[Signing] Leafs sign Domi (1 yr, $3 mil)

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by savemedrzaius

Hit stat is very subjective. Kerfoot apparently threw 54 hits last year. But as a Leaf fan I'm looking more at chippy after the whistle stuff. Bruins, Lightning, Panthers in the playoffs are constantly pulling that crap. League never cracks down on it. Leafs have tried to play the clean game. But the League constantly wants to call games even. Each team gets the same amount of PPs. Leafs are always near the bottom of the league in PPOs every single year. Why? Because they don't commit a lot of penalties so the refs don't want to give the opposing team too many PPs. I'm liking Tree's approach. Bring in a bunch of #### disturbers. Get more PKOs but Leafs will also get more PPOs because of how Reffing works in this league. Plus it's a much more entertaining brand of hockey. I didn't even watch the last 3 months of Leafs hockey last year because the matchup was set and the games were just so boring. Nothing interesting ever happened. I'm all for bringing some juice back to this team.

Depth too, getting a couple 40 point guys like Bertuzzi and Domi and shipping out an 80 point guy like Nylander.

[868904]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

Domi had 22 total hits in 80 games and his career high is 53 so he’s not going to provide too much physical grit though I do agree he’s a solid faceoff man and when he scores it’s because he’s going to the tough areas and is known to take chippy PIMS. Still though it’s not like he’s his dad in terms of grit, Reaves was brought in to try to help these guys play taller and I don’t know if he moves that needle anymore, especially in todays game.

Domi is pretty tough for his size. He'll drop the gloves and stir things up after whistles, that's the type of "grit" he'll be providing.

I imagine Domi will be extra truculent as a Leaf. Keefe will probably have his hands full reigning him in.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Nice little collection, are Brandon Lemieux and Mason Marchment available as well?

[Nelson]

Originally Posted by 868904

This is one of the reasons why Tre chose to go to Toronto, it’s just waaaay easier to sign free agents and acquire players.

There is no way Bertuzzi or Domi would sign one year sweet heart deals like that with the Flames.

Tre is unchained and signing everyone.

Being a GM of the Flames, Senators or Jets are probably the hardest managerial jobs in the league.

Yup, totally agree.

[Press Level]

Fire Treliving.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

A team that needs to sign Matthew's and Nylander is just blowing dough on whoever in free agency

I'm sure that will turn out well

Enjoy "tHe WiZaRd" Toronto

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

A team that needs to sign Matthew's and Nylander is just blowing dough on whoever in free agency

I'm sure that will turn out well

Enjoy "tHe WiZaRd" Toronto

They're both one year deals though. Nylander and Matthews new deal would begin when those contracts come off the books.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Solid signing, he should be able to provide for more depth scoring and a bit of feistiness that was lacking from the lineup against Florida. A one year deal isn't going to be costing too much as right now they have a one year window to make a push for the cup. They have their big guns for one year guaranteed and Tavares isn't getting any younger either way.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by savemedrzaius

They're both one year deals though. Nylander and Matthews new deal would begin when those contracts come off the books.

aren't the Leafs over the cap as is though...if they trade Nylander now I fail to see how they have improved

also, the D??

[heep223]

Don’t they need a significant upgrade on D and G, why are they signing middling third line guys. Doesn’t make sense to me. Probably an order of operations thing, I don’t mind Domi and Bertuzzi but they better have some significant cards to play still.

[Sandman]

Originally Posted by heep223

Don’t they need a significant upgrade on D and G, why are they signing middling third line guys. Doesn’t make sense to me. Probably an order of operations thing, I don’t mind Domi and Bertuzzi but they better have some significant cards to play still.

Well, if you go by what the rumours are saying, they're getting Hanifin and Vladar for Nylander, so they're just signing guys who can take his place, and/or fill in for the loss of Kerfoot, and Bunting.

[activeStick]

Nice piece for the Leafs. Tre flipping the script with a strong day after a bad day on July 1.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Depth too, getting a couple 40 point guys like Bertuzzi and Domi and shipping out an 80 point guy like Nylander.

40 point guys getting good ice time and PP time. They don’t move the needle much at the expense of one player with their production combined.

[Saqe]

Isn't Bertuzzi and Domi replacing guys like O'Reilly and Bunting? I'm not sure that swings the meter one way or the other much.

I will say though that adding Klingberg, Bertuzzi and Domi who are all defensive liabilities made them worse in that regard. And goaltending still is kind of weak, never been a big Samsonov fan.

[Erick Estrada]

The guy is a defensive liability on a team that doesn't exactly have a strong blueline. It's an okay signing on the surface but the guy is very one dimensional.

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[Paulie Walnuts]

The Leafs finally made progress on the defensive side and Treliving comes in with 3 signing with terrible defensive metrics.

I used to think Treliving was big on analytics but that seems false now and I think he's a GM who wants his team to play for corsi.