I just find this never ending cycle so funny.
TOR fan base complains that they spent too much money on their top 4 and now they don’t have enough money to get F depth or Defence.

Then everyone proposes trading away one of the expensive big 4, only to then go and spend 8-10 mil on just signing Pietro lmao

Very true... the need is top right dman... only way to get them is draft (takes too long if not a rebuilding team), trade (giving away a good asset like Nylander or Marner) or UFA ( usually means over pay)

As I see it the UFA dmen that could play the right side are limited to 1-3 and 1 (Tanev gets injured a lot)

Why do people continue to over value Roy????

Probably because he’s cheap and it’s hard to fit anyone into this cap... plus going through this I find it hard to find teams that actually have what we need and need what we have. Then fit it all under the cap

Yeah I think a lot of people think that spreading the $ around (aka moving a forward to spend some $ on D) will cure the ails of the club. Biggest problem I have with this lineup is I dont think Nylander is going anywhere so if forwards are going out its likely Johnsson/Kapanen, I also think the org has a higher opinion of both Mikheyav and Barbanov then u have them listed as.

Imo Mik/Tavares/Willy starts the year as line 2, Robertson/Kerfoot/Barbs is line 3 and they use the trades to pick up a D around the $3-4m range and some depth/grit options and maybe some picks to bolster the prospect pool a little bit (I did a GM sim based on this on the site if u wanna take a look)

I personally think that the solution for Toronto would be be moving Nylander plus one of Johansson or Kapanen. Then taking that 10 mil cap space and get yourself two 5 mil D men (NOT one 10mil Petro).

Move a Nylander and target a Pesce or Klingberg or Parayko. Then take Kapanen and trade him for a 4-5 d man like a Zadorov or Montour type player.

Riley - Parayko/Klingberg/Pesce
Muzzin - Holl
Dermott - Zadorov

I could see those moves for sure... Zadarov intrigues me but he plays the left side

As a rebuilding team, the Kings will not be trading a 2nd round pick.

I don't think anyone overvalues Roy. I just think enough people realize that there Kings aren't going to trade him for "fair value." If Toronto offers his value in a trade, the Kings will just say no and keep him, because he's worth more to them than anything that Toronto is going to be willing to offer up.