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WPG fans are correct that they wont make this deal, but TOR fans are usually looking to trade marner for EQUAL value or a boatload of 1sts, etc... so it was of interest to me, what TOR would look like and whether the team would "look" better doing a trade that brings in a player just a step below Marner and addressing another area of weakness, while staying young.
IMO, this is a good trade for TOR, brings two young talented players (albeit, both coming up on salary increases), while making the team better.
I do agree that this is not a good trade for WPG, who's area of weakness is made worse by trading Pionk. Laine is a rather troublesome contract, as its likely he performs at a ppg pace and therefore falls into that 9mil range, albeit his attitude and two way game are still questionable. For WPG, I think they look elsewhere.