Joined: Jul. 2020
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This not only wouldn't work or make sense but it's just a wee bit silly. Look at the 1's and 0's of the players sure they're comparable in total points but Eichel just hit 37 goal's a career-high, Matthews got that in his rookie season and in this shortened season almost hit 50. We need scorers and Matthews is the guy along with a few others, we also already have a guy that puts up 50 assists (Marner) so we have zero need for Eichel, and aside for stats, I don't see the Leafs trading away their franchise centre who's got an excellent relationship with our core group, meanwhile Jack's been rumoured a few times for being a bit of a locker room annoyance.
I like McCabe for sure, I'm actually a big fan of his, heck I even just picked him up in my Maple Leafs Career on NHL20 to pair with Dermott lol but the Leafs aren't going to swap out a 23-year-old who's just coming into his own with consistently positive +/- for a 26-year-old (who turns 27 in 3 months) who has only had one positive season. I just don't see it happening in this aspect either. Holl for Montour would be a trade I could see happening by itself with a few other pieces.
Overall as I mentioned before, this trade just doesn't make sense and would never happen.