@firezfurx
@Paul13
Buffalo was 13 pts behind the Leafs this past year with a game in hand.
Hutton totally collapsed, easily lost 3 to 4 games.
Skinner and Vesey had career bad years, easily lost 3 to 4 games.
Dahlin will be a year older, smarter wiser could add 1 or 2 wins.
Kahun, Mittelstadt, Thompson and Cozens, at least one or maybe all four have an impact next year.
Give the GK Keys to Ullmark, get Skinner a better center, bring the kids along slowly, yup, I can see the team competing next year.
If Hutton, Vesey and Skinner did not disappear this year, they would have been in the preliminary round easily.
@dzmets
I am not a big fan of giving up that much for Cirelli, but if it put the team in the playoffs, sure.
I think you are a bit optimistic in the other trades, but why not who would have thought Skinner for a second, Jokiharju for Nylander, Miller for a late 2nd, and Montour for a first.