Labanc gonna cost more than that for sure

I assumed so

Yeah hes having a down year but so is the entire sharks team. But he is still an RFA who can be cost controlled so minimum i think it would take a first round or a 2nd round, Copley, and a B+ prospect? Thats my guess at least

LucasJo is a B+ prospect. But let me change the picks...see if that sweetens the pot.

Oh cry me a river. You 3rd overall in the entire league with a plus 30 goal differential

Give up like 22 goals in last 4 games...defensive corps is a -30 since New Years. Holtby struggling, secondary scoring struggling...they won't be 3rd overall for long at this pace, nor a Cup contender. Need to fix this streak of putting up turds every night.

As much as I want to win right now and upgrade the defense, I don't want to part with a first round pick. If it means targeting someone with less term or something then I'd rather do that. I get why we want to go all-in right now, but I still think we should be keeping our first round picks to try and draft well enough that we don't need a full rebuild. That's just my take on it, and if it trading the first brings us another Cup, I ultimately don't care. I'll go back to my favorite suggestion of trading for Vatanen. As a rental, he should cost a good chunk less than Manson and the two are very similar players. If that type of player proves to be a good fit in our top four, then we can (hopefully) resign him.

I'm not completely opposed to adding Manson at the cost of a first round pick, and if something like this happened, I wouldn't be up in arms. But I personally would just prefer finding a cheaper potential solution.

Talk to me when you've been a Leaf fan for 43 years