Quoting: TheLeafsSeason
A few months back, around September, one NHL reporter said how NHL GM's don't see anything special about Nylander. They believe Dubas is overvaluing him to an extent where a trade can't be made.
Quoting: faulkmydzingel
Despite all of the negative comments that will come with this I like that you’re being quite objective in this topic.
My personal opinion is the leafs wait till next off season to move someone. Too many unknowns right now.
Quoting: Miles_Togo
Sergachev was a great deal because he was and is a big talented D-man. The Leafs have no desire (or room, or ability) to bring their current small D prospects into the lineup, let alone new ones.
Quoting: LeafsfanMathews
Thanks for the post. I definitely disagree tho. By subtracting Nylander for a top RD you are just filling one hole and digging another one. Is it justifiable to trade one of your best players, who, in this past season had 31 goals and is the cheapest of the “big four”?
There were only three players (David Pastrnak, Mika Zibanejad and Nathan MacKinnon) who had more goals and had a cheaper contract. One of those players has been titled by some as ‘The Best Player in the World’, another is on an incredible team-friendly deal and there’s Zibanejad, who scored 40 goals this season for the first time in his career.
Nylander also had the most High Danger Goals For with 1.78 per 60 minutes. A lot of people say he’s the best perimeter goal scorer on the Maple Leafs and even — one of the best in the entire league. He’s just entering his prime and if you were to trade him you’d be taking a big hit to your offense.
He’s shown he can be a dominant puck carrier, an incredible perimeter goal scorer and someone who I believe has a role on the Toronto Maple Leafs for the rest of his career. Each NHL team needs depth in their group if they want to compete for the Stanley Cup and if you take out Nylander, your depth diminishes.
Unless you name is Peter Chiarelli, you don’t trade elite forwards under 24, on a very reasonable contract, for a RD.
Quoting: BulinWall
Sure those are amazing numbers but he isn’t playing with scrubs. He’s playing with Matthews and Tavares who are two premier centers. Tavares has gotten a lot of his wingers paid extremely well and then go on to play subpar after he leaves. I’m not saying anyone next to Tavares will score 30 but bring in someone like Robertson on Tavares’ wing and I think it’ll help replace a good amount of those goals. And remember in Game 5 when Nylander had to center his own line with Hymen and Johnsson and it looked lost. Obv he hasn’t played center in a while but they didn’t generate anything together. The big 3 is Tavares, Matthews and Marner and that’s why they were put together on that all star line and they were extremely dangerous. The rest of the team including Nylander were pedestrian. Wouldn’t it be cool to bring in a cheaper winger that can also play center so they can throw out that all star line from time to time?
Quoting: Lyle_Bubas
*5 min after the leafs trade nylander*
the leafs top 6 is one playmaking winger away from being elite [...]
Quoting: palhal
Burke comes on TV and sounds and looks like the knowledgable professor. Certainly in his Leaf tenure he knew little about evaluating talent, so I don't know why folks believe anyway he says. He's a TV personality, nothing more.
I don't have any problem with Nylander and his play on the ice. But in order to trade him, teams will be looking to move equal money on his 7m X 4 years contract. Certainly Anahem could keep their two futures you much in a trade and then spend 7m on a UFA, and be better off than any trade
To think "the Leafs D are just a "one RHD away from being elite". C'mon that just CapFriendly fantasy. But to think the Leaf can be elite next season without Kapanen and Nylander on the right wing, and an iffy group of LWers. Leafs look pretty average to me regardless of any trades than can be made. Only real way to be better if many players have career years
I tagged anyone who had a reasonable comment, expanded on their opinions, or I know has posted quality comments in the past.
I just posted a trade in the trade machine, and I'd like some feedback, positive or negative, just keep it on topic, insults aside, lol.
https://www.capfriendly.com/trade-machine/4105
Nylander for Fabbro & Kunin, plus balancers
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