If they fail, their best bet is just to move out Matthews in a move that brings in a #2RD and a top 6 F and a ton of futures including a potential future 1C. That's only if he's not willing to sign a team friendly extension.

this team is worse with a bad cap situation and barely help with the future

What exactly are you trying to accomplish here lol?

Why would they make such awful trades if they failed? Those marner and matthews deals are brutal and then there's that Vancouver trade, that makes no sense if they want to be good but now they're giving ip futures for a past prime guy on a long term deal after dumping their best players? Yikes

This makes no sense for the Blues or the Leafs.

This is the reason GMs don't listen to twitter... good lord

Even for Matthews, I don't think we're moving that 1st. Maybe if he was under team control for longer than he is. Yes, one hopes that the player picked with same is as good as Matthews, but we're trying to think long-term.

Columbus declines that trade

Hey sexy

lol, good one

That pick has a chance to be bedard or fantilli. Both have more potential than matthews. Bedard will be better than him very soon

that pick will be decided by the time they "fail" and even if it was fantilli they would do it.

how the hell did you decide that Matthews and Marner both have less value than JT Miller and his albatross. Also, nylander has more value than chychrun, jarnkrok more value than crouse, and sandin about 10000x more value than liam o'brien

No chance they do it if it's fantilli. They laugh at that offer

If the Leafs happen to move their current high priced forwards either trade or by UFA, the last thing they should do is to trade or sign someone like JT Miller.