You save just as much by replacing Timmins with Benoit as you do replacing Lafferty. If I had to choose, I’d keep Lafferty.
- Canada Cup

It's not an either or ....if you waive Lafferty and replace him with Nickie you save enough to carry Benoit as the 7th. That's with Timmie on the LTIR.

If you keep Lafferty and the other predictable forwards (12F) then you cannot carry Benoit ..even with Timmy on the LTIR. They'd be $150k short.

feels strange, but I am glad non of the games are at home
- senstroll

Road and day game stats ....favour the Jays. Jays were actually one of the better "day game" hitting teams.

We can roll with that!

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
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5m
Zegras is 3x$5.75M

Question :

Do any of the Leafs forwards have any experience with covering D if required? If you need a forward to cover an injury on the blue line, who is that guy for the Leafs?

Then it’s not an island
- Canada Cup

It's centre is everywhere and it's borders are nowhere.

Question :

Do any of the Leafs forwards have any experience with covering D if required? If you need a forward to cover an injury on the blue line, who is that guy for the Leafs?
- GalacticStone

Marner

Question :

Do any of the Leafs forwards have any experience with covering D if required? If you need a forward to cover an injury on the blue line, who is that guy for the Leafs?
- GalacticStone

Not that I know of. If I had to send a forward to D it would probably be reeves and hope he looks like big buff out there.

Question :

Do any of the Leafs forwards have any experience with covering D if required? If you need a forward to cover an injury on the blue line, who is that guy for the Leafs?
- GalacticStone

I mean? Why? No team does?

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
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5m
Zegras is 3x$5.75M
- GreatGigInTheSky

You mean you don't have to sign star forwards for 10M+ that slide them into UFA on their post-ELC contracts?!

Marner
- Canada Cup

I mean? Why? No team does?
- AdamFrench

Cap shenanigans.

Question :

Do any of the Leafs forwards have any experience with covering D if required? If you need a forward to cover an injury on the blue line, who is that guy for the Leafs?
- GalacticStone

Marner can do it but how effective he'll be well, time will tell.

You mean you don't have to sign star forwards for 10M+ that slide them into UFA on their post-ELC contracts?!
- mjones242

Term being used very loosely here, eh?

Marner can do it but how effective he'll be well, time will tell.
- dmnted

I love Marner, but no player since Federov has been able to do it. It's a stupid premise. Players these days are trained and conditioned so well to their roles that the days of weird position shifting (centre/winger excluded) is over.

You mean you don't have to sign star forwards for 10M+ that slide them into UFA on their post-ELC contracts?!
- mjones242

Yes just far more likely that it sets up a Suban, Meier, Tkachuk, etc.... scenario this way.

Yes just far more likely that it sets up a Suban, Meier, Tkachuk, etc.... scenario this way.
- The Law

He'll still be an RFA after his deal is done, with year to be a UFA.

It's not an either or ....if you waive Lafferty and replace him with Nickie you save enough to carry Benoit as the 7th. That's with Timmie on the LTIR.

If you keep Lafferty and the other predictable forwards (12F) then you cannot carry Benoit ..even with Timmy on the LTIR. They'd be $150k short.
- The Law

You're gonna depend on Robertson? No thanks.
Keep Lafferty imo.

https://youtu.be/MYngjJwRRBc?si=jAOjkIQk0BWW9xMi

You mean you don't have to sign star forwards for 10M+ that slide them into UFA on their post-ELC contracts?!
- mjones242

A center who had 2 seasons with 60 plus pts and he signed for less than nylander did all those years ago
Wtf.

He'll still be an RFA after his deal is done, with year to be a UFA.
- dmnted

That’s seems to be the year that they inform their teams that they won’t be signing long term, hence forcing a trade.

https://youtu.be/MYngjJwRRBc?si=jAOjkIQk0BWW9xMi
- Skalapy

LMFAO

You're gonna depend on Robertson? No thanks.
Keep Lafferty imo.
- Fakepartofme

Robertson is still wire exempt so he will start with the Marlie because of that.
The same for Holmberg

That’s seems to be the year that they inform their teams that they won’t be signing long term, hence forcing a trade.
- shack67

IC

That's possible ....Lafferty out and replaced by Robertson or Holmberg would save enough.

I kinda like Lafferty though. Our PK gets pretty thin without him.
- The Law

I like him too, but I’ll be honest using Gio means the leafs need a 7th d man, so the question is there a forward who can handle the extra minutes… with Matthews, Marner, and Nylander I wouldn’t be shocked to see them run with 11 forwards.

Let’s see if they get to game 1 with no one else hurt I guess, that could shape the decision for sure.

You're gonna depend on Robertson? No thanks.
Keep Lafferty imo.
- Fakepartofme

I’m guessing it won’t be Robertson it would be Gambrell taking over that role.

Bertuzzi Matthews Marner
Knies JT Jarnkrok
Holmberg Nylander Domi
Gambrell Kampf Reaves

Rielly Brodie
McCabe Klingberg
Gio Liljegren
Benoit

Samsonov
Woll

That lineup leaves the leafs about $200K under the cap limit.