Mitch and Matty Marts Broing out doing bro things Trades with MTL amp CHI

All I say is good luck resigning Barzal.

Islander fans seem to be obsessed with a) Marner offersheets as revenge for signing Tavares and b) trading Nick Leddy. He's a pretty solid top-4 Dman, or am I missing something?

A key point of these moves is trading leddy for futures, which will help in the eventual Cap dump of Ladd to Seattle. with both Greiss and ladd coming off the books signing Barzal shouldn't be an issue. Bailey is also expendable if either of Wahlstrom or Bellows pan out.

isles will have to pay Toews, Pulock, Barzal, which in my estimate is about 18 million dollars, half of that being Barzal. getting rid of Ladd's contract gives them about 20 million in cap space next season, trading bailey gives them another 5 if its for straight futures

A) has nothing to do with revenge. Marner is one of the few players actually worth giving up 4 first round picks for and is IMO the best player on the Leafs. Isles need an elite winger, Marner is the best one available.

B) Leddy is a very good top 4 puck moving defenseman on the left side... but Toews is better. Leddy is too valuable a trade asset to keep (fast top 4 puck moving D w 3 yrs of term on a pretty good contract) with guys like Toews and Aho Knocking on the door

Do people forget that both rantanen is available and put up more points than Marner... why is no one offer sheeting him???