yave1964 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 started with a curious trade between the Leafs and Panthers, the Panthers shipped talented but enigmatic forward Denis Malgin to the Leafs for Mason Marchment, an undrafted player who looks like the type who will get a few games a year when teams are facing multiple injuries and four or five years from now Marchment will go to Europe never to be heard of or thought of again. Malgin can play a bit, offensive player with little or no defensive skill and has lived in coach Q's doghouse he was needed badly in Toronto with the news that Andreas Johnsson is out for the year. The reason it is a curious move is two fold: 1) no picks going back to Florida for an NHL player, just a warm body and 2) Toronto is the team they will likely be fighting with down the wire for the last playoff spot. Helping them out is curious, unless this move and the move where Jayce Hawryluk was lost to Ottawa were made to free up cap space and roster spots for bigger moves at or near the deadline. The other one was a foregone conclusion, Alec Martinez now of the Vegas Knights was dealt by the Kings in their most recent fire sale move, the Kings adding a pair of second rounders in exchange. Martinez has clearly lost a step and most of his offense but is still smart as can be and should slot into the middle pair and possibly even the second power play unit. Good solid stretch addition for the Knights while the Kings continue to stockpile futures. That is it so far. At this rate, on deadline day we will all be sitting around twiddling our thumbs because all the players will have been dealt, lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WordsOfWisdom Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 4:04 PM, yave1964 said: started with a curious trade between the Leafs and Panthers, the Panthers shipped talented but enigmatic forward Denis Malgin to the Leafs for Mason Marchment, an undrafted player who looks like the type who will get a few games a year when teams are facing multiple injuries and four or five years from now Marchment will go to Europe never to be heard of or thought of again. Malgin can play a bit, offensive player with little or no defensive skill and has lived in coach Q's doghouse he was needed badly in Toronto with the news that Andreas Johnsson is out for the year. The reason it is a curious move is two fold: 1) no picks going back to Florida for an NHL player, just a warm body and 2) Toronto is the team they will likely be fighting with down the wire for the last playoff spot. Helping them out is curious, unless this move and the move where Jayce Hawryluk was lost to Ottawa were made to free up cap space and roster spots for bigger moves at or near the deadline. The other one was a foregone conclusion, Alec Martinez now of the Vegas Knights was dealt by the Kings in their most recent fire sale move, the Kings adding a pair of second rounders in exchange. Martinez has clearly lost a step and most of his offense but is still smart as can be and should slot into the middle pair and possibly even the second power play unit. Good solid stretch addition for the Knights while the Kings continue to stockpile futures. That is it so far. At this rate, on deadline day we will all be sitting around twiddling our thumbs because all the players will have been dealt, lol On Malgin being added to the Leafs: Sorry, it's just too funny. But who knows, maybe the Cup parade is just around the corner now... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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