19 Sep 2016 02:22:04
Would be nice to pick up a young RHD to potentially play with Rielly for years to come. More of a physical, defensively-minded D-man.

Some options:

Rasmus Ristolinen
Colton Parayko
Jacob Trouba
Chris Tanev

These two aren't as much physical and defensive but they could still be good options if available:

Ryan Ellis
David Savard
Sami Vatenen

I would think all these teams except Winnipeg and Buffola would want offense (either prospects or veterans depending on where their team is) which is where Toronto has some strengths! Winnipeg and Buffola could want a left handed Dman.

What do you guys think it would cost?
Kapenen, Leipsic, Soshnikov, Hyman, Brown, Timashov, Johnsson, Lindberg, Rychel, Holland, Bozak, Marincin, Gardiner? Want to get an idea on value/ who you think would fit best or would be most likely to get traded.

Fire away!

1.) 19 Sep 2016
19 Sep 2016 06:49:21
I don't think any of those dmen are available at a price i'd be comfortable with the leafs paying. Vatenen maybe because Anaheim is stacked with solid dmen and d prospects but wed still have to give up JVR + 1 or 2 of those guys you listed. I would actually prefer lou leaves the team as is until the trade deadline so leafs brass can evaluate what they have, who needs to be cut, who needs to be kept, traded, or sent to the Marlies. Plus if they added another core defensive piece this season that would mean no protection for one of Carrick/Carrado/Marincin. If the leafs wait until post-expansion draft to go after a top pairing dman they can keep those guys to fill out the depth. i'm personally hoping for one more year in the bottom 5 so we can draft Riley's top pair and have all of the core pieces in place. That's only my opinion though. I just see: Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Kadri, Soshnikov, Hyman, Riley, Zaitsev, Gardiner, Anderson as being core pieces moving forward Kapanen, JVR, Komarov, bozak, Timashov, Loov, Brown, Leivo are all solid players but I consider them maybes for various reasons.

2.) 19 Sep 2016
19 Sep 2016 14:16:29
Fair enough, I didn't mention a timeline for these trades but I'd be comfortable waiting till post-expansion to nab one of them. Just trying to see who you think would fit best and what we'd give. Unless we get Liljegren next draft I don't know if any guys we have have the potential to be #2 guys. Definetly some good D prospects in the ranks but I see them as more Top 4 guys