You answered your own question...he’s a stop gap and an experiment by Dubas IMO

Matt Martin should have been kept on 4 IMO

Hits - fights and usually doesn’t hurt you on the scoreboard and can actually make a pass.
- Garnie

So you satisfied that the leafs chose to keep an inferior player? That's ok to you? They traded a guy to make room for nylander. Why not keep the better player?

4th best winger?

I don’t think so, he was our 7th winger ahead of Ennis.

Marleau Nylander Marner Kap Johnsson waaaay better then Leivo IMO

I’ll give you Brown Hyman and Leivo for debate I guess
- Garnie

Marleau looks just awful and finished. Leivo is easily better.

They saved a total of 5 million on the cap dumping him. Why do you think Martin would crack this lineup? He's not good enough.
- RogerRoeper

Fighters who can't fight or do anything else are invaluable

Fighters who can't fight or do anything else are invaluable
- burn

Let's burn 5 million of cap space for a guy who wears a suit in the pressbox!

Martin can't win a fight to save his life, no offense terrible defensively. Why should he have been kept? He take a spot from kapanen or Johnson.
- burn

Lol, he’d take Ennis’s spot.

Jack Edwards is a real knob end.

So you satisfied that the leafs chose to keep an inferior player? That's ok to you? They traded a guy to make room for nylander. Why not keep the better player?
- burn

Obviously the Nucks didn’t want Ennis...I’m kind of hoping the Harry Potter star signing will sit for something from the Marlies?

Leivo was just ok, Dubas probably promised him more time or a trade.

Not a big deal IMO

Lol, he’d take Ennis’s spot.
- Garnie

I am no Ennis fan, but he's way better than Martin. Martin litterally did not play the second half of last season. He he suddenly get better?

BTW, martin has been a healthy scratch for the Islanders this season.

Marleau looks just awful and finished. Leivo is easily better.
- RogerRoeper

Ok

Lol, he’d take Ennis’s spot.
- Garnie

He would take a guy who shouldn't be here spot? So 4+ mil for a press box watcher?

Obviously the Nucks didn’t want Ennis...I’m kind of hoping the Harry Potter star signing will sit for something from the Marlies?

Leivo was just ok, Dubas probably promised him more time or a trade.

Not a big deal IMO
- Garnie

He was statistically better than guys we kept. He was a very good posession player. Just because Babcock did not play him does not automatically mean he's worse than everyone else,

I am no Ennis fan, but he's way better than Martin. Martin litterally did not play the second half of last season. He he suddenly get better?

BTW, martin has been a healthy scratch for the Islanders this season.
- RogerRoeper

Ok, someone like him then.

Must have someone on the Mariles who doesn’t mind the physical part of the game that can play 6-8 mins?

Obviously the Nucks didn’t want Ennis...I’m kind of hoping the Harry Potter star signing will sit for something from the Marlies?

Leivo was just ok, Dubas probably promised him more time or a trade.

Not a big deal IMO
- Garnie

Who cares what the nucks wanted? If the nucks want Matthews we have to trade him to them?

If you have to make room for someone on the roster you have a choice between one guy playing well and contributing or someone who is garbage you didn't chose the good player to trade.

The team is better with Leivo than will Ennis.

I am a fan of getting Wayne Simmons this year (Not signing him as a UFA). Flyers will trade him imo.
Simmons is the type of guy you get, not a 4th line plug who will play 5 minuutes.

Ok, someone like him then.

Must have someone on the Mariles who doesn’t mind the physical part of the game that can play 6-8 mins?
- Garnie

Marchment and Moore I guess. Both gritty hard workers. I don't think Babcock wants them though, he's gonna want a vet there who knows how to play the right way.

I think grundstrum is close to ready too. Pest. Bit of skill.

Who cares what the nucks wanted? If the nucks want Matthews we have to trade him to them?

If you have to make room for someone on the roster you have a choice between one guy playing well and contributing or someone who is garbage you didn't chose the good player to trade.

The team is better with Leivo than will Ennis.
- burn

Nobody wanted Ennis....what part don’t you get? I don’t know why they traded Leivo...maybe there’s some more going to happen in the next bit and we’ll get another depth forward.

I thought we had some Marlies that had some grit ready to make the jump?

- Atomic Wedgie

Morning Wedgie, did you eat all your kids cookies last night?

🤓

Nobody wanted Ennis....what part don’t you get? I don’t know why they traded Leivo...maybe there’s some more going to happen in the next bit and we’ll get another depth forward.

I thought we had some Marlies that had some grit ready to make the jump?
- Garnie

Who cares what others want? That doesn't matter. Why weaken you team based on what others want?

Keep your best players and if no one wants Ennis waive him.

The Leafs actually did not have to pick Leivo or Ennis, there were options on D.

The Leafs actually did not have to pick Leivo or Ennis, there were options on D.
- RogerRoeper

Makes sense to keep d depth though. Although marincin is straight trash.

Who cares what others want? That doesn't matter. Why weaken you team based on what others want?

Keep your best players and if no one wants Ennis waive him.
- burn

Could have done that, you better call Harry....probably promised Leivo more then 4th line mins or they’d try and trade him.

The Leafs actually did not have to pick Leivo or Ennis, there were options on D.
- RogerRoeper

Going to trade Willie for a d and a depth forward so this convo is all for nothing

Could have done that, you better call Harry....probably promised Leivo more then 4th line mins or they’d try and trade him.
- Garnie

The reason dubas traded him was because he promised Leivo he'd move him if he wasn't playing regularly and Babcock told him that once nylander returned that he was going to play Ennis over Leivo.

The reason dubas traded him was because he promised Leivo he'd move him if he wasn't playing regularly and Babcock told him that once nylander returned that he was going to play Ennis over Leivo.
- burn

Babcock is annoying. Ennis is the veteran, let's play him!