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Carolina decline what you dont understand Leafs fans Pesce isnt on the market, if you REALLY want him, you'll need to overpay big time

How do you know that he is not on the market if the price is right. Carolina is not going to be able to protect all their defenceman when the expansion draft occurs so I do believe Pesce could actually be more in play than you think. I also thought that Nylander straight up for Pesce was a fair deal but interested in what others think of the fairness of this trade. Nylander has more upside than you think and is a natural centre iceman and would be shifted to centre by the Canes.

The expansion draft is nearly two years away still.

This site and HF boards have been over this 300+ times, Pesce carries a lot more value then Nylander. Pesce is roughly a 6.5-7.3M player currently on a 4M contract for 5 more years, where Nylander is a roughly 6M player with the potential to be a 7M player, making 7M for the next 5 years. See where I'm getting at? Now we can go into the value of wingers vs defense (especially RD) and that tips the scale even more. Cane's have zero interest in moving any of their top 4 RD and when the expansion happens they will likely protect Slavin, Gardiner and Pesce then resign Hamilton as a FA.

Oh and don't get me started on that Flames trade, Calgary obviously declines

The problem is that Leafs fans think they are already overpaying big time w/ Nylander. But they're not, lol. He's on pace for a 53 point season while playing on a line w/ a top 5 goal scorer in the league. And he carries a cap hit of $7M!!! Ouch!