Leafs shouldn't add the value is pretty much there maybe NYI adds a mid pick

Isles decline... they'd be out to move cap. Mayfield might be a #5/6 defenseman, but his cheap cap is admirable and drives his value up.

It's fair (I disagree w/ the above comment of NYI adding)... but I don't think it's something the Islanders can do unless there's other moves in the picture

Isles win that deal. Dermott's legit, Ho Sang is probably a free agent this offseason, but then again, maybe Bracco is too.

Dermott is better than Mayfield this trade sucks.

Even though the Leafs get a RHD with term at low cap? Dermott likely gets a higher cap hit.

Who cares what hand he shoots, it's not half as important as people on here think. Dermott is better and it's not at all close. Under Keefe's system the defence need to be able to skate and handle the puck. Mayfield is not that, but Dermott is and he's younger.

I just don’t see Dermott taking less than $2mil and the Leafs are in cap trouble as it is.

As an Islander fan, please decline that trade for your own good.

They can afford him. They will likely trade Johnsson for futures to save cap space.

Just going to focus on the Isles deal in this comment. So to me, how I read the deal, it's Mayfield = Dermott and Ho Sang = Bracco, or somethings like that, thereabouts. I think the Leafs would do Mayfield for Dermott, but I don't think they'd want a project in Ho Sang. Actually, in large part, solely based on what I think the Isles need are, the Leafs and Isles don't really match up well in a trade. The Leafs would obviously love Poluck, Mayfield and Dobson, but the Leafs are not willing to give up one of their centers, and I doubt Marner is available. So does Dobson = Nylander? Does Nylander = Poluck? I think both teams don't make either trade to be honest with you. I mean, in EA fantasy land, you could propose Matthews for Barzal and Dobson, but I still think in reality, both teams wouldn't do it.

Pelech, Pulock, Toews, and Dobson are off limits.

No one is truly off-limits. Vegas fans had said that about Erik Brannstrom. Oh well, for that.

I still don't agree with Vegas doing that trade either.

Also, you don't trade from a position you lack a surplus in.