Quoting: RobbStark03
Then Rielly will join Hyman, Barrie, Gardiner, Hainsey, Van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Anderson, Komarov, as Leaf players that were kept on as "own rentals" and lost for no return of assets. (I am not a Leaf fan, so maybe i am missing players, or some of those players were dealt, but thats a pretty good list...) As a Habs fan, Montreal not dealing Danault and Tatar after our lose to Philly was a huge mistake.
I think very differently about this tbh. I'm not panicking with the Leafs yet. It's been frustrating yes, but they are too talented to let this continue sliding. PIT has been through stuff like this multiple times and they always are great. However, if this continues to slide, I believe Rielly will be the first one traded as kind of their "wake up slap", not the core 4, and again, he will be traded for something that can help now, not future as this may be Dubas' last season. (Btw, out of that whole list, Hyman was the only one worth keeping, and even still, there were massive concerns over him with his injury history)
Also, I think MTL is in the position they are in now BECAUSE they lost Danault. Suzuki has to do all the heavy lifting and he doesn't have the safety net of Danault to play the harder matchups. Plus Ducharme was an awful choice for HC. He really isn't good imo.
Quoting: RobbStark03
Ok then trade one of Marner, Matthews, Nylander or Tavares so you can afford an upgrade.