A different idea for Nylander with a Car trade

Team: 2018-19 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Published: Oct. 15, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

The goal for the Wild is to address their speed and offensive production issue by trading for some more offensively-oriented players. Faulk looked awesome on Carolina's PP and I think he'd be a great addition to the Wild's blue line if we traded away a RD. Gardiner has mental lapses defensively (which is why he's on the 3rd pairing with shut-down defenseman Greg Pateryn) but his offensive game would be a good addition. Nylander is the real boon in this trade and the goal would be for him to drive play and possession down the middle of the ice and have him become Staal's eventual replacement.

The Leafs get a massive upgrade to their blue line without losing any of their major SIGNED pieces. The Leafs have demonstrated they don't really need Nylander and their issues are in their own end. Spurgeon and Brodin are great defenseman where Spurgeon can put up numbers from the blue line and Brodin is more of a defensive transition guy. Coyle struggled last year due to injury but he could really use a change in scenery and could thrive with Toronto's high-powered offense. Look at his 16/17 numbers for a more accurate representation of who he is as a player.

The Toronto trade might need a little balancing with picks but this is what I came up with since our GM has stated publicly he thinks picks are very valuable assets. I'm sick of making the same TOR trades over and over (I really think Nylander is perfect for this team) so this is something different.

1.

2.