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Paul Maurice to be the new head coach in florida.

That’s a coach I would have liked in Ottawa.

Looking for thoughts in Mikheyev. I actually think he'd be a decent fit in our top-six. Big body with good hands - played with depth pieces in Toronto and still put up 21 goals. 27 years old but I'd take a flyer on a 3 x $4M deal.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:Looking for thoughts in Mikheyev. I actually think he'd be a decent fit in our top-six. Big body with good hands - played with depth pieces in Toronto and still put up 21 goals. 27 years old but I'd take a flyer on a 3 x $4M deal.  

I like to think we could do better in the top 6. You hope.

There's something really satisfying watching former Maple Leafs score big goals. That Kadri trade hasn't aged well.

Flo The Action wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:Looking for thoughts in Mikheyev. I actually think he'd be a decent fit in our top-six. Big body with good hands - played with depth pieces in Toronto and still put up 21 goals. 27 years old but I'd take a flyer on a 3 x $4M deal.  

I like to think we could do better in the top 6. You hope.

If you look at his 5-5 ice time and O-zone starts 21 goals is pretty damn good. He had 13 ES goals vs 21 for Nylander, but if you adjust it to Nylander's ice time it goes to 21 (same as Nylander). And that's just total ice time; the discrepancy in ES ice time is even greater (he plays more on the PK and less on the PP). Nylander was -9, Mikheyev +16.

wprager wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:Looking for thoughts in Mikheyev. I actually think he'd be a decent fit in our top-six. Big body with good hands - played with depth pieces in Toronto and still put up 21 goals. 27 years old but I'd take a flyer on a 3 x $4M deal.  

I like to think we could do better in the top 6. You hope.

If you look at his 5-5 ice time and O-zone starts 21 goals is pretty damn good. He had 13 ES goals vs 21 for Nylander, but if you adjust it to Nylander's ice time it goes to 21 (same as Nylander). And that's just total ice time; the discrepancy in ES ice time is even greater (he plays more on the PK and less on the PP). Nylander was -9, Mikheyev +16.

I watched a couple of Leafs games this year and he always stood out to me. Seems like someone who we can sign on the cheap and replace C. Brown in the middle-six. He may not be the most ideal second line player but he's certainly a good 3rd liner that would probably excel playing in better situations with more ice time. I think Toronto actually used him on the point of their 2nd PP unit and he played a lot of minutes with Kerfoot, Kampf and Engvall who are inferior to what he'd play with here.

He's not as good but I think he could have a Clarke MacArthur type effect here

If I was running the Leafs I would hang on to him and move Nylander and/or Tavares. Tavares simply isn't worth his cap hit and Nylander is the kind of player they don't need (and can't afford). I imagine if they had kept Kadri instead of Nylander they might still be playing. They got rid of the players you need to win in the playoffs -- Kadri, C. Brown, even Hyman. With the lineup they have now the only awards they'll win past April are individual ones.