MHF - Hockey Thread

[Montegriffo]

Matthews up to 38 goals, brings it back to 1 goal game.

[StCapps]

Leafs 4-0 on Hutch's last 4 starts.

He lost eight straight before that, just gave up another five goals tonight with .882 save percentage, which is about where he's at on the season. He isn't even good enough to be an NHL backup goalie, let alone a starter, the Leafs lack of depth in net is a big problem.

[Smitty-48]

Leafs trade Trevor Moore & two 3rd round picks to LA Kings for G Jack Campbell & LW Kyle Clifford

Elloitte Friedman actually called this trade right before the game.

Dubas has traded for Jack Campbell before in the OHL

A back up goalie and a big veteran winger without giving up major assets, fair enough

LA retains 50% salary on Clifford, both are UFA's so just rentals

Lockheed Martin shareholders approve, no damage done either way

[StCapps]

Leafs trade Trevor Moore & two 3rd round picks to LA Kings for G Jack Campbell & LW Kyle Clifford

Elloitte Friedman actually called this trade right before the game.

Dubas has traded for Jack Campbell before in the OHL

A back up goalie and a big veteran winger without giving up major assets, fair enough

LA retains 50% salary on Clifford, both are UFA's so just rentals

Lockheed Martin shareholders approve, no damage done either way

They needed an upgrade on Hutchinson real bad and couldn't afford to doddle either.

[Smitty-48]

Leafs trade Trevor Moore & two 3rd round picks to LA Kings for G Jack Campbell & LW Kyle Clifford

Elloitte Friedman actually called this trade right before the game.

Dubas has traded for Jack Campbell before in the OHL

A back up goalie and a big veteran winger without giving up major assets, fair enough

LA retains 50% salary on Clifford, both are UFA's so just rentals

Lockheed Martin shareholders approve, no damage done either way

They needed an upgrade on Hutchinson real bad and couldn't afford to doddle either.

No doubt Dubas had this deal on the burner for awhile, it's the least worst option : didn't cost them much

The asking prices are inflated for the Leafs, it's a low risk attempt to salvage the season

Not throwing in the towel, but not trading the farm neither

Campbell is at least an NHL goalie

[Smitty-48]

Hopefully Clifford can keep up and play a consistent shift, cause he does bring the desperately needed truculence

He's won the Cup, he's popular in the room in LA, he sticks up for his teammates, and he can chuck em

[Smitty-48]

Actually, Campbell apparently has two more years remaining on his contract at a friendly $1.65 million cap hit

2.85 GAA .900 SVP

Veteran NHL backup goaltender at an affordable rate with term :check:

Veteran leader, grinder, enforcer, Stanley Cup champion role player rental :check:

3rd round picks are a dime a dozen, Trevor Moore was a found wallet college free agent small winger

Praise Dubeezus

[Smitty-48]

New Leafs Woop-Woop !

Kyle Clifford; legit enforcer who can play a regular shift

Jack Campbell; goaltending is voodoo, but he can't be worse than Hutchison, surely

[Montegriffo]

GB beats Romania 4-3 on route to Olympic qualification.
Estonia and Hungary to follow.

[StCapps]

This Burakovsky-Kadri-Nichushkin line is on fire. Big Val especially, where was this guy his entire NHL career before this?