 Today is a trade deadline and the Leafs have already made two moves the day before Yo, what's going on leaf nation sleeper back again and welcome back to the channel today We're doing a shootout commentary and today we're gonna talk about the moves the Leafs have made And they're pretty big ones. So switch over here. Let's hop into a shootout But guys the Leafs have made two big moves The day I'm recording it. It was yesterday. They've made these two moves on Sunday First off before we head into a shootout. Let's just talk or talk about what the trade was So I'm gonna pull it up. So I don't get the details wrong I don't think I will but better to be safe than sorry. I'm gonna pop it up on screen, too I'm sure you guys have heard of these trades already But the first trade the Leafs made yesterday was acquiring Nick Felino and Stefan Knowson Hopefully I said that right from these San Jose sharks. It was a three team trade deal So the Leafs acquired Felino and Knowson They gave the blue jackets our first round pick in 2021 and a fourth round pick in 2022 and the sharks acquired a fourth round pick in 2021 so I'll give my opinions on the trades Further into this video, but that was the first trade the Leafs made the second one that they made late last night It was acquiring gold tender David Riddick big save Dave from the Calgary Flames in exchange for a third round pick in 2022 so The good things about these two deals are the Leafs did not have to get rid of anyone on their team They didn't have to get rid or yeah They got rid of someone on the team future potential in the team But they didn't get rid of any current players on the team No prospect that they have no one on the current roster, which is absolutely huge So you guys are probably wondering how the hell did the Leafs do this with the cap hell that they're in if you Want to call a cap hell it's cap hell They not too long ago acquired Riley Nash from the blue jackets and put him and Frederick Anderson on long-term IR Freeing up about just over five million cap space so with that being said the I know the flames retained 50% of David Riddick's contract and I think the Leafs are only paying 25% of Nick Foligno's contract something like that So they're not paying full contract, which is nice So that's how they were able to get that done Here we are with Ilya Mikaev We're gonna start right off the bat with a datu flip here. Let's see if this works out Almost okay first things first. Let's talk about the Nick Foligno deal Did the Leafs overpay for Nick Foligno? 100% especially after seeing what Taylor Hall went for which was a second round pick and York I think it was from the Bruins 100% the Leafs overpaid a first-round pick for Nick Foligno is an ideal, but what I will say is Nick Foligno makes the Toronto Maple Leafs a better team Plain and simple Nick Foligno makes the Toronto Maple Leafs a better team The Leafs gave up a lot of draft picks today They gave up four draft picks and what I'm gonna say to that is The Leafs don't need to be drafting players. They have a pretty strong draft pool if I do say so myself To name three guys right off the bat Rasmus Sandin, Nick Robertson, Timothy Lilligren Three elite top tier prospects Plain and simple. This is coming, you know a little biased obviously But you got to be real all that could have worked out You got to be real those are three great prospects that the Leafs have in their pool and they have other great prospects too I'm sure I'm forgetting some names With that being said Let me make the safe here real quick Beautiful. With that being said Nick Foligno makes the Leafs a better team Now the way I look at it He's probably gonna be playing with William Nylander and John Tavares Which makes your top six better and your top nine even better the way I'm gonna look at it here is I Don't even know what I did there the way. I'm gonna look at it here is it sucks for gouch He was he's been playing great He played top line minutes the other night with Matthews and Marner and played absolutely amazing But it looks like he's gonna be playing on either the third or fourth line Which is fine. It makes our depth even better, which we like to see but I Think the first line is gonna be Hyman Matthews Marner great first line second line being Nylander Tavares gouch or not gouch Foligno and Then we're gonna score here and I can explain these third or fourth lines Oh, that would have been beautiful. The third line will be Kerfoot, Thorton, Spetza. I'll let me make the save I'm forgetting what the fourth line might be. Oh, and we take the L. We take the L And then the fourth line being Kerfoot, McKay of Galley. Now the way I'm looking at it Here is the third or fourth line aren't really set So maybe that Kerfoot line will be the third line and the Joe Thorton, Spetza line will be the fourth line Like these are good problems to have you don't know who's gonna be on your on your foot on your forwards All great players that deserve to be on the team, but all in all given the lines you're gonna have to wait seven days For Nick Foligno to quarantine and come on to the loose roster William Elander is still out with COVID protocols. He doesn't have it But he's got a quarantine because he came in contact with someone who possibly had it I believe at the time I'm recording this they haven't given any updates on William Elander So we're still assuming that he's out as well But I like this trade around Kyle Dubis he pretty much said listen, we're we're we're going for it That's that's what this trade means 100% you're giving up all those draft picks and pretty good draft draft picks I'll first round overall pick in 2021, which again isn't overpayment But I'm fine with it Nick Foligno makes the least better and yeah I mean Kyle Dubis a plot to you now. Let's talk about the day verdict trade There's there's some things I want to talk about here I'm happy that Dave Riddick is a charming belief. You're only giving up a third round pick in 2022. I believe which is okay I'm 100% okay with that the one sign that this day verdict trade tells me is that Frederick Anderson is hurt and Longer than they expected So you have a tandem of Jack Campbell and Dave Riddick if what we're thinking about Freddie Anderson is true They haven't given any update about Freddie the time I'm recording this but You got to assume he's out for longer than they expected and this is why They acquired big save Dave And you got to look at it this way if this is true You're going into the playoffs with Jack Campbell as your starter and Michael Hutchinson as your back-up goaltender God forbid knock on wood that Campbell goals out hurt in the playoffs You're gonna be starting Michael Hutchinson as you're starting goaltender Let that sink in because I don't think you're winning a playoff round with him as your goaltender. I didn't go in That's crazy. So I like this trade by Dubas Dubas. You know what again? The deadline still going on. He could still possibly make moves and I hope he makes at least one more move We'll talk about that as well, but big ups to Cal Dubas. I like both trades. You're getting rid of draft picks Which it's not a leaf worry right now. They're not looking at draft young players They're looking to win now with the core that they have and this is the stuff you got to do to try to win and Yeah, I like it big up to Dubas and I hope these trades work out where we don't regret it I don't think we will Felino makes a team better Dave Riddick. Definitely will be making the team better Not having to see Hutchinson net again, which is great with that being said I know I'm gonna pop up a tweet if I find it Dave Riddick has a losing record with the Calry Flames in a 904 safe percentage if I'm not mistaken If we're gonna be honest a 904 with a losing record with the Calry Flames who haven't been too great It's pretty good and I like to think the Leafs will play better defensively in front of them So you're gonna get a better Riddick in front of you like a bet the best version of Dave Riddick, which I'm excited to see and the good thing About Dave Riddick is he can possibly be playing tonight. I don't know how that went in But David it could possibly be playing tonight. He doesn't have to quarantine. He's coming over from a Canadian team The Leafs have a back-to-back today and tomorrow. They're playing Montreal tonight Calgary tomorrow Calgary tonight Montreal tomorrow So maybe you give Campbell the start tonight Riddick the start tomorrow or vice versa. So Yeah, I like this trade from the Leafs. Don't got to worry about quarantining, which is absolutely huge Cal Dubas Two thumbs up from this guy on the two trades that you made now that being said before this shootout ends I think the Leafs are gonna go out and make one more move. I know they have just over two Mill maybe two point one mill left in cap space. What are they gonna do? You might be asking I think they're gonna go out and try to acquire a defenseman whether that be a top six guy or a top six guy Like someone to play on the third pairing where Dermott's your depth guy or a depth guy You look at it this way. We're gonna that's who flip to end it beautiful If you look at it this way, let's say God forbid. I'm gonna knock on wood again Someone goes down in the playoffs or in the regular season like a Riley a Brody a Muzzin a Bogosian a Dermot your depth is Rasmus and Dean, which isn't bad. Who's after him? Who's after him Timothy Lilligan who's barely played any NHL games? So I think the Leafs are not done. I don't think how Dubas is done I think he's gonna make one more move to acquire that depth defenseman whether it be a guy who can play was a Bogosian or a guy that You know sits and comes in if someone God forbid gets hurt But yeah, I don't think the Leafs are done only time will tell it's 1046 while I'm recording this There's still a full day of trades to be To happen so it's gonna be an interesting deadline day. I don't think Dubas is done I think he'll make one more move. We'll see what happens But guys that is gonna be it for today's video Hopefully you guys did enjoy it if you guys did be sure to drop a like on it if you guys are new around here and make sure to hit the subscribe button down below and Hopefully We have a good deadline upon us Um, let me know let me know what you guys think about the deals that happened already the Taylor Hall trade the move that the The senators have made on the key goose of signing with the Florida Panthers after getting his contract bought out The Panthers are looking scary. Let me know what you guys thought have been thinking of all the deals that have happened so far and Yeah, that is it for today's video. Thank you guys very much