02.24.2023 - By NHL Hockey Fans Mike Bonn and Dale Hoard
The Leafs go all in on this season, trading several draft picks to add Ryan O'Reilly for the playoff run. Dale is excited! Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl hit major milestones on the same goal. How bad are the Anaheim Ducks? Listen Here: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Direct MP3 iHeart Radio Title Player Jason Chimera - Tie him to new Leaf Ryan O’Reilly Chimera -> 09-10 Blue Jackets Jan Hejda -> 11-15 Avalanche Ryan O’Reilly Feedback - News Ryan O’Reilly trade to Leafs Leafs paid out 2023 1st, 3rd, 2024 2nd, 2025 4th for rental of O’Reilly and Noel Acciari - damn! What do you think? Too much? Worth it? In Tarasenko and O’Reilly trades - (2 players going to UFA in summer) Blues have received: 2 1st round picks in 2023, 3rd round pick in 2023, 2nd round pick and 4th round pick in 2024 Smart way to rebuild without tearing it right down? Shea Weber traded again! To Arizona, where old contracts go to die. Joins Andrew Ladd and Bryan Little Total $18,648,810 on Injured Reserve With that, their cap hit is $66,459,719 - they are actually paying $49MM in active players and $11,750,000 on IR Floor is $61,000,000 Trade Bait - Timo Meier, Chychrun, Karlsson Would you like the Leafs to do more? What will Oilers do? - Is Karlsson realistic? McDavid hits 800 pts (545 gp) and Draisaitl 700 on the same goal. 5th fastest in history - behind Gretzky (352 - wtf?), Lemieux (410), Bossy (525), Stastny (531) Guess the 5th Team of the Week Anaheim Ducks 58GP 17-34-7 41 PTS (32) Goal Diff -101 (has to be a record) 35 goals worse than next worst - Columbus SF% 42.03 (32) GF% 35.98 (32) xGF% 40.04 (32) SH% 7.24 (29) SV% 90.67 (26) PP% 16.27 (31) PK% 72.91 (29) Top Scorer - Zegras 19-29-48 Nobody tanks…. yeah, sure Gary. How does Ducks -101 compare - Projects to -143 over full season 74-75 Capitals -265 92-93 Sharks -196 93-94 Senators -196 94-95 Senators -193 72-73 Islanders -177 75-76 Capitals -170 89-90 Nordiques -167 16-17 Avalanche 48 Pts -112 Hot / Not Metro CAR 9-1-0 / WSH 3-7-0 Atlantic OTT!! 7-2-1 / MTL 4-5-1 Central COL 6-2-2 / STL 3-7-0 Pacific LAK 7-2-1 / VAN,ANA 3-5-2 **5 of 8 teams are 500 or below in pts % Crazy Stat