Well this article is, uhh, interesting to say the least. Points for thinking outside the box though.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/sportsblog/200 ... aning.html
Elliotte Friedman's Proposal to Fix the Leafs
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Elliotte Friedman's Proposal to Fix the Leafs
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Crowned wrote:I like the Joseph/Sundin ideas, but trading McCabe for Yashin? No thanks.
Why are you against the Yashin deal. His salary will not count against the cap and we will be rid of McCabe. We may even get lucky and Yashin will get mad at playing in the minors after a year and go back to Russia.
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He's got a good point on McCabe. He probably didn't want to come back, but we made him an offer he couldn't refuse. I'd rather trade Kubina (or both), and I'd hope to get better value back than Yashin, but his plan is actually not bad if it would actually play out that way. Yashin obviously wouldn't be happy about playing for the Marlies, but would there be anything he could do about it?
Getting a salary like McCabe's off the books would be huge in this salary cap era, and while he could probably fetch more value than Yashin, it might be hard to get him to waive that no-trade clause.
The Joseph idea is a good one, I'd be 100% behind that.
The Sundin one is good as well, but it's not like it's that original. Everyone and their dog is saying that we should only bring Sundin back if it's at a discount, and frankly I'm not even sure $4 million per is enough of a discount. 3 years/10.5 would be better. Convince him by actually going out and getting him a quality winger.
I still think the best idea is to tank a season or two and rebuild properly, with some young talent. Friedman's plan isn't going to win us the Cup, or even come close, but it would get us in the playoffs again if done right, and that's what MLSE really wants.
Getting a salary like McCabe's off the books would be huge in this salary cap era, and while he could probably fetch more value than Yashin, it might be hard to get him to waive that no-trade clause.
The Joseph idea is a good one, I'd be 100% behind that.
The Sundin one is good as well, but it's not like it's that original. Everyone and their dog is saying that we should only bring Sundin back if it's at a discount, and frankly I'm not even sure $4 million per is enough of a discount. 3 years/10.5 would be better. Convince him by actually going out and getting him a quality winger.
I still think the best idea is to tank a season or two and rebuild properly, with some young talent. Friedman's plan isn't going to win us the Cup, or even come close, but it would get us in the playoffs again if done right, and that's what MLSE really wants.
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Regarding Sundin, I'm a little worried about giving him a multi-year deal due to his age and everything. I think they should keep signing him to one year deals. I'm hoping he takes a nice discount, but if that article is accurate (2 years 11 million) it doesn't look like it.
The Yashin idea is not bad but the thing I don't get is, if the Islanders wanted to get rid of him and his contract so badly, couldn't they just send him down to the minors themselves?
The Yashin idea is not bad but the thing I don't get is, if the Islanders wanted to get rid of him and his contract so badly, couldn't they just send him down to the minors themselves?
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I am guessing the reason why is because they do not want to spend that kind of money on a player in the minors. His salary will not count against the cap but you still have to pay him. I do not know how mouch money the Islanders owner is willing to pay but I assume he does not want to pay as much as the Leafs potentially would.
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AirCanada_1515 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Why are you against the Yashin deal. His salary will not count against the cap and we will be rid of McCabe. We may even get lucky and Yashin will get mad at playing in the minors after a year and go back to Russia.
Do you honestly think the Leafs would acquire Yashin, and to pay him a ridiculous amount of money to sit in the minors? It wouldn't happen.
"get mad" and play in Russia? If the idea even had a bit of merit, teams would be jumping all over the possibility of saving cap room, and ridding themselves of any bad contracts they have.
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The problem with sending someone like Yashin down is that he can poison your minor league environment which can do horrors to your prospects. I don't think it's wise for that to happen
As for McCabe, that's what i thought all a long, he was trying to make the Leafs blink and look like the bad guys, but they were stubborn enough to say yes to everything.
As for McCabe, that's what i thought all a long, he was trying to make the Leafs blink and look like the bad guys, but they were stubborn enough to say yes to everything.