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6.75m aav for Nelson is way too high. He's had a good contract season, but his career as a whole has been inconsistent. The Isles have had enough bad contracts screw them in recent years, let's not add Nelson to the company of Clutterbuck, Komarov and Ladd.
Leddy for Nylander isn't that far off, but NYI would need to add. I also think Toronto would be more interested in Mayfield than Leddy, and Mayfield would require a much bigger add. I'm not convinced the Isles and Toronto are as natural trading partners as people seem to think.
I'm a fan of adding Johansson. He's shown he can play well in the middle six, and that's what we need right now. If we can get Skinner, great, but I feel like he'd want to stay with Eichel or go to a Cup Contender. We're not as unappetizing a destination as we were under Snow, but we don't have the hardware to attract big fish UFAs quite yet. Johansson/Dzingel/Hayes is around the quality of UFAs I think we can get.