Quoting: hockeyfanatic05
Rielly's known as an OD, but only has had 1 10+ goal season. Ekblad already has 5 10+ goal seasons. Give Ekblad the forwards Rielly has and his points increase too
sorry to reply to this thread again, but I really think you're discounting the skill of Rielly. Sure, Ekblad has 5 10+ goal seasons (12, 15, 10, 16, 13 - 12 per season on average vs. Rielly's 8 on average), but his assists aren't as good as Rielly's (31 for Rielly/season, vs Ekblad at 23.5/season). Rielly has alo hit the 50+ point mark twice, with one of those seasons being at 70+, while Ekblad has passed 40 points once)
Ekblad career stats (22:31 - TOI, 51.3% CF, 51.8 oZS%) - outlier being his 38 pt season with 58% dZS.
Rielly career stats (21:40 TOI, 50.1 CF%, 49.1% oZS%) - outlier being his 72 point season with 56% oZS.
Ekblad definitely has the defensive stats that the Leafs desperately need, while Rielly offers the Panthers more offense, and cheaper salary (which the Owner wants to cut back on the overall money spent on the team)
Is the trade even, likely not. But its closer than you may think