Studs and Duds

You would need to trade for Desharnais's signing rights to give him an 8 year deal, not that I would recommend it.

I think Dubas would want futures back and not roster players for Karlsson.

Forgot about that but I'd do 7 anyways.

I know it's an overpay but I'm factoring in:

1. He's French so Leafs won't be his first choice.
2. At every deadline the leafs trade for a guy like him (2022- 2nd+Ritchie for Lybushkin, 2023- 3rd for Schenn, 2024- 3rd+6th for Lybushkin, 3rd+5th for Edm) even if we overpay by $500k-750k it will save us 5x3rds during our competitive period and towards the end of the deal if the window is closing he's the type of D playoff teams overpay for. At worst it gets us a 3rd at best a Charot type deal can net a 1st.

Overall the risk/reward makes sense and I'd rather pay to get this type of player we desperately need at 27 than give the money to Lybushkin or Edm who are in their 30s.

Depends on how the rest of this season goes. As it stands now they don't have a 1st in 2025 so young roster players makes more sense.

This deal isn't going to help them in the next season. The hole Karlsson leaves will be massive on an already mediocre blue line. He isn't worth his cap hit, but he is still a good RD and probably the best dman on the team. They won't improve the team in the short term by trading him. It would be more about getting Karlsson somewhere competitive and clearing cap space on a rebuilding team.