Not sure I understand...how is this team going to tank? They have two top 5 scorers and two more high level forwards plus a solid D core. At worst they would miss the playoffs by a little bit and end up with a middle pick, and have wasted a year of Marner, Nylander, and Matthews' contracts and Tavares' age

Are you dumb what kind of trade is that for Campbell the guy was litterally the best player in the Montreal series for the leafs ur stupid if you think the leafs are trading campbell.

Within the last decade or so, teams with that level of talent have tanked before.

It happens more frequently than you think.

Examples:

Oilers with McDavid/Draisaitl for 3 seasons
Hawks with Kane/Toews/Keith/Seabrook for 2 seasons
Capitals with Ovechkin/Backstrom/Carlson in 2013/2014

Edmonton declines imo. UFA goalies are deep

No first from Vancouver.

Campbell would get traded at next year's deadline if the Leafs tank and Campbell doesn't want to sign an extension.

Trade is based on when Robin Lehner was traded from Chicago to Vegas with Toronto as the middle man.

If the Leafs tank, Campbell being the best player during the playoffs against Montreal would be completely irrelevant next year.


You're illiterate if you didn't bother reading the entire post and completely missed the point of it :/

The oilers specifically didnt tank they were just bad

If this team is going to tank, at the very least one of the core 4 would be traded, likely 2 or 3 (heck even all 4).

This is a horrible idea, you are burn very valuable years off of Matthews and Marner's contracts. The worst part is this team might still make the playoffs and won't be in high contention for a top pick.

Trade is made at next year's deadline if the Leafs tank.

Regardless of what happens to the Leafs over the course of the next 3 years, Matthews, Marner and Nylander will still be with the Leafs until they become pending UFAs.

Also, Tavares has a NMC and is from Toronto, so he's not going anywhere.


As long as tickets are sold out, Matthews/Marner/Nylander jerseys are flying off the shelves and Rogers/Bell are turning a profit, the core isn't going anywhere.

A first will come from a trade with another team then.

Vancouver is just an illustrative example.

Oh, I agree they aren't going anywhere.

Which means they aren't rebuilding. Rebuilding means you trade your best players for futures. And retooling (aka a small rebuild where you keep the core intact, in other words what you have here) makes no sense for the leafs based on the age of their core players.

I am sure another team will give you a first. He is just not on Vancouver's immediate needs.

Toronto won't tank

Why would Toronto tank? What??

Within the last 10 years, there have been a few examples where a team had star players and they completely collapsed in the regular season.

That's why.

VAN just waits 1 year for Rielly to hit UFA and don't have to give up any assets for him.