Theodore is so much less good than Nylander..

Also isn't he left handed? I think TO has enough lefties, a decent more defensive, strong skating righty to play with Rielly would be better.

i did this trade because Willy is not sign yet and + i think it's good for our back end not saying saying i want willy out but this is plan 2

and + we save a lot of money and we are be able to sign auston and marner right away

LOL Zaitsev maybe gets you a 3rd at most. Pistol Pete isnt trading a 2nd and 3rd for a bottom pairing guy.

Lol because Edmonton's defence is soooo good on the right side. Larsson is the only right handed defenceman who is worth anything on Edmonton and he's marginally better than Zaitsev at best.

Trading Nylander for Theodore has Hall for Larsson written all over it. I say no thanks I'm sure lots of other Leaf fans do too

Nylander doesn't buy the young top D of a Stanley Cup finals team. There's 2 Nylanders for every 1 Theodore in the draft.
If the Leafs want to get better, they have to take the hard road for once

Sign Nylander for Gaudreau's $6.750, and move him to defence

Yikes. Leafs Nation has become toxic with horrible trade ideas.

That's why Nylander for Montour is so (superficially) appealing.

I find zero appeal in that. But I am bias, I think way higher of Nylander than most. I hold him at the same level as Marner.

Fair enough, but believe me, Montour is better than Rielly.

I wouldn't go that far, Rielly needs the right partner to really shine and I don't think Hainsey is the guy. I bet Rielly with a guy like Chris Tanev and he'd make a run for the Norris, I don't think he'd win but he'd at least be in the conversation as a 5th place finisher or something.