Trading Nylander

nope, that dont get you Nylander

Add more then
I'd take that deal if I'm Dubas
Future LW, 1st in a deep draft, 3C with upside and a dose of toughness while opening up cap space to sign a top 4 RD..... yip, sounds good to me.

How about this, take out the guy who peaks as a 3C who is terrible at defence, remove the old crappy 4th liner the leafs dont need. And then add add a top 4D and the leafs might look at it.
Cap space is not a value asset in a trade when the player you are trading is on a very good contract.
this trade sucks for toronto

How about this, leave in the 23 year old 3C that has 2C upside, leave in the 4th liner that would add an element of grit that the Leafs 100% DO need, and then pull the trigger because cap space is most certainly a valuable asset when your blueline is as terrible as the Leafs is.
This trade works in multiple ways for Toronto

Zacha has 2C upside? oh dear. and a crappy 4th liner who has GRITTTTTTTT!!! Yeah, no, this does nothing for the Leafs. late 1sts and ok prospects are nice but this is bad. It doesnt work for the Leafs because it doesnt help the Leafs. They are a worse team after this trade and the futures arnt worth it and if they are going to take out some of their current roster strictly for cap space for a ufa defender they'd be about a million times better just cutting out of the bottom 6.
The only team this works for is New Jersey, and fans of teams who want to see the leafs be bad