Quoting: BrandonMcD11
Toronto is trading away a "young elite scoring winger" and only gets back a "disgruntled forward"...nice
Panarin is great, that wasn't meant as an indictment on his talent, its more that the trade makes zero sense from pretty much any perspective beyond fantasy.
Panarin > Nylander (at this point in time) but he'll be demanding over 8 million for sure and is already closer to 30 than he is 20. Meaning panarin is playing his best hockey now, while Nylander still has all his best years a head of him.
Bobrovsky > Andersen but Andersen is beyond good enough and his contract isn't going to be insane like Bob's will be.
The Leafs are going to have a very challenging time with their contract next season, which I think very well could force them to ice an extremely young defence next season and still possibly lose one of Johnsson or Kapanen. If they have half decent years, they could ask for more than 3 million on a short term deal which would price one of them out of town.
So adding extra payroll for older players would only mean one of Matthews or Marner couldn't be afforded.
Hopefully this is more understandable now that I have left out all the sarcasm.