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Should the Leafs sign Patrick Kane? · Jablam Sports Hockey

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Jablam Sports Hockey, your home for everything happening around the NHL.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host, Peter Ojarinov, and every episode we'll be breaking down the biggest stories, the hottest rumors, player moves, and topics every fan is talking about.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today, we'll be looking at whether Patrick Kane is the right fit for the Toronto Maple Leagues.
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  SPEAKER_00: Plus, bringing back my old favorite topic, trending now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Usually where we cover the trending topics.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we'll be covering the topic of Leo Carlson's offer sheet and the two-time, yeah, that's right, the two-time Stanley Cup champion, Sergei Bobrowski officially signing with the Maple Leafs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's drop the puck.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, so today's hot topic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bear with me, folks.
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  SPEAKER_00: They should be out there.
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  SPEAKER_00: But haven't done this in a while.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm just trying to see if I can bring it back.
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  SPEAKER_00: So again, today's hot topic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Should the leaves sign Patrick Kane?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, I wrote an article on an article website.
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  SPEAKER_00: Forget what it's called right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: But should the Maple Leafs sign Patrick Kane?
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  SPEAKER_00: I wrote an article about the top five free agents.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course, number one is Patty Kane at the top showtime.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can Showtime fit well with the Leafs?
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  SPEAKER_00: First off, I think in the lineup, if you get Patty Kane, that moves everybody down, you put Patty Kane on the top line with multi-goal scoring champion for the Rocky Richard, the three time, three-time, three-time champion, Austin Matthews.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can he bring that magic stick back?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, only the magic man?
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  SPEAKER_00: No, that's Pavel Datsuk.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can the showtime magic man, Patty Kane, set up Matthews for maybe 50 goals again?
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe more?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think he could possibly unlock it.
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  SPEAKER_00: If the new coach Jim Hiller on the Maple Leafs can give more offensive zones, zone starts to Austin Matthews, give that new bottom six more of the defensive rules.
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  SPEAKER_00: Austin Matthews should bring a lot of that offense back.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Patty Kane would be the perfect fit to set him up to get that cheaper replacement than you know Mitch Minor.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think on the power play, his impact will be great if they utilize him on that, either on the first or second, opening up those offensive lanes.
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  SPEAKER_00: And of course, that triple triple that ripple down effect in the lineup will be fantastic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because if you put Patty Kane with Matthews and say nice, then you put down the first overall draft pick, the one they call maybe possibly the next Patty Kane, slash, is it possible it could be Kuchrov-esque?
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  SPEAKER_00: Maybe, but a playmaking guy to go with another three-time, is it three-time or four-time 40 goal scorer, the Swedish Phenom William Neilander, setting him up on the second line?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think that would be a great thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then you shift down, put Easton Cowan in the third line role with again dropping down Rossovik since you've added Kane into the third line, and you'll get a little more offense in that third line with Decent Cowan Rosslovik, and hopefully if Nick Paul could bring some of his offensive back after an injury riddled last season on Tampa.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I think that and all those reasons should be a good fit for adding Patty King.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, everybody thinks can they fit him?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, he hasn't signed anywhere.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't think he's gonna be accepting a big contract, but if they can fit him, that'd be great, contract-wise, under the cap.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, the big question mark is his defensive play great.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, protect his ice minutes.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's the first thing.
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  SPEAKER_00: How do you protect him?
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  SPEAKER_00: Give him more offensive zones starts, which would be great for Austin Matthews, and again, lean on those bottom six guys to help with more defensive zone starts.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you can do that, I think Patty Kane is a possibly perfect fit for the Austin Matthew for Austin Matthews and his Maple Leafs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Time, time for trending now, where we discuss whatever's trending.
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  SPEAKER_00: Number one, the Anaheim Ducks get offer sheeted uh on Leo Carlson with the Flyers 18 million for five years.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's tough pill to swallow.
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  SPEAKER_00: So they match it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
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  SPEAKER_00: I, if I was in their shoes, I wouldn't have matched it because you screw up the cap structure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, they're in a semi-retool rebuild, but you got four picks from Philly, who I don't think are contenders.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, I think everybody would say they're not contenders, even with the addition of Leo Carlson.
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  SPEAKER_00: They barely made the playoffs without Leo Carlson, and after a few years not being even in the playoffs.
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  SPEAKER_00: So yes, they're in a rebuilding phase, maybe at the end of a rebuild phase, they're adding a number one C.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could argue if he's top 15, top 20, he is a number one C for sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Does he have potential to be a top five guy?
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know, but you're paying him as the number one richest NHL player ever.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that sets the precedent.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's richer than McDavid by what is that, almost six million?
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  SPEAKER_00: That's 5.5 million to be exact.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh 12.5 McDavid, of course, and he gets 18 now.
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  SPEAKER_00: But again, that fifth year is a what is it, a no trade class?
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  SPEAKER_00: So you're leading right into a UFA.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're also losing that on him, so you don't really have much negotiating rights or whatever you want to do with Leo Carlson at the end of that fifth year, which kind of sucks.
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  SPEAKER_00: They match it, they ruin their cap structure, what I believe.
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  SPEAKER_00: How are they gonna retain Goce and then possibly Bennett Seneca the next year?
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  SPEAKER_00: And the rest is beyond me.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's gonna be a tough pill to swallow and everything, and I think that really harnesses everything harshes their cap structure and everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: In terms of being a contender, I don't even even think they're a contender right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: So maybe they will, maybe they won't be.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't see it happening with that structure.
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  SPEAKER_00: But say if they did not match it, they would have got Flyers top four next four first-round picks, their own four four first-round picks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they probably won't get A'Leal Carlson, but A, they're not gonna be as great, they probably won't be a playoff team.
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  SPEAKER_00: So their picks would move up the ladder in terms of where they could draft.
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  SPEAKER_00: And B, I don't think the Flyers are gonna be a contender.
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  SPEAKER_00: So those picks are, yeah, say they're early 20s.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're still gonna be good picks.
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  SPEAKER_00: You trade those pieces for other things, or to bump up those picks with your own picks, and say the Flyers missed the playoffs just one year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Somebody vital, Mitch Kov, maybe somebody like a Zegris or Leo Carlson, for that matter, gets injured for two months or more.
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  SPEAKER_00: They couldn't miss the playoffs.
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  SPEAKER_00: That could be a lottery pick, that could be a top 10 pick for one of those four years.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's tough.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then the other thing is the Leafs sign two-time Stanley Cup champion, Sergei Babrowski.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, Florida didn't want to give him the extra year that the Leafs did.
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  SPEAKER_00: So he gets his three years in Toronto, seven million.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's an interesting move, that's for sure.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Leafs are getting a veteran, very experienced Stanley Cup champion, netminder, backbone of your team.
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  SPEAKER_00: Is he as bad as he was last year?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, if you're looking at Florida last year, did they have injuries?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Was a Selke winning forward missing the whole season?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's Barkov.
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  SPEAKER_00: Was one of their defensemen, possibly in the top four, injured for most of the season?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kulakov.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a couple more injuries.
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  SPEAKER_00: They had more injuries.
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  SPEAKER_00: Seth Jones on the back end.
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  SPEAKER_00: The list goes on.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's gonna hurt the goaltender.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're playing a lot of noobs slash non-experienced NHLers helping your defense, obviously the goalie's point uh stats are gonna be hampered.
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  SPEAKER_00: We saw them in the Oilers for years.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not always just on the goaltender, it's also on the defense and the team defense.
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  SPEAKER_00: Team defense and the defense don't play well.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be tough for a goalie to turn into Ilias Sorokin.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's see if Babrowski can get that magic back by being on a team with possibly better defense, a healthier, better defense, a healthier Chris Taniff would be great to start.
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  SPEAKER_00: He missed pot almost every single game of the 82-84 game season coming up.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that would help.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Bobrowski getting closer to what he was a year or two ago would be a huge boost to Leaf's Goldening, especially one that's constantly injured slash can't play more than 40 games of the last few years.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that would be great.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, that's it for today's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening to Jablam Sports Hockey.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm your host again, Peter Bojarnoff.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do you think the leaf should sign Patty Kane?
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  SPEAKER_00: And next time we'll dive into another hot topic, possibly Darren Radish.