Leafs Trade Rumors

02 Mar 2026 14:57:53
I know we all have these great ideas for Trading Matthews and Nylander to certain teams for certain players, prospects and picks etc. There are some factors to look at if some of the teams are even feasible. I think one team that we can rule out to a point is San Jose. Yes, they do have the largest amount of Cap room in the NHL for next season of almost $55,000,000. However... the buzz out of San Jose is that they are not going to screw around and are going to Extend Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini on July 1 to avoid any distractions leading up to their RFA the following season. So between the 2 that will eat up roughly 16 to 17 million bringing that down to 38 or 39 million and if they were to add in 13,500,000 of Matthews then that is now 25 or 26 million. Of course, everyone wants Dickenson or Misa in the trade if not both. So even without parting with either of those players they have only 11 players out of 23 signed for next year. And if they added Matthews that really leaves a average of just over $2 million a player to fill the other roster spots of 12 players.

It would be a pretty lean looking team. I think Grier is going to stay the course and build from within and maybe a couple of Free agents in the $7 million range and keep Dickenson and Misa and the other prospects. They are knocking on the door for the playoffs now and truthfully if Will Smith had not been hurt for 13 games they would probably be in the wildcard by 6 points of so. The team that is positioned best I think is Seattle for landing a big name as they have 21 of 23 players signed and probably a deeper group of prospects than anyone other than Utah (Coin Flipper on that). Darkhorse for a big signing or Trade is Pittsburgh. 16 signed and large salary cap available. Malkin is having a great year for a man his age, but they have put off talking a extension maybe because Dubas is looking at a large trade after the season for a younger body for long term. Never rule Dubas out on anything. He is crafty.

02 Mar 2026 14:17:05
I don’t know, I’m losing faith in these guys. I thought maybe we move Nylander and get Sennecke back in a deal from Anh. But I watched Anh play yesterday and Sennecke is already better than Nylander and so is Gauthier. Not to mention Carlson is better than Matthews too. Like what happened to these guys? Lost all their heart or are we so bad in our end that these guys do not get enough offensive zone time? But watching other teams' superstars compared to ours is a massively eye opening difference in the impact they have in the game.

Plus Anh actually rolled 4 lines until they needed a goal in the 4th whereas they try putting Matthews out every 2nd shift here. This team and system is broken and I’m not sure if there is any repairing it unless they make me GM.

02 Mar 2026 17:13:39
@ Clarky17 Part of it is these young guys are all playing for their first real contracts after their entry salaries. So they have that jump that Matthews and Nylander had in their early days. Once Anaheim does extensions with Gauthier, Carlsson, Zellweger, and Mintyukov their cap space will shrink by all forecasts by $30 Million.

At least they have Sennecke sewn up on the entry level contract for another 2 years.

01 Mar 2026 23:21:19
Why don’t we make this year a tryout for all our D that could have some potential.
Trade Reilly now so we can use his spot for experience.

Trade Reilly to CBJ for Olivier (I really want a tough guy on this team on F and on D). We play differently when we have toughness in the lineup.
- Trade OEL for a 1st+
- Sit Tanev for the rest of this year, maybe move Benoit if there interest in him.



We have Carlo, Stetcher and McCabe left.

Bring in Danford, Villeneuve as a PP D, Rifai, Thrun, Mermis, Chadwick. Test this out, then go get what you need in the off-season which is probably still a puck moving D that doeant hurt you in our own end (as I don’t have the faith in Villeneuve as some do). Any other D you’d like to see given a shot, please comment below 👇.

01 Mar 2026 23:42:16
Why would Columbus trade Olivier, a very useful player for Rielly who has little to no value whatsoever?
That doesn’t make sense.
Since we are retooling not embarking on a long term rebuild, it would seem to be more logical to trade OEL for Draft+1, Draft+2 and Draft+3 players who are nearly ready to step into the lineup now or this fall.


A first round pick draft pick in 2026 won’t make the Leafs roster until 2028 at the earliest and a 2027 - 1st round pick (Edmonton’s offer) isn’t likely to play for the Leafs until 2029 or even 2030.
After Matthews’ contract has expired.

02 Mar 2026 00:13:12
@WB I think most Leafs fans fans agree with you on Reilly but he will do much better somewhere else, he needs a change of scenery.
I hear what you’re saying on the draft picks but I personally think we move on from Matthews and Nylander and call it a full rebuild in the off season. Get some young prospects like Sennecke type and build around that and FFS get some toughness.



I also got news for you WB, we ain’t winning with Matthews and Nylander here anyways, so the narrative of getting some ready-now pieces while we still have Matthews doesn’t appeal to me. Those two are gonna give us our most assets back, not nickle and diming with 3/4th line players.

02 Mar 2026 17:33:30
@ Clarky. Re: the Defense Tryout. I am all for it. I am looking forward to seeing Chadwick at that next level. Danford, I don't think we will see this year. The OHL schedule still has 3 weeks to go and their playoffs start March 26. Danford's team in Brantford looks like they could go pretty deep in the playoffs.

Even if they only go 2 rounds that would take them roughly to April 16 or so and that is when the NHL season ends. But... it would be nice if he could anchor a team to the Memorial Cup.

01 Mar 2026 21:03:58
Habs
Stolarz
Leafs
Beck.

01 Mar 2026 23:46:56
Oh ya!
Absolutely love this trade!

01 Mar 2026 23:54:12
Not giving the Habs any help unless they over pay. They want Stolarz going to cost them Beck and Reinbacher or they can go get someone else

01 Mar 2026 16:07:39
EDM: Savoie, 2026 2nd round pick TOR: McMann, OEL.

01 Mar 2026 15:18:05
No thx.

01 Mar 2026 15:45:35
Hard pass from Leafs. Make the pick a first and add Howard.

01 Mar 2026 18:49:07
Leafs have offers of 1st rd picks on the table for OEL with top prospect. Why would u do this deal? Give McMann as part of it to boot. 🤦🏼‍♂️
Quoting Blowhard
Knows all things.

01 Mar 2026 23:51:55
Despite all of the criticism, I like this trade.
Or some of it.

Savoie is right handed and would be an excellent addition.
Cowan - Roy - Savoie.

Now change that 2nd round pick for Ike Howard and we have a deal.
Howard - Tavares - Nylander.

01 Mar 2026 14:06:00
Toronto gets a 2026 first-round pick from some team for Oliver Ekman-Larsson, plus a 2026 second-rounder for Bobby McMann, and Nick Robertson is heading out in a straight swap for Arthur Kaliyev.

Picks keep flowing to Toronto, someone's building for the future over there!

The Berube bench is straight-up on fire right now, and the GM's seat is scorching too.


Come on, do something, at least Try to make a trade, or just pull off one damn deal already.
Where you at, Mr. GM? Brad? Hello? Trade deadline is knocking and the stove is hot Af, let's see some action before we melt!

01 Mar 2026 16:59:06
Both Mcmann and OEL will get u a 1st rd pick. If we have a smart GM which we don't he will get back one in 2026 and 2027

01 Mar 2026 23:55:39
Blowup!
What good is a 2027 - 1st round pick who won’t make the Leafs roster until 2029 or possibly 2030?
Matthews contract will have expired.
He will have bolted back to the USA.

01 Mar 2026 03:46:50
Nylander
___________

Caleb Desnoyer
Dmitriy Simashev
1st
2nd.