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@mi_kehunter @Derek_N_NHL Yeah they were great when Tanev was healthy. When Tanev arrived it became crystal clear how desperately we needed a player like him. His injury last year was catastrophic to us- which is a problem.

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@JDBunkis People can say what they want about Woll and his injuries but a team that wants to be good next year can’t trade their best goalie for that package.

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@CanadasLeafs I would have thought outside the box and kept Woll, Stolarz and Hildeby on the active roster next year. One of them would probably be hurt at any given time but you’d be assured of good-great goaltending all year long.

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@JB5663801055841 @Ken_Campbell27 @PuckDontLie Or assume everyone in the league all of a sudden becomes a free agent- who’s getting the biggest contract (taking age out of the equation). Again- definitely not Caufield.

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@JB5663801055841 @Ken_Campbell27 @PuckDontLie Valuable to me means literally who is most valuable. Take age and salary out of the equation, who would be the first overall pick in an expansion draft if you couldn’t protect anyone. Caufield is nowhere near the top of that list.

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@mirtle Yes we need a puck moving d man. But we need a puck mover who can munch tough minutes. Not on the third pair. Andrae might have some untapped upside. But Woll is too good to give up for that.

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@mirtle Yeah this isn’t a great move. I get that on the surface the pieces fit. But trades that “make sense” often don’t turn out well. Simply because what looks makes sense in this moment won’t necessarily be true months from now.

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@Ken_Campbell27 @PuckDontLie So? That’s not what “Most Valuable” means.

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@JFreshHockey Spending time and energy through the offseason trying to rid yourself of a guy who’s received Norris votes seems like a bad idea. Loser’s mentality. Spend that time creating more depth at the position.

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@kyleevans11 @TalkTonysTakes @JFreshHockey Exactly. They’ve been asking him to play in all situations basically his entire career. And generally he’s done okay with it. He’s received Norris votes. But they need some other guys who can take some tough matchups off his plate. Rielly would be so much better.

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@thegoldenmuzzy @TLNdc Of course not

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@OffTheRosterPod Nobody comes in an instantly changes a franchise by themselves.

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@WatchMyReview Teams intentionally float this stuff out there anonymously before the draft hoping to create buzz and push a team at the top of the draft to make a bad mistake. That’s why you see all the pro Stenberg anti McKenna stuff. Same thing happened with Matthews/Laine.

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@mattlabelle It’s a team game

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@DailyFaceoff @chrismpeters The chances of McKenna being a top line winger are a near certainty. The chances of one of those defensemen becoming a bonafide number one are nowhere close to 50%.

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@WatchMyReview Other teams float this kind of stuff out there every year hoping to create enough buzz that the teams at the top of the draft make a mistake. Mid-level reporters put it out there as a favour to be repaid down the road. McKenna is the clear cut number 1.

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@88toAM34 Not underrated. Just that they’ve had some good breaks with their prospects recently. McKenna obviously. Koblar has really broken out as did Villeneuve. The goalies took a big step forward in the playoffs. Holinka put together a two-way game. They now have some future NHLers.

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@MapleLeafs Pridham was a cap genius. Maybe the best. But I don’t know if that’s always a good thing.

Does constantly maneuvering to come within pennies of the cap ceiling translate into wins? I think it led to a rise of entitlement and minimized roster felixibility.

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@OverDrive1050 Leaf fans have this unreasonable fantasy that their top players are going to be superhuman and carry the team on their back to the Stanley Cup. And that the depth players are meaningless pawns just along for the ride.

Playoff hockey doesn’t work that way. Never has.