Leafs Trade Rumors

02 Jul 2026 17:17:53
To CHI: D - E. Andrae

To TOR: D - K. Korchinski

Korchinski has not flourished in Chicago and may need a change of scenery.

02 Jul 2026 16:46:17
I doubt Chayka would trade away their first trade target within 2 weeks

02 Jul 2026 15:06:47
I'm fine with the pick ups and trades yesterday. Most have 2 years term, so easy to change direction in 2 years if Matthews decides to leave. These guys would get good compensation at the TDL if need be.

Anyways, with that said, I still think we need to move out Rielly & Joshua.



To Anaheim
Rielly $7.5M/ 4yrs
Joshua $3.25M/ 2yrs

To Toronto
Helleson $1.1M/ 1yr RFA
Killorn $6.25M/ 1yr

McKenna Matthews Roslovic (?)
Knies Tavares Nylander
Killorn Paul Cowan
Duhaime Blueger Sissons
Lorentz

McCabe Raddysh
OEL Helleson
Andrae Tanev
Stecher

Bob
Stolarz

Thoughts?

02 Jul 2026 16:00:01
Well as the Terms of the Contracts got posted last night we did end up with a couple of head scratchers.

We gave Colton Sissons an overpay (In my opinion) of $4,250,000 and also gave him 2 years of a 10 team no trade list. That is a lot of give for a guy that got 11 points last year.

The other one was Duhaime at $2,600,000 for 3 years and for his huge 9 points last year we gave him the first year of a complete no trade followed by 2 years 10 team No Trade. Honestly. He has averaged 16 points a year in his career and we gave him a No trade at all in that first year?

I get that we got role players in a large bunch.

But this is also what they need as a groupl on the 3rd line and the 4th line to bring offensively. In 2023 there was a great article that outlined The average amount of points per player a 1st,2nd 3rd and 4th line player needed to score based on league wide research by player.

1st line average 77 points per man, 2nd line 50 points per man, 3rd line 34 points per man, 4th line 20 points per per man.

That was 3 years ago and the trend has been for teams to start loading up their 3rd lines to aim towards 35-40 points.

So yes we got role players but did we get role players that can hit those numbers?

02 Jul 2026 16:42:57
@Sufferingsince1967
Please show me a team where every player on every line hit the projected numbers you referenced. This sounds like a ridiculous way to just choose players to play for your team.
Duhaime's contract is perfectly fine, he was paid $1.85M for each of the last 2 seasons. He brings lots of speed, defence, physicality and PKing ability. Plus he will fight and stick up for teammates.
He wasn't signed because of points and not everyone on the team needs to be about points.
I agree on Sissons being overpaid for sure, but it sounded like many teams were offering longer than 2 years term. Obviously Chayka valued term over AAV in this instance.
The other signings were all okay IMO.
The only signing I'm on the fence with is Roslovic, not sure where he perfectly fits. I wish we could have gotten Arvidsson instead, but who knows if he even wanted to come here.

This team is now bigger, faster, more physical and much better defensively. I think for what was out there, Chayka did well and completely restructured our bottom 6, where everyone should have a more clear understanding of their roles.

Keep in mind that Chayka is probably not done yet and the starting lineup will still look differently from what it is today.

02 Jul 2026 00:35:02
So we saw what Edmonton got in a return for Nurse. So at his cap and his flaws, if he can get that we can surely get more than just a draft pick for Reilly, or if it is a draft pick it can be a 1st rounder. A team that is certainly hurting more than anyone for defense now is Anaheim.

It was San Jose but they are solid now. Question is... even though Anaheim still has $35 million in cap, how much of that, after seeing the kind of money Byram got, is going to be left after they sign Karlsson, Gauthier and Mintyukov? Will it be enough to pay Reilly?

01 Jul 2026 23:48:22
With all honesty, that was just a horrible move by the Sharks 😬.

01 Jul 2026 23:52:02
I’m starting to think the Leafs wanna keep Reilly.

02 Jul 2026 00:27:16
No chance they want to keep him. They were waiting for the right return and now that Nurse is off the board teams will up their offers for him. They can replace him with a more defensive minded d at half the cost.

02 Jul 2026 00:42:51
I could see Seattle or Utah giving up one of their multiple 1st rd picks in 2027 or 2028 for Rielly. They have the cap space to absorb the full contract. Seattle with Dunn being a UFA after next season gives them some insurance if he signs elsewhere.

Utah has Serghachev on the left side after that big drop to Schmidt. Need a LD to play behind Serghachev in 2d spot.

02 Jul 2026 00:42:53
Exaactly Champ. Just saw another signing that had me ticked off as far as our spending today. Instead of Sissons at $4m, we could have had Ferraro at $4m. That would have truly made our defense solid. To give Sissons who has been declining even as a 4th liner that kind of money just blew my mind.

Ferraro would have been a solid investment. I'm sure Toronto over Winnipeg in the winter would have appealed as well. But again we were pursuing Werenski who I think you and I agreed from the beginning he had no intention of leaving Columbus.

02 Jul 2026 01:56:06
I don't think Utah will have the money to do a deal for Reilly. Especially if they match the offer on Hayton. That would take them down to $3.75 and be one player over the 23-man roster. So they would be in sell mode for a player, not a buy mode, unfortunately.

01 Jul 2026 23:00:50
To Tor
2nd 2027
2nd 2028
To Van
Rielly $7.5m

Only reason I’m posting this cause they just traded Peterson to NYR so they r weak on the left side.

Sign Stanley or Ferraro

McCabe Raddysh
OEL Tanev
Stanley/Ferraro Stetcher
Andrae

I’m still not convinced that the Werenski trade is dead. They really stocked up with forwards means guys gotta get moved out to make room.

01 Jul 2026 23:11:36
Responding to my own post. Werenski trade dead and buried. He’s staying in CBJ.

02 Jul 2026 01:26:03
Reilly doesn’t want Vancouver

01 Jul 2026 22:45:26
Very interesting day forsure. I think more trades are coming obviously but I thought the Leafs would of targeted some guys like Jenner or Laughton. I liked the Paul deal tbh the Sissons move is a head scratcher tho I think for an extra mill the could of gotten Jenner

01 Jul 2026 23:13:04
Term and AAV was the reason they didn’t. 4yrs for a 33yr old at 5.75m compared to a 4.25m 2 yrs.

01 Jul 2026 19:17:30
Mckenna Matthews Knies
Roslovic Tavares Nylander
Cowan ? Joshua
Lorentz Scissions Bluger

Mccabe Raddysh
Oel Tanev
Reilly Stetcher

Stolarz
Bobrovski

Yikes.

01 Jul 2026 19:26:05
Sissons at $4.25 is not your 4th line center that will be Blueger. FYI Roslovic is a centre/right winger. Don’t forget Groulx has a good shot of being that player or your 3c. He played great when he go called up last season. Knies is a lefty, Cowan better suited for playing his off wing as he has already.

01 Jul 2026 19:40:28
So your thinking

Mckenna Matthews Nylander
Knies Tavares Roslovic
Joshua Scissions Cowan
Lorentz Bluger Groulx.

01 Jul 2026 19:55:47
I hate the moves we did today. But if had to juggle I would go

Knies Matthew’s Nylander
McKenna Tavares Cowan
Joshua Scissons Roslovic
Lorentz Bluegar Groulx

01 Jul 2026 20:04:10
Only reason I moved McKenna to 2nd line is because that’s where I would start him no matter had we accumulated some better pieces in the free agency process. I think for his first few months in the league it might be better to take him away from the other teams too checking line until he has been through the league a bit.

Then consider moving him up or…. If the 2nd line has chemistry njeep him there.

01 Jul 2026 20:30:01
2x more players in the mix now.

-Nick Paul
-Brandon Duhaime

@Sufferingsince1967 Like what you did w the second line. Those 2x kids playing w Tavares. They’ll learn lots playing w him.

01 Jul 2026 20:46:29
And Zach McKewan.

01 Jul 2026 20:49:03
Domi is not coming back in the foreseeable future. So his 3.75m is useable cap space, plus after the Nurse trade Reilly's value just got a whole lot better trade incoming fit him and I see guys like Joshua and Lorentz being traded as well.

01 Jul 2026 21:30:57
Knies Matthews Roslovic
McKenna Tavares Nylander
Cowan Paul Sissons
Duhaime Blueger Mcewen

McCabe Raddysh
OEL Tanev
Stanley Stetcher
Andrae

Brobovsky
Stolarz

Sign Stanley after trading
Joshua, Lorentz and Rielly

01 Jul 2026 21:34:32
How can you hate what we did today? Look at us all coming up with different line combos, that’s depth. We didn’t sell the farm. We got Bob at a livable price. I hate to see Hildeby go. I would have thought we’d be the ones getting the draft picks as well as Paul. Remember it’s day one. There’s still lots of time for more moves, and they plugged a lot of hole centre depth and defensive depth via the draft.

Most of the signings are two years, so we’ll be flexible when big contracts are due. Are we cup favourites? Probably not. Are we better? I’d say yes. Did Chykra do what he’s said? Absolutely. I’m happy overall. Top six looks good, bottom six got defensively better and a lot of options.

01 Jul 2026 21:45:47
Well said 👊

02 Jul 2026 00:18:48
Only reason we are juggling the combos is like I said on another post. We don't really have a 3rd line, just 2 4th lines along with our 1st and 2nd. We will never be able to really have a proper 3rd line until we land another centre that will let JT move into the 3rd spot to give him a breather. Whether that is a centre that starts on the 3rd and moves up to the 2nd line or a bona fide 2nd line centre.

Still frustrated we missed out on getting a chance to get Bourque. I think management was too focused on pulling off the Werenski or a similar big deal, they missed out on that one. Kind of our track record really... we always are the team talked about for the big deals in the past and they never transpire.

02 Jul 2026 01:54:29
I think you’re wrong but we will see.