Personally, I wouldn't give all that up, we sacrifice a lot of youthful depth losing mainly one of (holtz, zacha, bratt), and mercer who I am a fan of. I know Laine is special and worth a ton, I just don't see it being worth it long term, would rather give Holtz a chance and see if he can be that scorer we need.

I think teams know Laine and his potential. They're probably not valuing him based on how he performs right now in a limited Tortorella role. You're right about not including Hughes and Hischier, but the trade above seems like a bunch of throwaways and Mercer

I heard Torts might get fired soon

It it's true that Kekalainen is planning that, he'll keep Laine imo