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The Fucking Offseason Thread - Why bother waiting?

Also, while McCann was ridiculous this year according to all the models, don't forget about this part of it:

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Over the last two years he had a 53.1 xGF%, and a 61.4 GF%. His value has been inflated by likely unsustainable production. He had a 69% GF% this year.

Dom's model projects him as a 1.2 GSVA, $5 mill, second line forward this year and Hyman as 2.0, $7 mill, first line winger FWIW.
That's a very good hockey player tho no matter how you twist the numbers. Helped drive the pens third line which is what the leafs could use and something kerf has never been able to do. I mean we all agreed that he's fantastic when they made the trade and assumed he'd be protected. Not gonna pretend to not care about giving him away now that they are letting him go.
 
I would obviously much rather Seattle takes Kerfoot over Dermott or McCann.

Dermott still for me.

I'd be very happy if we ended up looking like this:

McCann - Matthews - Nylander
Kerfoot - Tavares - Marner
Mikheyev - Bonino - Engvall
Anderson* - Spezza - Simmonds
(* /Robertson/Brooks/Amirov/Semyonov)

Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Sandin - Liljegren*
(* /cheapo vet)

Campbell
$3m tandem goalie
 
Dermott still for me.

I'd be very happy if we ended up looking like this:

McCann - Matthews - Nylander
Kerfoot - Tavares - Marner
Mikheyev - Bonino - Engvall
Anderson* - Spezza - Simmonds
(* /Robertson/Brooks/Amirov/Semyonov)

Rielly - Brodie
Muzzin - Holl
Sandin - Liljegren*
(* /cheapo vet)

Campbell
$3m tandem goalie
Id want an upgrade on kerfoot.
 
Id want an upgrade on kerfoot.


Those third and fourth lines are fugly too. You could expect zero offensive production whatsoever from that third line. And if Tavares or Matthews go down for any length of time, having only Kerfoot or Bonino to step into their shoes would be pretty bad.

And I hate both the idea of having Spezza at center full time when he’s much more effective on the wing, and of having two oldsters (Spezza and Simmonds) on the same line. But I guess that’s the lesser of two evils when compared with playing Simmonds higher up the lineup.
 
That there would be a great team.

Of course, you could choose not to stack the top 6 and go with kerfoot and/or McCann on the 3rd line, if you're worried about depth.

Anyways, Bonino....

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Also an elite faceoff guy.

If he slips through the cracks due to age he's be a perfect add.
 
Yeah, but if you trade a Timex for a Rolex, knowing you have to give your current Rolex to your new bastard cousin for free because your mom is making you, then it seems like good value if you like having a Rolex.

Yeah. That's when mom gets the old "sorry mom, screw him".

I don't get the McCann thing at all unless they're was another deal that fell through that is unreported.
 
That's a very good hockey player tho no matter how you twist the numbers. Helped drive the pens third line which is what the leafs could use and something kerf has never been able to do. I mean we all agreed that he's fantastic when they made the trade and assumed he'd be protected. Not gonna pretend to not care about giving him away now that they are letting him go.

Never said otherwise. McCann is good.
 
That there would be a great team.

Of course, you could choose not to stack the top 6 and go with kerfoot and/or McCann on the 3rd line, if you're worried about depth.

Anyways, Bonino....

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Also an elite faceoff guy.

If he slips through the cracks due to age he's be a perfect add.


Putting Kerfoot on any of our forward lines next year wouldn’t soothe any of my worries.

As for Bonino...sorry, but I’m still scarred by the Foligno fiasco. Going forward, any time you advocate that an old dude with an Italian name is #actuallystillgood and that we should acquire them, my instinct will be to not believe you.
 
Why is this still controversial? We gave up hallander and a 2023 7th to ensure we had a middle 6 C/W after the expansion draft. If McCann made it through the expansion draft the price would be higher to acquire him.
 
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