Mike Augello: Toronto Ships Liljegren To San Jose; Leafs vs. Kraken

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In tribute to our Leafy hero….

I will be donning a Grim Reaver costume tonight 🤜🏽

https://youtu.be/0frHw-7J4Mk?si=Kb1n7Yv8r-AiByIc

Let's keep arguing about the potential return for Liljegren at last year's TDL compared to now.

This seems really relevant and an indictment of, for or against, proper asset management.

If I was GM I would have got a return for Loljebust that was so sick it's insane.

Wedgie we're going to need reports on the resale market for today's game throughout the day.

If I was GM I would have got a return for Loljebust that was so sick it's insane.
- Zezel

I would have gotten one that was so insane, it would be sick.

Like Macklin Celebrini's spleen.

I would have gotten one that was so insane, it would be sick.

Like Macklin Celebrini's spleen.
- Monkeypunk

A spleen sweetener would be the sickest by a country mile and I'm not sure it's close!

Let's keep arguing about the potential return for Liljegren at last year's TDL compared to now.

This seems really relevant and an indictment of, for or against, proper asset management.
- mjones242

Leafs traded a 7th dman on their team for a 7th dman on a worse team and picks.
They got cap relief and a 3rd.
Enough said

But i agree, closer to the tdl lili coild have gotten more

Let's keep arguing about the potential return for Liljegren at last year's TDL compared to now.

This seems really relevant and an indictment of, for or against, proper asset management.
- mjones242

Yes, differing opinions can be difficult to cope with. But, this can be avoided if necessary by not coming to a place where opinions are regularly shared.

Wedgie we're going to need reports on the resale market for today's game throughout the day.
- Zezel

Panic hasn't set in yet, but there's still a tonne of tickets.

Corner greens going for $78 each - that's about half of what the season ticket holder would have paid.

praying for a joseph woll shutout tonight

Wedgie we're going to need reports on the resale market for today's game throughout the day.
- Zezel

Cheapest lower bowl seats right now are $174 each. Once again, probably less than 50% of what the season ticket holder paid for them. But don't buy yet - you'll be able to get lower bowl tix for less than $100 by game time.

If I was GM I would have got a return for Loljebust that was so sick it's insane.
- Zezel

Great return. The greatest. People would be saying, "Wow, what a great return Zez got."

Zezel - 2024

Great return. The greatest. People would be saying, "Wow, what a great return Zez got."

Zezel - 2024
- Whipper

Grown men would cry, tears streaming down their face, thanking Zez

Holmberg, Reaves, and picks for Gourde and picks.

Make it so.

Holmberg, Reaves, and picks for Gourde and picks.

Make it so.
- GalacticStone

You need to change the battery in your calculator

Cheapest lower bowl seats right now are $174 each. Once again, probably less than 50% of what the season ticket holder paid for them. But don't buy yet - you'll be able to get lower bowl tix for less than $100 by game time.
- Atomic Wedgie

Less than 100, are you being cereal right meow?

Let's keep arguing about the potential return for Liljegren at last year's TDL compared to now.

This seems really relevant and an indictment of, for or against, proper asset management.
- mjones242

In!

Less than 100, are you being cereal right meow?
- Zezel

Let's keep arguing about the potential return for Liljegren at last year's TDL compared to now.

This seems really relevant and an indictment of, for or against, proper asset management.
- mjones242

The move was good. The cap space provides some nice flexibility. They’re still probably going to lose a couple of guys when Dewar and Hacky come back. (Sending Reaves down which I don’t think they’ll do, means only losing one.)

Less than 100, are you being cereal right meow?
- Zezel

Tonight is the perfect storm.

Facts:

- the secondary market for Leafs tix has dropped through the floor, post-COVID (note: this effect is much larger for weekday games than Saturday nights). My theory is that there are 50% or less people working downtown on any given day, so the demand just isn't there anymore.

- the Hallowe'en game is always, always, always not full. Too many people have duties around Hallowe'en - having to take kids out, having to hand out candy, or both.

If you don't have any Hallowe'en duties, tonight is the night to nab tickets at 6 pm.

Go to the Keg on York, enjoy their happy hour, and wait like a panther in a tree.

Then strike!

P.S. Some may not agree with me here, but I'd rather be the very front of the upper bowl than the top of the lower bowl.

Less than 100, are you being cereal right meow?
- Zezel

A pair of reds right now for $143 per ticket.

Less than 100, are you being cereal right meow?
- Zezel

One other fun fact:

Tickets used to be controlled by scalpers, and they worked together. And they didn't allow anyone to get out of line.

So nobody - and I mean nobody - would cut their prices just before the game, or even after the game had started. You risked getting shivved by the other scalpers.

There haven't been paper tickets for a few years now - it's all electronic. Scalpers have been replaced by Ticketmaster and other sites. The scalpers are gone.

So season ticket holders control the price they sell at. They'll put their tix up for sale on Ticketmaster days before, at stupidly high prices, thinking that it's just like the good old days, and they can get 2X value on a weeknight, and 3-4X value on a weekend.

And their tickets sit. And sit and sit and sit.

By 3 pm, panic starts to creep in, and they lower.

By 5 pm, they are willing to take pennies on the dollar.

Trust me.

One other fun fact:

Tickets used to be controlled by scalpers, and they worked together. And they didn't allow anyone to get out of line.

So nobody - and I mean nobody - would cut their prices just before the game, or even after the game had started. You risked getting shivved by the other scalpers.

There haven't been paper tickets for a few years now - it's all electronic. Scalpers have been replaced by Ticketmaster and other sites. The scalpers are gone.

So season ticket holders control the price they sell at. They'll put their tix up for sale on Ticketmaster days before, at stupidly high prices, thinking that it's just like the good old days, and they can get 2X value on a weeknight, and 3-4X value on a weekend.

And their tickets sit. And sit and sit and sit.

By 3 pm, panic starts to creep in, and they lower.

By 5 pm, they are willing to take pennies on the dollar.

Trust me.
- Atomic Wedgie

seems like a better strategy now is to list them initially at a reasonable number..so they sell for something

One other fun fact:

Tickets used to be controlled by scalpers, and they worked together. And they didn't allow anyone to get out of line.

So nobody - and I mean nobody - would cut their prices just before the game, or even after the game had started. You risked getting shivved by the other scalpers.

There haven't been paper tickets for a few years now - it's all electronic. Scalpers have been replaced by Ticketmaster and other sites. The scalpers are gone.

So season ticket holders control the price they sell at. They'll put their tix up for sale on Ticketmaster days before, at stupidly high prices, thinking that it's just like the good old days, and they can get 2X value on a weeknight, and 3-4X value on a weekend.

And their tickets sit. And sit and sit and sit.

By 3 pm, panic starts to creep in, and they lower.

By 5 pm, they are willing to take pennies on the dollar.

Trust me.
- Atomic Wedgie

I used to live at Yonge & Queen's Quay for a few years around 2000 - and I worked up on Wellington by Simcoe, so my walk took me through the ACC on the way home and if I happened to work late, scalpers were offering insane rebates on tickets. Like once the puck had dropped, around 7:15 you could get upper bowl seats for half price or less. I almost never capitalized on it though - by the time you're coming home that late, your wife (or soon to be in my case) is irked enough that it's probably just a good idea to go home.