Absolute no go from Leafs

lol, sure thing fella. Had to double check that I didn't propose Stone for Marner or something.

The Canes deal is a real head scratcher. Dont really need another center, especially at that price. Fox + Bennett would fetch you a much better player than Jordan Staal.

I'm a big believer in center depth. Monahan, Backlund, Jankowski is not good enough in my opinion, especially if any of them get injured. Then it really gets scary. The line up above is 7 centers deep with a couple of real face off wizards, one a lefty and the other a righty.

As for Jordan Staal, he is over paid but he's a solid two way center with size. If those two pieces can get a better player than Jordan Staal, I will gladly take it.

None of those proposed trades would ever be accepted

rangers accept and say "thank you very much"

Haha guess what? There are over 4000 pages of armchair gm proposals here that won't ever happen. Value in these ones are good though.

I like the ideas.
I would rather go after Skinner or Lindholm rather than Staal, the Flames have good C's and young prospects that can be given a shot.
I think add a pick with Stone to get Brown, not that the Leafs will move him into their top 6, just to sweeten the deal.
Not huge on straight swap for Simmonds, Brodie has an extra year and Simmonds is gone next year.
How much would it cost to buyout Staal would be my only question on that trade.