How have you managed to emulate the maple leafs?

No defence, ELITE forwards and a goalie who can always bail you out of trouble

Both teams can't hang up any quicker

Emulating Leafs? Don't see elite forwards on LAK.
Compare these top 6's
TOR: Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Nylander, Hyman, Kapanen
LAK: Kopitar, Dubois, Granlund, Kempe, ?

Not even close.

Take your bias off. Toronto have 4 elite forwards, there's 2 here with 1 very nice to have in Granlund.

I wouldn't do the Detroit trade if I was LA, unless that 2021 1st is changed to a non-protected 2020 1st. Turcotte = Seider + 2nd at minimum, meaning you're trading Doughty for a 1st and a throwaway pick? Pass.

However, even if they did work out a deal, how would Detroit fit Doughty's $11M into their cap when they have to give big raises to players like Mantha, Fabbri, and Bertuzzi? The Kings would have to take back Nielsen AND Abdelkader to make the money work, and that would require at least two additional 1st round picks.

For an already old team looking to get younger, trading for Doughty doesn't make any sense for Detroit. If there was ever a team to which Doughty would invoke his NMC to prevent a trade, Detroit is it. I mean, have you been to Detroit?

If I'm signing anybody to a $9 million contract, it's for at least 6 years.