Once a Kings Fan Too
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The Islanders shouldn't do this because one season of Nylander doesn't equal an entire top-4 defensive pairing. (The whole idea of premising a trade on an extension is silly.) The declining Brodie, whom NY would be unlikely to want to re-sign, isn't close to either Pulock or Romanov in value, and one season of Nylander isn't close to the other. Even with an extension, $9 million Nylander isn't worth more than $6 million Pulock. (The idea that Nylander = Pulock and Romanov combined is just laughably uninformed.) The rest of this is kind of a mismash -- Liljegren seems on his way towards being a good NHLer, the jury is out on Holmstrom, Bailey is certainly not someone Toronto wants or needs, and the second is too far in the future to do the Maple Leafs any good. I don't know how interested Toronto would be in this deal (it probably depends on whether or not Nylander is likely to be extended), but the Islanders shouldn't entertain this at all.