Columbus is going to decline that, and you want retention. They dont even need wingers or D. This trade is useless for them. Teams are not here only to help the leafs.

That's an overpay for Savard. 1yr of him for a promising 23yr old D man, 25yr old forward & a 2nd? No thanks. Don't let Leaf hate blind your judgement.

CBJ isn’t going to retain on that contract. They went further than TML and aren’t rebuilding so the 2nd pick won’t make sense. If this was a deal with BUF/DET/OTT/ANA/LA/NJ then they would be looking for picks and be willing to retain salary. Also don’t think those players fit the Torts system so that may be an issue as well. Different team in a different situation and I see a version of that trade happening

Great. Like I said No Deal

I can see the Leafs going after Savard, but not sure this is going to move the needle for Columbus (doesn't really fit their needs). I would think they're more interested in Kerfoot.

I don't see why you trade Engvall to pay Maroon. Engvall is probably more valuable to this team, Maroon is old, slow and very over-rated. Your 21 man roster also isn't going to work once the Leafs have 2 short-term injuries where they can't just move guys up and down as you have suggested. Especially since many of these players are waiver eligible.

They have also said Evan Rodrigues is going UFA and I doubt they keep Bracco (certainly not on the big roster).

That might be more assets than the Leafs might normally want to pay, but that doesn't make those assets valuable to the CBJ in a Savard trade.

You don't even need Savard. Especially at that price. People will tell you that's not enough for him, but they're usually just Leaf haters. He only has 1yr left on his contract, is turning 30 & is coming off a down year. I wouldn't give up 2 young controllable assets with upside and pick for him. Demelo could play top mins with Reilly. Though he'll likely get 3-4 mill on the market. Cheaper options could be had to play 3rd pairing mins with Lehtonen & you'd have more cap space.

Maroon adds some needed leadership, winning pedigree and grit that this team needs. I like Engval but just seems like he's the odd guy out for me (and with that little pay raise can't be an extra fwd).

I actually disagree about the 21 man roster. Most the guys that would switch around are all waiver exempt. Lethonen, barabanov, robertson, Korshkov, Sandin, liljigren. And guys who aren't like bracco, Gauthier, Malgin I'm not too worried if we lose them via waiver claim. Even a guy like Rodrigues wouldn't be horrible if sent down and claimed.

Rodrigues is not getting a QO but that doesn't mean they don't sign him cheaper than his 2m QO and bracco is a stretch but like I said is a depth option to switch out with spezza. Shelterd minutes, 2nd unit pp.

Yes while it doesn't solve their C problem it certainly provides good value for Savard. It's not like they only trade with the leafs this year. They can flip other assets for a C and then fill in those spots with Dermott and Mikheyev who are both really good young players. Only reason I move them from Toronto is because we have so many young guys and could use some more developed vets in the mix

I don't want to pay a 4th liner 1.5 million to provide leadership and minimal on-ice impact.

So for your 21 man roster. If Jake Muzzin and John Tavares have day-to-day injuries at the same time (which happened last year) how are you filling those spots? You would have to send down a player with a salary over 2 million to be able to call up the 2 players who you need to fill the roster. You're not exposing Gautheir etc. to waivers, you're exposing Hyman, Johnsson, Holl, or Kerfoot in that scenario. And they will get claimed and that is a big deal. A 21 man roster isn't going to work, especially if they condense the schedule.

Switching around one player is not the issue, it's when you have to switch around more than one.

Yah or they can actually make a trade with a team that has a player they actually need.

DING DING DING DING DING. I can't imagine there are GMs salivating over the chance to make their jobs way more complicated by trying to find six trade partners where two or three would work.

Well they just got Domi to fill a C need and now have an opening on wing..... Mikheyev could certainly fill that and dermott fills, Savard's empty spot...

We need a top-6 LW; no guarantee Mikheyev is really ready for that role, nor whether we could afford him too. Plus we've got too many D as is; we'd be looking to fill Savard's spot with Andrew Peeke or Kukan (while moving up Nutivaara to 3RD in the latter case). And I don't think Dermott holds much interest for Columbus, tbh. We're more likely to try and package Korpi and Savard with other assets for someone like Boeser/Gaudreau. Not ruling this out, but I think it unlikely.