Captain America playing in a Canadian market?? That'd be the day LOL

Couturier with retention catches at least a first at the deadline if the Flyers are out of it.

Yeah that doesn't get you Couturier at 50% retained even if its only a rental

Your cohort @G0_Leafs_GO has a contemporaneous post putting Engvall on waivers.

sda is a future middle 6 winger so i feel like him and a 2nd are worth at least a first if not more

Assuming Dallas is out of the playoff race by the TDL (which I doubt they will be), if Pavelski has another year similar to what he was doing last year, I'm probably looking for a 2022 2nd in addition to Liljegren. Overpayment? Probably, but TDL deals are usually an overpayment for players that are going to be hot commodities for playoff/playoff bubble teams.

Hell, I'm probably trying to attach a 1st Round Pick condition to it based on how far into the postseason the Leafs go

Not even close for Couturier, even as a rental

i mean i'd do a 2nd and lily for pav probably. idk about a 1st and liljegren. i'd do that and more for a prime pavelski but he's also like 36 now lol

what would your ask be?

You seriously overestimate the value of a prospect and a second (which is not close to a first), and the value of Der-Arguchintsev in particular.

Let's consider just the winger prospects of some crummy teams (i.e., much weaker than the Maple Leafs):

Seventh-worst team in the NHL last season: Lias Andersson, Samuel Fa.gem.o, Arthur Kaliyev, Rasmus Kupari, Akil Thomas -- excluding top-6ers Alex Iafallo, Adrian Kempe, Dustin Brown and Viktor Arvidsson and center prospects Quinton Byfield, Alex Turcotte and Gabe Vilardi -- SDA doesn't replace any of those middle-6ers.

Second-worst team in the NHL last season: Isac Lundestrom, Jacob Perreault, Brayden Tracey and Sam Colangelo -- excluding top-6ers Max Comtois and Troy Terry and center prospects Trevor Zegras and Mason McTavish -- SDA isn't likely to crack the middle 6 of that group, either.

Even the hapless Buffalo Sabres have a better middle-6 winger prospect pool: Jack Quinn, John-Jason Peterka, Rasmus Asplund, Linus Weissbach.


In short, SDA isn't a future middle-6 winger unless he makes substantial progress from where he is now.

Would you do a 1st + Liljegren for a guaranteed Eastern Conference Finals berth? Because that's where the condition comes in. If Toronto doesn't make the ECF, it's a 2nd round pick. If y'all do, your 1st is going to be a very late 1st & you'll have a legit shot at a Cup.

Initial ask would probably be 2 firsts worth of value.
Maybe settle for a 1st and a good prospect, somebody better than SDA