Toronto Maple Leafs

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The Leafs lose some defensive depth as Ozhiganov expected to return to KHL

Aivis Kalniņš‏ @A_Kalnins

Enter Borgman

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Enter Borgman

Rosen, Lilijgren, Sandin all get a legitimate chance.

Gardiner, Hainsey, Marincin, and Oz are all likely/are gone.

Dermott, Zaits, Rielly, Muzzin are the only ones that have a spot. So 2 spots for 4 guys right now.

[ericdaoust]

Ozhiganov is making the right call. I think he has something to offer in the NHL but he has better opportunities back home.

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Rosen, Lilijgren, Sandin all get a legitimate chance.

Gardiner, Hainsey, Marincin, and Oz are all likely/are gone.

Dermott, Zaits, Rielly, Muzzin are the only ones that have a spot. So 2 spots for 4 guys right now.

He's at least a year away. Holl is kicking around #7 hole as well.

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Heard on the radio that there's a feeling PK Subban is on the block to help create room now for Josi's impending new contract that would start for the 2020-21 season. The guy was talking to a Vancouver insider about him and how maybe this off-season with the draft being held in Vancouver, maybe they make a splash kind of thing. Got me thinking, would it be something Toronto should explore.

PK Subban for Nylander.

PK has 3yrs left at 9mill/yr. Nylander 6.96mill/yr for 5 more years.

Do they even attempt this with the upcoming contracts of Marner, AJ, Kapanen, and more down the road in Muzzin, Andersen, Hyman, and Brown?

not a chance. They need to cut salary just to sing those three. trading 6.9m for 9m doesn't make basic mathematical sense

Trading 6.9m Nylander for say 6.2m Ryan Ellis does make sense.

[DusterDave]

From @kevin_mcgran on twitter yesterday:

Hearing the Leafs/Marlies are adding a Russian on Wednesday. Who? Can’t say for sure, unfortunately. Leafs can be tight-lipped when they want to be. The one thing, that Russian is already in Toronto.
Could be RW Yegor Korshkov (31st overall, 2016), a 6-4 22-year-old who fits the bill of a “big guy” that’s coming that Mike Babcock telegraphed after Game 7. He played just 19 games for Yaroslavl Lokomotiv due to injury.
Could be that other Russian, F Ilya Mikheyev, a free agent leaning either towards TML or VGK. 23 goals for Omsk Avangard. Let’s hope for all the hype around Mikheyev (6-2) wherever he lands, he fits somewhere between Artemi Panarin and Par Lindholm on the Rus-Euro UFA scale.

[Dennis]

From @kevin_mcgran on twitter yesterday:

Hearing the Leafs/Marlies are adding a Russian on Wednesday. Who? Can’t say for sure, unfortunately. Leafs can be tight-lipped when they want to be. The one thing, that Russian is already in Toronto.
Could be RW Yegor Korshkov (31st overall, 2016), a 6-4 22-year-old who fits the bill of a “big guy” that’s coming that Mike Babcock telegraphed after Game 7. He played just 19 games for Yaroslavl Lokomotiv due to injury.
Could be that other Russian, F Ilya Mikheyev, a free agent leaning either towards TML or VGK. 23 goals for Omsk Avangard. Let’s hope for all the hype around Mikheyev (6-2) wherever he lands, he fits somewhere between Artemi Panarin and Par Lindholm on the Rus-Euro UFA scale.

Ilya Mikheyev is in Slovakia playing for Russia in the IIHF World Championship Tournament so that tweet likely is talking about Korshkov.

Mikheyev could definitely still sign with the Leafs very soon as well though.

[DusterDave]

Yep, your right. Korshkov signed a 2 year entry level contract.

[ericdaoust]

I love how Mikheyev is "somewhere between Panarin and Lindholm" when he's nowhere near Panarin so we can throw that out the window.

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Egor Korshkov:
- signed 2yr deal, also signed a PTO with the Marlies and will join them for the Calder run
- 22yrs old (turns 23 in July)
- Scored 65pts in 172KHL games
- 2016 he got the Silver medal at the jrs, finishing with 2G, 6A in 7 games.
- 31st overall is the highest the Leafs have drafted a Russian born player.
- Same scout that tipped them about Soshnikov, tipped them about this guy
- 6'4", 180-ish lbs right winger who shoots left
- Never got serious minutes and battled injuries that limited his production.

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Egor Korshkov:
- signed 2yr deal, also signed a PTO with the Marlies and will join them for the Calder run
- 22yrs old (turns 23 in July)
- Scored 65pts in 172KHL games
- 2016 he got the Silver medal at the jrs, finishing with 2G, 6A in 7 games.
- 31st overall is the highest the Leafs have drafted a Russian born player.
- Same scout that tipped them about Soshnikov, tipped them about this guy
- 6'4", 180-ish lbs right winger who shoots left
- Never got serious minutes and battled injuries that limited his production.

That's the biggest thing right there. His first couple KHL years his TOI was under 10/gm.
Only his last season did he see decent TOI & then he went down. He's better offensively than those KHL #'s demonstrate.

I'm really interested to see how he does with the Marlies jumping into the intensity of the playoffs

[ericdaoust]

Was he held back while deserving to play more or is there a valid reason why he didn't get more minutes?

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Was he held back while deserving to play more or is there a valid reason why he didn't get more minutes?

I always figured it's cause the KHL has a weird hierarchy where it takes a while to get into the good books, and it's even harder if they think you may leave for the NHL.

[ericdaoust]

I always figured it's cause the KHL has a weird hierarchy where it takes a while to get into the good books, and it's even harder if they think you may leave for the NHL.

All of their young prospects with upside are at least on the NHL radar. Most of them eventually grow into more prominent KHL roles. Somehow Korshkov has not, even at 22. To me that's concerning. He's not dead as a prospect but he has a lot to prove.

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All of their young prospects with upside are at least on the NHL radar. Most of them eventually grow into more prominent KHL roles. Somehow Korshkov has not, even at 22. To me that's concerning. He's not dead as a prospect but he has a lot to prove.

I will be the first to admit I don't know much about the KHL. Maybe 2018-19 season was going to be the year the was given the shot at a prominent role?

I'm not even counting on him making the Leafs next yr. But if he does, could be a 15-30pt guy. Could jump up a ton depending how he gels with JT, Matthews, Nylander, Marner guys.