Jake McCabe Traded to Toronto

[Brawndo]

 

 

[Buffalonill]

Don't worry Jake you'll be playing golf in no time 1st round exit

[pi2000]

Nice return for the Blackhawks.

[MattPie]

Just now, Buffalonill said:

Don't worry Jake you'll be playing golf in no time 1st round exit

Careful with these. We've long lambasted the Leafs on being all-offence, no-defence, but the current Sabres are 110% that if they make the playoffs. I don't see the Sabres getting out of first round with the tighter play either.

[Taro T]

Bummer.  

Like McCabe and he is a player that the Loafs don't have.

[French Collection]

Dubas all in, mortgaging the future for this year’s run.

Please fall on your faces in the first round, again.

[Stoner]

1 minute ago, MattPie said:

Careful with these. We've long lambasted the Leafs on being all-offence, no-defence, but the current Sabres are 110% that if they make the playoffs. I don't see the Sabres getting out of first round with the tighter play either.

Harsh but fair.

[Buffalonill]

10 minutes ago, MattPie said:

Careful with these. We've long lambasted the Leafs on being all-offence, no-defence, but the current Sabres are 110% that if they make the playoffs. I don't see the Sabres getting out of first round with the tighter play either.

All we have to do is out Score the opponents by 5 ..

I like our odds

[French Collection]

I guess they are done with Wayne Simmonds.Their fans were saying how he was the missing grit.

Acciari and Lafferty do add grit.

Should be an interesting matchup with Tampa.

[tom webster]

12 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

 

 

This was a deal I thought Sabres would be in on. I know they liked Lafferty for his speed, penalty killing and face off ability.

[Weave]

I hate that I have to hate Jake now.

[nfreeman]

Wow.  A #1 and a #2 for McCabe and a bottom-6 forward?

That means Chycrun will be expensive.

[Buffalonill]

9 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

Wow.  A #1 and a #2 for McCabe and a bottom-6 forward?

That means Chycrun will be expensive.

Its a 2025 first .

[Scottysabres]

3 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

Wow.  A #1 and a #2 for McCabe and a bottom-6 forward?

That means Chycrun AND Crouse will be expensive.

FIFY

Edited February 27, 2023 by Scottysabres

[nfreeman]

2 minutes ago, Buffalonill said:

Its a 2025 first .

I agree that the time value of picks means this is less valuable than a 2023 #1, but it's still a high price for 2 lower-level players.

[JohnC]

16 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Bummer.  

Like McCabe and he is a player that the Loafs don't have.

McCabe is the type of player that the Sabres could have used. On the other hand, I doubt KA would have given up a first round pick for him. 

[MattPie]

22 minutes ago, French Collection said:

Dubas all in, mortgaging the future for this year’s run.

Please fall on your faces in the first round, again.

That's what we're all rooting for of course, but I'd even settle for a second-round loss considering how much they've given up.

[SDS]

2 minutes ago, MattPie said:

That's what we're all rooting for of course, but I'd even settle for a second-round loss considering how much they've given up.

Does it matter which round as long as it is as painful as possible?

[Gatorman0519]

The Leafs almost will certainly get out of the first round this year.  Tampa is not the team it was. 

[Brawndo]

14 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

I agree that the time value of picks means this is less valuable than a 2023 #1, but it's still a high price for 2 lower-level players.

Chicago is retaining 50% of McCabe’s Deal 

LeBrun reported that Chicago wanted a first for retention 

Edited February 27, 2023 by Brawndo

[Taro T]

1 minute ago, Brawndo said:

Chicago is retaining 50% of McCabe’s Deal 

Makes sense.  They aren't going to have any salary to mention (other than Jones) after Kane and Toews are off the books.

[inkman]

[mjd1001]

I'm going to both agree with this move and criticize it at the same time.

If I'm Toronto I do what they are doing. I go all in. This group isn't going to get any better form within, so you do what you need to do to make a run.

So what is my criticism? They should have gone 'all in' last year or the year before at least.  You are going to have the same problem this year as you did last year. You're probably going to have to beat the Lightning in a 7 game series, then Boston in a 7 game series, then someone like Carolina in a 7 game series.  You are mortgaging the future for this core. And yes, you SHOULD mortgage the future for this core but it should have been done a year or two ago.  To my knowledge in the next 3 years the Leafs now have a total of 1 first round pick and zero second round picks.

8 minutes ago, MattPie said:

That's what we're all rooting for of course, but I'd even settle for a second-round loss considering how much they've given up.

A second round loss is likely a loss to Boston, meaning the Bruins move on.

You have to pick one or other, but from a Buffalo fan's point of view, is Boston that much better than Toronto?

[matter2003]

28 minutes ago, tom webster said:

This was a deal I thought Sabres would be in on. I know they liked Lafferty for his speed, penalty killing and face off ability.

Not for a first round pick+ they weren't going to be.

[thewookie1]

38 minutes ago, MattPie said:

Careful with these. We've long lambasted the Leafs on being all-offence, no-defence, but the current Sabres are 110% that if they make the playoffs. I don't see the Sabres getting out of first round with the tighter play either.

But we aren’t overhyped to the moon and back