Canucks pass

Why are we giving Arizona most of our team again?

Calgary passes.

Can't afford giving up two firsts to dump someone when the cap should be increasing substantially over the next 2-3 years.

Isles are not paying anything to move Pageau.

We are giving up a combined four years under contract for our regular season phenoms. In addition to a pair of high first round picks and top six winger in his prime under contract for more than four years, this trade gets the Leafs thirty five million in cap space next year to take on a lot of albatross contracts along with other first round picks, and apart from OEL, those albatross contracts aren’t massively under performing for more than a year or two. So you get another 25 million in cap space freed up in year two

Translation “Let’s rebuild yet again” Ya no thanks. I’ve seen that movie too many times.

Terrible deal for the Canucks, their homer fans might be right for a change with their 'cap is fine' takes

The Isles have six million next year to fill four roster spots including a number two goalie, and with that money you probably don’t even have a team as good as this year. Maybe there is something about NYI fans that they would prefer to have a tough team to play against for 82 games and then have a nice long summer. Like the other trade partners in this thread, NYI needs cap space in the next few years to buy themselves a chance at playoff hockey, not a draft pick who will make your roster in four or so years.

Losing early in the playoffs is a movie I have seen too many times.

The Isles will move Bailey to free up $5M in cap, and Pageau is in no way a dump. He is one of the best defensive centers in the league who averages about 40 points per year in a league where teams need centers like him to win. If they were to move him the isles would get value back for him, your proposal of attaching a 1st to move him is ridiculous.

Tell me the last time a team paid 3 first round picks to shed cap? And tell me, if the Canucks did this, they have no picks, and a bottom prospect pool. What do you suggest they do with this cap space? Not like the UFA market is very good. Also can't make any trades because we have no assets

Canucks decline. No sane GM is paying three 1sts to dump anyone.

Good questions juiceman. The way I look at it, the OEL cap space buys you a couple of second pairing defence for the next four years, and the Myers cap space buys one middle six forward this year.

Good questions. The way I understand the Canucks roster problem for next year, you are already over the cap and still need to sign one forward, two D and a second goalie to make a full roster of 23. Shedding almost fourteen million this year would just barely get two second pair D one second or third line forward, one cheap backup goalie via free agency or a trade, with the last few dollars to get you under cap. In years two to four, the almost 8 million from OEL pays for most of those two Dmen. Yes you trade away the future potential starting in four to six years time of the draft picks, but you hope that the cap goes up by enough that you can sign free agents to make up for those lost prospects. In the meantime, you don’t have to play regular season games next year with only five D and no backup netminder.

Canucks are not over the cap because Poolman 2.5 mil and Pearson 3.25 mil will be on LTIR freeing up 5.75 mil. If the Canucks really want, they can move ONE of Myers, Garland, or Boeser. I highly doubt they will move OEL as it costs too much. They already have a bottom prospect pool. Not trading high picks to dump salary. UFA class is not strong enough to be that desparate right now

Pageau excels in an area the Isles are already elite in, but being top tier defensively won’t get you in the playoffs. Isles need more scoring - probably about 40 more goals per season.

Well, I guess that is another strategy. Keeping Myers, but especially keeping OEL, while moving Garland or Boeser, will certainly make those future first rounders better picks.

Again, the Isles are not adding anything to Pageau if they were to move him. He is a positive asset and would get value back, making your trade proposal ridiculous.