Quoting: Byrr
They are giving up all their top prospects and the picks used to replace them, including a top 25 prospect in the NHL in Robertson. This trade would put them in 4 years where Pittsburgh is right now. A team who doesn't have a real shot at the cup anymore and one of the worst prospect pools in the league. Sacrifice the future for a minimal gain now.
listen to how absurd this sounds.
This is why people mock TOR fans. Robertson is a top 25 prospect in the NHL.... since F when? Because he's a leaf he has to be a top prospect in the NHL? His ass didn't even make WJC.
Stop over hyping guys. He's a 5'9 midget winger who will struggle to crave out a role because he'll never be a bottom 6 guy as he doesn't have the size and the competition to be a top 6 guy is fierce.
You can say what ever you want about the penguins team. Yeah they got holes. so does every team. But with no injuries they are in the hut with everyone else and anything can happen.
Believe me it was no shock they lost last year coming back after months off. But that has little to do with the talent on the team.
Truth is you get a 1C who can play literally every situation in hockey well. PK, Faceoffs, Dzone, Ozone, PP whatever it is.
you give up some mid to low round prospects and picks for it. It's not really the "future" of TOR. The "future" for TOR is already on the ice.