This is u believably terrible man. Huge downgrade of a roster

yeah I wanted to go more in a depth route, but idk if it's that bad.

In terms of forwards, there's 228 points going out and 247 coming in. Plus it gives you cap flexibility to sign Tanger and acquire Gibson. Less high end talent tho

The Cbj pick being top 10 protected only increases the chances of that being a terrible trade for the Leafs,CBJ shouldn't be finishing in the top 10 after making that trade but if they do or move up that should be part of the incentive of the trade, yes the Leafs are getting a solid player in Bjorkstrand and a top prospect in Texier but the Leafs can't be giving up a top 10 offensive forward for them + a late first.

I keep seeing trade proposals with Elite players like this being traded for a small or okay haul with the draft picks being top ten protected, if there is going to be protection (especially if the team isn't going to have top 10 odds at the lottery), there better be 4 pieces (that are equivalent of firsts and not 3 like here or less in other cases)

Why are Konecny’s 52pts worth a 1st round pick more than Kerfoot’s 51pts??

Granted, I’m a Sabres fan who doesn’t watch Philly a ton, or even the Leafs, but neither seem significantly better than the other to me

mostly due to consistency, Kerfoot had a REALLY good season based on his standards and Konecny was just ok. Konecny has more years left, is younger, and was almost a PPG 2 years ago. I also see him as a Marchand lite and that would be beneficial to the Leafs imo

If u we’re asking me who I’d rather have,
I’d pick Konecny
But i think u should be able to get him for just the 1st
And u could either keep Kerfoot, or trade him for something else

Just seems like giving both pieces is an overpay

Viewing Konecny as a ppg player is crazy to me
In the last 5 years, he’s played at a pace of scoring less than 60pts per 82games
And that with his 1 (almost ppg) season boosting the stats a bit
In the other 4 seasons, he played at a pace in the neighborhood of just over 50pts per season

So it seems to me that his ONE good year,
that was 3 seasons ago,
is the outlier- and not a norm that u can project him to hit with any kind of consistency

Maybe if u put him on a line with Matthews
But u could say that about a lot of guys
Kerfoot would’ve scored more if he was on Matthews line too

I think Konecny could get back to that level on a better line. You're right it is an overpay, but I'm not sure Philly is necessarily shopping him so I would think an overpay would be necessary

If Konecny plays on the Matthews line, he could approach a ppg
I think Kerfoot’s point totals would rise too though if he were on Matthews line

Maybe Konecny is an 80point guy & Konecny is a 70point guy
Is that really worth a 1st?
I don’t think so

This offer wouldn’t even begin to get Philly to talk FYI. TK was a victim of AV’s system, everyone in Philly played horrifically under AV. Looking at everyone who was there pre and post AV, they all dropped in point production by a minimum of .200 PPG.
After AV got fired TK went from 9 points in 25 games to 45 in 54
TK is also just a much better player all around than Kefoot, and TK put up these numbers playing with 4 different centres during the season (injuries mainly, but also trading G didn’t help)

Kerfoot hit those levels playing in top 6, Koneckny got his with both PHI centers missing half a season or more (Couterier and Hayes), Giroux traded for 20+ games, in a system where no one on the team scored, so Koneckny's 52 pts were pretty much on his own back.

Saying that though, TK gets more than UFA to be Kerfoot (and always in every trade) and a late first.

Kings decline. They have better options for a player than Muzzin with his contract and injury history

Stop with the Muzzin to LA. Doesn't work for what LA plans in the future

Not trying to be argumentative, but we went with an expensive back-up goalkeeper to have a 1a/1B arrangement that didn;t work, with a starter who suffered some injuries, but:

a 7th round draft pick
25 yrs old
.888 save pctg
3.31 GAA
14 career NHL games

doesn;t scream backup goalie on a cup contender, behind a Campbell who was meant to be protected with an expensive backup in 21-22, and for most of his career wasn;t a number 1.

I just see lots of Leaf proposals with keeping kalgren as the backup, (mainly becaiuse hes cheap), but I just dont see a bonafide backup there. For a cup contender its kind of cheapening out on the most important position.