Good return
- Lee Denault

very good

fills a lot of the holes that were in the leafs prospects cupboard

good bye.. this is nothing but a troll post masked as an opinion.

you knew you would get people rattled
- Dozzer

what is the max ban?

Good return
- Lee Denault

I don't mind it I just really hate the giving them their 2nd for their third..

Spaling is a poor mans Bozak at best,looking more like a TANK deal no pun intended

what is the max ban?
- GardinerExpress

3 months

but i can give you as many as i want

i could ban someone for a decade if i felt like it.. but at that point we just let EO handle it and nuke the account

what is the max ban?
- GardinerExpress

Lifetime and that's too short.

Death penalty would be ideal.

Need to add big centers now with all the young winger prospects

disagree.

most were expecting cap dump (didnt happen) 1st (yup) top prospect (yup) roster player (yup)
- GardinerExpress

yeah you got all that, but Leafs have to add a former 1st, a 2nd, and retain 1.2M for 6 or 7 years.

3 months

but i can give you as many as i want

i could ban someone for a decade if i felt like it.. but at that point we just let EO handle it and nuke the account
- Dozzer

I believe the nice little Oilers fan got a lifetime ban last weekend

Marner
Nylander
Kapanen
Brown
Percy
Harrington
Leipsic
Gauthier
Hyman
Dermott


probably the best the prospect list has looked....ever?

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good bye.. this is nothing but a troll post masked as an opinion.

you knew you would get people rattled
- Dozzer

Rielly - Harrington
Can turn into a nice pairing

yeah you got all that, but Leafs have to add a former 1st, a 2nd, and retain 1.2M.
- fidopro

that former first wasnt gonna be offered a contract next year...bust
retaining 1.2 is not bad when it was expected to eat 2+
also we didnt need to eat a poop contract, so we can still do that and acquire more assets with another team

yeah you got all that, but Leafs have to add a former 1st, a 2nd, and retain 1.2M for 6 or 7 years.
- fidopro

IggyBff is that you?

Rielly - Harrington
Can turn into a nice pairing
- LeafsFan23

yep. too bad you guys didn't pick hanifin last week.

Marner
Nylander
Kapanen
Brown
Percy
Harrington
Leipsic
Gauthier
Hyman
Dermott


probably the best the prospect list has looked....ever?
- GardinerExpress

Leafs top 4 Forward prospects are legit. Bracco could turn out good too.. Sad to to Phil go but it was time, I don't love the return but don't hate it. We were never going to get a player on his level back but the rebuild is on!

3 months

but i can give you as many as i want

i could ban someone for a decade if i felt like it.. but at that point we just let EO handle it and nuke the account
- Dozzer

But it's more fun to see all those multiple "3 Month" on the page!!

Marner
Nylander
Kapanen
Brown
Percy
Harrington
Leipsic
Gauthier
Hyman
Dermott


probably the best the prospect list has looked....ever?
- GardinerExpress

PENS look like win now before the team have to move ,Shero and Rutherford have emptied the pic and prospect tank

Hodgson in nashville...woulda been a decent signing here for cheap

Despite the usual trolls spouting their revisionist history on here, this is very comparable to what most reasonable people were expecting for Kessel.

1st - check

High prospect, Kapanen - check

Roster player, Spaling - check (nothing special mind you, just a stop gap bottom 6, UFA next year)

Bad contract - retained an insignificant amount of salary instead. Cap will likely increase more than the retained salary every year and won't matter 3 years from now as Leafs finally start getting better.

Bonus mid prospect, Harrington - former 2nd rounder who has some development time in the AHL and is someone Hunter is familiar with

Bonus 3rd round pick

Leafs send out 2 nobodies

They got a good deal, especially when factoring in that they are now able to move forward with the much advertised desire for a culture change.

Now the Leafs just have to utilize these new assets properly and Phil can finally thrive with the elite centre he has needed and one of Crosby/Malkin gets the elite sniper they deserve.

Trolls and Toronto media tools will see Phil net 40 plus next year and diminish the return the Leafs got.

Everyone is happy, except of course a certain contingent of Leaf fans who seem to be the perpetually miserable emo kids of the NHL.

Nice trade for the Leafs.

So happy for Kessel. He deserves to be on a team that can compete. Watch him go beast mode in Pitts.

On the bright side, leafs got a 1st for him. That's all the leaf fans can ask for.

Spaling is a poor mans Bozak at best,looking more like a TANK deal no pun intended
- Landsbergfan

He's got sexy spreadsheets.