The Leafs Need To Move Someone After Robertson Signing.... But Who? | SDP

so so here's what we know uh Nick Robertson signed yesterday for $875,000 uh I am not an Insider but other insiders were Frank Cali I think specifically I think Nick alberga also said that uh uh the Leafs are going to explore potentially trading him MH um now I have to tell you that to me that doesn't make a ton of sense no um and also they announced it it's not just they signed him they're like and we signed him everybody yeah and it's on our Instagram and then Nick announced it like he posted it on his Instagram with no Emojis but like you know he's here he's a leave here he is in a jersey I I listen I get that he's not thrilled but he will be when he starts putting gold yeah um uh now uh it also seems odd that the Leafs who have a history of rfas running them over mhm would sign this guy and then let him get what he wants like you here's the thing like like just to give you an idea of how bad it is you you're think I'm talking about Mar or Matthews or NE lard no no no no Conor Timmons makes $1.1 million rfas holy moly rfas have run this organization over for most of the last decade Alex kerfoot 3.5 million four years and there was not a ton of resume there no there sure wasn't you know there there's lots of there's lots of guys where you go why uh rfas have run this team over for years here's the opportunity to go nope not doing it right after this point and so to me me trading him now especially when you're a little weak on the left side doesn't make a lot of sense I just I just don't get it I don't get it could it just be that he's still unhappy and they are they acques to everybody's demands always and when somebody's unhappy they're like oh yeah let's get them out of here let's do the right thing could that be the organization just continuing to do the right thing for their guys no the right thing is is trying to ice the best team possible and win yeah but the right thing in terms of their relationship with this NHL player like it seems like always want to just be like yeah let let's be nice and give them all this money trade them even though we shouldn't trade them you know I like to think that's over I hope it's over it doesn't feel like it the right thing to do is keep this guy who makes under 900 Grand and you need a left where but they are are they so here's the thing the the trade rumor right now like I have no reason to look at the report out there and be like that's a [ __ ] report they're making it up um but I'm gonna say it is it it just doesn't make sense so one thing I in the days leading up I saw not insiders just regular old hockey fans on Twitter go he's going to sign for $875,000 MH do you know why because that's all they have so Yanni Haw andpa I cannot believe how many times over the last couple months I've said that fraking name after saying it maybe a grand total of five times in my entire life it's also very entertaining fun name it's a Yanni hawen paaw I I am so excited for imagine he goes off for 20 goals no I'm kidding so I'd be happy with three listen you can name your dog y you're getting you're getting very distracted from the point hawen paw that's thing there it is so sorry sorry sorry to ya and HCK hocky paw on the point um here it is Haw and PAW supposed to be making 1.5 million right that's right that's been rumored since July 1st 1.5 million big money H the Leafs have $ 4,333 in cap space according to puckpedia after the Nick Robertson signing that means they need to make up exactly 1.1 almost exactly 1.1 million MH Connor Timmons makes 1.1 million bury him in the miners or wave him and he gets claimed done you get Nick Robertson under contract 875 hack andpa 1. 5 done mm perfect you have exactly $333 I think that's great in cap space I think that's great but and it's all solved and all good and all great and now they have two guys on pto's and I'm like wait maybe I don't understand anymore but the thing you outlined isn't their plan at all because the plan is to sign Max pater ready to a contract by the time his PTO is over and Steven Loren could easily make this team so so there's more roster moves to come you put it exactly the way I would put it uh Loren I like and I think has a chance to make this team CJ said do you have the CJ tweet up sure like he he wasn't just like oh yeah he's going to come on a PTO and and we'll see what happens that's not what he said that's not what he said at all MH as I stall the lorence one or the patches one the patches one yeah the patches one here you go what you say Max patet will attend Leaf's training camp on a PTO if that was it I'd be like well H we'll see then he says expect him to sign a contract before the season mhm Patti is on this team someone has to go well like if if he does his PTO and he looks terrible in preseason he won't be signing that contract nah I think I think he's on this team either way I agree with you they just need the roster moves to do it I well someone not named Conor Tim Conor Timmons is the free space he's gone y they can't afford him he's gone someone currently on this team can't be on this team anymore yeah they actually have people fighting for roster spots which is I think that's great do you want to play who's that going to be sure so I'm going to list a name I'm just going to go down the roster on pipedia and you're gonna guess who's that's going to be and you're gonna say yes or no okay Austin Matthews maybe no William neander no John tarez No Mitch Marner no Max doy no David comp maybe Cali yarro maybe but here's my question everyone's like oh just get rid of conf problem solved who are your penalty killers and who's taking faceoffs on the penalty kill comp it should be better than he is like I want him to play better but he's also been very useful over the last couple years well in very specific situations absolutely do we want Austin confident in his play outside of that but here's what I'll say to that Steve or Stephen Jesse conf does the one thing mhm and that's actually two things he does he takes penalties uh or he takes uh uh short-handed faceoffs and he is uh you're Johnny on the spot when you need someone to win a face off in overtime um especially the opening face off no I I I think's all the short-handed faceoffs yarn cro can yarn cro can uh Steven Lawrence I think they they maybe they want to see what he can do he can I'm not sure what a face off percentage is he's he Kevin stenland was his Center okay can play center but he's probably in the NHL a Winger yeah I think that that deal and also not under contct not under contract that needs to go so someone needs to go if Pat ready signs if if Pat ready and Loren sign yeah two people need to go we've sat on David comp is a maybe M he's a maybe yarn croak maybe okay he's too useful people forget man he is useful he's not he's not great at anything he's not but at 2.1 1 million a guy who bags 1520 every year can play center plays effective forward position yeah like defensive forward I'm sorry that's worth 2.1 million I feel like we've gone back in time where we're nickel and diing the utility guys again MH when the real problem is you have four guys making $4.5 billion that's just but let's get no but but since you've committed to having four guys making $4.5 billion do yeah I I think yarn cro at 2.1 is useful but you might not be able to afford him so he's a no oh so he's okay you're putting him in the maybe we got we got two names who might leave this team by the time training camp is over conf and yro let's continue Reeves uh yeah maybe he's variable yeah you just put you just run him through W I just don't I don't think that's going to happen I think they I think they want him I think they I think too many guys like them well like I've seen so many people be like why don't the Leafs simply do this because they don't want to that's why they don't want to good idea to have him no he's still on the maybe okay so we got three guys McMahon no no derer no n maybe derer maybe I'll say maybe so if K go closer to no than if conf goes doer is your conf replacement right yes and I think that's why they got him because they need they need another guy to take face off short-handed well and he's not maybe great at it but he's a good penalty killer this is the thing he's like half the price but like he's also just not as good guys he's not it's crazy so far we built a list of four names who could leave this team by the end of training camp okay yep n no no uh Robertson uh I mean you have to put him in maybe so he's five yeah homberg maybe 800 Grand I don't think they want to get rid of him but like also there's a real good chance he doesn't make the team and then you got to wave him okay so that's six guys I would so much rather I'd rather look into trades for almost anyone uh that I listed as a maybe I'd rather trade any one of them or lose them on waivers than Holberg he's like six of six you know if you're ranking them yeah yeah and then on D Riley tanv o Timmy McCabe bedw you got Lil gr I I dude okay okay I listen if hackin paw wins a but it's not benois that's out he's a lefty it's not mcab that's out it's lilligren he's going to be making $3 million and he might be a healthy scratch this year and next year and oel by the way oel is going to run pp2 I think they're going to spread the power play over to uh two lines rather than load up one and you look at you look at Timothy lilligren and so so what was being said yesterday about Nick Robertson when it came to being trade well they needed to sign him because an acquiring team if they're not if the players you acquire an RFA you lose basically all your leverage because when you and we did this with Jonathan Bernier back in the day who remembers that that was fun right so you trade for an RFA and the RFA goes well you clearly really want me so you're going to you're going to meet my price you already spent an asset you're not just going to lose that asset for nothing and not sign me I want what is what is Timothy lilligren guys former first round pick yep 24 years old slight underperformance signed for two years at a manageable hit right shot defenseman why would you trade Nick Robertson and get a fourth rounder when you could listen and it doesn't have to be I mean maybe it does have to be by training camp or you could wave one of the other guys and bury them because a lot of people just go through waivers and don't get claimed but if you want to trade somebody right shot D midseason that's pretty valuable it's a good argument and and right shot and you can sell it like this whether or not it's true Puck moving defenseman mhm right shot playmaking poten pp2 quarterback Timothy L to you reing p word all I'm saying it follows them around it just it's certainly and listen how potential that's what did you think now and listen for the last three years I've been seeing people online go this could be the year that Timothy Lan breaks out it could be and I now I I understand how Bill Murray feels with each passing year it's Groundhog Day with each passing year that percentage of likelihood goes further and further what what am I doing here this morning what am I doing in this building Jesse just upload last year's Leaf you're out on L upload last year's season preview and here here like we can do some like anime dubs so like when I say hey but the real question is can Riley have sex uh sex can Riley have success I mean he can no he can we know that t yeah Tessa was pregnant right no they they gave she gave birth oh congrats so it's happened at least once you go we got to do Riley car watch by the way oh yes we got check in on NHL get get a new car watch can oh gosh oh no we're going to have a fun year with NHL car watch like I want to get the sponsored Jesse came up with the segment all because I accidentally said sex all right no no no it was from last show we talking about STS so off what you can Riley have success with and then when I say TJ Brody Just Dub me into CHR T the the Atlanta Falcons from The Simpsons back is Timothy lren going to be in the lineup every night or is he going to be pushed out by Yanni hawen paaw John kingberg like it's you know I I don't you know what it's good to keep star talent but I don't know if they can afford at least half a dozen players on this roster well so the great thing is is is what L lamel always said which is if you have time use it well and they do they got a month you know what it'll be interesting to see if Craig baru has success with this team and if he doesn't have success can you really blame him because he just got here like so we' holy [ __ ] we've built a list holy [ __ ] these guys of eight players who by the start of the Season might not be on the Toronto Maple Le that's right if you want me to run it down there's nothing wrong with I think that's good Conor Timmons timy space he's gone Timmons lilligren mhm we'll go to Nick Nikki Bob's on that list sure doer Reeves yarn croak conf mhm that's seven my bad seven not uh did you say Holberg oh and Holberg there's the there's the eight cuz like ah he might get waved that I think I don't want that to happen so I don't want to I don't want to go down this road but is is that a result of if you bring up April you have so many guys locked up to the giant money that there's so many no let meil jar finish it's not about April it's about you have so many you have the top end guys locked up that you have so many transient players that it leaves you at a point at the end of training camp where eight different guys could leave this team because so much of the Zer G but they're not all eight at once no might it might be one or two and by the way that's normal a lot of teams do that the issue with the Leafs in previous years is we basically went in and we're like who's going to play rightwing on the fourth line everybody else is locked up I like that there's competition