That Marner trade is very bad for the Leafs, you said "without sacrificing offense" and then proceeded to trade a 90-point scorer. doesn't add up

Regardless of who Matthews plays with he's a 40-50 goal scorer. Rakell on a good team also can easily get back to 30 goals. You may lose 5-10 goals overall during an 82 game schedule. Offensive numbers will also go up since the team won't play in the d-zone as much

Marner is a superstar player. You don't trade guys like that, and Marner hit 94 points last year without Matthews. Rakell and Manson combined won't make nearly as much of an impact as Marner.

He hit 94 points because Tavares had an unreal year and everything he shot went in the net. Marner is not a top 20 forward in the NHL, not to mention Nylander is way more valuable at his cap hit than Marner. Maybe if Marner had a cap hit of 8 mil it would be a different story, but 11 mil players have to be dominant and Marner is far from that