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16 Apr 2026 19:29:54
I know some disagree, but I have been done with Robertson for a while. Never saw him as a 25-30 goal guy and still don't.
I don't want the Leafs to pay this guy like $2M+ to stay. Just move on.
CLB
Robertson RFA
Tor
Ceulemans RFA
McCue $.858M
Columbus picks up an NHL player for 2 project prospects.
Leafs get a good sized, good skating RD that likely needs a change of scenery in Ceulemans. If Leafs can bring him along, he could be a steal. McCue is a gamer. Plays physical. His younger brother Sam, is a Leaf draft pick.
16 Apr 2026 16:22:45
That Trocheck rumor is still alive, that Toronto might be interested in him. This rumor actually comes from at least one Toronto scout, since I know him pretty well and we’ve talked a bit. He mentioned that there were already some ideas last season about trying to bring Trocheck to Toronto.
So yeah, I’d definitely be open to acquiring him via a trade.
He won’t come cheap, but I’m 100% sure that Toronto will at least try to get him this summer.
Whether it would be Cowan or Knies going the other way, I really can’t say.
So, ladies and gentlemen! What kind of trade do you think would make sense to bring Vincent to the Leafs?
A new GM announcement is coming next week….
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16 Apr 2026 17:56:46
I’m not trading Cowan or Knies for a 32 year old who scored 16 goals. Not even a consideration.
15 Apr 2026 21:47:00
With the Leafs now getting that 2nd round pick, if Adam Nemec is still available, that is someone I think the Leafs should be looking hard at.
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15 Apr 2026 21:36:22
What?
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15 Apr 2026 23:29:23
I agree, RLF. I mentioned him a little while ago. The kid looked great at the World Juniors and then stepped right from there right in the OHL and adapted great.
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16 Apr 2026 02:12:29
Leafsgm. The pick they got for Laughton is now a 2nd because LA has made the playoffs.
Suffering. Didn't realize you had. But I obviously agree. He is quick, skilled, great vision, goes to the net and pretty good shot with decent size.
A physical, low-cost depth defenseman
A reliable option for the third pairing
A solid penalty killer
Marcus Pettersson would be an upgrade for Toronto mainly because of his overall defensive reliability and ability to play higher in the lineup.
Stronger defensive IQ: Better positioning and reads in the defensive zone
More consistent: Fewerr mistakes under pressure
Top-4 capability: Can handle tougher matchups and morre minutes
Pena lty kill impact: More effective and dependable on the ok.
Yeaah, Marcus carries a higher cap hit, but Toronto will have more flexibility this summer with contracts expiring, giving Leafs room to sign new deals.
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15 Apr 2026 21:37:04
Sure why not.
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15 Apr 2026 23:53:59
Not going to happen. Pettersson loves it in Vancouver and has a not movement and the team loves having him tied up for years at that $5.5 millio cap friendly contract.
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16 Apr 2026 16:27:39
A lot of players say they want to stay with their team, but those same players often end up being traded anyway. So it doesn’t really matter what a player tells the media. If the Canucks are a bottom-five team for years, it’s unlikely anyone will want to keep playing in Vancouver and start getting ready for golf as soon as the regular season ends.
15 Apr 2026 14:27:54
A draft day hypothetical I’ve been mulling over this morning is how can the Leafs rebuild the system in one draft.... Here's what I came up with
First the Leafs have to land the top 5 pick then,
Tor: 5th overall 2nd 2026( LA pick) one of Robertson/Maccelli both (RFA)
Stl: picks 9th 15th (Det)
With those picks Toronto selects @ 9th
Daxon Rudolph 6’2 203lbs RHD 28g 50a 78p 68gp
Then @15
Ryan Rooboreck 6’4 216lbs LHC 30g 28a 58pts
49gp
Then with their 3rd pick
Ethan Mackenzie 6’0 174lbs LHD 22g 36a 58pts 59gp
So my deep dive here I’ll start with why St. Louis makes this trade and my simple answer is a new GM looking to make a swing. The Blues have a decent prospect pool and some quality young guns, they also have 3 first this year so they need quality over quantity.
Daxon Rudolph is 3rd in the WHL in scoring, projected at 13 on Tankathon. From what I have read he is one of the most complete players in this draft; he is a great skater, can clearly put up numbers offensively and is solid defensively.
If I’m Toronto, a lot of the D men in the top 5 have good qualities but no great qualities. Daxon is more of a safe, sure pick imo.
Ryan Rooboreck the more I read about him the more I like him, coming into the year he was projected as a top 5 pick coming off a 45g 87pts season he’s your prototypical power forward and from what I read his offensive IQ is off the charts.
Ethan Mackenzie I seen someone else here mention this player and upon further review they were right passed over the last two drafts. The reports on him are although he’s smaller he’s a dog willing to sacrifice anything to make a play or get a stop, superb skater who is an almost automatic zone exit. Again I like what I’ve heard
So that’s my thinking on how the farm gets rebuilt 3 top end prospects with room to grow into quality NHLers and with no first the next 2 years now the time to buy
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15 Apr 2026 20:47:21
The 1 issue is. How does this help us now?
Your deal is more rebuild style vs retool. I'd much rather offer the 5th ova and Robertson to get to 3rd and draft Verhoeff. Which is the dman we need to be serious about targetting to make the retool work.
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15 Apr 2026 21:38:41
Where’s the third pick coming from?
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15 Apr 2026 23:32:56
Rudolph will be a good one.However I think this draft has one of the best list of D-men in a long time. I would hang onto the Pick (Hopefully it is even higher than 5th in the lottery. But if it is 5th I would probably take Malholtra if Verhoeff is gone. However.... I would also have conversations with Seattle if they stay in the 6th spot and see who they really, really want with their pick and then say we will swap positions so they can grab their playe and in return we get one one of those great prospects they have in the system already and then we do our Pick.
Second Round I pick Adam Nemec and then Eth.an McKenzie in the 3rd riound.
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15 Apr 2026 23:57:51
Rooberoeck is kind of a crapshoot with scouts having him ranked mid first round to late 2nd round. Biggest knock that seems to be a consistent is he can be very passive and at times lazy. That is why he has dropped in many scouts assessments.
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16 Apr 2026 02:17:49
I think if you look at the reports guys like Verhoff and Reid are not slam dunk prospects which is why I opted to maybe try and go for multiple players this either way, no player drafted this year helps the Leafs next year that’s will need to be done via trade or.
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16 Apr 2026 09:10:57
@Goat2.0 Not sure what you mean by slam dunk? There’s never truly a sure thing until they’ve played in the NHL and succeeded. Now, by slam dunk if u mean NHL ready for next season? U may be right but….. They’re both looking like franchise cornerstone players off initial scouting projections.
Wherever u read/heard this, I hope they’re wrong, man. We need this! This could potentially give us something we haven’t had in decades, a true number 1 D. Cross your fingers, boys, this could be it.
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16 Apr 2026 12:22:40
I have heard and read that Chase Reid has fallen off during the last month. But is still considered a Top 4 D-man in the NHL. Verhoeff is still looked at Top 3 pick maybe 4 depending on a team's needs, But is considered a Top 2 D-man in the NHL eventually on the majority of teams. His ceiling is huge. He is one of the youngest in the Draft still adjusting in that massive frame.
Is not blazing on his initial steps on a rush but has good top end speed (Don't forget he was a Goalie until 5 years ago and is still working on his Skating) but has extremely agile feet for defending and very quick hands for his playmaking, and a cannon of a shot. I'd take him if he is available. I don't think he will be if we pick 5 or 4 though.
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16 Apr 2026 14:57:35
When I look at Verhoeff he reminds me a lot of Owen Power. Now Power is a solid player but isn’t a standout. I guess tbh is I had to choose between him and Reid. I’m taking Reid.
14 Apr 2026 22:37:45
Sign Tuch 7 years × 11.5-12, Mason Marchment 5 years 5 million, Mario Ferraro 6 years 4.5, and Ramus Anderson 7 years 8.5.
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15 Apr 2026 12:46:29
No problem with the Targets. We could not get them all though if they all accepted. We have $24.7 mil available for next year with 6 Roser spots to fill. They would cost $29.5 and we would still have 2 more spots to fill.
Who gets traded to save enough to do all this and we don't get any salary hit in the return deal?
$ always are a hinderance in these things.
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15 Apr 2026 20:53:57
I don't think Tuch makes the market. As for dmen, I'm okay with Andersson, paired with McCabe. I'd be more inclined to Stanley for a shutdown pair with Tanev. For the 3rd pairing we still have OEL and Carlo in the system we can work with.
And if we land Verhoeff we'd need to assess how he plays and if he can be an implant dman.
As for forwards, we need a true #2C which means Knies could very well be used to land one.
To Toronto: Dawson Mercer (RFA rights/ Contract - $4M AAV)
To New Jersey: Easton Cowan + Ben Danford + Nick Robertson (RFA rights) + 2028 2nd Round Pick
------Yeah, many might see the trade as insane, but Merccer would add some really needed traits to Toronto’s top-six forwards.
He’s shown he belongs in the top lines and has even more potential to grow. Toronto would give up some high-end prospeccts, but they’d get a high-motor top6 guy in return.
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14 Apr 2026 13:13:02
Way too much for Mercer. Maybe Robertson and a second.
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14 Apr 2026 13:21:03
It all depends on insanity. If you are the Devils and you accept this trade, you are for sure not insane. If you are the Leafs and you do this deal, you are insane. Cowan gave a glimpse of his skill and feistiness down the stretch once he got regular ice time and you for sure do not give up your top defense prospect in this deal, not to mention any kind of pick.
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14 Apr 2026 14:44:56
Plus... what are the traits Mercer is bringing? He is not as big as Cowan and is a 40 point a year guy. Cowan, I don't think is going to be a massive point scorer but I can see him as a 60 to 65 point guy and a lot more stronger physical player than Mercer.
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14 Apr 2026 15:20:42
Suffering cant u just say it’s insane. What with the Wikipedia explanation every single time 🤦🏼♂️
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14 Apr 2026 16:10:57
I was asking what traits he was bringing. Maybe I have missed something on Mercer.
I can say and ask what I want. Free world or haven't you heard?
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14 Apr 2026 17:51:31
Yeah
My posts are insane
But this one
This one
Is one level beyond mine.
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15 Apr 2026 01:54:39
Wouldn’t trade Cowan straight up for Mercer
14 Apr 2026 00:16:06
So someone needs to tell Pelley that this foundation of players that he thinks Toronto has, doesn't include Matthews, Nylander or Rielly.
The foundation is Knies, Cowen, Danforth, Villeneuve
Toronto's new President of hockey operations needs to tell Matthews and the Band of bandits that they need to give the new GM a list of at least 3 times that they will consider going too.
By trading these players Toronto can get back good players and prospects.
Also Toronto needs to stop trading away picks and trade players that are not playing up to the level that is expected.
Rielly spends his entire summer out West so send him to Seattle or Vancouver.
Matthews will probably entertain a trade to Utah to play with his buddy, or Anaheim to be back in the sun.
Nylander will probably entertain a trade to New York Rangers or New Jersey Devils.
I can suggest some trades for players but let's see if the new Management group can convince this idiot Pelley first to accept this move.
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14 Apr 2026 00:15:52
Reilly is from B.C. but he and his wife live in Rosedale year round.
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14 Apr 2026 10:07:38
@ParkG I couldn’t agree more!! In every way you’ve taken the words out of my mouth aha, those so-called core players have done zero for long enough. Not sure about Danford or Villeneuve yet, but they look excellent in junior, Knies tho is the real deal, guys a stud, and we build around him, and please for the love of god, Verheoff or Chase Reid, bottom line a true #1 defender as well as, Danford, Cowboy etc; build a real team where you get paid when you produce.
Period!
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14 Apr 2026 15:22:19
Rielly yes. Matthews and Nylander you r whack.
13 Apr 2026 21:14:45
Got a question. It is based on a few "if's".
If LA makes the playoffs and Leafs get the 2nd in the Laughton trade, the Leafs also tank enough to get their top 5 pick, and then the Leafs sign McMann and Laughton in the off-season, do those actually become good trades then?
The Leafs would have got 2 2nds and a 4th for two players they eventually re-signed anyway and those trades helped them tank enough to get the top 5 pick in a deep top 10 draft.
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13 Apr 2026 20:42:01
Absolutely it does and I feel that was the thinking behind it but McMann really fit into his new team so I think he stays put but Laughton will jump to come back home with the Leafs opened arms to greet him.
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13 Apr 2026 23:20:06
I think that Toronto could get better players than McMann and Laughton in Free agency.
Perhaps
Charlie Coyle
Mason Marchmont
AJ Grier
Stenlund
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14 Apr 2026 02:21:05
PG. Not the point. I said "if" all these things happen, do what people considered bad trades become good trades?
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14 Apr 2026 13:24:36
To many if's to make a early decision. A lot to factor in... length and amount of potential contracts is the biggest and of course to review it 3 years from now on the performance of those players on how the trades pan out.
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14 Apr 2026 15:01:49
Suffering. If it takes all those factors, like what are the contracts etc and 3 years to review it before one can make a decision on whether it was good or not, than why were so many upset with the returns to begin with?
If we retain that top 5 pick, no doubt moving McMann, Laughton and Roy helped do it.
If the Leafs get a top 5 pick, plus the 1st, 2 2nds, a 4th and a 5th, that would seem like a pretty successful TDL. Especially if they then re-sign even one of McMann or Laughton. No?
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14 Apr 2026 15:25:49
Laughton pick just became a 2nd. But no thank you on signing him or McMann. Time to move on; look at different players. Hopefully the new GM comes in, fires Berube, and brings in a guy that has a wider vision of what hockey is than just playing a heavy game.
Then bring in players that bring more balance than just heavy players that can't keep up with the speed of the NHL today.
If that Seattle pick ends up being a top 5, and you have one of the two starts willing to waive a NMC to go there, do you do it?
Jake O'Brien will be a good top 6, and Shane Wright would solve the 2C issue if it's Nylander going the other way.
With SEA's pick, and the Leafs possibly getting a top 5 pick, that puts them in a decent position going forward. I think the Leafs could get Verhoeff/ Chase as a RHD, and then either Smit/ Carrels as a LHD, and there's you D situation hopefully sorted out for a decade+.
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13 Apr 2026 20:45:19
Nope, keep both of them. No way you trade the guys who are responsible for the majority of your offensive production. New coach that allows them to use their talents instead of wasting time molding them into something they aren’t.
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13 Apr 2026 20:52:09
I’d do that deal. Draft Verhoeff and then with Chadwick and Danford your D is going to solid 2nd top 5 I take Malhotra then your Future at Centre is looking good as well with. With Wright, Malholtra, Obrien and Holinka. Two them eventually if there is a logjam can play wing. I’d do Nylander in the deal and move Holinka to the right wing.
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13 Apr 2026 23:34:38
Yes leafsgm.
And Keefe let them be offensive yet they still failed.
Get a clue.
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14 Apr 2026 15:27:47
First Leafs in a better position and odds than Sea to be in top 5. Secondly that package is a joke for either player.
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15 Apr 2026 20:35:14
Lol they failed cause the defence sucked. Get a clue.