Demers isn't good any more and you showed by not trading anything of value for him. leafs aren't signed JVR for cap reasons and just thought he will never sustain his play for the next seven or eight seasons

no Liljegren

Only Thing I Would Change Is 6 Years For JVR, 8 For Willy. And To Anyone Saying Thornton Is Overpaid, Leafs Will Always Spend To Cap. So 1 Year Of Thornton For $7,000,000 Is Not “Dumb” Beacuse They Can Spend Recklessly, And He Wouldn’t Leave SJS For Anything Less

I like this! Not bad!

No cause he's not ready yet.

Demers has 5 Goals and 19 points with only 3 Assists on the Powerplay of which he is bottom 30 in the league in TOI. I think his production would see a major boost on an offensive team like Toronto. He is 3rd in TOI as well behind Goligoski and OEL who largely are ahead due to the PP time. He is a PKing RHD who is top 20 in the league among Defenders with at least 100 min PK TOI this season in terms of Corsi Against. Demers is good. I just don't think ARZ should keep him as they still have a lot of work to do rebuilding and Demers is 29 and they should trade him before his value drops. The leafs should target him because he is a huge upgrade on Polak, Hainsey and Zaitsev with the bonus of his contract expiring right around the time Liljigren's ELC expires and after at least one more year in the AHL I would expect him to put up numbers justifying a fair bit of cap. Nielsen has value, he is a player with a very high potential ceiling and size however is struggling to learn the defensive side of the game. He is 21 and a former 3rd round draft pick. He saw a lot of the power play time go to players like Dermott and Liljigren and even Marincin and Borgman got some time over him which is a big part in his production drop. I think he is a good grab along with a mid high draft pick (3rd round) to maybe see if he can bounce back production wise and if his defensive side can be improved. It's a good trade imo.

As for JvR. If he signs an Oshie type deal then yeah bring him back. That's what I used as a ball park figure for the deal I put on here, 8 years roughly $5.5-5.75 Mil. There is plenty of Cap room for it to work and still grab a defense man (Demers). The cap is going up to $80 Mil and the leafs also have Horton who can go onto LTIR. There is like $35 Mil in cap that can be manipulated next season. The following season if the moves I listed are made there will be roughly the same amount again. Enough to extend Matthews, Marner, Kappanen, Aaltonen and Gardiner.

Probably gets another year with the Marlies tbh. He's had a great first year but there is no rush for him. Develop what is up with the team right now (Dermott/Kappanen and likely Johnsson added to that as well) and create an environment for him to be insulated in when he is ready.