21 Aug 2018 12:26:07
Leafs and Kings

Tanner Pearson for Johnson and a 6th.

1.) 21 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 16:02:04
Leafs donâ€™t have a 2019 6th right now, plus I king of want to see how Johnsson turns out, he could very much be a top 6 forward.

2.) 21 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 16:15:05
Seems to favor the Leafs pretty heavy. Pearson is a hitting machine and capable of putting up some pretty good numbers offensively. A first round pick who is working out rather well for LA, he is signed to a very reasonable contract with three years remaining at less than $4M per season. Of course he would make a great Leaf, and I would love to see him in the blue and white.

I canâ€™t see LA making this trade. Johnsson has a lot of potential, and looked good last year in the handful of games that he played, but he is still unproven compared to Pearson. The 6th is nowhere near enough incentive for Kings to make this trade.

3.) 21 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 16:42:26
Typo: meant to say favours the kings. My bad.

4.) 21 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 16:44:46
Typo again: I was right the first time. Favours the Leafs. Omg. itâ€™s too early and the caffeine hasnâ€™t kicked in yet.

No way LA makes this trade.

5.) 21 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 19:06:15
Leafsgm

I think your underestimating the impact Johnson is going to have on leafs. Speak kills in NHL no way Iâ€™m trading him until I see the leafs top 9 in action

Marleau Tavares Marner
Hyman Matthews Nylander
Johnson kadri kapanan

Those three lines are going to torture opponents.

6.) 21 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 19:24:56
Speed kills should say

LEAFSGM

Cant we just chill out with what we have and see what October brings I donâ€™t want to make any changes TIL end of October minimum.

7.) 21 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 21:30:53
@DavidMackin

I fully expect Leafs to just stand pat. Bringing in Tavares was a major off season acquisition, and I donâ€™t expect any other big changes until closer to deadline. But kinda defeats the purpose of this whole site and kills the fun if we didnâ€™t speculate any trades.

8.) 21 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 21:43:32
@Mackin that seems like how things most likely will go outside of possibly a small scale trade or two. Guys like Leivo, Pickard and Nielsen could be moved for equivalent assets but otherwise I think Dubas sticks with this team until a bit into the regular season.

9.) 22 Aug 2018
21 Aug 2018 23:08:52
LeafsGM

Leafs might be set at forward

The forth line

Ennis Lindholm Brown

Leivo extra forward Grundstrom working his way on leafs later season

This baby is toast up front.

10.) 23 Aug 2018
22 Aug 2018 22:10:40
Yes we may be set but if we want to win a cup before cap becomes a really bad issue then we do it now when Matthews and Marner are still cheap, there has to be something going through Dubasâ€™s head saying we can improve more then just our defence, at least for a year.

11.) 23 Aug 2018
22 Aug 2018 22:42:12
I would give as much as a fourth or a middling prospect with Johnson. Pearson is a third liner who doesn't play a lot of special teams so I think that is fair. I really like him but i expect that Johnson will put up decent numbers in the same range, Also, he is a little younger, has arguable more potential for scoring (something la needs) and could be signed cheaper. what pearson does that Johnsonn isn't as good at is take the body. Yes he is physical but not to the same extent and that is something that the leafs need. I would but brown on the forth line, with grundstrom and play like I had two firsts and two second lines dividing the work pretty equally.