17 Dec 2021 15:46:55
Personally think the Leafs need an upgrade on Mikheyev for 3Lw

Toronto:
Brandon Tanev

Seattle:
Ilya Mikheyev
2022 6th
2023 4th

Seattle retains half of Tanev's salary

1.) 17 Dec 2021
17 Dec 2021 15:58:04
So, Seattle gives up the better player, retains and gets basically nothing for doing that? What's their incentive?

2.) 17 Dec 2021
17 Dec 2021 18:29:41
They get someone younger who is really at end if season if I'm not mistaken.

3.) 17 Dec 2021
17 Dec 2021 21:17:11
So again, Seattle is giving up the better player and retaining on him for a worse player that is a rental and only two years younger. What is Seattle's incentive to retain on 4 years of Tanev and to do that for nothing?

4.) 17 Dec 2021
17 Dec 2021 22:12:02
You’re undervaluing Tanev by quite a lot. He is a great 2-way player on a very good contract, so they will get much better offers than that for just him alone. But You’re also asking for approx. $6.5mil in salary retention, which will need to be compensated for as well, since his contract doesn’t expire for another 4 years. What’s that worth? A lot more for sure.

Mikheyev has good size, speed, grit and decent defensive ability, but hasn’t been able to put it all together or put the puck in the net just yet. He will also scheduled to be a free agent after this season, so teams will be able to bid on him for free, without giving anything up. He might get traded at the deadline as a playoff rental, but Seattle won’t be in that discussion this year.

5.) 18 Dec 2021
18 Dec 2021 01:13:57
I agree with Memarcus like Seattle is giving up the better player not to mention retaining his contract while only getting Mikeheyev who is worse and two low draft picks. Makes absolutely zero sense for Seattle.

6.) 18 Dec 2021
18 Dec 2021 19:45:38
I like Mikheyev's potential. If he ever figures out how to put the puck in the net he'll be good. But at 27 years old already he may never figure it out.

I also think everyone is overrating Brandon Tanev by a lot.

I'd like the deal more with no retention or a higher draft pick to pay for retention.

7.) 19 Dec 2021
19 Dec 2021 00:52:35
C’mon @MoxNix, the guy is consistent and reliable defensively and keeps getting better offensively every year. At $3.5mil, he’s great value too, but the fact he’s +5 and scoring above 0.50PPG in a 3rd line roll for the Kraken makes him a hero in my eyes.

8.) 19 Dec 2021
19 Dec 2021 09:34:33
I agree MoxNix. The last two seasons he’s earned his contract but it’s by no means great value IMO. He’s 30 with a career high of 29 points.

9.) 19 Dec 2021
19 Dec 2021 19:47:44
Oh Boy. It's pretty naive to judge a player solely on points alone without taking in to consideration their Role, # of Games Played and Average Time On Ice.

Tanev is a 3rd Line Defensive Player; he's not a Top-6 Offensively Minded Player. He only plays 14mins/ gm and gets little to no Power Play Minutes, yet the past 2 seasons, he's averaging 0.50PPG = 41pts/ 82 game season. Who else does that on the 3rd line?

More importantly, he's been considered for the Selke Trophy as the Leagues TOP DEFENSIVE FORWARD twice, he averages over 252 hits per 82 game season (he's currently 4th in the league for most hits this year), he blocks on average 1 shot per game and is an integral member on the Power Kill and dangerous there too; he's scored at least 1 Short Handed Goal in each of the past 5 seasons; averaging 2.72shg/ 82gms in that same span.

Elitepospects.com rates his Hitting at 19; Acceleration at 18 and Speed at 17. He's Fast, Mean, Smart, Gritty, Fearless AND CAN SCORE! His biggest knock against him is he could big bigger, but at just $3.5mil/ yr, I'd take this guy on my Team all day long.

10.) 20 Dec 2021
20 Dec 2021 00:18:42
I agree the past couple seasons you could argue he’s one of the better bottom 6 guys in the league. But 3.5M isn’t a cheap contract. If he can continue putting up 40 point seasons into his 30’s then he’s worth it. But like you said he isn’t a top 6 and plays 14 mins a night, he isn’t worth 4M+. I’d take him on my team too. Also curious to know about this Selke stat, guys with 20-30 points don’t come close to winning Selkes.

11.) 20 Dec 2021
20 Dec 2021 18:09:59
According to hockey-reference. com he placed 18th and 32nd in Selke Voting, which by my math would mean he’s considered one of the top 3-6% Defensive Forwards on NHL Rosters for those years.

12.) 21 Dec 2021
21 Dec 2021 02:02:50
It's that time of year where Leafs' fans believe every team is going to retain 50% of a contract just to help the leafs lose in round 1.