If we don't trade a good player, yes.
- Garnie

Brown/Johnson 1st and a prospect realisticley should yield a very good top 4 guy on a good contract.. not a top two but someone better than zeek and hainsey

Not tough enough
- walshyleafsfan

Who Tampa isnt?
I think they are on par with the leaf toughness. Imo
I suppose they could use more grit.
Skilled grit, but who couldn't

What weakness does tampa have? Overall, they look good top to bottom. Both lebrun and bmac have said the leafs are actively looking for a dman. What type dunno (1, 2, 3 or 4) yet.
He may like picks but he likes to win as well, id he can improve the team, he will.
- Fakepartofme

Tampa is almost as weak defensively as we are.. We out-shot them 49-21.. If not for 4 posts and Vasilevskiy, we would have won the game.

Brown/Johnson 1st and a prospect realisticley should yield a very good top 4 guy on a good contract.. not a top two but someone better than zeek and hainsey
- Puck-us-all

Im thinking, the leafs will look to grab a 4-5 guy.
Too dermott up top, move hainsey down to the 3rd line.
I would love to get rid of Z and his contract.

Understandable, but what kind of dman will you get back for brown?
- Fakepartofme

Not too much alone. I figure the package I mentioned might be enough for a top 4?

Tampa is almost as weak defensively as we are.. We out-shot them 49-21.. If not for 4 posts and Vasilevskiy, we would have won the game.
- PatC80

Who Tampa isnt?
I think they are on par with the leaf toughness. Imo
I suppose they could use more grit.
Skilled grit, but who couldn't
- Fakepartofme

Stamkos plays pretty gritty for an elite sniper, I think anyways ..

- Scabeh

Key word, being almost... Almost...

Canes apparently have been asking about Kap for a while. Please make it happen, thank you.
- BINGO!

Can you guy's afford the 9m per year Big Dog, Glak, SpatsDopps, Max, Kipper, Simmons, KomisarekRex, Nucks fans, other Buffalo fans, Shootwarxxx, Punchanello, Habs fans, that CFL TSN bloke who trolled the Leafs about Laine, bringNYIhome, Jets fans, Lars Eller and that Muzzin and Toffoli for Nylander clown, said he's going to be signing for?

What weakness does tampa have? Overall, they look good top to bottom. Both lebrun and bmac have said the leafs are actively looking for a dman. What type dunno (1, 2, 3 or 4) yet.
He may like picks but he likes to win as well, id he can improve the team, he will.
- Fakepartofme

They were outplayed pretty badly last night by Toronto. Save for Vasilevsky stealing the game the outcome could have been different. Perhaps they didn't have the best game as a team but they didn't look like world beaters to me.

Key word, being almost... Almost...
- PatC80

I'm sorry Pat old friend, that doesn't make it more true to me.

They have a much better blueline.

Can you guy's afford the 9m per year Big Dog, Glak, SpatsDopps, Max, Kipper, Simmons, KomisarekRex, Nucks fans, other Buffalo fans, Shootwarxxx, Punchanello, Habs fans, that CFL TSN bloke who trolled the Leafs about Laine, bringNYIhome, Jets fans, Lars Eller and that Muzzin and Toffoli for Nylander clown, said he's going to be signing for?
- walshyleafsfan

Are you talking about the $7M offer sheet that Kapanen is getting?

Are you talking about the $7M offer sheet that Kapanen is getting?
- PatC80

Think it's up to 9m now.

Johnsson is the 7m guy now

Im thinking, the leafs will look to grab a 4-5 guy.
Too dermott up top, move hainsey down to the 3rd line.
I would love to get rid of Z and his contract.
- Fakepartofme

I like z as a good number 5 guy.. his contract and our lack of depth makes him slight unpalatable.. but if the kept him and liligren could push him down in 2-3 years it’d be ideal.. his cap hit is high for a #5 guy but he is playing as our 3-4

I'm sorry Pat old friend, that doesn't make it more true to me.

They have a much better blueline.
- Scabeh

Meh.. Outside of Hedman, there's not that much of a difference.

Think it's up to 9m now.

Johnsson is the 7m guy now
- walshyleafsfan

right, cause of the goal last night.. Welp, I liked Kappy when he was here.. I wish him nothing but the best.

I'm sorry Pat old friend, that doesn't make it more true to me.

They have a much better blueline.
- Scabeh

We need to find out where they get their paint

Meh.. Outside of Hedman, there's not that much of a difference.
- PatC80

Fo sho.

Girardi, Cernak, Couburn, McDonagh and Sergachev ain't scaring no good team.

I'm sorry Pat old friend, that doesn't make it more true to me.

They have a much better blueline.
- Scabeh

Yeah, the 50ish shots they gave up last night proved that. The Leafs never had any problems in the offensive zone, other than that damned goalie...

Tampa is almost as weak defensively as we are.. We out-shot them 49-21.. If not for 4 posts and Vasilevskiy, we would have won the game.
- PatC80

I dont think our D has been that bad.
Also, you cant base their D off one game, likewise for the leafs.
Tampa has allowed 3 more goals than the leafs without vasy most of the season.
Theyve got the 6th best pk in the league.
I think their D are pretty good, like the leafs.
But i give the edge to TB.
Im sure theyll be looking to add as well.

Meh.. Outside of Hedman, there's not that much of a difference.
- PatC80

Fo sho.

Girardi, Cernak, Couburn, McDonagh and Sergachev ain't scaring no good team.
- walshyleafsfan

Exaclty.

Not too much alone. I figure the package I mentioned might be enough for a top 4?
- Kinger34

It may be.
We'll see.

Meh.. Outside of Hedman, there's not that much of a difference.
- PatC80

I respectully disagree, I think they are much better.

Add to that Vasilevsky, who might be the best goaltender in the world right now.... They are scary good.

And that's no knock on the Leafs who may very well be the 2nd best team in the NHL.

I dont think our D has been that bad.
Also, you cant base their D off one game, likewise for the leafs.
Tampa has allowed 3 more goals than the leafs without vasy most of the season.
Theyve got the 6th best pk in the league.
I think their D are pretty good, like the leafs.
But i give the edge to TB.
Im sure theyll be looking to add as well.
- Fakepartofme

fair enough, but take Hedman off that team.. Which d-man scares you?