That has nothing to do with what we're talking about though, they pay those players every year

Are you stupid? It's what you guys are too dumb to realize... No owner, not even the richest is going to agree to a 140M payroll even if it's just for one year. No matter what Florida offers.

They don't have an owner, they have a board in charge of a multi billion dollar enterprise thats number one priority is to have their prized investment win a cup. They've paid a lot more for a lot less, love the insults by the way, shows that you don't actually know anything and are just assuming

How does spending 58.5M extra help them win a cup?

They acquire a top RD that the team is majorly lacking for much cheaper than not spending that money.. You're delusional, thats what this whole trade is based on

Agreed

You the owner of the leafs?

In general if ekblad was offered to cbo bobrosky leafs would do it. That type of money is nothing to the organization. In general the 58.5 mill would not be payed all at once.in the case of a cbo " Compliance buyouts (sometimes referred to as amnesty buyouts) allow National Hockey League (NHL) teams to buy-out a player's contract by paying him two-thirds of the remaining value of a contract over twice the remaining length of the contract. If the player is under 26 years old, then the team may pay the player just one-third of the remaining contract value.[1] In ordinary-course buyouts, the team's NHL salary cap hit for the player is stretched over a period of twice the remaining length of the contract. Compliance buyouts follow the same formula as ordinary-course buyouts but do not count against the cap." Meaning Dubas would only have to pay Bob 2/3 of his contract over a 14 year period. So that 58.5 would not be payed off all at once but would be in 10years+

They could just acquire Ekblad without CBOing Bobrovsky... "Much cheaper than not spending that money" Wtf, please explain that.

I'm delusional? You're the one that is suggesting adding 58.5M to their payroll making that around 140M for one season like it's fake money. You seem to forget how much money teams lost because of the Coronavirus. Right now, Maple Leaf Sport & Entertainment is not making any money.

So let's say this goes through and the owners are dumb enough to go through with it. Leafs lose in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd round and no cup, what then? 58.5M wasted.

Why would Dubas even present this to the owners? If Leafs lose and waste 58.5M, Dubas is as good as fired.

CBO's aren't even a real thing yet. It's been talked about and how it works could change. I'm sure the league will make it so the team has to pay all the money at once. You say the owners have all the money in the world and would do this no problem except they haven't made any money in almost 3 months because of the Coronavirus...

Arguing with you is like talking to a wall. They receive a discount on Ekblad for taking on Bobrovsky's contract allowing them to acquire him for much cheaper than not taking on the contract, get it?

They get Ekblad for 5 years, and with him they are more of a contender without, likely going deeper in the playoffs and generating more money.

Who said I'm throwing it around? This is a multi-billion dollar company that will bounce back much better than pretty much any other team in the NHL.

They also have a history of taking on contracts for minimal returns so why would they not consider this? They traded for Clarkson last year and paid over $5 million to upgrade Garret Sparks return from probably a 6th/7th to a 4th round pick. MLSE is all in on winning and if spending money gets them closer, they won't even blink.

Also, if the NHL wasn't a hard cap league the Leafs yearly salary would probably be upwards of $200M every year anyways, they have money to burn.

Why in the world would Florida do this trade? A team that is pushing to get back in the mix isn’t going to trade their young #1 dman for that little value.

You want a young, top pairing dman? Maybe think about offering Nylander and you have Florida intrigued

Ridiculous to think the Leaf owners want to pay 47m to buyout Bobo. And the trade for Ekblad isn't that good for the Leafs either . Too much cap overall cap coming back to the Leaf just to get the magical RHD that so many think the Leafs need. Then you filled the bottom six forwards that unworthy NHLers,,,,,Thornton, Marleau, Perry, Robertson, who aren't signing with the Leafs for minimum salary.
If the Leafs traded for for 7.5m Ekblad and then needed two other 1m players.....that' 9.5m in three players. I'd rather have 3.2m Kapanen, Liljegren 1m, and then still have 5.3m to spend on any player or spread that 5.3m on multiple players.

Ekblad is 23 and he's a first overall pick. Ekblad to RD's is what like Marner is to RW's...so I'd rethink this offer alot.

It depends how serious they are about needing to shed salary. Getting 2 good players for less money than you're paying 1 isn't a bad move purely from a financial standpoint. My guess is they'd get a better offer somewhere else that isn't in their division though.

I thought the Boston Bruins were?

I'll show myself out.

No team is that serious they give up their #1 Franchise defender

Melnyk traded Karlsson because he didn't want to pay him. It's possible, just very unlikely.

Melnyk was kinda dum to do that 2bh...

The 1st round pick they got from San Jose will probably turn out to be worth it by itself, but I don't think many people would have picked them to be that bad this year.

Ye...but I think not signing Karlsson also lost him Duchene and Stone, Pageau, Dzingel... Like they lost alot of players because of it.

Tallon isn't trading away Ekblad for mere penny's, And what you're offering is mere penny's.