Offer sheet Nylander

I guarantee the leafs would match that. If this happened, you'd better not let Rantanen become an RFA.

They don’t need him tbh. They’ll get a top 5 pick this year

I understand the appeal of the offer sheet, but they just don't make sense. At least not when you are talking about star level players like Nylander. Where offer sheets work, is after the Leafs sign their big guns. Let's say a guy like Johnsson or Kapanen have a decent year this season. One of them scores 20 goals and 40+ points. That player could be looking for a multi year deal worth 3+ a season and Toronto, frankly, can not afford that. That's where an offer sheet would not be matched and then costs only a 2nd round pick.

The Leafs' cap situation isn't exactly at a point where an offer sheet is necessarily doable. If they lose Nylander, assuming Dubas is somewhat competent, he'll use the extra space wisely to ensure that he can keep some veterans on defense to help the young prospects develop, not just offer sheet out of spite because of the loss of Nylander and risk taking on an even more expensive contract than they would have had they matched this.

That being said, you're probably right that the Leafs match this, and while part of me wants to see it done just to destroy the Leafs' cap situation, I don't think any responsible GM would take that kind of risk.

Not to say that Dundas would offer sheet Rantanen, but if COL successfully offer sheeted Nylander I wonder why another GM wouldn't try to offer sheet Rantanen (8 years X 9M). What if a VAN, DET or NYI did that?