Man they even convinced me that the Habs should go after Polak for a 2nd rounder....... That TSN machine is working its magic.

With the trend starting to show that lesser good players are being dealt away for pretty good draft picks, I truly believe that barring an absolute steal, cup contender gm's should just stop trading for players at the deadline. Go with what you have and keep the picks. Eventually you'll get to the point where those picks develop on a regular basis and there isn't a need to shop for players at the deadline. You got your core, you fix the holes with free agents, you call up your most ready youngsters and you only add depth guys that cost you next to nothing or waiver wire pickups.

Picking up players at trade deadline is an old NHL thinking mentality. The game is changing. Picks are worth more then "ok" players at he deadline for rental. There are some cases where it did make a large enough difference but when looking at the situation from far enough, most of those teams probably would of won regardless of those pickups. Once again there a couple cases where it was a major factor. In general, trade deadline deals are the biggest waste of asset management you could have.

Regarding this trade, Doug Wilson got fleeced. I can live with Polak for a 2nd even though in all honesty Polak is not worth a 2nd rounder but Spaling for a 2nd and the remainder of Torres? Come on, that is just horrendous.

Unbelievable... one of the most terrible trades in DW's tenure - and that's saying something.

I'm absolutely FUMING right now.

Honest to God, I'd make a MUCH better GM than Doug Wilson.

FIRE DW.

Omg man we got fleeced REALLYYYYY bad...

Go ahead... rub it in.

When the Leafs signed Lou, I thought maybe he was yesterday's man. Meaning he had exactly set the Devils on fire in the last ten years. Then he has that Saturday afternoon meeting with his buddy Bryan Murray. Guess Bryan felt sorry for Lou, because suddenly Phanuef is now a Senator. Whatever Lou did....brilliant. As much as Roman Polak is loved, to get probably two mid rounders, I guess the young Doug Wilson felt sorry for the feeble Uncle Lou. Unless SJ gets to the Conference Finals....a very bad trade.

Lou and Shanny are seriously turning around this franchise with smart, "get with the times" trades/moves etc. For Leaf's fans sake, its about time. They will be a good team in less than 5 years.

Well... We definitely loss the trade in terms of value but I like the players we got in return and hope spalling can step up his offensive game. On the plus side the picks we gave up are 2017 and 2018 so we have time to replace them. I'm guessing by 2018-2019 we will be in full on rebuild mode anyway

At least they're not Vancouver.... ?

We've yet to see what those picks pan out to be.

As a Leafian, I am hopin for a "winnick". Winnick was traded to the Pens last TDL for a 2nd and 4th, in the summer signed back with the Leafs for two years. There is likely a spot in Toronto for the next two years for Polak if he wants to come back.