11 May 2026 02:01:41
Well I of course had that Goalie Carousel trade earlier and the last few weeks people have suggested trading Stolarz or Hildeby or Woll a lot.
Here is a blockbuster one to chew on.
Rangers get: Matthews $13.25M
Woll $ 3.6 M
Domi $ 3.75M Part extra piece part Salary
Rights to Macelli $ 3.75 EST. Part extra pience & salary
Total $24.35 Million
Leafs get: Lafreniere $7.45 M
Trochek $1.0 M
Shesterkin $11.5 M
Total $19.95
It is basically a Shesterkin for Matthews deal as the centre pieces, Then Woll and Domi and Macelli are a package for Lafreniere and Perrault.
We will still obviously to more deals and draft etc. But even if our existing Defence stayed intact (Which it certainly won't) The best goalies in Hockey can make any defence look better than they are and he is certainly one of the Top 3 in the game.
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11 May 2026 01:09:27
Sorry Perrault was supposed to be there not Trochek. Had thought about Vinnie but Perrault is younger with a great ceiling.
Tor
Martin $.942M
Reid unsigned
2026 1st (10 OA)
L'Heureux $.875M
Nashville picks up a #1 centre much younger than Stamkos and O'Reilly. They only lose L'Heureux off their roster.
Leafs pick up very good young C and D prospect in Martin and Reid. L'Heureux will add some physicality in the bottom of the lineup.
All 3 guys play with some jam and not afraid to drop the mitts when needed. The 10th OA pick could allow the Leafs to pick up another good prospect (like Rudolph) on top of the 1st overall they already own. They clear about $12.5M in cap as well.
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11 May 2026 00:42:15
I want more. Too many maybe players involved.
4th pick
Need a D, anyone will do…
Reid Verhoeff Carels
That mean Leafs pick one of these 3, got it ckps1976?
Then we can move off Stolarz
Edmonton
Florida if Bob leaves
Take a 3rd for him
Goalies normally don’t fetch much…
Why Stolarz?
Hate his attitude.
I’d run with Woll Hildeby Akhtyamov
Out
Knies
Rielly
Matthews
Carlo
In
Malhotra
Ravensbergen
Musty
4th overall prefer Carels
Levshunov
3rd rd pick
Plus we still have the 1st overall McKenna
And cap space to take in other teams cap dumps with prospects or draft picks attached by them
Dang… I should be GM!!!!
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10 May 2026 23:02:59
You’ll never win with Woll!!
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10 May 2026 23:27:52
Hey Golftown
I like where you are heading with the rebuild angle. However, can I make a couple suggestions?
In the San Jose trade I'd rather get back Misa over Musty. Misty is a winger and we will have lots of those, especially with taking McKenna. With trading Matthews, we will need to replace strength down the middle, so I'd be asking for Misa back instead.
With the trade to the Hawks, your whole proposal shows full rebuild. So is rather offer up Nylander here to play with Bedard and keep Knies.
Knies is only 23, turning 24 years old. Nylander is 30 already. Is keep the younger, and cheaper option to build around. I'd love to get Levshnov back because he is going to be an absolute stud on the back end, but maybe we can upgrade Carlo to OEL and then ask for Frondell back as well. Then the future center position would be Misa, Malhotra and Frondell, which would be a strong center. Tavares can mentor them coming up. Thoughts?
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10 May 2026 23:28:58
You might be right about Woll but it sure ain't gonna happen with Stolarz either. But in 2 to 3 years we could see it with Ravensbergen..... and.... He is Canadian. It's just how do we pry him loose?
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11 May 2026 00:02:01
Out of all that leafsgm you post the brilliant comment about Woll…
😂😂😂
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11 May 2026 00:08:49
In your previous post you traded the number one overall pick to Chicago and then still used it! Got it Golftown? Lmao.
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11 May 2026 00:11:26
@GMrick If we go after Frondell, how about changing from McKenna to Stenberg, then you have 2 linemates that had amazing chemistry at the WJC. Then we just have to find a way to swing a deal with the Islanders to get Eklund their other linemate. Yeah I know I am greedy lol.
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11 May 2026 00:40:15
Kind of an important position right? Lol ok keep Knies too.
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11 May 2026 01:34:02
@CKPS1976 No I read Golftown's previous post and he said with the Number 2 and the Number 4 pick he would pick 2 of the 4 names. Where did he say he was using the #1 pick? I think you need to re-read it before you laugh at him.
10 May 2026 21:21:51
Would anyone else do the Nurse for Reilly swap?
I’m thinking Nurse and a 2 or 3rd for Reilly.
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10 May 2026 22:40:53
Nurse is useless.
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10 May 2026 23:01:19
So is Reilly
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10 May 2026 23:33:54
While Reilly has lost a step, he is still a much brighter hockey mind on the ice than Nurse. Nurse makes horrible mistakes time after time after time. They both have bad contracts right now but if I was given a choice of keeping Reilly or getting Nurse even with the draft pick I would keep Reilly.
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10 May 2026 23:41:59
Fair enough, I was looking at Nurse bring a physical element who’d drop the gloves and has offensive skills but I understand your point.
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11 May 2026 00:13:00
He fights, yes... but has a reputation of fighting at the most inappropriate times of a game.
10 May 2026 17:10:08
First shout out to RLF, sorry for highjacking your post and sorry to everyone else for misusing the platform to rant.
So here one that I think has been out there.
Toronto trade Woll to Minny for Wallsted and a 2nd.
I know Stolarz is the better trade bait, but I have a problem fundamentally with Woll and Minnesota has a number of young goalies so easy digest. Not sure if how far they get now influences this. At 23 he’s gained my
Attention.
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10 May 2026 17:36:01
All good LeafsGM.
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10 May 2026 18:03:15
Minny would ask
“Why are you sending me this proposal?
It makes no sense “
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10 May 2026 18:59:59
If you say so.
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10 May 2026 20:56:33
Explain the deal then leafsgm
Justify why Minny would consider it?
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10 May 2026 21:27:27
I agree with Golftown. Would Minnesota even consider this LeafsGM? You do realize that Wallstedt is literally now the #1 goalie in Minnesota now right?
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10 May 2026 22:40:38
I think they are in a similar position as us. They have an older, more experienced goalie signed to a higher cap hit who is only three years older and in his prime. Wally, on the other hand, isn’t overly experienced — 40 career games and it’s a really small sample size at this point and his contract expires at the end of next year and could be in for a raise plus they have five other goalies in there system.
So he’s kind of the more tradable out of the two and would get a bigger return out of it. Like is said how their playoffs go might dictate if this is even possible but I think Woll brings more experience is already under a good contract and is in the same ball park age wise. I don’t consider Wally a true #1 yet and he will probably be too expensive to tandem with where as Wolls salary is doable for a tandem.
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10 May 2026 23:40:49
Minny doesn't have to worry about him being too expensive for another year. He isn't a RFA until then. By then they will know what situation works best for them. At that point it might be Gustafsson that wants to be moved.
Right now they have 2 goaltenders better than any of ours so it doesn't make sense for them to move anyone unless it is a mindblowing deal. Woll and a 2nd is not that big of a offer for either of those goalies.
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10 May 2026 23:45:08
Ya, I was looking at this for down the road, assuming they talk extension next season, the number might be higher than they can afford, that’s all, just a hypothetical.
10 May 2026 15:53:54
So here is a crazy kind of Carousel trade of Goalies and other players. Lets remember we are all on here just as armchair General Managers. So yes I know this is near impossible to pull off but it would be awesome if it could be. I don't think our Current G.M could do it but Cliff Fletcher would have been able to pull it all off..
1st order of business is to ask florida to ask Bobrovsky if he would be interested in talking to us and if so and he liked our offer to work out a compensation deal with Florida for the opportunity to do the deal. We offer Bob his full $10 million which of course taxes would take down to in the $7.5 range if he stayed in Florida. Florida is in tough to Keep him even at that and other teams are eyeing him up for that $7.5 range. We offer him 2 years at that and if the ageless one keeps going maybe extend another year. BUt we also offer him once he is done a 3 year $5 million deal to be organizational goalie coach.
We Offer Stolarz as compensation but we would also like a 3rd round pick back in 2027 and if they make the 2nd round of the playoffs a 2nd in 2027.
That clears a little space for Bobrovsky.
That is the first in a list of Domino's to fall.
This next part is one that Trader Cliff could pull off. We negotiate a 3 way deal.
Edmonton gets Binnington from St. Louis
St. Louis gets Howard and Hutson from Edmonton and Woll from Toronto
Toronto gets Adam Jiricek and a 1st round pick #31 spot in 2026 from St. Louis
Now comes the Big one. Utah is weak at Goaltending Depth so we Trade Hildeby and Matthew Knies (Sorry to the Knies lovers.) in return we get Cole Beaudoin, Caleb Desnoyers, Gabe Smith and Utahs 2nd in 2027
Next Trade. Detroit has a huge backlog of Goalies but there is one no-one talks about and all he does is win either in the ECHL or in his call ups to the AHL. So we trade Brandon Carlo to Detroit for Carter Gylander.
Final Trade. We move our 1st overall to San Jose for their 2nd overall and Josh Ravensberger.
When it is all said and done. This how it works out for receiving of players etc. for each team.
Edmonton gets: Binnington
St. Louis gets: Woll, Howard and Hutson
Florida gets: Stolarz
Utah gets: Knies and Hildeby
Detroit gets: Carlo
San Jose gets: 2026 1st overall pick
Toronto gets: 3rd 2027 from FLorida with possible moving to a 2nd.
Adam Jiricek, and a 3rd in 2027 from St. Louis
Beaudoin, Desnoyers,Smith and a 2nd in 2027 from Utah
Carter Gylander from Detroit
Josh Ravensberger and the 2nd overall pick in 2026 From San Jose
So we don't move Matthews or Nylander we still get one of the 1st two overall picks in the draft and we bring in one of the all time great goalies to play and to also mentor Akhtyamov as his backup and we also have two other up and coming goalies in the system along with some great prospect depth up front.The nice part is with the goalie situation with the young goalies. They can all be sent down without waiver problems so they can get game playing time if needed.
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10 May 2026 16:02:23
Wow man, props for brain power here!!
I think the obvious issue is helping a rival but certainly the reward is there and every team gets a gain. There really no reason not to do this, just not an avenue I was looking at.
Nice post.
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10 May 2026 16:34:13
Bobrovsky is a UFA. So we are going to sign him because Florida doesn't have the room, but then offer Stolarz for a 3rd as compensation? You mean trade him to Florida for a 3rd.
Obviously a lot going on here, but we trade our top 3 goalies to get the soon to be 38 year old Bobrovsky, and two unproven goalie prospects, some good prospects. We lose all 3 goalies, Knies and Carlo if I have this correct. And Matthews and Nylander will now want to stay as well.
The big one to me is, why would SJ make that deal? They give up their recent 1st round pick goalie prospect to make sure they move up one spot to get the 1st overall pick. Don't see it happening.
And we trade Carlo for an almost 25 year old goalie who has spent most of his career in the ECHL? Carlo is worth more than that imo.
You put a lot of work into this obviously, just don't see much of it happening.
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10 May 2026 16:49:14
To each their own.
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10 May 2026 17:14:31
Sorry crew. In my haste to get out the door thus morning. I forgot to say we would give Florida a 6th round pick to talk to Bobrovsky. The Stolarz to Florida for the 3rd would be if Bob came to Toronto. Everything in this Fantasy Carousel hinges on that First deal.
He still has a few good years left but the key would be his Mentorship. Hildeby has filled in admirably when asked but needs a change in scenery. Ahktyamov has already passed him on the pecking order.
Tor gets:
E. Pettersson, Drew O’Connor, Arshdeep Bains + Van 2026 1st (3rd overall)
Van gets:
Auston Matthews, Jacob Quillan + Tor 2nd
Toronto drafts Ivan Stenberg 1st overall and Chase Reid with Vancouver’s pick.
1st line could be
Knies – Pettersson – Stenberg
or full Swedish line:
Stenberg – Pettersson – Nylander
O’Connor + Bains could be a strong PK/ 4th line duo:
O’Connor brings speed and forechecking
Bains brings IQ and puck movement passing and forechecking.
Then Toronto still adds
puck-moving D
solid 3C
Reid sheltered minutes right away.
Robertson walk.
Cmoon Sundin bring Stenberg to Leafs.
Pettersson back on track.
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10 May 2026 23:37:17
This idea is overlooking one major thing... Matthews will never waive his NMC to go to Vancouver. They are in a worse spot than Toronto is... so why would he leave his captaincy to go to an even bigger rebuild project?
10 May 2026 12:25:51
Tor: Nylander, Woll, 2027 1st (LA)
Tb: Kucherov.
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10 May 2026 13:59:10
Well for starters we don't have a 1st from Los Angeles and even if we did that is still not going to get you Kucherov.
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10 May 2026 22:11:58
Sorry, meant Colorado's.
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11 May 2026 00:30:24
It doesn't make any sense to trade the 2nd highest scorer in the NHL and take on a player who is very good but certainly not in the same elite level, and you are taking on $2 m extra in salary for a lesser player, as well as an extra $3.6 for Woll as a backup when the team is already full and has only $13.5 in cap space and they want to try and re-sign Raddysh.