Kings perspective

C'mon now -- if we decide that we can't re-sign Matt Roy this summer, we'll solicit better offers for him than that. (And Timmins isn't any immediate help to us because he's currently on the IR list.)

The only Maple Leafs prospects we'd be interested in for a Matt Roy trade are Easton Cowan and Joseph Woll, and I can't see you guys doing that. Matt Roy may indeed go somewhere at the trade deadline, but I highly doubt that it will be Toronto.

I don’t hate the idea of having Saros over Roy but I do agree Roy fetches more.

If not Toronto, then who?

By my eye, the Kings are in theory piggybacking off of the Tanev trade talks if they're legitimately kicking the tires on moving Roy. The teams I see attempting to acquire Tanev the most on these boards are (in no particular order) Dallas, Edmonton, and Toronto. One of those teams is an immediate Pacific division rival (potential 1st or 2nd round matchup), one is (as of right now) a 50% chance to be the Kings' third round opponent God forbid they make it past two of Vancouver/Edmonton/Vegas.

It would seem - by my eye at least - that if these are the three highest bidders for Tanev and Roy, it would serve the Kings well to get him out to The Center of the Universe as fast as possible, even if (assuming the mission is to move Roy at all costs) you're only getting 80% value from Toronto. Is the gap in value worth one of Edmonton or Dallas trouncing the Kings?

Granted, the option of "do not trade Matt Roy" is still on the table but I can't imagine a deal of 1st, 4th, and a lesser prospect (Villeneuve?) being completely balked at.

Sens might swap Chychrun for Roy and another piece

Yeah done deal lol leafs take that and run