Quoting: rahuls_13
As a Leafs fan I'd be interested but I'm assuming you're not starting that deal with Nylander right ? Because that would make no sense lol.
Yeah we wouldn't be asking for Nylander unless we're trading you Timmins.
I'm not sure what the return would be on Johnson to be honest, I hadn't thought about it before; I was first just testing to see if there would be interest in Johnson in the first place.
For starters the Colorado wouldn't want to retain the $2m salary themselves, so the 3rd team in the deal would need to be paid, maybe something like a 2nd + B prospect. That would either need to be paid by Colorado or by Toronto depending on the return on Johnson.
Johnson is a top 4 shutdown RHD, and at $4m for 3 years you'd probably need to offer us a roster player and decent prospect. Maybe one of Mikheyev/Kapanen/Hyman could be a starting point. If Liljegren isn't off limits then he would interesting as well to offset our loss of a RHD.
Below is a 'first draft' of a trade idea. I may be very off on some valuations so please feel free to pick it apart and make a counter-proposal.
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To Colorado: Mikheyev + Liljegren (for Johnson + COL 2021 2nd + COL B prospect)
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To Toronto: Johnson @$4m/3 years (for Mikheyev + Liljegren)
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To 3rd team: COL 2021 2nd + COL B prospect (for retaining $2m / 3 years cap).