Matthews and Marner Out

Flyers accept

If you are shipping off Matthews and Marner, best not to sign any unnecessary ufas like Domi since the Leafs might not even be a playoff team for the duration of that contract. O'Reilly is kind of necessary, and Severson as well but only because you traded Brodie.

We can argue about the picks, but I could see a Necas/Marner move. I’m not convinced Marner is the player the Canes would be targeting, but this is one of the better trades I’ve seen posted for Canes and Marner.

I edited it since there was cap space and put Brodie back on. The Leafs are a playoff team with this lineup, they just lost the guys that don't show up in big games. Might actually squeak out a 2nd, 2nd round game win.

There's no guarantee, you're moving out their 1C and another top 6 player who play 20+ minutes, those guys happen to be the puck carrier and shooter on the powerplay, and one guy plays the PK. So, there's going to be a whole lot of change that could just result in them missing the playoffs. Most of the guys are new too, so makes you wonder how much chemistry there would be if any. In the following years, teams like Detroit, Ottawa, and Buffalo would probably overtake them easily.