Quoting: Meeqs
I watch LA a lot and you are extremely misguided if you think Vilardi and Roy are enough to get MM.
If this is where you are at you will never end up finding a realistic solution.
This isn't a trade with just Roy and Vilardi though. It's got another 1st, a 3nd, and -like I said- approximately 7 mil in cap space since there's no other cap going Toronto's direction.
Marner's basically being run out of town by his own fans, currently. Yet you claim to want an Eichel-like value for him. Why would any team pay that? Especially knowing the favor that they'll be doing for Toronto to get them out of their cap hell?
The value might not quite be there, I just think it's closer than any Leaf's fan would want to admit. It's totally fine if you disagree, because everyone evaluates their own team players differently. My point is simply that I wouldn't pay this price. Not because I'm misguided, but because I think doing it (or any more) hurts the Kings more than helps them.
Frankly, I'd rather overpay for Landeskog in free-agency, or go after a stop-gap like Saad while the prospects develop, than trade for a guy like Marner.