Leafs Acquired Raddysh [8 years, $8.5mil AAV]

[L K]

And on queue Kypreos is shitting all over this.

He's a loser. I'm fine with grump old school opinions but I find him insufferable. I hate that I like Bourne and Sam McKee because I still listen to him for their takes.

 

[Joe S.]

He's a loser. I'm fine with grump old school opinions but I find him insufferable. I hate that I like Bourne and Sam McKee because I still listen to him for their takes.

Honestly it's 100% the same with me. You can kinda tell Bourne has had it with him

 

[cabber24]

Kypers a meatball, but I take him with a grain of salt. I do appreciate when someone says something definitive, as opposed to leaving every comment and opinion open-ended so you can never be wrong.

 

[cw]

He's a loser. I'm fine with grump old school opinions but I find him insufferable. I hate that I like Bourne and Sam McKee because I still listen to him for their takes.

Kypreos seems to sensationalize things attempting to garner more attention - like he needs ratings to survive
I don't have anything specific to add at the moment. It just feels like that.

 

[OldTimeHockey]

2 things.
1. Shitting on things garners more attention
2. It's easier to walk back if he's an excellent player than it is to call the move excellent and then watch him stink.

 

[dappleganger]

The Leafs signed the free agent with the most points last season, highest points per game last season, is also a defencemen, and is a right shot which is arguably their greatest area of need. How anyone can say this isn't a giant win for the Leafs is beyond me.

 

[Joe S.]

According to the well informed Kypreos 'ain't nobody was going to give him that contract. He didn't care about being a Toronto Maple Leafs player, they offered him the biggest contract that no one else was'

It was bugging me so I wanted the exact wording:

Kypreos:
Nobody was going to touch what the Leafs offered him. He's not here because he really wanted to be a Toronto Maple leaf

Bourne:
Oh, don't do that.

Kypreos:
He's 68 million. You cannot turn down $68 million. Okay. That is reason number one. Reason number two maybe, yeah, I want to be a Toronto Maple leaf. But no one was going 68 large.

Bourne:
But you know, this is the sort of thing that you do when you're trying to be serious. Like I think the Minnesota Wild looks at the Caprizov thing

And so so...

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

According to the well informed Kypreos 'ain't nobody was going to give him that contract. He didn't care about being a Toronto Maple Leafs player, they offered him the biggest contract that no one else was'

It was bugging me so I wanted the exact wording:

Kypreos:
Nobody was going to touch what the Leafs offered him. He's not here because he really wanted to be a Toronto Maple leaf

Bourne:
Oh, don't do that.

Kypreos:
He's 68 million. You cannot turn down $68 million. Okay. That is reason number one. Reason number two maybe, yeah, I want to be a Toronto Maple leaf. But no one was going 68 large.

Bourne:
But you know, this is the sort of thing that you do when you're trying to be serious. Like I think the Minnesota Wild looks at the Caprizov thing

And so so...

I don't think Kypreos is exactly wrong. I'm sure other teams were probably close in AAV but length of the contract was probably max 5 years. At 30 years old, someone is waving an 8 year contract at $8.5 AND it's in your home town? No brainer.

 

[dappleganger]

I don't think Kypreos is exactly wrong. I'm sure other teams were probably close in AAV but length of the contract was probably max 5 years. At 30 years old, someone is waving an 8 year contract at $8.5 AND it's in your home town? No brainer.

I thought it was going to be $10m x 6 years, so I hear what Kypreos is saying here. Thanks for the context Joe S.