The Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Chris Tanev to a six-year, $27 million deal, featuring an average annual value of $4.5 million and OverDrive host Bryan Hayes and TSN Hockey analyst Frankie Corrado discuss whether Tanev makes the team a more competitive team.
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Yes and yes
But Reilly never shows up. All this perennial Leaf gaslighting works like a charm.
Huge overpay
Same old story
Bit high I think but that is just me
This is the year the leafs will win The Cup šš¤£ššš¤Ŗš!
Like or not leafs had to make this deal
Doesnāt matter. The Leafs are the richest team in professional club hockey. Theyāll be fine.
Yes, too much
Really bad day for the leafs. Ekman Larson was bought out for a reason. Tanev would have been a great pick up if this was 5 years ago. Zadorov was the dman I was hoping to land and he went to Boston of all places. Will be more of the same for the leafs because they didnāt improve much on the back end or in net. Have not been too impressed with Treliving so far. First Reaves and Klingberg, now ekman larsson and Tanev. I hope he doesnāt trade marner and signs him long term, despite all of the hate from leaf fans marner is a solid player that doesnāt get replaced with the scraps that we are seeing Treliving pick up each year.
Yes, it is too much for too many years. There are a lot of hard miles on that body.
Yes, but that doesn't matter, leafblowers don't understand numbers….
Breaking News!!!!! Same old same old for the leafs signing they havenāt did anything good once again
Yup, but as a Canadian not licking Toronto telecoms, I'll love their signings. Hearing the Homers cover other teams every playoffs is always funny. Stop being homers, & learning on-the-fly won't be as painful.
The way he plays makes him a very sought after player and exactly what the leafs need. But it also causes a lot of injuries and you would think affects his longevity. I don't expect him to make it another 6 years.
He will be awesome at 40 and always hurt! What is this?
Brad you should have traded Reilly, Kampf, Jarnjrok and picked up Zadorov
to much andthen tol long tanev has a tough time staying healfhy for a month let alone 6 years. This guy will be on the ice in wheel chair by then. Treiliving is the worst GM in the league for this Look at what he did in calgary. To many old guys with long term deals
4.5 AAV for the best defenseman available. Thatās totally fine with me. WHO CARES about the term, he can retire anytime or move to LTIR. Leafs print money it doesnāt matter. The issue I have is their same 4 guys are still up front. The same guys that do not deliver in the playoffs.
They Money isn't bad but it's way too much term. Is he going to play first pair minutes ?? He's not a top pair defenseman. But of course neither is Rielly.
I have a sneaky feeling Tanev will never be able to play hockey again as soon as this contract starts heading downhill
I rather sign him 5m aav and 4 years
I find it funny how tanev is considered old, Reilly is only 4 yrs younger.. Reilly best days are be hind him, his ability was his legs, the leagues gotten faster and he's loosing speed yearly.
Age and health are the major risks. Heāll be 35 when the playoffs start but the Leafs have a 3-4 year window and have to go for it now.
this is a jim benning move
Too much for too long. āļø
Defensive guy that block shotsā¦watch him block a shot game 1 and get injured right away..man is old and fragileā¦
Too much money for a senior citizen in the NHL. The Leafs keep doing this since the 90's. Signing senior citizen players and giving them retirement money.šš¤£
This team is going nowhere as long as Shanahan is in charge. It's going to be another wasted year.