The retained salary makes it so that MTL has $1,574,125 coming on their side and Leafs are taking on $1.15M. MTL gains $424,125 in cap space. They're already over the cap right now

The retained salary makes it so that MTL has $1,574,125 coming on their side and Leafs are taking on $1.15M. MTL gains $424,125 in cap space. They're already over the cap right now

But you already had the retained salary so its a little unfair to say that.
Kulak 1.15
Dermott 0.87

Vessey, Simmonds, Thornton and Bogo are all good signings to address the need. But way too many times in the series against the Blue Jackets did the Leafs wingers curl up on their D. Columbus did no such thing against us. If this group of talented players ever want to win, they will need to start doing the little things needed to compete in the playoffs. I didn't say Matthews needs to channel his inner Reaves.

the moment they get wilson, they're gonna see their top 6 scoring dry up and be like "damn we really need a high flying winger who can score"

getting guys who play like wilson is easy, getting guys who play like nylander is next to impossible (unless you draft or trade the farm for them)

They don't though. Unless you can get them in addition to nylander, not for him. And leason doesnt make up the difference at all

You already had the retained salary.
Kulak 1.15
Dermott 0.87

if the team was constructed the way it was last year I'd entertain the nylander-wilson deal, but no sense in trading clearly a better player for grit and toughness when you already have it.

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|------------------Last 82 games played (All situations)---------------------------|
|---------------Eichel - 1795:17:00 TOI | 39g 49a 88p | $10.000Mx8------------|
|-------M. Tkachuk - 1497:03:00 TOI | 31g 44a 75p | $7.000Mx3--------------|
|--------Pettersson - 1502:53:00 TOI | 29g 46a 75p | ELC------------------------|
|------------------Aho - 1611:30:00 TOI | 38g 34a 72p | $8.454Mx5-------------|
|----------Rantanen - 1624:00:00 TOI | 35g 37a 72p | $9.250Mx6-------------|
|----------Nylander - 1476:55:00 TOI | 33g 36a 69p | $6.960Mx5--------------|
|---------------Laine - 1566:36:00 TOI | 29g 39a 68p | $6.750Mx2---------------|
|--------------Barzal - 1609:15:00 TOI | 20g 47a 67p | RFA-------------------------|
|------Last 82 games played | 5v5 (85% of each game on average)------|
|--------------Barzal - 1362:18:00 TOI | 14g 35a 49p | RFA-------------------------|
|----------Nylander - 1217:33:00 TOI | 23g 25a 48p | $6.960Mx5--------------|
|-------M. Tkachuk - 1200:42:00 TOI | 20g 28a 48p | $7.000Mx3--------------|
|---------------Eichel - 1392:15:00 TOI | 22g 24a 46p | $10.000Mx8------------|
|--------Pettersson - 1165:54:00 TOI | 19g 25a 44p | ELC------------------------|
|------------------Aho - 1197:33:00 TOI | 21g 21a 42p | $8.454Mx5-------------|
|----------------Laine - 1255:46:00 TOI | 15g 24a 39p | $6.750Mx2-------------|
|----------Rantanen - 1256:54:00 TOI | 15g 21a 36p | $9.250Mx6-------------|
|-----------------------------stop trading nylander---------------------------------------|
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for the record, wilson has 50 points in his last 82 games, meaning he bottoms out the 'all situations' chart and 5v5 he has 33 points, meaning he also bottoms out the other chart

also, he took 36 double minor penalties to nylander's 7. not saying guys like him aren't valuable, but... cmon
not exactly a great deal for the leafs

Lol go outside

It doesn't ultimately doesn't matter. If we're trading away Kulak it will be for a pick and the cap space that comes along with trading away Kulak