The Leafs just made a VERY interesting trade... 

Tanev was an absolute difference maker for the Stars. He's going to cover up a lot of sins in Toronto

Let's be honest, it's the leafs. 8 years 6.66 million per.

I'm so glad Nill didnt sign him. He would have been the new Suter within 3 years.

Love Tanev, but for term: 2 years is safe, 4 is a stretch, but 5+ is hoping LTIR finishes his career at some point and you can use the extra years to reduce the immediate cap hit

I like Tanev, as he's a heart player, but no, I wouldn't want him on my team at this point. Will be 35 years old shortly after the season starts, and everyone knows that each year you age after 33, is like aging 5 in your mid 20s. I wish him well there, but, I just don't see this ending well, as Toronto is going to expect too much from the guy. They have a habit of signing geriatric players at the ends of their careers.

To say that tires "have a ton of tread on them" is to say they still have tons of life left

Utah is qualifying for the playoffs, im calling it

Leafs needed to trade for Thompson...cheap trade

Garbage move Tanev won't be in the league by 2028

Imagine the bruins try to sign Stamkos 😅

The fact we still dont have solid goaltending still doesn’t improve our chances.. that, some scoring depth, and another defensive piece then I’d say maybe, MAYBE we’re ready

Tanev wont play a full seasons worth of games. You sub him out with the7th guy every so often to save him for the playoffs. Leafs can only offer him a max of 7 years which they will do to lower his AAV and free up cap space. The Leafs are not afraid to burn money once Tanev is done in 2,3 or 4 years and put him on LTIR. Treliving wants warriors for the playoffs and isnt waiting til trade deadline to get them.

The leafs love to waste money and spend foolishly. What a stupid trade. Tanev is old and injury prone. Smh. Wow. 😅

As a Devils fan that Holtz trade sucks. I know we weren't going to be able to resign him so we had no leverage but still, we should have gotten more for him.

Honestly, if the Leafs give Tanev a 7 year deal at 3 mil per, then front load the contract with signing bonuses, it could be very good. He'll either retire after 3 or 4 years already receiving 95% of his money or be on LTIR.

This along with the Ullmark trade is the most interesting thing ive seen this last week

Didnt tanev say he want to return to van

Zadorov being a leaf would be the ultimate betrayal 😢

They better sign tanev

The calgary maple leafs😂

Still say the Leafs should let the Émirats acquire them.😂😂😂😂😂😂

Tanev will demand too much money; or he goes to the highest bidder. Leafs will overpay .... as usual.

How many heads would explode if Tanev signed with Dallas?

Too old now, used up, battered and bruised , will miss 25 games...perfect for Toronto and they'll sign him long term lol

Awful trade , lol , leafs gonna give him a 6 yr contract, lmao

Hahaha Tanev went from a legit contender, to definite pretender. Hazbeen

Look out Toronto, Treliving has been handing out all these long term contracts. He left Calgary in a mess and the worst trade in nhl history!

Taking a punt on an older injury-prone player is very Leafs.

Tyres that have a lot of tread left on them is the exact opposite of what you meant about a 34 year old that is injury prone.

Injury prone so no issue sending him to Robidas Island with a bag of cash when his time is up

tanev over rated if you ask me, there is a reason he bounces around so often

As a leafs fan I love this move Let’s go tree

Signing rights on an UFA is not exactly a signing.

Happy learned how to putt. Uh oh....

Marner will be traded from the Leafs

Tires have a ton of tred? That means there new lmao

teach nurse how to play defense 2:01

Toronto where huge contracts go to die

Its not south paw its right catch

Wish oilers had Tanev

I hope the cap hit is reasonable with Tanev. Who cares about length as it's the Leafs. They've mastered the LTIR.

Tanev has the opportunity to do something hilarious and just sign with Dallas in FA anyway

Tampa ypu knew would dump salary, to try and find cap space for Stamkos. But Brisebois may have burned his bridge there. Seeing as alot of good forwards are ufa's cone Monday, teams that lose pending ufa's, will be looking at Stamkos, so he can get what he wants.

OEL gonna get that residual cup champ money.

Idk if i’d call this “interesting” i feel like this was inevitable. Tanevs the name i’ve heard connected to the leafs most year after year. They hardly got rid of anything and just want to sign him before he gets offered big money. He’ll get long term and the last couple years will on ltir or waived

Love everything Treliving is doing. Expect yet another D and G coming in. What will be disappointing is if Tre can't get a Marner trade done. Running things back to infinity or letting him walk for nothing shouldn't be an option.

It would be a safe bet for a 34 year old battle scared Tanev to sign a long term deal with a team like the Leafs or the Habs as they don't seem to mind wasting money on players on LTIR for half the entire contract length. From the players perspective, get paid millions to golf and fish sounds pretty sweet.

I love Robidas Island.

6 for 27m

Time to move on from Stamkos. I said it.

That leaf’s team is gonna be good or bad or terrible

Take more than Tanev to help T.O

When the Leafs picked up Tavares they overpaid him long-term but figured they would have at least made a deep run in the playoffs by now. They're probably gonna do the same thing with Tanev. Give him too much/too long but no one will care if they make a few deep runs in the next couple years (or God forbid win...). If they don't make a few deep runs in the next few years there will be bigger problems than a Tanev contract

Give him 11 million 10 year deal 😂😂😂😂

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I wouldn't look at a 5-year term as an expectation that he plays another 5 years. It's just a way to make the AAV lower. The window in Toronto is now, so term doesn't matter. Maybe he spends the final 2 years on LTIR. I just hope the Leafs make the best of their cap space. No more freeloaders. We have the offensive weapons. We need D and goaltending.

what if Tanev just walks lol

FUN FACT- The Leafs STINK 🍁

So are the leafs planning on offering 8 years? That's the only reason I can see getting his contract right before it expires, otherwise they could have just waited to offer 7

Signing vets and old players long term isn't really a problem anymore with the normalisation of that way of using LTIR. Teams with deep pockets like Toronto, Montreal or NYR could/will abuse the shit out of it until they can’t. If you are contending within a certain window might as well sign those risky long term contracts to reduce AAV now. Who wouldn’t sign Crosby in 25-26 at 38, for lets say 3-4 mil AAV 5 years, if he even gives 1 good year of hockey it’s worth it, if he gets injured LTIR, if he gets bored of hockey he retires ... with inflation and the current market he might even get a lot better AAV, but at this point i believe he would take a lower AAV to get cups.

I want Mitch marner gone I genuinely would be suprised if I check his stats and saw a singular hit he’s not physical he gives up pucks because he’s not physical and he is laziness’s just lost another game 7 in overtime 2 months ago and I know they would have lost anyways but marner is genuinely dead weight in the playoffs

That Lupul/Robidas meme is crazy 💀

Treliving said so himself they can’t sign Tanev 8 years.

Taney isn’t going to do shit for the leafs lol. The leafs will never change until they change the core