Quoting: Ryminister_27
Lol. You look at it so 1 dimensional.
Marleau trade for a 1st plus able to re-sign Marner long term and didn't even give up a roster player when that's what teams wanted.. advantage Leafs.
Colorado trade is a slight advantage to to Leafs but not much. They needed a top 4 right handed d-man and traded a 3C to get it.. and got a younger 3C back in the same deal. Hard to see how that's a loss.
Nobody won the Ottawa trade. Maybe a slight edge to Ottawa for Connor Brown but when Zaitsev had 5 years left and only Connor Brown was the sweetener for 4 years of cap relief? That's not a loss at all.
Lol. You think the Campbell/Clifford for Moore and 2 mid round picks was a loss? Might wanna rethink that if you actually watch the Leafs. Good one though. Lmao.
You're calling Dubas trading a 1st just to get rid of Marleau an advantage for the Leafs? You do realize Toronto had the option not to sign Ceci right? That would've saved them the 1st round pick and potentially keeping Marleau. Advantage Canes EASILY
They acquired a worse version of Gardiner and a fringe 3rd liner for an Elite #3 Center. When they originally made the trade, I said the Leafs easily won it (go ahead and check the comments of that trade), but looking at it now, it wasn't even close to fair for Toronto.
You can look at the Ottawa trade as a meh trade, but that Trade also costed you your first round pick. Nobody said they had to sign Ceci, everybody knew he was god awful. but they still signed him. Leading to them having to shed salary to sign Marner, (trading a 1st and getting nothing back). He might not be offensive, but at worst, he's still a shutdown 2nd pairing defensemen (isn't that what the Leafs need?). Connor Brown is just the cherry on top.
Sure the Campbell/Clifford trade was fair, but they gave up quality picks for something that won't take them over the top. Don't see Clifford resigning, so you essentially traded a 2nd and 3rd round pick for a 29 YO backup goalie.