Dans cette vidéo, je passe en revue un rapport de TSN Insider Trading selon lequel les Maple Leafs de Toronto sont intéressés à échanger contre Jacob Middleton, un grand défenseur défensif coriace avec un jeu à double sens. J’utilise des analyses avancées, des informations contextuelles, des devis et des ventilations du plafond salarial pour voir si ce serait une bonne idée. J’examine également pourquoi les Maple Leafs s’intéressent à tant de défenseurs gauchers à la date limite des échanges de cette année.
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Middleton has bad passing stats, someone who’s primarily defensive he has to be able to get the puck out of the zone and pass without causing problems. If the stats are not accurately reflecting this … maybe but he will be what third line? Not worth two picks
If the leafs can get a dman and backup goalie they should go for it
Optimus!
Good Vid,
So…. if Jake Muzzin was injured going into the Boston series and during the Columbus and Montreal series why do the Leafs feel obligated to let him back into the lineup until the team see’s fit?
Muzzin plays a physical game (we all know this), and concussions aside, if he needs to receive additional Physiotherapy for a certain amount of weeks to get his (partially war torn) body in to optimal condition then so be it, the Leafs shouldn’t have to explain it to him that he’s injury prone, and he will return to the ice only to get in enough fitness games before the playoffs start.
This secures and establishes more cap room by making the call for Muzzin on when he will return to the lineup. He’s not 25 years old. He’s banged up and all that matter are playoffs, if anyone should know this it is former L.A King Jake Muzzin himself.
I don’t see a problem here, leave Muzzin on LTIR until the team sees fit. Ensure he is getting proper medical attention and strength and conditioning training and create them cap room necessary to add good players by expending some draft picks while we have players like Austin Matthews in a Leafs uniform. If the team is projected to finish with 105-110 pts then now isn’t the time to stockpile draft picks, stockpiling picks can happen if a certain someone who leads the league in goals leaves the team. Then the Leafs can stockpile all the picks they want.
I prefer Lindholm who has played 1st line minutes for a long time but since this video is about the San Jose Sharks then – Middleton and Reimer (Sharks retain some of Reimer Cap hit) for a 1st round pick, Peter Mrazek and Joseph Duszak
Reimer package
If trading for Middleton. Try and see abiut bringing back Reiner. Be a good backup to JC. Give ‘em
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Once again dtsb bringing in a great insight towards trade rumours.
Sandin, Engvall, Mikheyev and a later draft pick for Lindholm and Milano.
Dermott, Robertson for Middleton and Dahlen.
Nylander, Kerfoot, Liljegren, Knies for Mantha, Rasmussen, 1st in 2022, conditional 1st in 2023
Bunting, Matthews, Marner
Milano, Tavares, Kase
Dahlen, Kampf, Mantha
Douglas, Rasmussen, McMann
Rielly, TJ Brodie
Lindholm, Lybushkin
Middleton/Dahlstrom/Kral, Duszak
never heard of him but the descriptions I've read seem like a good fit
Lovin the Sundin Jersey. Damn I miss those Jerseys. Nostalgia.
dermott and robertson to sj for middleton and reimer and a third or fourth
not worth the ask i think focus on a top 4 man thats great defensively
Jake Middleton to Boston Bruins soon
San Jose sharks want to keep Jake Middleton
I’d go for Middleton. See how he plays. If he out plays muzzin, then sorry, trade muzz in the off season. He costs too much, in his 30’s and he’s had injury trouble. But going into the playoffs, Brodie/Rielly, Middleton/lybushkin, muzzin/holl, sandin/liljegren that’s a pretty solid blue line. Dermott as well but I still think he’s going to get traded. Leafs need someone that does what Middleton does.
Great video bro
…adding another player to my daily list of players the leafs WON'T get…
Toronto maple leafs need to trade for Carson Soucy. He plays both sides of the ice physical blocks shots and can score. You can send them Kerfoot and duzack plus a second rounder. Then you trade meraz Dermot for Reimer and Middleton
Mrazek+2nd+dermott for Middleton and Reimer
I don't think Reimer ever received the credit that he deserves. The team absolutely refused to give him the reigns over Bernier when he was clearly the better goaltender. Hell, he was steady before this team came together. He's a steady guy and would work as a great tandem with Cambell. I think the only thing is to convince him to play in the Toronto market again. Let's pump this idea!!!
mrazek for reimer
hate to say it but muzzin for a good d man
I keep checking YouTube for a trade and it still wont come. Make it happen Steven Brown.
Ivan Provorov (Philly) would be a great pick up. He gets his shot off more than any other defense men. He can move the puck. Watched him in Brandon & this guy can go.
I'm all for not selling the farm this year, but likely Dubas will at some point.
RISE OPTIMUS REIM RISE!!!!
all these leafs trade rumours from all the hockey creators suggest leafs are interested in everybody in the league 😂
Good info
I've enjoyed your commentary and your knowledge of extended stats.
Just wondering…which would you like better Morgan Rielly at 7.5 mil or Jacob Chychrun at 4.5 mil? Do you think someone from the core 4 has to go in the off-season?
Thanks
Dave
Oh I'm watching this and wondering how we ever got through without all these statistics. Oh how did we ever do it.
Anaheim's asking price for Lindholm is way to high… like Snoop Dog high.
omg why dont we just get Anton Forsberg??
Well said kiddo!
No Reimer, just no, nope. I'd rather roll with Woll or Kallgren if it comes down to it
When your playing with low expectations there is no pressure. Coming to the leafs for a playoff run changes everything.
Honestly leafs should trade dermott for Middleton
I really think its going to end up being Craig Anderson in net i really do. I think he would be a perfect fit. I really dont see lindholm to toronto. I do however see Giordano. then I ezpect another depth forward move.
I'm a Sharks fan and I can say for sure he is a diamond in the rough. He's high hockey iq, physical, defensive.
The brass donot know how to built champions, just runner up. Built by defence out and then plug a good goalie. We are top heavy period.
I honestly see middleton getting 2.75 over 3 yrs.
Imagine the Leafs brought back Luke Schenn and James Reimer and they won? What a story!
What’s stopping a trade for Middleton, Reimer for Mzarek Dermott and a 3rd??
Maybe James Reimer is the guy to come back and break the curse he put on us in game 7 against Boston
An optimus reim return would be amazing
Good stuff, Steven! You know one thing that needs to be stated is that Dubas at this stage has been beating the bushes understanding what might be possible. It's all in the interest of developing optionality at the deadline. He'll have a clear statement of need and a priority listing of how those needs could be addressed individually or in combination. And he'll have an execution plan on the front burners and a "keep 'em warm" strategy on the back burners. So when I sit here going "I hope we have more at the end of the day than Jacob Middleton" it needs to be with the realization that Dubas hopes so too. But there are a bunch of other teams out there and the situation is fluid. Dubas is just doing his job understanding what he needs to do to get Middleton if the situation demands that in the interest of improving the roster.
I would be disappointed if we just end up with a player like Middleton on the blue line. Nothing against him, he's just a supporting piece when I see the need as having another elite d-man. Like the Blackhawk's D (Keith, Seabrook, Hjalmarsson) when they were winning cups or the Bolts (Hedman, McDonough, Sergachev). Lindholm is a great fit for that but acquiring him means Muzzin is gone until the playoffs or they're prepared to trade someone like Nylander to create the cap space. He will be fatally expensive if he's not signed to an agreement with term and trading Nylander, while scary and bold, might be just the balance this roster needs to take the next step. Lindholm makes no sense as a rental!
I always liked Reims, but I'm not in favour of bringing him back – just another spare part. It's not that I would hate it but to get a Lindholm or a Chychrun would likely take everything the leafs have to give. I hope we have that problem rather than tinkering with another piece at the edges.
Final point … love Muzz, but I'm worried about him. He's breaking down, likely the result of the hard edged game he plays. I would exercise a lot of caution around head injuries as they often have a long tail and this is his second in succession. It's not about coming back … its about coming back with what. I wouldn't count on him too much and that adds to the immediacy of getting another elite D-Man.
Great insight dude!
The name of the game is overpay or go away !
What is this everyone is not a sports authority with nothing concrete. Just repeat steal from other social media outlets lol
While the Leafs talk cheap shit. Other teams are actually doing and getting better . This Leaf team is incredibly soft, and has no heart at all. No trade or trades will change that fact. This is the team Dumbass put together. This will be his last season as gm of the Leafs. To think we could have had a Hunter running this team, what a joke the Leafs continue to be.
It’s funny I have been saying Dubas for awhile and I know my hockey with experience just never made it at 6”6