NYR-TOR megadeal

Absolutely no way the Rangers trade Kravstov.

nylander is a proven 1st line player, you may be right that they WONT trade kravstov but it doesnt mean they shouldnt. Nylander and Zib is a core you can build off of immediately. I prefer Lias and Chytil over Kravstov and thats why i went with him

Absolutely no way TO trades Nylander for a guy they won't resign and a guy no one knows if he'll pan out. If TO gets Tavares, and thats a big if still, Nylander won't be the one to be traded. They'll move out depth guys for next years cap crunch and have cap room to upgrade spots in 2 years if young players rotating in can't handle the NHL. They'll have to be creative but its definitely doable. Trading Nylander would only happen if the Leafs got the better of the deal. Not because the guys you mentioned aren't good players but TO is just a better team with Nylander on it than off it. It only makes sense to move him if you are bettering your team.

extremely fair, i agree i think you keep Matthews,Marner,Nylander and Reilly and dump anyone and everyone else necessary but Zuc would replace Nylanders productivity next year almost directly with an option to re-sign at his affordable rate and then Kravstov would be a flyer. I'd throw in a B+ prospect as well not that it would make a huge diff

I understand where you are coming from, and many would agree with you. However, I feel the Leafs can likely get Nylander signed for 8 years at 7 million and that contract will look amazing if Nylander progresses into a point a game guy. (which if you are a believer in advanced stats, he almost should have been a 30 goal 40 assist man but had bad puck luck to start the season. ) In 3 years his 7 million contract could be one of the best in the league.

That sort of production can't get replaced for that much money. I say keep him unless someone comes in and really overpays for him. For example if Minnesota game in and gave Dumba + for Nylander, that is something you'd have to consider.