16 Oct 2019 09:40:06
Leafs trade Robertson, SDA
Anaheim trades Steel

Same concept as the one I posted earlier. Basically, we give up a couple high grade prospects that are 3-5 years away from making the team for an a-prospect about ready for the NHL. Anaheim is probably going to have to go through a complete rebuild here. They might do this, as the timing for Robertson and SDA to make the team works better than it does for Steel.

Steel also has chemistry with Brooks. So one year of those two guys in Marlies before bringing them up next year to Toronto.

1.) 16 Oct 2019
16 Oct 2019 10:08:07
Id really hate to lose these two guys. They may just lead the O in scoring but his season. They have so much chemestry. However, i see where you are going. 2 good looking prospects that are realistically 3-5 years away for a more developed 1-2 years away prospect.

Both teams pull trigger on this deal for the reasons you gave. i'd misd those 2 but then become a big fan of steel in the process so win.

2.) 16 Oct 2019
16 Oct 2019 15:55:05
Look at it this way. We are re-uniting Brooks with his old pal from junior. So they can be the duo we watch as they develop on Marlies and Leafs together. They will be ready in two years’ time. That gives then three years in the nhl. Optimally they would turn out as good as the guys we got on the top two lines already, so they can be replacements if we lose a Matthews or Nylander to free agency.

3.) 16 Oct 2019
16 Oct 2019 16:32:32
So trade the Leafs only 2 studs that are tearing up the OHL right now, hmmm that is questionable. Steel would be a good add, but is he worth two really good prospects?

4.) 16 Oct 2019
16 Oct 2019 18:33:25
@torontobuds

Steel is an a-prospect who is almost nhl ready now. We Rey it’s him with Brooks and we got a solid third line basically ready to step in next year. You can’t ask for much more. There is no guarantee that SDA sand Robertson make the nhl. And even if they ever do make the Leafs, it won’t be for at least 3-5 years, with emphasis on the five. Steel and Brook could be full time nhl next year. It’s one A+-prospect for two B+-prospects. Because Steel has already played a couple nhl games and looks to be a sure middle six nhl player, he gets the A+ rating. As SDA and Robertson get older, there junior numbers become less impressive. The rule preventing CHL players from entering AHL before 20 is perversing the system. Of course a 20 year old is going to dominate against lesser competition. So as Robertson and SDA rack up points playing against junior competition, it starts to look almost a little unfair that two guys that are professionals adults are now playing against junior teens.

5.) 17 Oct 2019
17 Oct 2019 16:20:52
To continue on my rant about chl players not being allowed into AHL until they are 20. Let’s look at the player drafted high first round, but sent back to junior after draft because he is not nhl quality and is ineligible for AHL, and going overseas to play is not a good option. For example, DalColle. Drafted 5th overall. This guy should have been in nhl a lot earlier. But he wasn’t good enough to make islanders team out of camp, so he went to junior, where he pumped 90+ points a season quite easily playing against younger and easier competition, when he should have been looking at playing in the next level of compete up. Clearly too good for junior, but ineligible for AHL, his development suffered. He wasn’t put into the same situations that you might find in an nhl game. So he got lazy making the easy plays and padded his stats against junior competition. When he finally made it to AHL, he struggled to find his game. The competition was much harder, and he wasn’t used to the difference. Now Dal Colle is hovering right around bust area. A top 5 player that had to take the looooooonnnnnggg way to the nhl. At almost 25 years of age and he doesn’t have a single full nhl season under his belt. It’s hard to say Islanders didn’t develop him right, because he was forced to play OHL and not AHL. But his development did suffer as a result of the rule preventing players younger than 20 from joining AHL. It is bad for the budding professional athlete who is drafted, and bad for the new, much younger and much smaller players wanting into the OHL. They don’t get the focus they deserve as the coaches are all focused on the older players as being the guys who carry the team. So the younger guys develop more slowly as well.

Imo, they should abolish that rule. Or lower the age to 18. If a player is fully adult over 18 and is capable of playing against professionals his level, he should be in the AHL, not kept playing with little kids for an extra 2-3 years.