 that seemed to be somewhat consistently pushing the pace offensively.
herman
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CarltonTheBear said:
He sort of does it a bit differently than Burke-style. He looks like a modern-hockey time waster. But I do get what you're saying. Keefe is really into killing the clock when it's not a Matthews/Tavares line on the ice.
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dekedastardly
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So trade Mason Marchment for Malgin, trade Malgin for a lesser Mason Marchment. Makes perfect sense.
Champ Kind
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I think what makes the most sense is looking at trades with the benefit of four years of hindsight. I love when that happens.
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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I can't believe this thread isn't 100 pages already.
L K
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herman said:
I feel like this strategy is also killing the Leafs in the postseason. Teams can defend like hell against our top 6 and then the best we can hope from the bottom 6 is to not give anything up because they aren?t going to score.
Depth scoring has been a problem for the Leafs in the postseason. Given that our defense isn?t very good at putting up offense having 2/3 of the lineup being at best net neutral seems like a questionable strategy
OldTimeHockey
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I think we're forgetting that for as pretty as Malgin looks when he has the puck on his stick he has generated 4 points in 23 games. The other bottom 6 have the following:
Holmberg - 7pts in 17 games
Jamkrok - 9 pts in 25 games
Kerfoot - 15 pts in 32 games
Kampf - 12 pts in 32 games
Engvall - 9 pts in 30 games
Robertson - 5 pts in 15 games
None of these are amazing stats....But, I think the thought of losing Malgin costing you offense plays more on the "idea of Malgin" as opposed to the reality of Malgin.
Holmberg - 7pts in 17 games
Jamkrok - 9 pts in 25 games
Kerfoot - 15 pts in 32 games
Kampf - 12 pts in 32 games
Engvall - 9 pts in 30 games
Robertson - 5 pts in 15 games
None of these are amazing stats....But, I think the thought of losing Malgin costing you offense plays more on the "idea of Malgin" as opposed to the reality of Malgin.
bustaheims
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Malgin was just the newest Grabner - all sizzle, no steak.