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I know an appreciable segment of Leafs Nation doesn't like hearing this, but from Anaheim's perspective, the return from a Manson trade should be near the return from the Muzzin trade.
Manson is younger and signed for an additional year, but Muzzin is better on the ice. However, the Kings could afford to trade Muzzin (because they were going nowhere) and the Ducks have pretentions towards becoming relevant in 2021-2022, so they are less able to bear the loss of Manson.
So Anaheim fans want the equivalent of a first (Bjornfot = Liljegren), a near-NHL prospect (Grundstrom = Robertson), and someone off the Reserve List (Durzi = Kokkonen). That seems fair to us.
And sometimes the opposing team's fan base is right -- see the recent Zucker trade and go back though all the Minnesota fans' comments about the return other ACGM's were offering for him.