DAVID PAGNOTTA, THE FOURTH PERIOD: “The Canucks have been engaged in trade talks with the Toronto Maple Leafs, whom have been suggesting to everyone that their focus is on upgrading up front, about a Myers deal. There appears to be steady traction there, from what I’ve been told.”
by Tripleknockout
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A heavily retained Myers does make some sense for the Maple Leafs. They’re deep enough that they can shelter him and give him appropriate deployment. He’s mobile enough that he can engage with their high tempo style and help support the attack. He’s big, durable and has a fair amount of snarl, all aspects their roster is perennially short in. It seems like a ridiculous concept because Myers is horribly overpaid and defensively suspect, and the Maple Leafs are a generally well run organization, but you can see how something like this might come to pass.
Only question is I have no idea what on earth we’d get back. Maybe nothing? An expiring contract? Hard to say whether they’d value the addition enough to add, or they’d view it as doing us a favor.
I for one will be sad to see our chaos giraffe go.
If Allvin can get literally anything for Myers even at half retained we’re building him a statue immediately
**Trade offer:**
You receive: *Tyler Myers, king of giraffes*
I receive: *The knowledge that Myers has trade value still*
Oh sweet lord baby jesus, please be true
To the dude who posts the game performance recaps …… Please stop. Just for a couple weeks alright ?
Thank you.
Edit: why the hate lol. We don’t want Toronto to see the chaos giraffes performance history.
I’m expecting at least a 2nd if we are retaining
If we can get any sort of value for Myers (that isn’t just payment for retaining salary) you count that as a win
If I was Toronto I would heavily consider doing an overpay for Demko. That team is treading water on goaltending and they need to go for it. If Demko plays godlike I bet Matthews would resign immediately. Yeah Demko has injury concerns but not nearly as bad as Murray. I’d be happy to take Murray to make the cap work but I wonder how much Vancouver would want on top of that.
Myers for a conditional cup of coffee.
I really hope we don’t add a sweetener if this happens…
Realistically. Myers has $6×2 left on his contract.
Maybe the Canucks can move him and retain 25% to 50% .. but that means that the Leafs would get a $3m/D for.. nothing? They’ll send back a D and a pick.
Maybe a prospect (Topi Niemela or Miko Kokkonen) for Myers with 50% retained? Yeah that’d be value to both.
meh I wouldn’t retain unless they are giving something substantial. More teams will have interest in the offseason after his bonus has been paid. Unless the canucks can weaponize their cap after moving him there is no point.
Myers at left wing confirmed
If we can trade him (half retained) for any value at all, take it and run. Next year you can choose between Tyler Myers at $6mil, or a league minimum guy like Burroughs plus $2+mil of cap space (plus a late round pick?). Hell yeah! It’s an absolute no-brainer.
Don’t fucking toy with my emotions
Only thing I can think of that remotely makes sense?
**Toronto**
– Myers (50% retained)
**Vancouver**
– Alex Kerfoot
– Justin Holl
Wonder how this would work with Myers signing bonus though. If Van retains half on Myers, does Tor/Van split his 5M signing bonus? Or would Toronto absorb the SB, and Van pays half his *salary* (which would just be 500k).
At 4 million he’s not that bad.
Dubas has job on the line. Would love an overpayment here
Tyler Myers is the tallest man in hockey, that has to be worth something.
Tyler Myers and Nick Foligno are basically the same… c’mon Dubas I know you want to give us your first
which means kerfoot and holl come back as contract dumps. seems like a break even over there and then any salary retention beyond that adds picks and prospects.
i just really hope we arent retaining anyone with term. Unless the plan is to retain someone with 2-3 years remaining, and acquire a first + a prospect depending on term remaining, then I’m.okay with it. I just cant handle anymore Eriksson/OEL situations
Holl and a first, and we’ll retain $2mil.
If management manages to trade Myers for assets in return I might change my mind about them
Watch the Canucks somehow not retain on this deal. It’ll be like the Hamonic deal last season where we all went “wait… how?”
I personally don’t want to see Myers moved *yet*, his value likely only goes up substantially after July 1st. He’ll be due a $5 million bonus, leaving only a mil in actual salary for next season. If the team retains 50%, I can see a decent return in the off-season.
Myers 50% retained for kerfoot and 4th
Fucking yes please! He is an abomination. Can’t stand his hockey!
I’m sure he’s a great guy though
We have a bit more cap space now due to injuries and trading Horvat. We should try to weaponize it by offering players like Myers who only have 1-2 years left on contract with significant salary retention so they actually have trade value.
Tyler Myers at 3 million on the right side on the third pair is good value for a playoff team.
At 6 mil and as our “best” RHD he can be tough to watch.
We need his poor defensive play for the tank. Get rid of him next year!
Tyler Myers leads the league in neck/60.
You can’t argue with metrics like that.