I don’t care if it’s a sellers market, 2 A prospects and a 1st is insane. Eichel got an A prospect, a 1st, and a top 6 forward (also gave up a 2nd but got back a 3rd from Buffalo which is practically a late 2nd so it’s not much of a value change there). At the time, Tuch was a 2nd liner making 5 mil, and I doubt his worth was that of an A prospect. You could very much debate that this return is larger than the Eichel trade lmaoo, and it’s a #2/3 d man

that’s two skilled prospects and a first for severson. don’t think that package is enticing from TOR side

Eichel was an injured player at $10m/year asking for a trade. Tuch is a top-6 winger, and Krebs is much better prospect than the two guys listed here.

This is the Muzzin package. Two top-5 prospects from team’s pool plus a 1st. Severson is having better season than Muzzin was at time, plays a more scarce position (RD vs LD) and would come at half the AAV.

I honestly wouldn't trade one of those assets for Severson. Not because he isn't good but because we already have those players. We need better defenders.

Ok, but the prospects the Leafs gave up weren’t top prospects at the time. Both were 2nd round equivalent guys at best and at the time weren’t top 5 Maple Leaf prospects. This here is a 1st and the Leafs 2 best prospects which is insane. Not to mention that Muzzin at the time was better than Severson is now

Hindsight can be misleading. They were both top-5 prospects in a Leafs pipeline that was higher ranked than it is today. And both were ranked among league-wide prospect pools similarly to the current two list above.

I don’t care if it’s a sellers market, 2 A prospects and a 1st is insane. Eichel got an A prospect, a 1st, and a top 6 forward (also gave up a 2nd but got back a 3rd from Buffalo which is practically a late 2nd so it’s not much of a value change there). At the time, Tuch was a 2nd liner making 5 mil, and I doubt his worth was that of an A prospect. You could very much debate that this return is larger than the Eichel trade lmaoo, and it’s a #2/3

Don't think Sever is a 2/3 D on the Leafs, he could be #1. I'm sure many would counter with Reilly, but he doesn't play the hard minutes Sever does, if evidenced by DZ starts ... Reilly highly protected, starting in offensive zone > 58% (nearly 64% last season) ... Sever nearly 55% defensive zone starts. Reilly has always been a better possession player & is obviously putting up higher ppg numbers, but I believe Severson has the ability to completely close the ppg gap playing with the same lineup in Toronto. I'm not commenting on the package, but I don't think youre doing Severson justice, he's a better player than you insinuate who has toiled on some bad teams.

Severson is a very good d man, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think he would be better than Rielly. Severson I wouldn’t consider a #1 d man, whereas Rielly I definitely would. Severson has a good two way game, but I would moreso consider him a good #2 guy or a great #3. I definitely would want him, but not at that price

In the unlikely event Severson was obtained, would he be paired with Rielly? What would the pairs be (ignoring the potential other Leaf defenders could be gone in the deal)?