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Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:11 p.m.
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Wouldn’t a roster player that fixes one of their issues - say defence - make more sense than draft picks?
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Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:12 p.m.
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"If the leafs lose to one of like 3 teams in the league that are better than them they should trade their best contract and one of the few guys who has produced consistently in the playoffs"
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:24 p.m.
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"If the leafs lose to one of like 3 teams in the league that are better than them they should trade their best contract and one of the few guys who has produced consistently in the playoffs"


What would you do if leafs lose in the first round again?
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:26 p.m.
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Quoting: NLidstrom
Wouldn’t a roster player that fixes one of their issues - say defence - make more sense than draft picks?


This exactly. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Nylander, it is absolutely not debatable that this trade sucks for the leafs, especially considering they would have the cap in this scenario to keep him. I'm not against trading Nylander if they can drastically improve the defense in the process but this is not doing that.
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:27 p.m.
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What would you do if leafs lose in the first round again?


well that depends how they lose doesnt it? Do you really think they should do something drastic if they lose a hard fought series to Tampa or Florida? This black and white lose or win stuff is incredibly short sighted. I mean, if they pull another montreal or columbus series that's one thing but they are probably playing a top 3 team in the league a team that they shouldnt beat on paper, that isnt a 'bad' loss that demands you do something dumb like trade a good player for a paltry return
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:30 p.m.
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well that depends how they lose doesnt it? Do you really think they should do something drastic if they lose a hard fought series to Tampa or Florida? This black and white lose or win stuff is incredibly short sighted. I mean, if they pull another montreal or columbus series that's one thing but they are probably playing a top 3 team in the league a team that they shouldnt beat on paper, that isnt a 'bad' loss that demands you do something dumb like trade a good player for a paltry return


Idk its at the point where it is black or white if you cant get it done with this team in the playoffs IMO after what would be 6 straight years of first round exits
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:32 p.m.
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Trade him for a top 4 Dman would be my do or a package involving a few really good depth players.
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:33 p.m.
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Idk its at the point where it is black or white if you cant get it done with this team in the playoffs IMO after what would be 6 straight years of first round exits


except that you need to evaluate the team based on what happens now. 6 straight 1st round exits with vastly different teams in different scenarios does not mean you need to do something just to do something.
If you have a 105 point team and you lose to a 115 point team they were a better team going in and you knew that, how does doing something dumb make you better next year?
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:34 p.m.
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Trade him for a top 4 Dman would be my do or a package involving a few really good depth players.


you dont trade nylander for anything short of a top pairing defender at this point. You never trade guys like him for depth players, that would be supremely dumb, no team has ever done that and gotten better
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:35 p.m.
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except that you need to evaluate the team based on what happens now. 6 straight 1st round exits with vastly different teams in different scenarios does not mean you need to do something just to do something.
If you have a 105 point team and you lose to a 115 point team they were a better team going in and you knew that, how does doing something dumb make you better next year?


Who said it would be a dumb trade? Depends what they get in return. Could be a change they need

What is dumb is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result.
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Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:41 p.m.
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Who said it would be a dumb trade? Depends what they get in return. Could be a change they need

What is dumb is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result.


except they havent done the same thing over and over again, since the first time they lost in the first round the team has changed drastically, the entire defence was rebuilt, the forwards are like 70% different the goalies too. then there was a weird mutant covid season and last year two of their most important players were injured from the hop and their best defender got hurt in game 3.
so again i ask, what does changing something for the sake of changing it fix?
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:43 p.m.
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except they havent done the same thing over and over again, since the first time they lost in the first round the team has changed drastically, the entire defence was rebuilt, the forwards are like 70% different the goalies too. then there was a weird mutant covid season and last year two of their most important players were injured from the hop and their best defender got hurt in game 3.
so again i ask, what does changing something for the sake of changing it fix?


Because the core hasnt gotten it done… so I ask again why not change something if you keep losing lol.

But i forgot ur a fan boy
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:49 p.m.
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Because the core hasnt gotten it done… so I ask again why not change something if you keep losing lol.

But i forgot ur a fan boy[/quote

ah yes the core, so 4 guys, maybe 5 if you count Rielly. and last year two of them were hurt so out of the 3 playoff rounds that all of them were present the leafs have lost in the 1st round 2 times. Once against a better team and once in that weird mutant covid season play in thing.
So they should totally trade one of those guys for something because that will help in ways that are totally a thing because it would be different and different is automatically better or somethign
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:49 p.m.
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Quoting: JaredOfLondon

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Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:50 p.m.
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yes, i know you have no point other than 'lol 6 first round loses'
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:51 p.m.
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Quoting: JaredOfLondon
you dont trade nylander for anything short of a top pairing defender at this point. You never trade guys like him for depth players, that would be supremely dumb, no team has ever done that and gotten better


mmm no you do. If they dont win changes will need to come

Bunting-Matthews-Marner has been great

Tavares cant be moved so its Nylander whose probs the guy out.

And if you can get some really good depth pieces for him and some picks sure
Mar. 7, 2022 at 3:54 p.m.
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mmm no you do. If they dont win changes will need to come

Bunting-Matthews-Marner has been great

Tavares cant be moved so its Nylander whose probs the guy out.

If you went to NJ and could get Severson + Bratt for him do it.


or they could trade other stuff to make the team better, like futures for Severson or whatever then you have a better defence and the better forward. Tampa and Chicago and the Pens all got better to win and stayed good by keeping their best players and surrounding them with the best supporting cast, not trading those guys for lesser players to be that supporting cast
Mar. 7, 2022 at 4:35 p.m.
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Quoting: NLidstrom
Wouldn’t a roster player that fixes one of their issues - say defence - make more sense than draft picks?

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Trade him for a top 4 Dman would be my do or a package involving a few really good depth players.


Quoting: Saskleaf
This exactly. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Nylander, it is absolutely not debatable that this trade sucks for the leafs, especially considering they would have the cap in this scenario to keep him. I'm not against trading Nylander if they can drastically improve the defense in the process but this is not doing that.


Simple answer is I'd get trolled no matter which D man I picked, so this is easier.
Mar. 7, 2022 at 4:47 p.m.
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"If the leafs lose to one of like 3 teams in the league that are better than them they should trade their best contract and one of the few guys who has produced consistently in the playoffs"


You want to add another Top 4 dman, but you don't want to move any of the $45 million Top 6 forwards or your $20 million current Top 4 Dman or your soon to be $5 million goalie.

$70 million is already tied up on 11 players.

This will be the reason why this core group never wins any Championships, the team needs to find better depth players.
Mar. 7, 2022 at 4:50 p.m.
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You want to add another Top 4 dman, but you don't want to move any of the $60 million Top 8 core guys.


i dont want to move them to down grade the team. Bringing in a guy like severson and some middle 6 guy doesnt make the team better than you can simply by keeping nylander or whoever and using futures or whatever to improve the areas that need improving.
this is literally how tampa, pittsburgh, chicago and other teams who stay good and compete for long term do it, it is proven time and time again that trading good players for more worse players is not a way to get better or stay competative.
Mar. 7, 2022 at 5:06 p.m.
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i dont want to move them to down grade the team. Bringing in a guy like severson and some middle 6 guy doesnt make the team better than you can simply by keeping nylander or whoever and using futures or whatever to improve the areas that need improving.
this is literally how tampa, pittsburgh, chicago and other teams who stay good and compete for long term do it, it is proven time and time again that trading good players for more worse players is not a way to get better or stay competative.


Pitts won back to back Cups because of a great coaching change.

Something the Leafs might have to think about.
Mar. 7, 2022 at 5:26 p.m.
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Pitts won back to back Cups because of a great coaching change.

Something the Leafs might have to think about.


Yeah, it's not like they added a guy who led them in playoff scoring or anything
Mar. 7, 2022 at 6:10 p.m.
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Yeah, it's not like they added a guy who led them in playoff scoring or anything


Yes adding Phat Phil, who just like Larry Murphy, gets booed out for Toronto for being lazy and overpaid, yet both players won back to back Cups with their new team.
Mar. 7, 2022 at 6:12 p.m.
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Yes adding Phat Phil, who just like Larry Murphy, gets booed out for Toronto for being lazy and overpaid, yet both players won back to back Cups with their new team.


yeah, adding good players instead of trading them for worse ones, crazy how that keeps working
Mar. 7, 2022 at 6:13 p.m.
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yeah, adding good players instead of trading them for worse ones, crazy how that keeps working


Works for team who have a GM who knows what they're doing,

Than you got Dubas and Co.

The Leafs filled the holes they needed by riding themselves of a star player, Kapanen scored at half scoring pace as Kessel but at 1/3 the price. And those picks from the Kessel trade went to Ana for Freddie Anderson, the biggest issue the Leafs had for a decade.

In other words trading a star player helped build the success the Leafs have.

And the Pens did well too.
 
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