So huge overpayments on all the big trades? Why?

this team looks better

Looks good, doesnt mean that trades arent horrible overpayments by Leafs.

I was about to not include the 1st but I was afraid for my life from Blues fans. I dont think the other 2 trades are overpayments tbh.

IMO Rielly = Parayko and Kappy > Bozak so adding 1st is waaay too much. Well Liljegren + mid draft pick would get you Manson imo. Very very good prospect D plus pick to rebuilding team for top-4 D. Leafs want no part of dealing Liljegren tho. Johnsson is also worth 2nd at least.

Yeah I guess you could keep Liljgren and roll with
Muzzin-Holl
Sandin-Parayko
Dermott-Liljgren

Parayko would be worth more right now since he's a RHD though, and Rielly has had a terrible, injury riddled season. You're also going to have to blow the Blues away on an offer for Parayko because he's a big part of our core and we've got a lot of LHD (obviously not Rielly level, but still) in the system. Blues probably don't accept unless there's a first coming back, maybe not even then if we don't know how things shake out with Pietrangelo.

Trading Parayko get Doug Armstrong fired. There will be so many pieces about cancer survivor Leila crying over losing her favorite player in free agency.

The NSH trade is whatever, the other two are big over payments from the Leafs.

Parayko and Rielly are equal theres no real discussion on it, Rielly is and will be far superior on the offense side and Parayko the Defensive side, Rielly on the left with AP is arguably a ridiculous pairing and should give opposing teams nightmares. I don't doubt that St.Louis would love to rip off the Leafs it just won't happen and to be completely honest moving Rielly for Parayko makes very little sense when Parayko is kinda the guy you want to pair with Rielly, it would make more sense to donate sign and trade of AP to get Rielly.

How can you say they are equal and then immediately go on to describe how they are completely different styles defensemen? Parayko is an elite defensive talent that's still good for 25 points a year, Rielly is excellent offensively and awful defensively and every advanced metric bares that out. Rielly is a LHD, which are infinitely easier to find than RHD. Like, they are objectively not equal players. I don't want your injury riddled defensively challenged LHD on my squad when our bread and butter is defense, I'd much rather have the lower event guy that can still chip in at half the offensive pace when he needs to.

Again, this trade also makes no sense when AP isn't even re-signed, which is the crux of why you say this is good for the Blues. This would make Justin Faulk our top pairing guy on the right. It's just an all around bad trade considering where both teams are at in their window.

Equal value buds equal value to their respective teams

That does not make them equal value to the team you are trading with. Rielly is worth waaaay less to the Blues than Parayko is.

It's so interesting to see ACGM's constantly involve Blues players - then when they get roasted, their fans belittle the opposing team and continue to hype their own talent. This is a recycled narrative around this area. It's great to be invested in your team and show pride but those very things are what's killing your chances at a cup. Your mgmt is drunk off their own koolaid. Teams don't just trade established cornerstones of the franchise for giggles. Stop chasing after other teams stars, work on getting your own to mature and settle for picking up low hanging fruit to add depth. Fixed your problem.