Rejoint: juin 2016
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There's no way the Leafs would ever make that trade with Minny for Nylander.
He's their future #2 centre for the next 10-15 years (hopefully) behind Matthews. The last 20 game stretch of this past season proved that Willie is capable of playing that role in the future. If you were to re-do the 2014 draft again most scouts I've read have mentioned that Willie would absolutely go in the top 5.
For as many bad decisions EDM has made, I have to think that they probably don't give up a 2nd rounder for Corrado. He's still too unproven, whereas the Oilers are probably looking for a RHD with a little more experience.
The Gagner deal is baffling since we already have a stop-gap 4th line centre for the next year in Laich, so it doesn't many sense at all to do that. And we'll most likely see Byron Froese as the Leaf's extra skater where you currently have slotted Laich.
I like that you've at least put Hunwick in as the 7th D. Heh. I'm fine with him in that role as long as he doesn't sniff top four anything. He's a decent bottom pairing guy and that's it.
I've mentioned this in a few other posts, but yeah, Sparks isn't ready to be an NHL back-up. Either trade for a young goalie with promise or sign a veteran for 1-2 years.
Matt Dumba is a decent defenseman, and being a RHD is great, but he and Nino aren't worth what Nylander potentially brings to the team.