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Bracco, in my opinion, can fetch the Leafs quite a fair amount. Hockey is a sport unlike many others and with how well he's played in the juniors without anyone truly driving him and then his great showing in the World Juniors, he definitely shows that he has the skillset to make the NHL. On top of that, his size doesn't much matter, considering how Marner, Gaudreau and even Kane are doing, all with rather small frames. Size is being beaten out by speed in todays NHL and Bracco is the perfect fit for the future, but possibly not the Toronto Maple Leafs future, which is why I can see a trade. But he's not going to be an added sweetner in a trade, he's gonna be a big part of it. I can see him going for a prospect defensmen, someone who also hasn't played any NHL or AHL time. I could envision a Bracco for Philippe Myers trade, something along those lines whether or not the value is there. He could be part of a larger trade for a NHL RHD in my opinion as well, since he has already started to prove his ability. Some teams give up great players for just draft picks, all of which could end up becoming flops, even first round picks, the safety with taking Bracco is that he's already showing the ability to score and produce at different levels under different amounts of pressure, and teams will look at that with more value than an average draft pick that could be a superstar or could be a mark in the books as the worst draft pick. Bracco is gonna be something, whether it be special in the Top 6 or just a guaranteed winger in the mid 6, he'll be something, and that's more certainty than you could get with a draft pick