Quoting: Random2152
I understand that we all need to account for our individual biases on top of other posters biases on this site (which is difficult), but god damn do a bunch of Leafs players get no ****ing respect from huge swaths of this site. Nylander is worth all of those guys by himself, Laughton is not remotely close to Kapanen's value and Liljegren is a top tier defensive prospect. They are being traded for a bottom 6 er, and top 4 dmn and a #4 dman.
It isn't even close.
The marginal value gained by this trade for Philadelphia doesn't make the trade worthwhile for them. When you talk about trade value, you have to account for incentives and scarcity for the teams involved and the general feel for the entire trade market.
Kapanen may fetch more on the trade market than Laughton would, but the difference between the two for Philadelphia doesn't offset the cost of trading Sanheim and Myers for Nylander and Liljegren. Kapanen would get third/fourth line minutes in Philadelphia. Is he so much better than someone in their system like Morgan Frost, Nick Aube-Kubel, Joel Farabee that it makes sense to loose their promising second pair of defense for him?
The negative value associated with ruining their defense pairs isn't offset by the value gained by adding Nylander.
If you could give a couple of trades for young players that involved players of Sanheim, Myers, and Laughton's caliber, then I'd understand your evaluation more.