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04 Jun 2026 15:30:55
I know this would be controversial for some, but I think the Leafs should look at Michael McLeod. I'm sure he will face backlash from some fans, acquitted or not. I liked him when he was in Jersey and wanted him as a Leaf.
When you look at how well Hart is playing, I wonder if McLeod could now translate his game better as well. Almost a point per game last year in the KHL. He would probably take a lot of verbal abuse from some fans though as I hear Hart is.
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04 Jun 2026 14:53:20
I've been for it. He's a good young player. Incredible on the faceoff circle. I'm fully down to turn heel and just do what's best to win a cup over being politically correct. We can get him on a sweetheart deal because of the bulls***.
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04 Jun 2026 15:06:29
The majority of what negative tings Hart hears are not in his home rink. McLeod would hear it way worse here, and if he had a bad game, it a stretch of them it would be a monstrous distraction to the team.
He is better suited if he comes back to the NHL to find a city that doesn’t have the crazy coverage the Canadian teams all have. He can just leave to rink in Russia and many NHL cities where no-one has a clue who he is.
04 Jun 2026 15:12:20
Dallas: Hintz, Lundkvist, Lyubushkin, DeSmith
Toronto: Nylander, Robertson, Maccelli, Stolarz
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04 Jun 2026 14:54:06
Oh God, no. Nylander is better than Hintz by a lot.
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04 Jun 2026 15:02:22
Yeah you’re right. Was just for looking for some alternatives to the usual names mentioned this off season.
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04 Jun 2026 16:25:19
Wouldn’t give Nylander alone for that.
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04 Jun 2026 16:45:07
That’s an interesting one. When comparing the 2 players and the value to the team. You have to remember you are comparing a scoring winger who is horrible defensively at $11.5 to a very, very good 2 way centre who when healthy puts up 30 goal 70 point seasons.
At $8.45. So when you combine his points along with his defensive ability along with $3 million difference in salary it’s not that big of a difference. Plus centres are harder to find than wingers.
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04 Jun 2026 16:45:49
Lol. I’d take Hintz over Nylander simply because he’s a centre and he’s got a better attitude. I like Willy, but I think some of the off ice stuff makes him come across as an unserious player. Also Lundvist is a underrated player.
Don't believe a steam starving for offense will trade their 1 great C in Beniers.
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03 Jun 2026 20:30:39
He's probably only worth that currently but he has much more potential, so there's no way they trade him for a second. It would have to be plus a roster player who's currently better and a prospect. I think that would get it done.
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03 Jun 2026 21:57:25
You are in dream land if you think a Maple Leafs 2nd rd pick lands you Wright.
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03 Jun 2026 23:04:47
He’s not someone I was interested in, but a second and Colorado’s 1st, which is arguably two seconds, would be as far as I’d go.
03 Jun 2026 09:50:59
Two names I’d consider if I’m the Leafs are
Kesselring and Lohri, both big d men who can move the puck, that would be cheap cost.
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03 Jun 2026 13:01:04
I agree on both trade targets but who or what would you give up to acquire them?
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03 Jun 2026 21:05:10
Not sure if Lohrei would be available, but Kesselring I think could be had.
With Montreal having so many D, I wonder if the Leafs could land either Pickford or Engstrom. There doesn't seem to be any room for them. Not with Reinbacher there waiting as well. Same goes for Beck and Roy upfront.
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03 Jun 2026 23:38:38
Yes, I think he could be had, as well.
The Sabres have a big salary challenge with Tuch, Benson, Krebs and Malenstyn needing new contracts, plus they have some very solid D prospects to backfill.
Kesselring was a 6th round pick in 2018 so can we steal him?
The Sabres probably don’t need a current player because it adds salary, so would they take a R5 in 2027?
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04 Jun 2026 00:28:57
Kesselring would could offer sheet. He was earning $1.4. If we offer $3.5 @ 3 years with bonuses, would Buffalo match? It would cost us a 2nd round pick in 2027.
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04 Jun 2026 14:41:34
I would not offer sheet Kesselring if costing a 2nd. The guy is a 3rd pair D his whole career. I would want give a 3rd pair D $3.5M and also lose a 2nd to make it happen.
He was healthy scratched for most of the playoffs and at times during the season. Yes, he had injury issues, but still not worth that kind of money and compensation imo.
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04 Jun 2026 15:22:42
When Healthy he would he would be worth it. He might take take $2.75 but would still cost a 3rd.
He was a top 4 in Arizona and a top 4 in Utah before the trade.
03 Jun 2026 01:03:42
Reworking my viable post from earlier
Leafs
Beniers
Grubauer
Kraken
Rielly
1st 2027 Avs pick
Robertson
Johansson
Stolarz
The idea is to get Morgan moved to the west coast
Close to home
The salary is a bonus wash with Beniers
The Kraken is looking for some scoring so Robertson helps out with that
The 1st rd pick and highly thought of prospect Swede dman maybe tips the scales and the trigger is pulled
Or ….the toilet is flushed
The goalie swap gives the kraken a solid 1a to daccord
And a goalie under contract for a few years
Leafs get a 5.9 million $ goalie but only for one year
This will roughly even out the cap hits
Now there were rumblings that the kraken wanted to
Move off of matty B last year?
Maybe I heard that from that seravalli
Either way
Matty B could be the 2nd line Center with McKenna and Cowan on his wings
Tavares goes to third line center
With my luck the Avs crash next year and it becomes a top 5 pick 😂😂
But then I remain optimistic and Beniers becomes a 90 point Center👍and McKenna wins the Calder
03 Jun 2026 04:32:10
Ok here is another Knies trade... and like everyone else I hate to even propose trading this guy, but he has a no trade protection and has alot of value. I'd rather throw Nylander in this deal, but he would never waive to go to Chicago. So here we are to try to reset our defense.
They get their target power forward and a better goalie upgrade. Leafs draft the best D available at #4 and get another young RHD drafted 2nd overall a couple years ago and ready to make the jump to the Leafs. Sets up our defense for the next decade along with Danford.
We then draft McKenna at #1 to take that top line LW spot from Knies.
Then try to sign a young center like Mason McTavish with whatever assets we can. Maybe Anaheim does something like this:
To Anaheim: Robertson, Carlo, 2027 2nd
To Toronto: McTavish
Flip Reilly to the Sharks for the best trade package you can.
UFA signing: Marchment, Raddysh, and go hard after Tuch with the available cap space.
03 Jun 2026 10:13:28
Yo GM Rick. Thought a similar trade, but we got our top RHD in the trade Levshunov signed Raddysh, so with the 4 OVA maybe we hope Malholtra is available still? First line C of the future no? Rest is on point! I just think winger centre Dman slam dunk of a 26’ draft. Other then the massive lose of Knies.
02 Jun 2026 22:37:47
Forgot to add Stanley to the D. Send Danford to the A for a year. All 7 D will be used with the amount of work injuries we had to our back end last year.
I didn’t add up the total but hopefully it’s under the cap. Also have to sign Schneider as we just got his RFA rights. Maybe somewhere in the ballpark of 2 X 4M?
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03 Jun 2026 02:28:38
Clarky, can’t say I hate that. Made me think that’s some nice pieces coming back to build on. Love the Carals and Greentree adds with Schneider and Cuyelle to. Idk, I really like the more I’m typing this out. Nice prop man.
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03 Jun 2026 04:28:44
Ferraro is a free agent. You can just sign him without giving up any assets.
Former 3rd Rd pick looking really solid in the AHL.
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02 Jun 2026 22:24:01
Other than he has never played in the AHL.
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03 Jun 2026 10:37:32
Oh my bad, he's in the QMJHL. Guess it might take just the 3rd then.
But a player I would consider.
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03 Jun 2026 11:28:13
Where would Robertson fit in there? They have Beaudoin, Iginla and Desnoyers and Gabe Smith all coming. At least one, if not 2, will crack the lineup.
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03 Jun 2026 14:06:12
Prospects that still can be kept in the minors. Or traded for other upgrades Utah can use.
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03 Jun 2026 16:23:15
Their prospects are pretty much better than Robertson now though.
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03 Jun 2026 17:10:00
Then what would you trade to get Lavoie?
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03 Jun 2026 17:59:10
He was a 3rd pick that has got better in the last year, so would offer a 2nd round pick. But not a player and a 3rd.
02 Jun 2026 20:02:59
Going at this a little differently with Anaheim
Ana
McCabe $4.15
Carlo $3.5M
Stolarz $3.75M
Tor
Luneau $.865M
Gaucher $.867M
Solberg $.941M
2027 1st
Anaheim adds the vets on D and upgrades their goalie tandem to try and go deeper in the playoffs. Toronto goes more youthful on D and creates a lot more cap space while adding assets.
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02 Jun 2026 21:19:10
I see where you’re going with this, but McCabe is more consistent. Push-back guy — something I believe you desired in this team: that sandpaper, here’s a glove-in-the-face kinda guy. In my opinion, he’s the most well rounded guy we have, so I wouldn’t trade him at this point.
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02 Jun 2026 22:00:22
Leafsgm. Yea, I haven't had McCabe in a prop for those reasons. He didn't look like himself last season. Really struggled start of year. Wasn't as physical most of the season. Still a solid player. Solberg is a very similar player though. Physical and hard to play against. Obviously not proven at his age, but a solid looking shutdown type D.
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02 Jun 2026 22:21:08
I get it, man. Nobody looked normal out there last year and that’s a lot of regulars going the other way rrrrr. Such a gamble for me but at the end of the day we don’t need the cap space as we have a healthy number with or without Domi, so my position is keep OEL and McCabe, upgrade that top pairing.
This is a lot to give up considering our trade chips; they’d be my bottom pairing. That’s what I’m saying.
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02 Jun 2026 22:32:20
So OEL and McCabe are our top pairing. You want to keep them and upgrade them? How???? Without a major trade.
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02 Jun 2026 23:22:51
Yes suffering.
Leafsgm throws out ideas but leaves us all wondering how they plan to pull them off.
You know just this is what we need.
But I have no thoughts on how to get them.
Classic LeafsGM78.
Wasting our time.
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04 Jun 2026 14:40:04
@RLF
I truly don’t understand your logic at times. Here we are giving up 2 defensemen with over 1400 NHL games. Carlo may not have as much of a physical edge to him as he once did. But he played a good solid game in the plus minus considering how often our defense got hung out by weak defence by our forwards and truthfully his salary is not bad. If Carlo moves it needs to be as part of a package with a big name to also bring back a big name defenseman.
In return you want a Defenceman (Luneau) who gets pushed around in the d-zone, a slow footed forward (Gaucher) who is projected as a bottom 6 forward and a defenceman (Solberg) who hits like a cannon but has cement hands and has issues handling the puck. Between them they have 17 total NHL games.