Edited Nov. 17, 2019 at 1:06 p.m.
Quoting: SammyT_51
Leafs are not trading their best G prospect.
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Could switch Woll out for Kaskusio, or for Hutchinson and a 5th (if Hershey gives Copley's veteran spot to Aberg for some leadership up front, I doubt they want to use another one on Hutchinson, but a pick to Washington could override that)."
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Quoting: Bananahockey
Pontus aberg ? Leadership? What?
Copley is looking like the Bears' starter this year. They're a tie-breaker out of 4th in the Atlantic (AHL).
https://theahl.com/stats/standings
In terms of trade value, without contracts, Copley for Bracco would be about even: Bracco's a top prospect, doing well in the AHL, while Copley was one of the better backups in the NHL last year, and is also doing pretty well in the AHL now. You add two more years of Copley at a low price for an NHL backup, and he's worth a tiny bit more. So I'm trying to guess what Hershey would want, to part with the starting goalie who has them almost in the playoffs in spite of the Caps' prospect depth being reportedly not so great.
At the NHL level, Aberg is a grinder pushing for a roster spot, but for Hershey to add a guy who has been to the SCF with a different organization, and played for a bunch of NHL teams, it could really give some of Hershey's younger forwards someone to look up to, in case Christian DJoos and Matt Moulson don't have all the answers.
And they'll probably want a goalie. Woll seems to be riding the bench behind Kaskusio, so if Kaskusio is more tradeable, that should be awesome from a Hershey perspective. WSH has Samsonov and Vanecek in terms of goalie prospects, and Copley is alraedy in his prime, so Hutchinson and some kind of a pick should also be fine.