18 Nov 2018 18:16:47
Still going after that 1st overall. Or at least a top 5.

Leafs trade Johnsson, 2nd
Arizona trades Bahl

Leafs trade Gardiner
Edmonton trades Rieder, Benning, 1st

Leafs trade Nylander
Montreal trades Armia, Juulsen, 1st

2019/ 2020

Marleau/ Matthews/ Kapanen
Hyman/ Tavares/ Marner
Lindholm/ Kadri/ Armia
Reider/ Gauthier/ Brown
*Leivo

Rielly/ Liljegren
Dermott/ Juulsen
Benning/ (Zaitsev)
*Ozhiganov
(Sandin)
(Bahl/ Rasanen)

Think Chia and Bergevin would go for this?


1.) 18 Nov 2018
18 Nov 2018 20:45:26
Leafs GM, in the Montreal Trade, can you get a Better LW than ARMIA.

Chiarelli, yes, he will go for anything if not, could you get RNH instead. and he can be our #1 LW and forget about getting the #1.
Gardiner+ Johnsson + Moore for RNH+ Benning

Trade Nylander + Zaitsev for Slavin + Faulk.


2.) 18 Nov 2018
18 Nov 2018 20:48:54
Explain why EDM would trade two roster players AND 1st for Gardiner who won't get offer of 7 x 7 from EDM? because he is going to get close to that offer elsewhere. Maybe 6 years or 6-6.5 in money.


3.) 18 Nov 2018
18 Nov 2018 21:46:22
Sekera’s career is over. Robidas Island him. That’s $5.5M right there they can use to pay Gardiner. Edmonton has already stressed they want a fast, puck moving offensive defenseman. Klefbom is a pylon and Nurse isn’t offensive enough.

The two roster players coming our way are cap dumps so they can afford Gardiner, and are replaceable from within the organization. Bear can replace Benning for example.

If Edmonton is bubble team, or don’t want to get in bidding war for Gardiner, they consider this. Then we hope they rank again and get a nice juicy pick.


4.) 18 Nov 2018
18 Nov 2018 22:32:01
@heatdreamer

We can do whatever you want. Lol.

The reason I chose Armia is because he is hurt again. I figure he would be cheap to re-sign. Plus if we made the Edmonton trade, we would have Rieder, Leivo, Lindholm for LW. And if you really want to go crazy, make Lindholm 3C and put Kadri on LW. But sure, if you want another LW, instead of Armia, how about Lehkera?

I would say Chia wouldn’t be foolish enough to trade RNH for Gardiner, but that would be a very questionable statement.


5.) 19 Nov 2018
19 Nov 2018 07:31:12
@LGM

Aspirations are great. How much would RNH improve on Matthews LW. We would ultimately have 6 Centers on the roster. Should win a great many draws.

Maybe we don't get Benning. Maybe a 2nd round pick maybe included.

What I noticed most of all, is that nobody challenged the Slavin+ Faulk for Nylander+ Zaitsev or if you don't want RNH, how about expanding the Carolina trade to include Ferland.