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27 Apr 2026 03:54:19
Tor makes trade with NJ. NJ needs offence and Tor needs defence.
Tor- Nylander
NJ - Nemec, Silayev
Nylander waives to go play for Keefe again and have Hughes as a linemate. Tor gets a puck moving d-man who is a threat on the powerplay and a big prospect.
Move Reilly to a team that will take him or move him to Nylanders spot on offence.
26 Apr 2026 23:10:45
Pretty nasty trade idea I’ve been thinking about.
Toronto Maple Leafs end up with Josh Norris as their 2C, and Jack Quinn skating on the RW in the second line.
Meanwhile, Buffalo Sabres get William Nylander on their first line right wing, yeah, the same guy who “doesn’t want to leave Toronto”.
And Toronto still gets a 1st-round pick on top of that, either in 2026 or 2027 (preferably 2026).
Honestly, it’s a pretty aggressive move, but the Leafs’ roster would look way more balanced right out of the gate.
Got a feeling one of these three, William Nylander, Matthew Knies, or Easton Cowan is getting moved before the season starts. And if that happens, Toronto might actually come out of it with a much more logical lineup.
26 Apr 2026 23:24:57
Jack Quinn, I think has a great future in the NHL and with another player like Doan or McLeod or Benson, I do that deal. But Josh Friggen Norris? The most injured man in the NHL... no way. To much of a risk.
27 Apr 2026 00:01:17
When healthy he’s worth it, but the injury risk makes the contract a gamble.
27 Apr 2026 00:05:06
Sometimes even Josh’s bad luck has to end. Otherwise, the guy will be playing more than 70 games at a point-per-game pace in the upcoming season...Benson is nice but no thanks.
27 Apr 2026 01:42:24
It has nothing to do with contract risk. It has everything to do with giving up potentially only ending up with one healthy player and a first.
26 Apr 2026 20:25:25
Reilly 2.5 million retained
Robertson
To Sharks
2026 1st round
To Leafs.
26 Apr 2026 10:57:53
Small trade idea (. ) (. )
Toronto receives, Jake Furlong and a 3rd-round pick
Chicago receives: Anthony Stolarz
Toronto adds a young defensive prospect in Furlong along with a mid-round pick, while Chicago gets an NHL-ready goalie in Stolarzz who can immediately help stabilize their goaltending depth.
Feels like a reasonable hockey trade where Chicago gets stability in net, and Toronto adds a future piece plus a draft asset.
If Tanev gets healthy, a Furlong, Tanev third pairing could be pretty interesting. Furlong would handle the puck-moving side and good hockey iq, good first pass, PP2, while Tanev provides the defensive stability and insurance.
And it would also add more offensive upside to the third pairing with Jake Furlong. There’s still work to do in his defensive game, and he’s not particularly physical.
Goalies Woll, Hildebeast
Trade Benoit to 3round pick another team.
26 Apr 2026 14:23:00
First off. The way things are with Stolarz, one of the few teams in the NHL who might take him as a single player in a trade from Toronto would be Florida because of their history with him. Might be one or two others, but most trades involving him will be his as a throw in with us getting rid of cap and hoping his throw in gets us whoever we are after with other parts we are trading.
The thing that really gets me is that you are trying to get Furlong and already you have him pencilled in with Tanev? What about our own Noah Chadwick, who had a better season than Furlong?
26 Apr 2026 18:34:32
Unfortunately I think we still need him here unless another experienced goalie comes back in return.
27 Apr 2026 00:09:27
Chadwick play NHL maby season 2028+2029 so... Not yet next season.
27 Apr 2026 01:44:40
How many Marlies games did you go to this year?
27 Apr 2026 10:25:00
Little less 40 games I see when Marlies play. Next season it's not Chadwick time to NHL yet.
Good future 2nd D line player.
26 Apr 2026 07:54:06
Stolarz Robertson Benoit to Penguins
McGroarty Graves 2nd 2026 2nd 2027 to Leafs
Graves is the salary dump here
A line of
McGroarty Tavares Cowan looks nice to me
Rielly Domi 2nd 2027 from Pens to Sharks
Musty Havelid to Leafs
Joshua to Kraken
4th 2026 to Leafs
Carlo to Ducks
Warren 3rd 2026 to Leafs
Draft Carels 5th overall
Sign free agents
Tuch
Roslovic
Trouba
Soucy
26 Apr 2026 19:32:47
I’d be good with just dumping salary and signing those guys.
26 Apr 2026 22:52:18
Who's Salary in Particular and signing which guys specific guys? There are a lot of names in that post.
26 Apr 2026 00:30:09
Toronto would get Jonatan Berggren for a 3th and a 4th-round pick and put him straight on Tavares' line to bring some agility and mobility. Oh man, it'd be awesome to see J. Berggren in a Leafs jersey.
26 Apr 2026 17:25:09
OK I'll bite... What makes this guy so awesome to put him straight on Tavares line and give up 2 draft picks. When St. Louis got him for nothing in December when Detroit thought enough of him to put him on waivers?
26 Apr 2026 23:34:05
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Jonatan Berggren is clearly a skilled, highly creative player with excellent offensive instincts. If he can unlock his full potential, he’d be a great fit on a second line wing in Toronto Maple Leafs, and he definitely has something to offer on the power play thanks to his skill set. Low risk high reward.
Berggren is pretty underrated around the NHL, but it wouldn’t surprise me at all if he turns into a 50–60 point playmaker.
He’s still figuring out his ideal role and linemates so everything really clicks.
Definitely a name to remember... I think he’s still going to show just how good of a top-6 player he can become.
I’d give Jonatan Berggren a 2 year deal at $1.5 million per season. Honestly, something like that would probably be pretty fair.
27 Apr 2026 02:26:47
This sounds either cut and paste or AI compared to most of your normal responses.
27 Apr 2026 10:39:10
I’m Russian and my English isn't very strong, so sometimes I use a translator to help me form sentences correctly. I travel around North America attending junior, AHL, NCAA, OHL, WHL and NHL games with a friend of mine who is also Russian and works as an NHL scout. He gets paid for it, so he’s a professional scout.
I hear a lot of rumors from him and often know which players he’s scouting at different games.
Some of the names I’ve mentioned here are players that Toronto is very interested in.
I also know that Toronto is more interested in Chase Reid than Verhoeff. If Toronto were to get, for example, the 3rd overall pick, Reid would likely be the choice if both players were still available. Verhoef has more areas that need development.
27 Apr 2026 10:49:33
Do you think that if Toronto could get Vincent Trocheck in a reasonable trade, they would do it? I can answer that myself, they would. Behind the scenes, they’re already thinking about how to bring Vincent to Toronto.
As you probably know, Toronto looking for a center, preferably a 2C. They’re also looking for 1–2 players for the right wing, and additional deptht for the third line.
The defense will be reshaped as well, and I’d expect around three players to be moved.
26 Apr 2026 00:04:21
The Trade
To Toronto: Cole Sillinger RFA, Mathieu Olivier
To Columbus: Max Domi + Nick Robertson RFA
And Toronto third line is
Joshua-Sillinger-Olivier. Sounds dangerous.
Toronto gives Cole Sillinger a 5-6 year deal at $5,5-6.2 million per year.
Toronto would acquire some puck skill in Jake Christiansen, and when physicality is needed, Benoit would play. When they don't need that much physical play, the more puck-moving Christiansen would play, meaning for example a 50/50 split on the 3rd defensive pair.
Toronto would give a 4th-round pick.
Jake hasn't put up many points in the NHL yet, but watching him play, you can definitely see he's an offensive and puck-moving defenseman. He just needs to reach his full potential. Maybe in Toronto.
26 Apr 2026 00:28:40
I don’t get it? Why would you give Sillinger that kind of money?
26 Apr 2026 00:37:40
Probably because he's going to get at least 6 million, so why not in Toronto? He's still a young player and his best years are ahead of him.
26 Apr 2026 01:32:37
Well, he is from Columbus let them give him the $6 million. I'm not interested in him for that. His 5 seasons have been 31 points, 11 points, 32 points, 33 points and 33 points this year. I was following him earlier this year when he heated it up after the coaching change and they said he has found his groove and is going to have his career best year. They said that around the Olympic break. Then, he proceeded after the break to be pointless in 10 games, got 6 points in 3 games and then crapped the bed by ending off with 1 point in the last 13 games of the season.
To me that is not worth taking him on for $6 million. Sorry... my personal opinion. Heck if we are getting 33 points for that let's just keep Nick Robertson at his forecasted $2.3 million. He got 32 points not knowing from game to game what line he would be on.
26 Apr 2026 04:23:56
I'm just trying to figure out why Columbus makes the trade. To me, Olivier more value than Domi. Sillinger more value than Robertson.
26 Apr 2026 11:08:43
Cole Sillinger’s value isn’t really measured in points. He plays tough minutes, can handle the defensive side of the game, and that’s something teams do pay for nowadays. He does the “quiet work” and is a reliable player overall, a coach can trust him even late in games when protecting a lead. I’d still expect his salary to end up around $5.5M. The cap is going up, and Toronto doesn’t really have a 3C unless they use Tavares there.
And as for Domi and Robertson being “too little” for those guys… maybe it’s actually just the right kind of hockey trade... not an overpay for either side, but something that fits both teams.
26 Apr 2026 14:52:21
It is a big overpay for Columbus. The Sillinger and Robertson to me is a saw off but a big overpay for the Leafs if they paid what you suggest. Olivier is a massive overpay for Domi. There is no-one in the League quite like him. Beyond a douby the Heavyweight champ of the league. But Scored 18 last year and 15 this year and had he not got hurt would have been 20 which would have put him 5 on the Leafs for goals.
Also led the league in how many times players on the other team Crapped their pants when even jokingly he would have lined up beside a guy and said "We are going to go as soon as that puck drops" lol lol lol.
26 Apr 2026 15:27:21
Thisisit. So, Sillinger is better than suffering says, but then you say it's a good trade because it's not an overpay for either side. You don't see any contradiction here?
Let me ask this. Do you believe Columbus would trade Olivier for Domi straight up and Sillinger for Robertson straight up?
26 Apr 2026 16:39:32
So here is question for Thisisit. Give me rating on a scale of 1-10 for Sillinger Stankoven and Byfield and which 2 of the 3 would you like to see on the Leafs if you could have 2 of them??
26 Apr 2026 18:10:59
To me it seems Sillinger should easily have more value than Robertson. He's 2 years younger. Plays centre. Is given more defensive minutes but outpoints Robertson. He PK's. He will fight. Could be a solid 3C as he continues to grow.
Sillinger also has the size advantage.
Robertson is going on 25 and just hit his career high 32 points. He's not good defensively. He needs PP time to pad his point total. And he's small, but not overly elusive. How are they a wash?
26 Apr 2026 23:11:54
Well for starters. Robertson gets bumped around a lot on the lines. I have no problem with him getting PP points. PP points aren't to pad anyone's stats; they are because you are good enough to be on the PP. Sillinger was last option on Columbus PK units. Yes he is two years younger and yes he outpointed him this year by one point. He fights, yes, but in the few fights he has had, he cheapshotted and had to answer the bell and did not fare well in the fights.
My point on vallue is this. Robertson is looking for $2M, maybe $2.2M, and Sillinger, the value being thrown around by Thisisit, is at least $6M, so for value.
As much as people hate on Robertson. If I can keep him at $2M and change and maybe he pans out more if given a specific line to stay with, great. If we have to package him he still has value. But I am not forking out $6M and maybe more for Sillinger. That is not good value. Compare him to Centres in the league earning in that range, even $5M, and tell me he is in the league of most of those guys as overall players.
26 Apr 2026 23:38:38
RLF
Yeah, you’re right, Columbus Blue Jackets would never agree to that. Mathieu Olivier is definitely a heavyweight.
Bit of a rushed idea, my bad. I wouldn’t make that trade myself either.
26 Apr 2026 23:43:16
Suffering19667
Sillinger and Byfield.
Sillinger 6,5, Stankoven 6 ja Byfield 7.
26 Apr 2026 23:48:38
RLF
They’re not even close to being equal. One is clearly more well-rounded, while the other just has the better shot. I’ll take the more versatile and useful player for the team every time.
That’s why Cole Sillinger still has the potential to become a high-end 3C somewhere in the NHL, preferably in Toronto Maple Leafs. Welcome Cole to Leafs.
27 Apr 2026 01:56:55
Ok I’m done. The fact you rate Stankoven as a 6 shows you for sure do not understand hockey players.
25 Apr 2026 23:37:35
I suggested a Islanders trade earlier this year but will take another shot at one similar. It seems like a lot of the Nylander trades are getting smaller in the value coming back so this one I think reflects a pretty fair value in we would be getting a young roster player who can play Centre and right wing who got more confident and productive as the year went on, and a young defensemen that apparently is the one player every team wants from the Islanders in every trade proposition, along with a sleeper player the Islanders picked 202nd but is in the running for rooking of the year in the WHL in his first year playing there, and of course we want the Islanders 1st round pick this year 13th overall.
Islanders get William Nylander
Leafs Get Cal Ritchie, Kashawn Aitcheson, Jacob Kvasnicka and 13th overall pick (Or higher depending on Lottery)
It gives us a potential 2nd or 3rd line Centre with Ritchie or as a right winger if can do a deal for a Centre. We get Aitcheson who can blast opponents out of their Skates almost as hard as he can blast the puck. He would be that D-man we have looked around for, for years that has a cannon for a shot and can play both ends of the rink. Kvasnicka of course is a long shot but still finished 12th in scoring in the WHL. The 13th overall pick guarantees we still get a decent player if for some reason we get bumped out of the top 5 in the lottery.
25 Apr 2026 22:46:23
👍 Looks good.
26 Apr 2026 06:33:07
Draft Malhotra 5th overall
Sign Tuch
Cowan Malhotra Tuch
Isles move up to 10th overall
Draft Smits or Rudolph
Either could make the Leafs D next fall.
26 Apr 2026 17:43:18
@Golftown Yep could see that work. Combined with my trade.
First 3 lines would be
Knies, Matthews, Ritchie
Cowan, Malholtra, Tuch
Domi (And leave him at one position one line), Holinka, Tavares (Use him for Defensive faceoffs until Holinka gets more experience)
Groulx, Joshua, Lorentz
Fill in the d after the draft and free agency and trades more trades could alter the forward lines too.
But off to a good start.
25 Apr 2026 09:45:34
What about a straight swap: Nick Robertson for Samuel Helenius?
(If Toronto also had to include a draft pick, then a 2nd-round pick would be added to the deal.)
Robertson obviously brings more skill and scoring upside, but Helenius gives size, defensive reliability, and a true bottom-six centre profile.
Feels like one of those “skill vs.
structure” moves, Toronto adds a more responsible, physical depth piece, while LA takes a swing on Robertson’s offensive potential.
Not a blockbuster, but maybe a change of scenery trade that works for both sides?
Then Toronto would look to add some skill and a defenseman either through a trade or free agency.
25 Apr 2026 12:26:48
L.A. is not trading Helenius. They signed him in December to a very Cap Friendly contract for 2 more years at $875,000 and they love how he has developed. He is a huge man and they develop sometimes at a different rate.
25 Apr 2026 16:59:47
I’d keep Robertson and give him the ice time he’s earned. He’d easily be a 20 even 30 goal scorer with better minutes and pp time.
25 Apr 2026 08:43:53
Toronto should seriously consider this deal.
To Toronto: Rickard Rakell (or Bryan Rust), Yegor Chinakhov, Vilee Koivunen, and a 1st round pick
To the other team: William Nylander
I think this starts to make more sense for both sides. Rakell (or Rust RW Leafs rw is weak) and Chinakhov bring solid NHL-ready depth and upside, Koivunen adds a strong young prospect with real middle-six potential, and the 1st-round pick gives future value.
It’s obviously a big move, but if Toronto wants to retool a bit and add depth + future assets, this is the kind of package that at least makes you think.
25 Apr 2026 17:02:31
Ya I agree I’d hate to give up Willy but three serviceable players and a pick would give the team some diversity.
25 Apr 2026 21:31:10
Here I go being Mr. Opposite again. That is a pretty weak package for a few reasons. If it is either Rust or Rackell, they have had pretty decent careers but they will be 34 and 33 to start the season respectively, so the slow down could happen soon. Chinakov had a good end to the year once he was traded. But what he pulled in Columbus was inexcusable airing in public he didn't like that Evason sat him out when he was no performing well and he wanted a trade.
Can almost guarantee that once Pittsburgh got him, Malkin took him aside and straightened him out on how their team operates. For all his talent I think he could be a coaches nightmare again down the road. Koivunen could be a good one but needs a little more of a track record to guage. I just don't see a big value in this package compared to a lot of others mentioned on the site.
25 Apr 2026 00:50:04
Tor: Nylander
Utah: Guenther, Tij Iginla, 2026 3rd (Car), 2027 3rd (Tor)
This move gives Utah the super star they don't have. Leafs get back a skilled replacement, and a new top prospect with time to get into the NHL if he's not ready. And 2 more draft picks to work with to address our other needs.
25 Apr 2026 12:42:28
Have you watched Dylan Guenther? He is the Super Star they do have. When he scores the majority of the time it is a clutch goal at a huge point in a game. He is one player they would not trade. If you wanted to add Nylander to that team without touching Guenther or Cooley you would have a scary team. They aren't to shabby without Nylander. They have a vast amount of prospects and draft picks that if Leafs went full rebuild they could change the look of our team for years.
I would get full greedy and say 'We will trade you Nylander for Cole Beaudoin, Tij Inginla, and Caleb Desnoyers that is 3 1st round guys that also played extremely well as a line at WJC's once they were united as a combination by Dale Hunter.'
25 Apr 2026 13:01:33
Would pass on that trade and instead do Beaudoin, Desnoyers and Simashev.
It might take a bit of sweetner since those are very highly touted prospects, but I'd pass on the winger Iginla and go with the centres and the D.
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