the leafs dont need terrible 4th liners, at all

Take out Roy, Quick and Brannstrom and that might be a deal LA would consider. Although, LeBrun says that LA isn't interested in goalie rentals at all.

"You know, it’s possible [that the Kings make a trade for a goaltender at the deadline], but what the Kings are talking about internally is probably having better options come the off-season. It’s crazy, they are riding Phoenix Copley who is 15-3 since being called in but the only goalie signed in the entire organization beyond this season is Cal Petersen who has been demoted. Jonathan Quick is up, he is 37 years old, they have to attend [to] the goaltending position, but I’ve been told they are not that interested in pending UFAs like Cam Talbot or Antti Raanta. They are looking for a long-term fit."

Insider Trading with Pierre LeBrun

I'm sure talbot would be open to an extension with LA at a good AAV, the whole trade is for Roy. We don't want or need quick and neither do you, you're gonna need to pay to get him off your books so you can acquire more firepower for a playoff push

Matt Roy is not available. He's as untouchable as Kopitar and Doughty.

Jonathan Quick won't be traded. He's going to finish the season with the Kings, and the only question is whether he'll retire this summer or extend for another one-year term.

That's fair, Dorion has been at a ton of LA games recently though, maybe sean walker + a 4th or 5th round pick for Talbot makes more sense

Yesterday I would have said the Kings would have considered that, but after reading the LeBrun report where he specifically mentions Talbot's name, I suspect the Kings are content to ride out the season with Copley and Quick.

Now you're making sense.

Yeah we'd be lucky if the Kings accept that trade

I like Brannstrom but Roy is much more of a need and fully developed, he's worth comfortably more

Quick is UFA so no incidence and Talbot is not worth much more than a 3rd (lol Dorion traded Gustavsson for him)

I was thinking we'd take Quick to get the 5.8 mill off their books so they can make other acquisitions, they'd essentially be paying us to take him which is the only way we'd get the 3rd + roy, I defintely wouldn't want to resign him unless it was something like 2M or under

He should just retire with them

I wouldn't sign him at all