Lucas Neilson: Maple Leafs Spotlight: Alexander Kerfoot At a glance

That was such a fantastic trade by Dubas.

Kerfoot

Pat Marleau played Phil in Modern Family right?

Fake Mews.

I'm gonna repost this:

My brother likes to make this "OK, I've had three beers - let's argue this" proposal:

Eliminate the draft.

Eliminate any restrictions on player movement (i.e., teams do not retain any rights after a contract has ended).

Keep the salary cap.

See what happens.

I have to admit, it's a pretty compelling argument.

Top draft picks would start making big salaries right off the bat, which would really throw team salary structures out of whack. Do you give a guy a 5 year contract? Only 3? 11?

Every July 1st would be the biggest poop show imaginable.

But at the end of the day, you would probably still have a good amount of parity. Teams like the Rangers and the Leafs would be top heavy, but you could probably build a strong team with a bunch of guys making moderate salaries.

The funny thing is the haters litterally don't even mention Kerfoot in the Kadri trade. They only mention how Barrie is some "Rental". LOL

The funny thing is the haters litterally don't even mention Kerfoot in the Kadri trade. They only mention how Barrie is some "Rental". LOL
- RogerRoeper

at half price.

The funny thing is the haters litterally don't even mention Kerfoot in the Kadri trade. They only mention how Barrie is some "Rental". LOL
- RogerRoeper

So James Tanner likes the trade?

at half price.
- zazzle

Kerfot and Barrie with 50% retained for our 3rd line C is just fantastic

With just a week and a half left in August it won’t be long until Maple Leafs prospects hit the ice and get the grind started. There will be a handful of new faces in the Leafs lineup this season; a few UFA additions and a couple players through trade acquisitions
- Lucas.Neilson

Wow, the summer has flown by even quicker than I had imagined!

The funny thing is the haters litterally don't even mention Kerfoot in the Kadri trade. They only mention how Barrie is some "Rental". LOL

I think the only reason Dubas was able to get Kerfoot in the deal was because Barrie is likely a rental (unless the leafs let Muzzin walk or shed salary somewhere else).

if Barrie had term on his deal, that's likely a 1 for 1 swap.

Kerfoot is going to be a solid bottom six player for sure.....I watched a bunch of Avs games last year when I was out west, he reminds me a lot of Pageau (using an Ottawa player as a point of comparison)

as for it being a "great trade" by Dubas....I think there are a few "ifs" that need to happen. IF the leafs win this year, then it's a great trade........IF the leafs re-sign Barrie, then it's a great trade. if they go out in the 1st or 2nd rd, and Barrie walks as a UFA, then it's probably a win for the Avs (assuming Kadri doesn't have a huge falloff in Colorado)

as long as you guys can keep Ceci out of your top 4, you should have a solid top 4.......although most projections I read had Ceci either paired with Rielly or Barrie

Kerfot and Barrie with 50% retained for our 3rd line C is just fantastic
- RogerRoeper

some leave out Rosen also

So James Tanner likes the trade?
- Atomic Wedgie

Mods: I accidentally flagged AW's post. Plz disregard.

thanks AW

Is Kerfoot even a centre tho?

some leave out Rosen also
- senstroll

Rosen was going to be a star before, but he's poop now, so he doesn't count.

I'm gonna repost this:

My brother likes to make this "OK, I've had three beers - let's argue this" proposal:

Eliminate the draft.

Eliminate any restrictions on player movement (i.e., teams do not retain any rights after a contract has ended).

Keep the salary cap.

See what happens.

I have to admit, it's a pretty compelling argument.

Top draft picks would start making big salaries right off the bat, which would really throw team salary structures out of whack. Do you give a guy a 5 year contract? Only 3? 11?

Every July 1st would be the biggest poop show imaginable.

But at the end of the day, you would probably still have a good amount of parity. Teams like the Rangers and the Leafs would be top heavy, but you could probably build a strong team with a bunch of guys making moderate salaries.
- Atomic Wedgie

it's an interesting concept, but I don't think it would work if you kept the salary cap......unless the cap increased like 20 mil.

pretty much every team in the league has AT LEAST 2-3 really good players on ELCs (some have more than that)......if all of a sudden those guys are making 6, 7, 11 mil........a lot of teams are having a hard enough time remaining cap compliant with ELCs, if you remove them it would be impossible.

the only way to get around it, like I said, is to increase the cap drastically....but then parity becomes non-existent. teams like Ottawa, Arizona, Carolina, etc, would be (frank)ed even more than they already are.

Is Kerfoot even a centre tho?
- TheMussel

He was at points during the regular season, wasn't in the playoffs.

Wow, the summer has flown by even quicker than I had imagined!
- Atomic Wedgie

(frank) me

I like Winter for skiing and the fact hockey is on...Also an excuse to go south.

Other than that winter is slowly killing me

some leave out Rosen also
- senstroll

There was no guarantee Rosen was going to play with the Leafs..
For all we know, Babcock didn't like him and didn't want to play him?

Is Kerfoot even a centre tho?
- TheMussel

He played 2C for half the season last year. 56% faceoff guy which is the hardest part about C.

He shouldn't have too much problems playing behind JT, Matthews.

There was no guarantee Rosen was going to play with the Leafs..
For all we know, Babcock didn't like him and didn't want to play him?
- PatC80

The thing about Rosen is Dubas has shown the ability to grab guys like him from Europe and the CHL every year.

There was no guarantee Rosen was going to play with the Leafs..
For all we know, Babcock didn't like him and didn't want to play him?
- PatC80

i just found it was funny that he was left out from the posts talking about how kerfoot is always left out