Winnipeg doesn't have the need or cap space to overpay for a rental.

Somehow I think you made the Leafs worse.

Best fourth line in the NHL, two tough stars to play with softie JT and a good veteran goalie is an improvement

First of all, that is not an improvement in goal, but a significant downgrade. And the Leafs can goon it up as much as they want, their goaltending is their Achilles heel, and here its even worse. They will be lucky just to make the playoffs

Maybe they should get Craig Anderson but either way they need an elite veteran like in the Belfour days

Fehervary spent the whole year on the Caps top pairing as a 22 year old. The Wilson for Nylander schtick that gets posted by Leafs fans ten times a day is bad enough, adding in a major downgrade from Fehervary to Liljegren plus Hathaway and a 6th is... well let's just say it's a no.

Wilson is not on the block. The Caps main issues are that they're slow and they have a lot of guys who are prone to lapses in concentration and losing their assignments defensively. Wilson is the fastest and most defensively consistent winger in the Caps' top 6. Wilson is not part of the problem, and trading him for Nylander doesn't address the Caps' problems.

Nylander's also just a bad fit for the Caps. I don't know if Nylander's comfortable at RW, but if not it leaves the Caps very unbalanced with Nylander joining Ovie, Mantha, Oshie, and Sheary on the left side while only Oshie and Hathaway naturally play on the right. The bigger issue though is that he's also a bad fit for the Caps powerplay. They run a very rigid 1-3-1 where each spot has to have a specific handedness and skillset, and the only spot he's a fit for is Ovie's. Ovie plays at least 3/4 of every powerplay (check out his PPTOI/g, it's first in the NHL by 46 seconds), so Nylander's production would take a massive hit going from Toronto's PP1 to Washington's PP2. He's probably a 50 point player in DC, and that's what Wilson's already providing.

TL;DR regardless of what you think their relative values are in a vacuum, going from Wilson to Nylander hurts the Caps. It's not happening.

That trade is obviously on drugs lol, but I think your argument about Fehervary is a bit weak. I don't mind him but him being on the top pair said more about the Caps D this year than about Fehervary. His possession numbers were pretty bad and he only put up 17 points. I can see the Caps wanting to bet on his potential but I would take Liljegren. His numbers have been fantastic, he just hasn't gotten as much of a shot.

I think Wilson would be a good fit in Toronto but I also can see why Washington wouldn't wanna get rid of him, even if the value was right

I'm not claiming Fehervary is already elite, but what he did this year has to be put in context. He was getting 20 minutes a night for a coach who notoriously averse to playing rookies, and he was tasked with babysitting Carlson, whose defensive game has seriously deteriorated. Carlson's lackadaisical in his own zone, and he's good for one or two "what the **** was he thinking" plays a game (example), so Fehervary was really limited by having to cover for him. Putting up points isn't Fehervary's game anyway though. He's a modern stay-at-home defenseman who's a great skater, uses his size without selling out for hits, excels positionally, and is comfortable in transition. Late in the season his play fell off quite a bit, but that was pretty clearly just a young guy hitting a wall in his first full NHL season. He played the 4th most minutes of any rookie this year, trailing Sieder, Drysdale, and Carrier, and he was coming off a year where injuries had limited him to 24 games. When his conditioning catches up he's gonna be a stud.

Fehervary, Hathaway, Wilson, 6th for Liljegren, Nylander

Oh look, another "PLEASE give us Wilson for one-dimension Nylander, who we have been continually trying to trade on here for three years, plus give us some extra stuff to boot" TML AGM...

Trading Wilson would be a PR nightmare in DC, but for giggles, Caps counter with Wilson for Nylander (-$1.8M), 2nd, 2nd