Galchenyuk will be a top6 winger.
Move Nylander or Thornton to the #3C.

Galchenyuk - Matthews - Marner
Thornton - Tavares - Hyman

or

Hyman - Tavares - Nylander

or Hyman with Matthews and Marner, and Galchenyuk with Tavares.
- MaximusAurelius

5 teams before the leafs thought gally could be a top 6 player.
He was......one year

hey, I like that man but this
- dmnted

i may have overshot on this one..

y'never know tho..

He's got a really low cap hit, so that's what makes him very attractive to other teams.

We bundle him with Dermott, Bracco and Christian Hanson, and teams will be willing to give up a 1st pairing RHD.

And a lot of young teams want a guy like Chucky in the dressing room to help mentor the young kids - the coaches can use him as an example of why you should stay away from drugs.
- Atomic Wedgie

Christian Hanson? Mmmm Bop? 🤣

https://youtu.be/NHozn0YXAeE

5 teams before the leafs thought gally could be a top 6 player.
He was......one year
- Fakepartofme

Who knows, maybe with Toronto's laid back tropical island vibes he'll be so stress free he'll find his game and be a star?

It's been working well so far.

It was a garbage end to a good start. The emotional sway gets people in a frenzy. I'm not sure what this team needs in order to learn to finish teams off and not get complacent, but they have a real tendency to do it - starting with our best players in Matthews and Marner.

Every player has off nights or off moments, but it's rare that so many coalesce together at the same time. Tavares, Nylander, Kerfoot, Vesey, Spezza, Muzzin, Bogosian, Rielly and Andersen all had bad games.

The team has problems that we all know about. Rielly is great but not great defensively. Brodie has typically added nice balance there this year. Bogosian is tough, but can be a defensive problem. Last night he had a bad game - right from the opening faceoff. The offense had us forgetting how bad he was on the other end of the ice for while, but he was bad. I mean we all call for Vesey's blood, but he doesn't even play enough to be a factor. He stinks, but who cares? Most other players in his spot that we have available will also stink. I guess based on performance this year, I'd rather Petan was playing - but would that change the outcome?

Someone posted a few pages that they needed this. As much as I hate it, I have to agree. They deserved it, too. They have to learn to play consistently and together for the full 60, or we'll have to find new and exciting ways to complain the team.
- Monkeypunk

Every year i feel like we say this team needs to be embarrassed like this to wake up.
But why does it have to be every year?
Or twice a year.

5 teams before the leafs thought gally could be a top 6 player.
He was......one year
- Fakepartofme

fwiw Gally is, Galch isnt tho.

“TOR will have to give up Nylander + futures+ a 1st rounder for a top 4 D”

*Leafs acquire Muzzin for futures + a 1st*

“TOR will have to give up Sandin + Nylander to get a top 4 D

*Leafs sign UFA TJ Brodie*

“TOR will have to trade Kerfoot and Robertson for a top 6 forward”

Maybe Dubas realizes he is going to lose Engvall on waivers and that is why he signed LW Galchenyuk?

Still can’t believe we gave up Korshkov

Every year i feel like we say this team needs to be embarrassed like this to wake up.
But why does it have to be every year?
Or twice a year.
- Fakepartofme

Guy on the radio this morning had a good point:

It's better they lost. If they had won in OT, they could laugh it off.

fwiw Gally is, Galch isnt tho.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

Are they two people?

“TOR will have to give up Nylander + futures+ a 1st rounder for a top 4 D”

*Leafs acquire Muzzin for futures + a 1st*

“TOR will have to give up Sandin + Nylander to get a top 4 D

*Leafs sign UFA TJ Brodie*

“TOR will have to trade Kerfoot and Robertson for a top 6 forward”

*Leafs sign UFA Wayne Simmonds*

- Fakepartofme

completed that for you

Are they two people?
- Fakepartofme

Gally is Gallagher.

Tavares didn't have a bad game - he's been absolutely poop for about 5 games now.

He's still getting insignificant points, but gawd, he's looked awful. He's fumbling with the puck. He's missing passes. You saw his multiple giveaways last night. He's bumping into his own players.

Something's not right with the guy at the moment.
- Atomic Wedgie

I agree. I don't know what's going on. We're trying to excuse it because of his home life, but other guys have babies and don't play like like they put too much adderall in their water bottle.

Maybe Dubas realizes he is going to lose Engvall on waivers and that is why he signed LW Galchenyuk?

Still can’t believe we gave up Korshkov
- mr.sir

Nobody has been more critical of the Korshkov pick than me. I've been irrationally angry about it.

But he's still considered a prospect - why the frank would they give up on him?

Wouldn't Warsofsky for Galchenyuk have been enough?

5 teams before the leafs thought gally could be a top 6 player.
He was......one year
- Fakepartofme

He never had same quality linemates as he will have with Toronto.
Tavares-Marner-Thornton-Matthews-Hyman on the same line is different than playing with some mediocre linemates.

It was the same for Johnsson (Tavares/Matthews/Marner) and for Nylander (Matthews/Tavares).


Leafs have what.. 40 games left? If Galchenyuk will play in all of those left, he might get 15+ goals, 15+ assists in those remaining games. it's a reasonable scenario for him to become a .75 ppg player in a top6 role with leafs.
he's obviously a better player than johnsson, vesey etc. -- and on a 1mln AAV contract that's a lot of value.

Guy on the radio this morning had a good point:

It's better they lost. If they had won in OT, they could laugh it off.
- Atomic Wedgie

Excellent point!

Tavares didn't have a bad game - he's been absolutely poop for about 5 games now.

He's still getting insignificant points, but gawd, he's looked awful. He's fumbling with the puck. He's missing passes. You saw his multiple giveaways last night. He's bumping into his own players.

Something's not right with the guy at the moment.
- Atomic Wedgie

I think he might found out he's going to be a dad again and was thinking about all those restless night that will be occurring.

Nobody has been more critical of the Korshkov pick than me. I've been irrationally angry about it.

But he's still considered a prospect - why the frank would they give up on him?

Wouldn't Warsofsky for Galchenyuk have been enough?
- Atomic Wedgie

A prospect turning 25 eh?

He never had same quality linemates as he will have with Toronto.
Tavares-Marner-Thornton-Matthews-Hyman on the same line is different than playing with some mediocre linemates.

It was the same for Johnsson (Tavares/Matthews/Marner) and for Nylander (Matthews/Tavares).


Leafs have what.. 40 games left? If Galchenyuk will play in all of those left, he might get 15+ goals, 15+ assists in those remaining games. it's a reasonable scenario for him to become a .75 ppg player in a top6 role with leafs.
he's obviously a better player than johnsson, vesey etc. -- and on a 1mln AAV contract that's a lot of value.
- MaximusAurelius

I........ agree

Who knows, maybe with Toronto's laid back tropical island vibes he'll be so stress free he'll find his game and be a star?

It's been working well so far.
- Arctic_AARDVARK

On the Marlies

Maybe Dubas realizes he is going to lose Engvall on waivers and that is why he signed LW Galchenyuk?

Still can’t believe we gave up Korshkov
- mr.sir

Korshkov is 25

He’s a C prospect

Would not fret over losing him

Galchenyuk has the second most point from the 2012 Draft.

Nobody has been more critical of the Korshkov pick than me. I've been irrationally angry about it.

But he's still considered a prospect - why the frank would they give up on him?

Wouldn't Warsofsky for Galchenyuk have been enough?
- Atomic Wedgie

I saw Korshokov play 3 times with the Marlies in Belleville - he is huge and plays.....small. He reminded me of Ponikarovsky with less skill, he was far from anxious to use his size to his advantage or be physical and was pushed off the puck far too easily fro a guy his size.

My guess is if he ends up in the NHL full time he's a 3rd liner at best and a mediocre one at that.

A prospect turning 25 eh?
- AdamFrench

That's still two years of entry level contract before he goes UFA, is it not?

Galchenyuk has the second most point from the 2012 Draft.


- senstroll

It wasn't the best draft.