That is one of my takeaways from this SCF: don’t trade good players away 😂 but then again, maybe I’m just looking for justification for my anti-“trade Harley” stance, which was bolstered every time the broadcast mentioned K’Andre Miller.
Very happy for Stank, and for Andersen especially. As many have said, that Canes team is a very likable one, especially compared to their counterparts and recent predecessors.
David, I’ve very much appreciated your articles. Keep em coming! Even if the analytics get too deep for my old school eyeball/brain.
One Stars point (I read somewhere) that’s bugged me… that Rant likes a R handed center… from my perspective… Rant playing r wing as a left shot gives him unique angles of attack that can throw off defenders, besides him literally throwing them off! But, I didn’t see any special chemistry with Wyatt. A traditionalist would say Rant would gain from having a left shot center, as passing on forehand is normally better…Is Hintz that center? Hintz plays such a speed game and his center play is great defensively… but is he the best set up guy for Rant, or the best to be set up by Rant???
To me the priorities are:
-sign Robo
-find teammates that maximize Rant, while we’ve got him! That’d be… hell if I know :)))
Trading for Larkin would be such a classic Jim Nill move…And an incredible mistake that could take this team seriously back and in danger of having a Leafs season.
There is one thing that I never Read about a possible trade for Robertson is the fact that any team getting him will want a signed contract before. And I do not see Robertson agreeing to a contract in order to be traded to Detroit.
That is one of my takeaways from this SCF: don’t trade good players away 😂 but then again, maybe I’m just looking for justification for my anti-“trade Harley” stance, which was bolstered every time the broadcast mentioned K’Andre Miller.
Very happy for Stank, and for Andersen especially. As many have said, that Canes team is a very likable one, especially compared to their counterparts and recent predecessors.
David, I’ve very much appreciated your articles. Keep em coming! Even if the analytics get too deep for my old school eyeball/brain.
One Stars point (I read somewhere) that’s bugged me… that Rant likes a R handed center… from my perspective… Rant playing r wing as a left shot gives him unique angles of attack that can throw off defenders, besides him literally throwing them off! But, I didn’t see any special chemistry with Wyatt. A traditionalist would say Rant would gain from having a left shot center, as passing on forehand is normally better…Is Hintz that center? Hintz plays such a speed game and his center play is great defensively… but is he the best set up guy for Rant, or the best to be set up by Rant???
To me the priorities are:
-sign Robo
-find teammates that maximize Rant, while we’ve got him! That’d be… hell if I know :)))
Roope’s health is kinda an issue, eh? Thank goodness no Olympics/special tourneys next season!
Trading for Larkin would be such a classic Jim Nill move…And an incredible mistake that could take this team seriously back and in danger of having a Leafs season.
There is one thing that I never Read about a possible trade for Robertson is the fact that any team getting him will want a signed contract before. And I do not see Robertson agreeing to a contract in order to be traded to Detroit.
So have we lost the trade yet? 😂
We can win the trade if we do something similar to the Canes when they traded Rantanen.
- They go Stankoven
- They used a 1st round pick to get Miller
- They still have another 1st round pick and two third round picks
That's the type of assets that I would be OK with if they need to trade Robertson. I am not interested in Larkin at all.
And they had the cash then to sign Ehlers too!